because of the events here, it drew the most people to the islands island.t was obviously very popular. i am just wondering, as we go forward with our plan for treasure island, is there the opportunity for something like a boat festival, for teams to be the great use of the maritime venue that we have, as well as the land area that is next to the water, that allows for something like the dragon boat festival to occur. is that something that we can attract again once we have gone through construction? >> quite possibly, whether it is a san francisco international dragon boat festival, or another festival, or working in conjunction with the treasure island sailing centre, clipper cove will still be viable, will still attract people even with the marine expansion. i fully expect to continue to do events out there. i know the sailing centre still does events, and perhaps i should have talked about the sailing centre a little bit as well. they have some regatta events coming up, some of the high schools have teams, and they are always doing races out there when t

so phase one of treasure island, as you're well aware, includes all of the areas on the island and the first phase of treasure island closest to the ferry terminal building one and the city side neighborhood. and a quick overview of the many different types of circulation that we're designing for, recognizing the importance of walkability, safety and accessibility with the focus on transit. first, beginning with the pedestrians and pedestrian circulation leading to the intermodal transit hub. bike circulation and the inner relationship between bikes and pedestrians has been an important consideration throughout the design process and i'll talk a little bit more about that as we move through. vehicular circulation and understanding where the vehicular safety concerns are, with an emphasis on good intersection design and linking the vehicular circulation with the intermodal hub. then lastly, the overall transit circulation with the interconnection of ferry, bus and shuttle services on the island. so in terms of the paving design and material selection criteria that we've had, we really b

for many years as you know that we were at treasure island and the treasure island sailing center was a great partner, very much aligned with our goals of increasing access to the water for recreational opportunities, for young people, as well as the san francisco and community residents. secondly, i'm the president of the elementary school p.t.a., and i'm here because our teacher can't be here, our fourth grade teacher who has for many years participated in this set, sail learn program. and she asked me to make a few remarks on her behalf. our school is focused on narrowing the equity gap and she see this is program as critical to that. she feels that sailing is traditionally a sport that many people have not had access to. and she's able to take all of the kids in our school, fourth grade there, to the program where they actually get to sail. they learn about science. i think that they're learning about alternative wind energies this time. it's very much aligned with the next generation science standards. and part of our school strategy really in narrowing the equity gap. and i woul

how do you explain that contrast between the islanders in the indian ocean and the islanders in the south atlantic what i think is different heat is that the chico silence themselves that archipelago of the chico sightlines forms war is a unique strategic be for military purposes lots of stuff and that's what's going against the chico sale winters and of course we know the history here shows that the u.k. government affectively sold out the chico sounders stole their lawn stole their wealth stole their lives really all photo told to the deal over plot its nuclear missiles where they saved eleven hundred eleven million pounds which is about two hundred million pounds in today's money it's about military strategy and it's about military objectives and it's about the uki effectively providing a piece for the us military in the indian ocean that's what it's about but the international court of justice in the hague and the united kingdom are represented by the government's attorney general no less do you think he was squatting on them bought a cement when the documents were extracted fro

to build on the island. but my thinking on the zoning was really based on that shared right-of-way, the height limits along that shared right-of-way and then the maximum and what we can do in terms of the new technology that's coming along, to make sure that we're flexible enough to allow that to occur. >> commissioner richardson: thank you very much, commissioner tsen. commissioner dunlop? >> commissioner dunlop: i'm glad you brought up the issues. first thing, sort of a general question. i know there was sort of a fight about height limit, not necessarily these lower ones, but on the towers. and did that get resolved? i thought we had to bring down our planning for the towers? >> no. there was some discussion. i forget what the original proposed height for the main tower site was. that was all resolved in 2011, when the -- when the design for the development and special-use district regulations were finalized. >> commissioner dunlop: great. as far as the cost gap, does the modular help that considerably? >

carter went to three mile island on sunday. booties whenow they tour the grounds to protect them of -- from traces of radiation. but it caused much levity later on. you mentioned an initial worries that the president had been exposed to radiation. the head of the office of nuclear reactor regulation was in charge of the licensing of and safety of operating power plants. hero ofd out to be the three mile island in many ways. he was a bureaucrat. he was a guy who had not been highly visible. he was not a household name. of the firststory time that he went to the plant site on friday on the request of president carter. carter had asked for the best person in the country to go up there and take over. evening, the governor had scheduled a press conference. nton toasked harold de come. there were 300 reporters. it was a monsoon. the governor made his opening statement. harold said he was there looking at the ceiling and the governor going to turnm this over to harold denton." and he had had one press briefing his life. after that, he

