iss true representation.of the great muscle that has made san francisco well known in its reputation as being forward thinking also obligates us to answering the other questions some of the chals that i remarked on especially as it concerns the african-american population in after. i'm not so sure that the numbers really have dropped to 3.%. that's a quick drop from 6.2 two years ago. but whatever the case is, that decline in population is a healthy reminder that even the most forward-thinking cities have incredible work to do. thank you, everybody, and happy black history month. >> thank you, supervisors cohen and mirkarimi. just want to announce also that thanks to the efforts of lamont bishop and others, we do have for the kinseys proclamations or certificates of recognition for shirley and bernard kinsey from senator leno's office, is ash asem blipman ma and we have those and had present them to them later in the program. we'd like to now turn to the -- to our presentation by the -- i'm blanking -- the om

wakata is scheduled to fly to the iss on a soyuz spacecraft at the end of 2013. he leads a multinational crew from 15 countries and plays a significant role in the operation of the space station. wakata has been to space three times. he also completed a long-term mission on the station in 2009. he now heads a division at nasa in charge of astronauts. it's believed japan's two successful unmanned space launches could have contributed to wakata's appointment. wa ta ta says he will put all his efforts to prepare and train for his new task, based on his previous experience. >>> a group of japanese novelists has asked the chinese portal site to remove novels by its members that have been posted without permission. the japan p.e.n. column made the request in a letter sent to baidu on wednesday. the club says novels and essays by at least 16 writers, including the late makoto oda, have been posted on a site offered by the japanese arm of baidu. the novels and essays are sold in the form of digital files for electronic books. they have been reposted on baidu's site witho

the iss will use it to test out robots react to zero gravity conditions in our space.he top story is the situation in libya. there has been another message of defiance from libya's leader. gaddafi appeared at green square in the capital of tripoli on friday afternoon to tell crowds of supporters that he will die on libya's soil. he blames the unrest on foreigners. he says he will arm his people to fight back and crush the enemy. huge parts of libya are out of his control. in the eastern part, thousands of people turned out for friday prayers. it was the first since the opposition groups seize control of the city. i will be back in one minute with our in-depth report on libya. stay with us. \ >> europe is watching the events in the middle east and north africa. not everyone is happy with the changes. there is concern that the upheavals and revolutions could thousands if the millions of africans to flee their homeland and crossed the mediterranean. the southern rim of europe with italy, spain, and greece are already sounding the alarm. >> safety at last after 100 kilomet

known as the automatic transfer vehicle, will deliver food, clothing, and oxygen to the crew on the iss >> this animation shows what it will look like when the johannes kepler robot fighter purchase the international space station. the fully automated freighter will deliver much-needed supplies and push the station into a higher orbit. it carries about 5 tons of fuel, plus maintenance equipment, tools, scientific instruments, clothing, and food for the crew. in all, the cargo will weigh about 7 tons, three times more than the russian progress capsule often used to supply the station. >> the atv is a key pillar in the international space station logistics. >> three months after being filled with the space station's garbage, it will be destroyed on reentry into earth's atmosphere. >> i will be back after a short >> i will be back after a short break. >> italy has placed soldiers on alert and ask to brussels for a bid to cope with an influx of thousands of tunisian refugees. the mediterranean island is 130 kilometers of the tunisian coast. more than five dozen migrants have landed there by

the unmanned vessel is carrying fuel, food, oxygen and clothing to the iss crew. and something else that may soon be joining a space station, a talking robot. japan's space agency is considering sending the android into space to keep astronauts company, monitor their health and communicate back to either earth vena -- via twitter. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,288 after gaining 61 points. the s&p added 8 points and the nasdaq rose 21. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei climbed 28 points while in hong kong the hang seng was up 24. -- 144. a slew of strong earnings pushed stocks back into the black on wednesday. impressive earnings from dell got the day off to an update start. cable giant comcast beat the street with its earnings thanks to a healthy increase in customers. deer and company plowed past quarterly estimates thanks to growing sales of its large farm equipment. teen retailer abercrombie & fitch doubled its net income sending shares 7% higher. cbs said an upti

