people to the island.s rich already mentioned this was already sort of an under used broken tennis court and it just organically became this site of activity. we just want to help that, and help the island become better for its residents and for everyone, really. so if you have any questions or comments, we're here, and like i said, we're excited to work with you, and we're looking forward to really a long-term partnership here. thank you. >> thank you. >> with that, we're here available for any questions. >> okay. and this is an action item? >> yes. >> yes. so are there any questions? >> yes. this is great. i would make a motion to approve -- and this is safer. you know, all over san francisco, we see all those skate boards. i'd rather, if i have my way, move them to that facility so that he can do everything they want to do this. i think it's separate and more training for all this youth that are energetic, and definitely it will be a preamble before they skate on san francisco streets. i see them around

on the island.implemented a new traffic management plan which worked well although the attendance was slightly off from february, the traffic flowed well throughout the weekend. and also on saturday the 24th, the community hosted the black history month celebration at the ymca gym. we have permits coming up for filming on the island, so one of our more extensive filming activities. and the net netflix will do filg in and around building one in april as part of their production for season two of that series. and we're also continuing to work with the jobs corps program on the access agreements needed to facilitate construction along the property line with the department of labor. we did have two power outages this last week. one on monday of this week which was a result of an equipment failure. and one last week on tuesday that was a result of vandalism. and p.u.c. power crews are also finalizing the installation of additional lights on avenue h and avenue b in the residential neighborhood. on the ho

virgin islands remain off island. congress set up a system where fema structural demands that it guards its budget and gives only when requested for pressed by local governments this is structure which must be changed t does not support the best interests of american citizens living in disaster areas. fema has to, as we heard here, is willing and needs support of congress to streamline the processes is that results and support can get to the people. the examples i give are just a few of issues that the virgin islands remains faced with it six months after irma and maria. i look for discussion and more questions how to resolve these issues. thank you. >> gentlelady yields back. the chair recents resident commissioner gonzalez for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank you and all ranking members of this committee for calling this hearing, allowing us to be here in such an important matter. i will thank the witness for answering the call and coming before congress to answer for the response to

and yerba buena island. so again, in 2011, we adopted different disposition documents, but today, the dda lays out tida's rights and obligations as it relates to the commercial sites on the island. and the key commercial sites that are -- you know, we have a larger mixed-use zone on the island where some retail or commercial is provided, but the dda identifies the indicated properties as key commercial sites. the island center core encompassing building one, to the west, block m-1, between building one and hangar two, hangar two, hangar three, are all part of that key commercial sites or critical commercial sites. and then, additional commercial sites include the treasure island and yerba buena hotel sites, as well as the historic structures on ybi. so as i highlighted, the treesh island key commercial sites include that center core running along the center shoreline from building one to hangar three. and then, indicated in blue on this diagram, the hotel site is not defined as a critical commercial site, bu

on the island. and included in member agencies of one treasure island are community housing partnership, catholic charities, source 360, and other entities such as rubicon and toolworks. in the 2011 program entitlement and transaction documents, one of the exhibited to the dda was the housing plan, which set out the framework for the development of the affordable housing on the island. under the housing plan ticd, treasure island community development is to develop 5% of the unit they develop are required to be inclusionary affordable units, and the balance of the 27% affordable that we are targeting are going to be constructed by tida on -- in partnership, of course with the mayor's office of housing and community development on 20 parcels that were identified throughout the development area. also in the housing plan, it sets forth that tida will partner with one treasure island to develop a minimum of 435 of those units, and this first parcel that we're moving forward with, c-3.2 is on avenue c on

it was called, "angel island: immigrant gateway to america." and what this does is talks not just about the chinese story, because we tend to focus on the chinese immigration story, but it talks about all the other stories, the russian jews, the mexicans who came through, the japanese who came through, the koreans who came through. so it wasn't just the chinese and a chinese story. angel island is really a story of all the new immigrants of the early 20th century. robert: yeah, i mean, it's definitely been a story that we've been wanting to tell. i'm glad to see so many different ways for people to find out more about it. and of course, your foundation doing such great work on it. buck: thank you. robert: thanks for being here. buck: thank you. robert: all right, henry, you stay where you are, okay? as henry's gonna stay with us as we talk more about the angel island immigration station foundation gala event and its celebration and honorees. ♪ robert: well, coming up on april 19, the angel island immigration station foundation gala will be held

