islanders that, rhode got hurt. and the few times they did take action, they put all their eggs in one basket or chased special deals. any way you slice it, rhode islanders got hurt. so in 2015, we created a strategy combining job training and incentives that enables us to compete and prevent the special deals of the past. the results are in. the new approach is working. in the last two years, we've recruited 22 companies to rhode island. [applause] gov. raimondo: that is 22 companies that would have gone somewhere else and hired other people, not rhode islanders. because of our new approach, they are here in rhode island and those companies are on track to higher over 2000 rhode islanders at an average salary of more than $70,000. [applause] gov. raimondo: so, yes, our new approach is working. it is beginning to work, it is working, and rhode islanders are getting good jobs because of it. we need to keep going. if we go back to the same old way of doing things, rhode islanders are going to get hurt and left behind.

we are talking about the battle for rhode island and the battle of rhode island. we are talking about the military action on august 29, 1778. what is the major combat phase of the interaction between the americans and french on the northern part of the island and the british and hessians occupy newport. that is part of a broader battle ar rhode island that started long time before in terms of the context of the american revolution. the british moved into newport in december of 1776. it is one of the first major cities to fall. new york has fallen to the british in september of 1776. a couple of months later, the british were able to move into newport which at the time was one of the six largest cities in north america and one of the most important commercial posts. the first real attempt of the americans to try to this life the british is not until 1778. that still ties into the broader strategic issues. it has become the french/american alliance. the french and americans signed a treaty in 1778. it gives washington what he covets, which is french naval support al

and the battle of rhode island. when we talk about the battle of rhode island we talk about the action that took place august 29, 1778. and that's the major combat phase of the interaction between the americans and the french that are more than part of the island and the british that are occupying newport and a part of a broader forward island that starts a long time before in term of the context of the american revolution that the british move into newport in december of 1776. it's one of the first of the major cities to fall. new york has fallen to the british in september of 1776. and a couple months later almost undefended capacity, the british are able to move into newport which at the time is one of the sixth largest cities in british north america and certainly one of the largest commercial posts. the first real attempt of the americans to try to dislodge the british and perhaps the only real attempt isn't until 1778 and that still ties into these broader, strategic issues. it's because of the french american

that ends the battle of rhode island. there is the battle for rhode island. n 1776,tish docked here i but they don't leave until october 1779. for most of the revolutionary war, newport remains a british port. they have already captured savannah, georgia. there has been all this fighting between the british and french fleet in the caribbean. newport has lost its importance for the british because they cannot spread themselves too thin given they now have a caribbean theater. they pull their troops very quietly in october of 1779. they leave here, and half the town goes with them. it is not long before the patriots move back in. lafayette, who has gone back on a trip home to france to generate more support and supplies for the americans, he returns in june 1780. lead he returns, the french an army here, and that is the last phase of newport's revolutionary history. the battle for rhode island is over when the british sleep. then the french and americans come back. this becomes a town every bit as dominated by the french and american army as it had been by the

on treasure island. we'll invite all the residents that live there and the commercial tenants and so form. we'd love to have you there and we'll be sending an e-mail with more specifics but i want to let you know that and thank you again for opening the meeting for to us have that moment to reflect and remember the amazing work that mayor lee did. thank you. >> good afternoon, directors. i'm with treasure island community development. i do echo all the sentiments expressed. ed lee was indeed a very great man. we found him on behalf of trid very approachable and steadfast in his vision and support of the project. up to the day he passed he was still working hard for the project and giving the department his direction to move the project forward. so we will always be very grateful to mr. lee for giving us direction and helping us move forward and i do endorse the idea of commemorating his memory with a feature on treasure island. we look forward to work the board to make something like that happen in the n

or is it exclusive of treasure island? >> i look for support. >> i'm wondering how we relate to the city wide budget. >> you're getting funds from the city pot. because much the escalation in the last five years we've seen some of the decreases in other revenues and other revenue values like tax cred its we have a shortfall and they're helping to find solutions. our program will be get significant contribution either directly there city funds or from city allocation of state funds. to help fund the program. >> and other fees. >> commissioner: thank you so much mara for your presentation. i would like to have a report back on the efficiencies that we can do think of. are there ways we can streamline the process. >> we'll calendar that. >> commissioner: thank you so much. let's see. for the next item i would like to have the item number 8 item. jill manton is here and has another commitment. >> the clerk: item number 9, art selection rfq results. >> we've completed the qualification phase of the art selection and she'll spea