meanwhile, managed to send weapons and people to defend the people in tripoli against ghadafi iss that gentleman using. >> for the first time in nearly three years oil hit $100 a barrel today. morgan stanley predicted if it reaches $120 a barrel the global economy could hover back near a recession. more on that from abc's abbey boudreaux. >> with the price of oil soaring to a level not seen since 2008 investment houses are on edge. >> we approach $125 a barrel, that would get very uncomfortable. $150 a barrel, that is the previous peak, that probably will be too much to bear. we'll be back in a recession. >> that surge in oil prices based in part on the tour moil in libya which is responsible for 2% of the world's oil production. also, fears that unrest could spread into saudi arabia, the number one exporter of oil in the world. the impact already being felt here. the stock market took a tumble for the second day in a a row. the dow dropping 107 points. and gas prices already up 5 cents a gallon this week. they are expected to continue to climb. in fact, top energy analysts contacted b

known as the automatic transfer vehicle, will deliver food, clothing, and oxygen to the crew on the iss. >> this animation shows what it will look like when the johannes kepler robot fighter purchase the international space station. the fully automated freighter will deliver much-needed supplies and push the station into a higher orbit. it carries about 5 tons of fuel, plus maintenance equipment, tools, scientific instruments, clothing, and food for the crew. in all, the cargo will weigh about 7 tons, three times more than the russian progress capsule often used to supply the station. >> the atv is a key pillar in the international space station logistics. >> three months after being filled with the space station's garbage, it will be destroyed on reentry into earth's atmosphere. >> i will be back after a short break. >> italy has placed soldiers on alert and ask to brussels for a bid to cope with an influx of thousands of tunisian refugees. the mediterranean island is 130 kilometers of the tunisian coast. more than five dozen migrants have landed there by boat in the last week. it is a

the iss will use it to test out robots react to zero gravity conditions in our space.he top story is the situation in libya. there has been another message of defiance from libya's leader. gaddafi appeared at green square in the capital of tripoli on friday afternoon to tell crowds of supporters that he will die on libya's soil. he blames the unrest on foreigners. he says he will arm his people to fight back and crush the enemy. huge parts of libya are out of his control. in the eastern part, thousands of people turned out for friday prayers. it was the first since the opposition groups seize control of the city. i will be back in one minute with our in-depth report on libya. stay with us. >> curious, bold, dependable. just like us. dw-tv -- quality first. \ >> europe is watching the events in the middle east and north africa. not everyone is happy with the changes. there is concern that the upheavals and revolutions could force thousands if the millions of africans to flee their homeland and crossed the mediterranean. the southern rim of europe with italy, spain, and

he was a good swimmer, going through high-school and prep school, and when they had ray iss bobby would be in the water when everybody else was in mid dive. he wanted to win. when he got older and went up in his 20s to the tacticals and played tennis, he beat everybody in tennis accepted the tennis pro. other than that he wanted to win so i go into that and talk about his competitive personality. he also had an incredible memory. when he was preparing -- there was a book of boris spaskky's games. there were about 10,000 moves. almost as a parlor game he would send you the book and say pick out a game and you when it was played and who boris spaskky played against. 1978 he played against portugal. he had memorized 10,000 moves. that was just one of his memories. i could tell many other stories and i do in the book. about how good he was. and he had a total focus on chess. he said bobby is an idiot savant. doesn't know anything about chess. i don't know if you read the out liars, howard takes 10,000 hours in a sense, for ten years to become good at something. probably more than that. he s