the chicos islands we cannot have a situation where another state will have the island but instead of the autochthonous people of these islands as you know around the globe there are other bridges overseas territories such as for example pitcairn island got about forty two people yet the this country is looking after them is supporting them they've got an island council and everything why not us the other feel that the comparison between the focal and. where the u.k. fought a war to keep them from the ne ns and the chigger say when those were the united kingdom repatriated the forcibly and then gave them their way effectively to the americas general for starters in contrast it is an astonishing cause and struck my fear is that the situation may continue in this new era that dizzy can go and give back the island tomorrow and we will be the losers we should be included in all negotiations in future how confident are you that one that you will be oppressed the next you'll be a president in a situation in these wonderful violence in the indian ocean it is possible but there is in need for

the manmade island. and the cove was created when treasure island was constructed. there was a shoal that extended off to the northern shore of the island and materials from that shoal were dredged and pumped into the containment that became -- formed at treasure island. that -- that created clipper cove and dredged it to its original depth. and in clipper cove lies between treasure island and yerba buena island. and the treasure facilities are at the southeast corner of the island today. here's a perspective on that. you can see the waterside facilities that extend out over the water and down to the water. and the base structure there was existing naval facilities though treasure island sailing center has made some improvements to the access. and then they have some modular facilities and boat storage on the land side. and the 201 entitlement and transaction documents for treasure island committed the community development to provide a geotechnically improved site for the continuing operations of the sa

we begin near three mile island with a guest who lives near three mile island. this is about 90 minutes. march 28, 1979, the events just outside of harrisburg, pennsylvania. minutes, we look back at the three mile island accident, which was the partial meltdown of a reactor. occurred 40 years ago, the incident rated a five on the seven point international nuclear event scale. as the story continued to unfold, here is how ed bradley of cbs news covered it. >> it announces that there is an evacuation. please stay indoors with your windows closed. >> this is not a community that scares easily. major floods and hurricane agnes have come here and the towns survive. for almost a week last month, the people of middletown, pennsylvania, lived in fear of an enemy they couldn't see, hear, or feel. >> that is from cbs news. the fear is radiation following the nuclear at generating station. consider the most serious nuclear power accident in the history of the u.s.. we will look back at the events that occurred. eric epstein joins us live. he is the chair of the three mile

you have three mile island behind us.ou have a coal plant to the west, a small hydro dam, and if you go to a small community across from us, you will see this area that said basically this is the future. atomic power, three mile island, stilll hydro dam, and it is great waterskiing and fishing. i came down here to recreate with everybody. i was pro-nuclear. things changed. you are in the heartland of conservative republican bible belt pennsylvania. let's go to- host: any joining us from sugar grove, north carolina. caller: good morning, steve. i have a comment to make about your 30-day colin rule. -- call-in rule. who calls andler from north charleston, south carolina named steve. i know you know who he is. he has a very distinctive voice and he called in january 8 10, february 5, march 25. so he has called in four times in 66 days. i left comments on your comment up times.ast eat i recognize his foes. how are you doing? -- i recognize his voice. duly noted. we will do our best to make sure steve does not get through. gue

this is where at all went wrong at three mile island. to try to understand what happened there, we came here. john is the plant superintendent. >> this is a vessel that has a quarter inch steel liner. on outside of the liner, it has 4-6 feet of concrete depending on the location. the containment vessel is designed to contain all the pressure of the gas in case of a hypothetical accident. narrator: the accident at three mile island was not hypothetical, it happened. it will be months, perhaps years, before somebody can go safely inside. the 96 tons of uranium in the core is kept under water at all times. the nightmare at any plant is that the cooling water will drain off and the uranium rods melt down. >> this is the top of the reactor vessel. it contains all of the control rod shrouds. the fuel is located inside the reactor vessel right now. narrator: at three mile island, more than half of the 36,000 fuel rods in that core sustained some damage when a series of human and mechanical errors conspired to send the core out of control. pumps

island.ot only was it filled with jungles,d vietnam-like but alligators and mosquitoes carrying malaria and dysentery. you had a lack of supplies. the japanese called this hells island because they had to rely on the rat patrol to run supplies, ammunition, and food in under the cover of darkness. the americans don't have planes on the island for the first couple of weeks. patrol comes in during the night. at the start of the campaign, off, that spd taking is the plaintiff turner caldwell. planes cover the landings for two days. admiral fletcher pulled out to keep the carrier safe. from everyoneism about him being cowardly, but there were reasons for it. he did and took the criticism for it. would also hornet take part in the guadalcanal campaign. these are the ones that served during the landing days. talking about a few people who served, i pulled out a couple here. this is lieutenant stockton and bernie strong. he goes back to the beginning of the war flying dive bombers. he was with the sc