on puerto rico and the virgin islands. we all know the storm was one of the most powerful and devastating ever to strike those islands, with terrible damage to schools, hospitals, water systems, roads, homes, and businesses. for months and months, people didn't have electricity, clean water, or cell service. far too many people are still waiting for relief. there are 120,000 people without electricity. hundreds of thousands continue to lose power on a temporary basis. calculating hours of lost electricity service, puerto rico's experienced the longest blackout in the history of the u.s. tens of thousands are still awaiting permanent shelter. 10,000 small businesses are closed. now, puerto rico struggled with severe debt and health care before maria came to its shores. the damage wrought by the hurricane has set the island even further back, despite the valiant efforts of its people. congress passed significant relief as part of the bipartisan budget agreement earlier this year. we have to make sure the aid goes to where it

the island of blues is gotten out of it's the island's gateway to the baltic sea from here i'm settingout to see the famous chalk cliffs from the water. but unfortunately today is not my day the sun can't get through the mist and clouds . but it's certainly striking the way they tower majestically out of the water. lincoln's chalk lives form with our will leave the island's most spectacular coastline but the chalk is also a natural raw material with many useful applications and unique treatments for example. cliffs were created sixty eight million years ago in southern europe through the shifting of tectonic plates the chalk deposits were pushed to the north during glacial periods they were thrust to the surface the chunk is made from the remains of tiny marine organisms. and this is especially pure because no other sediments were dragged into this basin with it. and there are those for the last one hundred fifty meters or truck sediment sitting here on the surface. and some of them are up to one hundred sixty meters above sea level but in reality and there's only one place in germany

and today in global ideas we visit a small island off the coast of mexico head. every year cruise ships take millions of passengers to cozumel. but what does that mean for live cool and wildlife. our reporter christiane roman traveled to cozumel to find out more about how people that are protecting their island paradise. but i mean this island is my home are you grateful that i get to meet so many people here tourists ship's crew people from around the world. as well it's a great place to work as a biologist because he has. so many nature of so many species and they have to be protected. by discard the duty area and the amazing wore off and school abiding and i decided to do it that's my job. because men but and yes for me cause a male is a thousand years of history and a world heritage when you. kozo male lies on mexico's east coast the caribbean island is a favorite tourist destination five million visitors come here every year the harbor is large enough to handle seven cruise ships at any given time when it ships passengers disembark it's like an invasion. pos

the nearby island of. the mosaics wonderfully and act the rhythms of life up and down within and without duck and light day and night the imagery of deal loss is always human and hot air us writing to dull friends guiding two lovers through the sea of life. the ruined houses take them names from the finest mosaics found in the such as this dialysis writing a letter. human passion unbridled full concealment. of . the dolphin and anka symbolize the dignity. accompanying a female seem longs to. be extatic flute and drunk the music of dinosaurs the instrument of apollo was the life and then there are the many faces of dialysis the masks of intoxication. and of coming. to. the musk's of apollo where those of tragedy of human guilt and expiation the theatre of apollo was that of catharsis the purging of guilt at the theatre apollo remade humankind in his own image beautiful and good. was sacked in eighty eight b.c. and twenty thousand inhabitants. since then it has been uninhabited and unused except occasionally

i'm sherry williams with one treasure island. source to plow shares is one of our charter members, and let me just echo some of your statements about how wonderful -- this is really a milestone. when you're doing this work for decades, and you finally see site control for affordable housing that serves veterans, i just think we should take a moment and really celebrate it because it is exactly what we've all been working towards for such a long time. they've provided hundreds of people already on treasure island a place to heal. one of the things that we always thought as one of our key members was that, you know, treasure island being a former military base, folks that had been trained for war and sent to war now have a place to come back to heal and rebuild their lives, and they've been in the process of rebuilding hundreds of people's lives since they've been operating their housing on treasure island, and now they're going to be doing it in a permanent new development, the very first affordable on the island, and i'm just so

quite windy in the south—west and the channel islands.m northern ireland the sunshine will break through into the afternoon and maybe for western scotla nd afternoon and maybe for western scotland as well. but it will be feeling cooler across—the—board. mild theme i think continues for much of this week. we should get some sunshine on tuesday and wednesday and more cloud and rain later on in the week. this is bbc news — our latest headlines... the bbc understands traces of the nerve agent used to poison sergei and yulia scripal were found at the restaurant table where they ate. up to 500 patrons of the sites being investigated in salisbury have been told to wash their clothes and possessions. some say the advice should have come earlier. the chancellor says there's cause for economic optimism — ahead of his spring statement on tuesday. rail disruption at manchester piccadilly station after pro—kurdish demonstrators take to the tracks. more protests took place at london's kings cross tonight. and the film black panther becomes a box office