with treasure island the challenges are so great. the tax credits have decreased and they're not what they were before. we have to put in additional subsidies to make up for the gap. there's almost no federal funds left it's from what we get from hud and other federal programs. the state is a brighter spot and many have been on the bandwagon for housing initiatives and were successful last year legislatively to get more dollars to local cities. even $4 billion which is what we'll estimate that to be in a state that is as needy as california when you pred it over the state, the amount san francisco will get is quite small and not enough for what we need. the value in overall housing policy and why we need to concentrate on treasure island is because we have the land. it's so difficult to get land because we know how land costs have gone through the roof. it's difficult to find land to make the project feasible and we have the land and commitment to do

, which are the islands between hainan island, the southern island of china, and vietnam, had to be controlled by china. so back in the 1970s, they used force to expel the south vietnamese from the islands. and later, they had naval clashes with the socialist republic of vietnam to prevent them from trying to re-establish their position on those islands. (exploding) - [narrator] to the south, the tiny islands of the spratly archipelago are located in the south china sea, where china has manufactured seven islands to support its expanded naval presence and lay claim to disputed territory. - when you look at the south china sea, it's an entirely different lens. there is no historical japanese presence. instead, it's actually a dispute involving six political entities, if you include taiwan as well as vietnam, the philippines, malaysia, indonesia, and depending on the way it's cut, brunei as well. - china began to build artificial islands in the south china sea in december 2013. this was a plan that was put forward by the chinese navy, and it was approved by chinese president and party secretary

the hurricane that hit that island 106 days ago. i visited puerto rico with my friend and colleague senator murphy yesterday and the day before to bring back to my colleagues here a fact-based report on how the recovery effort is going and how ample federal support has been. and i come to the floor today furious and frustrated. and the people of puerto rico have a right to be furious as well. because they have been denied the basic help and relief that this great nation, the greatest in the history of the world, owes to all americans. let there be no doubt the people of puerto rico are our fellow americans. they have fought in our wars, they have come to the mainland and gone back, contributing to our communities as well as theirs, they are in our communities in connecticut which has the highest concentration of people from puerto rico and their i did send enters -- dissendents, and we are proud of the puerto ricans in connecticut and of the puerto rican families coming to america in an exodus unmatched. the reason for that out migr

american samoa, guam, the northern mariana islands and the u.s. virgin islands. know even less about them than i do about puerto rico. i know there's occasionally a push for puerto rico to regain its independence fully from the united states of america. and then there's people that say leave it as it is. >> what people don't understand is that there's a fear that's been instilled on the people in puerto rico that if we were independent, we couldn't run our own country. and that's what happens when you're a colony. and also, the repression against the nationalist party in puerto rico was deadly. the ponce massacre where the united states military opened fire on easter sunday on nationalists marching after they came from church, all of that is real. >> yeah. it happens to inmates, you get institutionalized. >> you get institutionalized on colonialism. >> puerto rico has always had a strong independence movement, the ponce massacre is one example of how the u.s. tried to crush it. in the 1930s, pedro albizu campos was the leader of such a movement. he was educated a

that's right, but no island is. nantucket isn't, the isle of wight, isn't. name an island.orsica? sicily, they want foreigners there? no way, no way. >> anthony: right. >> paul: did anyone ever come to an island, uh, with a good intention? people, people -- >> anthony: no, never in the history of the world. >> paul: no, no. >> anthony: best case scenario bring syphilis. >> paul: yeah. >> anthony: pretty much. >> paul: yeah, yeah. >> anthony: i mean, at the very least. >> paul: and it happened, it happened here. captain cook put his sailors ashore in ni'ihau, which is just a little northwest of here. he was the first haole. like magellan. hawaii killed its first tourist and -- >> anthony: right. >> paul: philippines killed their first tourist. but people who live on islands, who were born on islands, view anyone who comes to shore with suspicion. >> nainoa: well, to go back to what defines a hawaiian. maybe we should go back in our imaginations to -- it could have been two thousand years ago. the tahitians have this voyaging canoe. way before any other culture on the planet