the key is no man is an island. when anything actually happens, they don't look at one individual, they look at p.u.c. stepping in and getting the job done, and that's what we do. my name is dalton johnson, i'm the acting supervisor here at treasure island treatment plant. the treasure island development authority infrastructure and transportation committee meeting. item number 1, call to order. director, riched ardson. >> here iny , director tsen? >> here. >> director lai? >> director dunlop? >> here. >> we do have a quorum. >> ok. thank you all for being here and i also wanted to thank those that are watching remotely. with us today we have treasure island commissioners, fei tsen who is the commission president and we have commissioner mark dunlop and i see our partners in development and staff in the audience. and mr. bob beck is also here. again good morning. thank you all for watching. >> clerk: item number 2, general public comment. >> if there are any public comments on actions that are not on the agenda, so

the discovery of some uninhabited 10 islands -- juan oh islands -- guano islands. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the house judiciary committee launched a wide-ranging investigation monday into president trump, his businesses and his allies as lawmakers probe possible obstruction of justice, corruption and other crimes and abuses of power. the committee requested documents from at least 81 people or groups, who now have a march 18 deadline to respond. the list includes his sons donald trump jr. and eric trump, his son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner, wikileaks and julian assange, the department of justice, the fbi, trump's charities, and founder of private security firm blackwater, erik prince, who is also the brother of education secretary betsy devos. an explosive new piece in the new yorker details trump's long-standing and far-reaching relationship with fox news. among the revelations in the explosive report, investigative reporter jane mayer writes that in 2017, t

on taylor road in bethel island. we are starting to get the upper hand, progress has stopped and spreading at this point right now we are flowing a lot of water to put the rest of the fire out. we are told there were propane tanks behind the homes. was that, were they involved as well? >> yes. what goes on the island is a lot of people here are on a propane service for gas and so there is a lot of propane tanks all over the island and of course people have other, smaller tanks for things like trailers and barbecues and things of that sort. >> eastern contra costa fire protection district thank you for your help. they are in the process of getting the fire not out. at its height it look like this, video we got in a little while ago. you see this particular home fully involved. >> thank you very much have a good one. >> >> it lacks smoke from these three structure fires could be seeing for miles you can imagine how powerful these fires are. >> we will move on and keep an eye on the situation. also, scientists wanting a

at least, that was the theory until three-mile island. inevitable that at some point there is a disaster? >> i think in any type of industry, the answer could be yes. there has been an analysis done --people like rose pushin done by people that indicate it is very dull. >> there was lack security at one point. at one point there was a problem with the corrosion in one of the plants. these things can happen. you are dealing with human beings. and we all make mistakes. there is no failsafe system. >> that's correct. there is no failsafe system. on the instance that we have --per security at that time, >> what were the effects to the public? do you think that people should not be afraid, should not have any concern? >> well, i don't think it will ever come to a situation where people will not have any concern. but the question is, how safety make these plants? i think they are safe, or i would not be working here. living sevenly miles away from the site come if i did not think these plans were safe enough to operate, i would not be in this p

soledad: debt has long been an issue for this island. i think the number is around $70 billion is the number. what is the strategy now to manage that debt with this oversight board making recommendations? why first we have to establish a fiscal plan. it has certain measures. we are committed to reducing costs. that is something we did prior to the oversight board. we have done so. soledad: what got cut in that effort to reduce costs? universities, education, services are the things that people tick off. governor rossello: the board established you needed to cut from the university and there needed to be cuts in healthcare and some or places. -- some other places. for me it is education because i want education form. the way you move forward as a society is if it is educated and healthy. soledad: how many skls were closed -- schools were closed? governor rossello: in the past two years it is about 300. soledad: people listen education is my priority and i have closed just under 400 schools for children who were out of school a long time i

the island of blues is got it's the island's gateway to the baltic sea from here i'm setting out to seethe 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. you can stock lives form with our will leave the islands most spectacular coastline but the chalk is also a natural raw material with many useful applications and you need 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 playful periods they were thrust to the surface the chalk is made from the remains of tiny marine organisms. and 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 hundred sixty meters above sea level but in reality and there's only one place in g