virgin islands remain up island. they must structural demands only gives when requested or prepped by local governments. this is a structure that must be changed. it does not support the best interests of american citizens living in disaster areas. is willing and needs the support of congress to streamline the process so that results in support get to the people. these examples are just a few of the issues that they remain months after the hurricane. i look forward to the discussion and questions on how to resolve these issues. >> the lady yields back. thank you. i want to thank you and all members of this committee. it allows us to be here in such an important matter. i will think the witness for answering the call and coming before congress to answer for the response to an unprecedented millionsthat affected of american citizens, including puerto rico and the virgin islands. it has been more than five months now since we saw that event that none of us expected to see an american soil in our lifetimes. of the size o

sega is a rhythm and genre indigenous to this island.voice of the indian ocean. the distinctive drum is called the ravanne, a home—grown instrument. on the tiny island of ile aux aigrettes, mauritius is playing host to a unique conservation project, which takes us back to a time five centuries ago, before mankind ever set foot here. the ecosystem of an island like mauritius is extremely fragile, and ever since mankind arrived in the 17th century, that ecosystem has been severely disrupted, and that has led to the extinction of some very important species like, for example, the dodo. the dodo lost the ability to fly through evolution because until man brought in predators, they didn't really need to. today the one remaining native mammal to mauritius, the fruit bat, can fly with elegant ease, but it's not a great favourite for some, like fruit growers. so this is the mauritius fruit bat. it is a bat which is unique to mauritius. it can travel for 15 kilometres, 20 kilometres, a0 kilometres in one night. it's like man has got hands, but th

going to miss my sleep to come to my next stop on the island of blues it's got a net and it's the island'sgateway to the baltic sea from here i'm setting out to see the famous chalk cliffs from the water. but unfortunately today is not my day the sun can't get through the mists and clouds. but it's certainly striking the way they tower majestically out of the water. you can stock lives form with r.t. will leave the islands most spectacular coastline but the chalk is also a natural raw material with many useful applications and unique treatments for example. logan's chalk cliffs were created sixty eight million years ago in southern europe through the shifting of tectonic plates the chalk deposits were pushed to the north during glacial periods they were thrust to the surface the chalk is made from the remains of tiny marine organisms. just for the last line of the strokers especially pure because no other sediments were dragged into this basin with it. and there are those for the last one hundred fifty meters or truck sediment sitting here on the surface. and some of them are up to one hun

okinawa is the largest of over 100 islands making up the ryukyu island chain.he mainland but worlds apart. okinawa is different. it's tropical. clear waters, some of the best beaches in asia, to the decidedly more laidback, less frenetic, self-serious attitude than the mainland. you can feel it. you can see it. it's just different here. two thousand pounds of heavily muscled beef enters the arena. you could feel the ground shake under its heavy hooves. his opponent awaits. togi, also known as ushi-zumo. sumo, yes, but bull sumo. these are professionals and, like jake lamotta and chuck wepner before them, they shall live to fight, or do other stuff, another day. having shed decidedly less blood than either of those two gentlemen. two animals, two handlers. and they do, like, the burgess meredith job in rocky. and like fighters, or sumo, the bulls are ranked by their ability. their record in the ring, the highest being yokozuna. this is kenny aiman. he lives up the road. is there a time limit or they just go till somebody gives up? >> kenny: i think they pretty m

in new view stacey is the wave of our troops coming into the island. are they maybe thinking a little bit with rose colored glasses and terms of what's possible given the immense infrastructure needs on the island or what you think well there are some outsiders coming in and yes they have fantasies and many of them have a lot of money but there are indigenous local people born or raised here who are also that the article points out they are the ones that humanly walk down the road went to these locations went to homes and introduced the solar panels so that so these are puerto ricans local puerto ricans there entrepreneurs as well and they're introducing options it's up to whether or not. you know that that the fiscal control board will allow these sort of things to happen right now by the way the oversight board has actually taken the energy grid off the creditor list they're not allowed to seize it they're not allowed to take these assets at them at the moment all right well something will get very close attention to that it's going to be time for a