forstrong island" is slang long island, new york. it grew out of what may surprise people, a grew out of the very vibrant hip-hop scene that is located and still generates artists out of long island. "strong island" for kids and for is a term that has always been used to refer to this place where kids from the to the suburbs, but still wanted to hang on to a part of their urban heritage. that is where "strong island" come from. amy: tell us the story of your family. talk about what happened in 1992 to your brother william. >> in 1992, my brother and his girlfriend got into a car accident. my brother negotiated with his girlfriend and the mechanic who hit her car that the shop would prepare it -- repair it if his girlfriend did not report the accident to the insurance company or the police. monthsrward about two later, on april 7, after my mother and i brother's girlfriend picked up the car from the garage, they brought it home and work followed home, frankly, by someone on the garage, he went to the garage to confront the owner. name

on thatr friends island. the beautiful island that has such great promise and so embodies the future of our nation and its patriotism and dedication to the ideal of america. thank you. i yield the floor. tomorrow morning we will take you to the washington center for discussions on foreign policy, counterterrorism and relation between the press and the white house. we will hear from former white house officials and academics lives at 10:00 a.m. eastern right here on c-span. in c-span2, a look at ongoing political protest in iran and the future of that country from the bookings institution in washington's d.c.. >> this weekend, c-span's city takes you to tour springfield. ofking at the birth pace route 66. saturday at noon eastern on book tv. the kansas med surrey border over the -- the kansas and the slaveorder and fight. >> his men would liberate the slave people. in the course of this, they will kill a number of slaveholders. so, the love -- the legend of john brown grows as part of this struggle that people

for talking about the battle for rhode island and the battle of rhode island. when we talk about the battle of rhode island, it is a battle that takes place in 1770 at and that is the major combat phase of the interaction between the americans and the french that are the northern part of the island and the british in the hessians occupying newport. the british move into newport in december of 1776. it is one of the first of the major cities to fall. new york has fallen to the british in september. it's just a couple months later. the british are able to move here into newport, which, at the time, is one of the six largest cities in north america. the first real attempt of the americans to try to dislodge the british and possibly the only real attempt is in 1778, and that goes into these broader strategic issues. it's because of the french-american alliance. -- really, it gives washington what he covets, which is french naval support and ground troops. trythe first time they can this new alliance out, this overt alliance out is later on that summer when ostensib

for this island. for this island.is, economic meltdown, fiscal oversight board, we can't borrow. a real financial disaster that came before the natural one. he gave me the full picture, the damage from maria. i just want to give you a perspective, right, when we say that the hurricane comes over this way, the width of the hurricane was 35 miles. puerto rico is 30 miles. so once it's touching over here, it's touching over here. 100% of the island got hit by sustained category 4 hurricane winds. the mountainous region of puerto rico had vulnerable housing. vulnerable housing is a nice way of saying housing that was built a long time ago that wasn't built with concrete... that's right. ...and any code. that's right. sticks and stones. but vulnerable doesn't even begin to cover the next place i visited. the coastal town of toa baja is just six miles from san juan. but after the hurricane, it might as well be on another planet. when is this garbage going to get picked up, if ever? no bien. no bien. a month and a half after

indies and back to rhode island. they transported 100,000 africans to the new world during that period. on theicans that arrived rhode island ships had several pathways. rhode island being an english colony, was trading in other english colonies. in the case of west africa, the gold and ginny coasts, nigeria to ghana. from their, they would be taken to the west indies to english settlements in what we recognize today as the bahamas, jamaica and barbados. africans along with other products and goods would be transported back to newport in rhode island. will recall the triangle of trade. in the case of newport, this trade was tied to rom and molasses -- to rum and molasses. to the end of the 18th century after the american revolution, newport was involved in 80% of what is called the guinea rum trade. newport chips would take rum and trade it for enslaved africans. they would be transported to english colonies in the west indies, mostly jamaica and barbados. there they would become the labor force that would work the s