introduced tax incentives to get manufacturers to move here and in the south of the island the other side of the island all these big manufacturers came a lot of pharmaceutical companies still to this day ten percent of all pharmaceuticals consumed in the united states are actually produced here in puerto rico but as a consequence all of the electric power plants and most of them all the big ones the ten biggest ones are all oil run they're all in the south of the island which is way at bats the direction we are on the top of the north of the island so all of the cables and you know how the u.s. does unlike much of europe which is the cables are underground here they're over ground so all of the cables were knocked down in the hurricane maria and because it's also a jungle it's going over the hills all those cables are going over through jungles the vines although you know you think of a jungle it's all sort of a canopy of green it's all growing over all of the cables that a fall and so they have to extricate those cut their way through those to in order to get the cable to put them

will it succeed as the island recors recovers fromne of the worst hurricanes on record? that story when "nightly business report" returns. . >>> a city in y upstate nk is the first to ban new bitcoin mining. night they approved a 18 month moratoriumcr on new tocurrency mining operations. the mining process solves the heavy use of computer and they use a lot of electricity, which in turn is raising rates for city residents. miners have flobd to platsburg for its of itsmi pro to hydroelectric dam and cheap energy ices. >>> puerto rico wants to prop the blockchain industry. blockchain the tecology behind cryptocurrencies. seema mody in san juan. >> reporter: puerto rico was already struggling through a decade-long recession which pushed the u.s. territory to the largest municipal bankruptcy in u.s. history when one of the most destructive hurricanes in history made land fall in september. it's now been six months after hurricane maria and puerto rico is desperate to bring busineso backhe island. the government positioning itself as a hub for the rapidly growing blockchain i

biogeography island life and it's true natural state. we've done an hour and a half moon with a vancouver along the canadian pacific coast we're meeting with in mcalester. here and has asked us not to give our exact location because what he showing us is likely simply unique that he doesn't want to give trophy hunters any cleans there's a number of wolf packs that are on the outer extreme islands all up and down the great bear rain forest and this is a unique one living in a very isolated island these wells are living through island life out here and isolation and they have learned to really exploit the resources of this ocean and it's it's a remarkable behavior really i blow believe it behavior that these wolves are displaying. in mcalester is an internationally famous nature photographer and the founder of the embalmed mental organization pacific wild. in an. his assistant a pro spend weeks in hiding to obtain footage like this. one it's a race against time every major oil company in the world invested in the alberta oil sands and they

introduced tax incentives to get manufacturers to move here and in the south of the island the other side of the island all these big manufacturers came a lot of pharmaceutical companies still to this day ten percent of all pharmaceuticals consumed in the united states are actually produced here in puerto rico but as a consequence all of the electric power plants and most of them all the big ones the ten biggest ones are all oil run they're all in the south of the island which is the way it that's the direction we are on the top of the north of the island so all of the cables and you know how the u.s. does unlike much of europe which is the cables are underground here they're over ground so all of the cables were knocked down in the hurricane maria and because it's also a jungle it's going over the hills all those cables are going over through jungles the vines although you know you think of a jungle it's all sort of a canopy of green it's all growing over all of the cables that a fall and so they have to extricate those cut their way through those to in order to get the cable to put

australia decided three years ago to end norfolk island's autonomy. the bounty in 1789 — are having none of it. i asked our sydney correspondent hywel griffith what the islanders‘ claim for independence is based on: essentially, it is based on what they say is a breach of their human rights. although they are an australian territory and under australian territory and under australian law, they claimed they have no real right to vote under the state elections in new south wales so they are disenfranchised, don't have control in the say about their policies about their health, education and the infrastructure on the island. they also say of the indigenous population, at least those with the links back to the mutiny on the bounty, that they have distinct culture is their road, not australian. there is a norfolk language, they say, which is distinct from english. there are different musical and religious traditions and they say they are not being respected by australia and so their human rights, they claim, are being besmirched. they lost their autonomy t

one of the worst hit places was the island of tortola, in the british virgin islands.out how the community there is recovering. hejoins us now. we know that the british government is carrying out a review looking at whether it was prepared enough, whether its response was good enough here after the storm we know after the last few days speaking to people that many are till traumatised by what they went through and in many senses are still living with the consequences of hurricane irma every day. it is shocking that, so long after the storm, there are still those living in shelters. they are among the thousands whose homes were torn apart by irma. we‘ve been here, like, five, six months and nothing. it seems to me that everybody just gave up on us. we‘re just here. irma was the most devastating hurricane ever to be recorded in this region, barely a building on this island was left untouched, boats were lifted clean into the air and dumped on the land. tortola now still has the signs everywhere you look that a massive storm came this way. well, even though it is desperat

one key to this island's fast stable colony is the sea ice.round for the crustaceans and cruel that penguins rely on it makes access to the island is difficult for fishing and shipping. is a proposalto island is difficult for fishing and shipping. is a proposal to make the sea shipping. is a proposal to make the sea around the danger islands marine protected area. scenes like this show just what that could preserve. great to see them thriving there. sticking with the cold theme — denmark may be in the depths of a freezing and rather dark winter but its capital copenhagen is awash with light. it's for the city's first international light festival. a total of a0 illuminated artworks dot the quay, small parks and buildings, with danish elements of minimalism, sustainability and scandinavian design featuring heavily. 0rganisers say the festival is aimed at getting the danes out of the house in winter, to see copenhagen in a new light. that's pretty spectacular. stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments

. >>> plus puerto rico rising, six months after hurricane maria, back on the island, american familiesetermined to rebuild. >> do you want to stay here is this. >> i want my house back. >> signs of hope. i critical bridge once destroyed now paving the way for progress to come. first the "nightline" five. >> get ready for spring-at the ross spring shoe event. ross has the must-have styles and brands for a fraction of what you'd pay elsewhere. step one: get to ross. step two: walk out with top brands at big savings... ...at the ross spring shoe event. ross has the brands your whole family will love get ready for spring-at the ross spring shoe event. for a fraction of what you'd pay elsewhere. step one: get to ross. step two: walk out with top brands at big savings... ...at the ross spring shoe event. ♪ >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. tonight a brave young woman sharing details of a twisted kidnapping and sexual assault. the story is so bizarre police accused her of making it up. now with the kidnapper in custody, the truth is finally coming out. >> the voice kept saying over

a very beautiful island.ou can essentially minimize your taxes in a way you cannot do anywhere else in the world. amy: and this is big one foundation chairman brock pierce talking about puerto rico last month. is thatnk puerto rico perfect situation where amazing things can happen. it is in these moments where we experience our greatest loss that we have our biggest opportunity to sort of restart an upgrade. and so it is in these moments that we can experience those huge sort of changes that would not be possible otherwise. puerto rico can become anything it wants. we are to help puerto rico, the people and the place, be as, you know, restart as well as it can. itrto rico will decide what wants to will itself to be. amy: that is big way foundation chairman brock pierce. the child star who grew up and now lives in puerto rico. before that, john paulson. yarimar bonilla, the significance, what they're saying? >> part of what is striking me about these folks is how they come from the outset in a puerto rico can

these transit islands make boarding and disembarking easier and safer. bikes and buses no longer need to weave around each other approaching a curb side bus stop. muni has already shown a travel time decrease of 24 seconds on this corridor. phase two also applies lessons learned from phase one, listening to feedback from transit users and muni operators. the two proposed transit islands will be lengthened to allow for more flexiblity in on boarding as well as the use of wheelchair ramps. phase two proposes to remove approximately 13 parking spaces. this removals are needed for driver and pedestrian visiblity, transit islands, new loading zones and emergency path of travel. through the safety project's outreaching efforts, this organization has partnered with the san francisco fire department and california highway patrol to provide traffic safety while improving emergency access. phase two removes parking near fire hydrants to keep fire access unblocked and readily accessible, and on #th street and bryant, this widens the driveway for the facility. under

we're now on our way to an island that's gradually drowning in the ocean six hundred ninety of alaska in new p.r. people live in the small village of shishmaref this light aircraft lands here twice a day. the way. they sell synacthen greets us at the tiny airport. he's only twenty years old but already the villages most famous son. is an environmental activist he wants to show us how his homes being affected by climate change there are virtually no cars in shishmaref there's no cinema and no restaurants for a long time the people here lived only off what they could hunt or fish. but the ocean is both friend and foe shishmaref is increasingly defenseless against storms and erosion every year the island loses several meters of land. because of that. two houses fell down actually in my grandparents' house is right there and there are other horrors that they had right beside it fell into the ocean and another house that. if you search subsystem are most likely you'll see that house but as you can see it's not here anymore. nineteen other houses have been moved to another part of the islan