you need the boarding island and it will work well. i hope you are allowing the extra time for people parking will help, but if it doesn't help you always have meters. and we know those are easy to enforce and they make it work. thanks a lot. >> thank you, mr. strassner, next speaker, please. >> reed martin, nancy reuben, tariq mahmoud. is there martin here? let's move onto the next one. nancy reuben. tariq mahmoud, rachael hiden. i think at this point if anyone is in the overflow room who wishes to address the board if they could come upstairs. my understanding is there were two people down there only who wish to address the board. >> good afternoon, directors. i'm nancy reuben and i've lived and worked at 16th and taraval for almost 16 years now, i know the neighborhood very well, and even though i don't use the 17th avenue stop very often i could tell you without a doubt continuing to plan to eliminate that stop on the corner of 17th and taraval in front of safeway would be a very bad thing to do. right now people with children and

islands gran canaria is volcanic in origin. this is our first time a granddaughter the weather sometimes there can do is very impressive you can even see over to turn around it's fantastic. too and. we have that we have the ocean the mountains there ok new blue here it's just wonderful. really it's a privileged place with an absolutely fabulous view. of the press's me most is the different landscape for us your encounter on the way up to the base of the. i was there. at the foot of the mountain is the village of to here that said to be one of the loveliest on the island. the municipality to hear the boasts three museums the museum of history and traditions devotes part of its collection to the most important product of the region the. olivia sosa denise's family has lived in the region for generations. know that they had a moment farming plays a very important role in the history of this manus a pallet. it begins in august and september with two different processes the men beat the harvested on ends with eucalyptus branches and

island, new york.he murder of an african-american man by a white mechanic. that man, the white mechanic, was never even c charged. a central figure in this documentary is yance's mother. i want to turn to a clip of "strong island" of his mom. mom. >> your father said to me, don't do anything to hurt my daugerer's. anying to ht my gis. are vicus peopl youron was st down ke a dog. you're not gng to beith them always the girlare all have left. i wanted h to be angry. ii wanted him to be outraged. to -- i wanted him to a vengeance my son's death. silent.e amy: that is a clip from yance "strongocumentary island." talk about your mothther and how important she is to your family and to understanding what happened to william ford, your brother, and what did no happepn to his mururderer. is shown in thehe film in her r kitchen, which is the center o of our home in the -- the place e where i grew up. intntry to what we oftenn see the news, right, which is black of grief,their state but not in a place where thehe

williams founded rhode island. he had come to the colonies from england seeking religious freedom. ofyears after the founding rhode island, those people in barbados said this is where they wanted to come. not only did the jews come here, quakers were also here. been persecuted or they would be because of their religious beliefs. 1677 the jews needed a place to vary their loved ones, so they bought a plot of land it up the street. if you see that small little cemetery, you will see that it has the names on the gravestones touro. these are all portuguese and sephardic names. the cemetery was important thesee it documented jewish people. 1758, things were changing dramatically for newport. it had been transformed from a sleepy little town to one of the in colonials america, right up there with new york and charleston. our waterfront was filled with hundreds of sailing ships that traded all over the world. there was wealth coming in to newport. merchants also got some of the wealth because of what was happening. they h

an island in the sun.ferably one where they speak english and the dollar is accepted everywhere. puerto rico, it's america, right? it's ours and we've held on to it fiercely at times since 1898, after taking it by force during the spanish american war. >> archive: i want to take you to one of the worst performing economies in the developed world. 73 billion dollars in debt. the employment rate is only 35 percent. the highest sales tax of any united states jurisdiction, 11.5 percent. 45 percent live in poverty. biggest municipal bankruptcy in u.s history. over the last 10 years, more than 5 percent of the population has fled. >> anthony: but what's it like for puerto ricans? for the people who live here, whose family have lived here for generations? many have left for an easier life in the states and more keep leaving, but not all. >> anthony: what do you write about most of the time? what do you cover? >> hermes: right now i'm covering a lot of politics. >> anthony: journalist hermes ayela is one of those

itis longer on the island. it was a variety of organizations and entities that sponsor buildings at the fair, so the murals themselves were at pacific house, which was one of those buildings, with the emphasis -- basically, the whole fair was the pacific region, but the pacific house was focused on that as well. >> well, they're wonderful. it's part of the history of treasure island. i'm glad to see that we're taking care of the murals and making sure that they're being preserved in a way that they can be viewed in the future as well. >> thank you, peter. just some few questions i have. so someone, somewhere in the world is holding on to the art form of the pacific. so i presume that tida or the city has conveyed to all the museums in the world that this piece is missing. it might show up. who knows? because that's the nature of these things. do we have such a plan, if it shows up, for people to be on the lookout for it? it would be great to know this piece is out there, we presume, right? >> through our partne

in 1636, a gentleman by the name of roger williams founded rhode island. he had come to the colonies from england seeking religious freedom. 20 years after the founding of rhode island, those people in barbados said this is where they wanted to come. now, not only did jews come here, but quakers and other people who have been persecuted or they would be because of their religious beliefs. in 1677, the jews that were here needed a place to bury their loved ones, so they bought a plot of land it up the street. if you see that small little cemetery, you will see that it has the names on the gravestones of touro. -- these arevera all portuguese and sephardic names. the cemetery was important because it documented these jewish people could own property, which was not the case in all of the colonies. by 1758, things were changing dramatically for newport. it had been transformed from a sleepy little town to one of the five top seaports in colonial america, right up there with new and, philadelphia, boston, charleston. our waterfront was filled with 150 sailing s

we pick up the story in the 1880's, where rhode island uses it as the centerpiece of the rhode islandilion at the world columbian exhibition in chicago. as being a sword given today in of newport. it is certainly possible this is the kind of thing that lafayette would value. it certainly is the kind of thing he would use to reflect an important personal relationship. to danielword given lineman right here at the lineman hazard house after the reading of the declaration of independence in order to show the important contribution throughineman has made facilitating the communication between the two. this is one of our prized possessions. it is from the most mundane, to the most elegant. both tell powerful stories about relationships that made the american revolution. are cities tour staff recently traveled to newport, rhode island to learn about its rich history. learn more about newport and other stops on a tour at c-span.org/cities tour. you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. next weekend, c-span cities tour takes you to phase -- fayetteville, arka

a bit of metal over the plastic so we have four tons of plastic stored on the main island of southallme a maritime transport company is helping us by taking it to lisbon free of charge to recycling companies there will receive it and it was a couple mess tourism hasn't yet come to the island and that's the way they want to keep it but the locals also need jobs so the idea is to help cycle the ardennes waste seventy percent of which is organic or you know that big that. these women are making commercial compost it's a new venture on the island and it's hard work the compost beds need to be turned three times a week. is an important lastic that's bad it lasted. the women i mean to sell their first compost in three months they've already approached potential clients and i hope all their hard work will eventually pay off. in secret or learned certainly not taking the easy way. finally we turn our gaze to russia where violence against homosexuals both in public and in private has long been an issue one courageous young woman has stood up to it. and much of what they were running around sch

on the islands will be gone so. we can not build resilience we can a billion and to find somewhere else to live we have to go somewhere. whether this is a good thing or not but the reality will be. if we can get. our . ability to retain our culture has been distinct how the decision that's being distinct well known i'm going to be very easy. i want to share with you an idea mr president from one of our online community they're eager to help you solve this issue so black physicist says levees and pumps like new orleans maybe they they could be a solution for helping you out making sure the water doesn't come across it so high that you have to move but in general the seems not to be trifled with is there a technological solution to this rising ocean. well that's precisely the question that i've been asking that route here i've been talking to richard is more about or has actually talking to the united arab emirates and you know those islands and including the engineers who built the islands themselves the dutch and i'

a recent look at our visit to newport island. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> one of the things i have learned growing up in newport, and the for becoming involved in history and interpretation, my grandmother would remind me slavery is how we got here. it doesn't tell you the story of the people. my interest is telling the story of the people. people of african ancestry arriving in the americas via british north america, and the west indies south america. we arrive under the most circumstances of human slavery. on the other hand, we persevered. ourfact that so many of relatives still exist today in newport, boston, new york, barbados, anywhere in the western hemisphere, is a testament to our perseverance. settled in 1639 over the course of the next 100 years, newport would grow to become not only ports ine most active british north america, it also became one of the most active slave ports. merchants05 and 1805, were responsible for nearly 1000 slavery voyages. transported about 10

it explains how rising sea levels have affected the livelihoods of the island's one hundred thousand residents. it's an island nation halfway between australia and hawaii roughly the size of the united states but only two percent of it is land. is just three meters above sea level some of these are already under water and half of the population has fled to the tiny capital itself which now has one of the highest population densities in the world. the government has begun a program to train citizens in skills like nursing or mechanics that would make them attractive to other countries and it's even bought a large chunk of land in neighboring fiji which says it's willing to host population so will the rest of the world start paying attention before the people. become the first wave of refugees fleeing from the rising sea. in a studio. climate displacement program manager at the washington d.c. based advocacy group refugees international many. thanks amy i am it's you of course know that the chicks circular logic right now a little cold but we're breaking it for this important topic and

and a majority of the islands 65 ministries have gone. every monsoon, the brahmaputra river swells, eroding terrain around it. bit by bit the land is disappearing, but there is hope... for the last 36 yea rs, there is hope... for the last 36 years, this man has taken on an extraordinary challenge, to save this land from vanishing. so, his lifelong calling began... he is known today as the forest man of india. he began planting trees so that the roots would bind the soil, soaking up excess water and preventing the land from being eroded. from a barren landscape he created a forest the size of new york's central park. he feels this would be more effective in saving nearby majuli island then government flood prevention skills. we are now going to do the ritual that every guest who comes here is asked to do, which is to plant a tree. what country is this? —— what kind of tree is this? i will put this in here... yes, it is good. he has spoken at environmental summits around the world and his roll call of gu ests around the world and his roll c

is trying to send refugees who try to reach the country by boat to prison camps that runs pacific islands the mad asylum camp closed last year. i mean judge has denied bail to waters journalists accused of violating the official secrets act wallowed in choice and reported the scape of six hundred fifty thousand one hundred from the military crackdown and racan state those are the headlines the stream is coming up next. facing realities growing up going to do you realize that you were living in a special place a so-called secret city getting to the heart of the matter the mean maher government calls you a gringo the terrorist here their story on the tour to how does iraq at this time. hi i'm funny ok and you're in the street and i'm all the. life of the sundance film. today i'm joined by the director and they are. in. each of us and so. it's lights just stop attacks on the. boss and the mission that looks like so that's a strain coming to you know i went out to stare at on you tube and we shoulda jumped in and also questions in the comment section. about this in the center of the world. it

it was a huge conference here on the island just yesterday. and at the time that i learned about this, looking at the newspaper to see this photo here of admiral head of pacific command, keynote speaker at a luncheon yesterday with the hawaiian chamber of conference basically talking to people what to do on the island in case something like this happened. >> stand by, if you would, colleague in hawaii doing reporting on how hawaii could react if in fact a missile were headed its way. seemed like there was a possibility just about 90 minutes ago push alert indicating missile was heading towards the islands of hawaii. end of that statement saying this is not a drill. there was some panic and confusion in the minutes that followed as folks processed whether that was in fact a real push alert. if a ballistic missile was headed in the direction of hawaii. gabbard saying she tweeted out. saying it was a false alarm. no incoming missile to hawaii. and we continue to follow what happened since then and where hawaii goes from here. the people live and

west african coast, to the west indies and back to rhode island. they transported 100,000 africans back to the new world during that 100 year period. hadafricans that arrived several pathways. for the most part, rhode island being an english colony was trading in other english colonies and settlements. in the case of west africa, it is the golden gate because, what we recognize from nigeria to gollum to ginny. from there, africans would be taken to the west indies to english settlements and what today we recognize as the bahamas, jamaica, and barbados. from there, africans, along with other products and goods would be transported back to newport in rhode island. what we call the triangle trade as part of the transatlantic trade. in the case of newport, this trade was almost single leap tied to roman manatt -- to roman. from the beginning of the 10th century to the end of the 18th century, newport itself was involved in about 80% of what is called the guinea rum trade. newport ships would literally take rum that was distilled and produced in newport