. >> it iss, because of egypt's size, its culture, its history, its homogeneity, past influence and hopefully renewed influence. you have a regime that was entrenched for more than 30 years. and in the span of 18 days, peacefully, creatively, noisely, this regime was brought down. and this is people's power. the likes of which we did not see in the arab world. and even arabs themselves became so cynical about the promise of a better future. the egyptian its today are telling us our best days are not necessarily behind. our best days are in the future and today with an exaggeration i can tell you all arabs are honorary egyptian. >> brown: what word dow use for today, rami khouri. >> i would even go beyond historic. i think it's cosmic this is extraordinary. and what it means in terms of the a ran world-- the arab world, after the ton easian starting the process, the tunisian presidents then leading to egypt, we now have a clear break in the modern arab security state that has ruled this region for the last two and a half, three generations. and for the first time we are seeing unbelievably imp

issing leading to power outages. right across the seaboard pummeled with wet weather.own into florida with the thunderstorms along the coast and potential flooding. currently, the opposite in the bay area no fog. a pretty, forecast, 52 san francisco, 53 santa rosa, 48 cinephile and mountain view. satellite, radar, a clear, lots of sunshine. pretty pleasant day. getting up to about 63 santa rosa, 58¢ is there, 59 richmond. los '60s to the east bay. along the coast 58 half moon bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. it will be a nice one, up by the end of the week temperatures in the '70s. 76 saturday and sunday. sundays through next week, one day after another of sunny, clear, dry. >> we don't have any hot spots, the only thing we are tracking is the strong wind advisory still in effect for your ride to and from. c h p as asking the be mindful other than the wind advisory and no other problems, westbound-80, stop mowing down just a bit. i just checked the traffic clogs no accidents, incidents. metering lights are off. you can take san mateo bridge as an alter

and iss politely as i could, what have you learned lately? and he said i just finished reading this book about the french defeat called hell is a very small place. does a great. i know understand what he said. he said the french lost because they failed to politically organize the terrain. my thought was if it took the commander in chief of our armed forces in vietnam six years to learn that i wonder we were losing the war. i have met general david petraeus and it was a rather humorous and counter. at a dinner given in his honor i stood in line to shake hands with him. something that don't do very often but i wanted to see what he was like. and i listened to him deal with a society matron who was gushing dollar over him and he left her feeling very full of herself and that she had had an intimate little discussion and then he talked with an ancient veteran who said i see you were at the battle of chickamauga or something like that and that left him glowing and so i put my hand out and buy said i was looking for you in vietnam but i couldn't f

in addition to supporting the iss and commercial crew to sustain leadership in lower for but we need to address these two primary areas. the flight system to take us beyond a low earth orbit including a deep space crew vehicle and an evolve heavy lift rocket. key research and technologies to enable the long term into deep space. the budget funds work in these critical areas. the heavy lift rocket and crew vehicle are crucial to explore all of our beyond earth destinations. we need to get started on them now. nasa is actively pursuing the space launch system and multi-purpose crew vehicle and will release plans for them late this spring. our destinations for humans be onerous have not changed. among them of the moon, asteroids and mars. we prioritize the systems, research and technology for deep space to enable logical sequence of human exploration missions. these difficult fiscal times and we have long-term challenges that will not be addressed in any single year. the bipartisan agreement reached will begin to focus on them in this budget. this budget provides many new milestones in

accord issing to the nonpartisan congressional budget office it reduce s. the deficit in the first ten years by $230 billion and over 20 years by more than a trillion dollars. and there's a lot of pain in the health care reform bill. a lot of people think that the cuts are too deep. but now that it's passed and enacted we need to give it a little time to work. there are a lot of pilot projects in there. there are a lot of efforts and different ways to go after the growth and it's a responsible way to do it. it expands health care coverage to more than 30 million americans that didn't have it and over the long term actually cuts government spending. so we should let it do its job. and there are -- that's as to health care reform. social security, which is the other entitlement that's growing that people like to talk about whereby the fact of the matter is social security is running a surplus. over the long term yeah social security has challenges and needs to be addressed over the long term but until 2037 it can continue to pay the benefits. social security

in addition to supporting the iss and commercial crew to stand a lower orbit we need to invest in the two primary areas, the flight systems to take us beyond low earth orbit including a deep space crude vehicle and an evil heavy lift rocket and key research and technology to enable the long journeys into deep space to read the budget funds work in these critical areas. the heavy lift rocket and the vehicle are crucial to exploring all of our beyond earth destinations. so we need to get started on them now. nasa is actively pursuing the space launch system or sls at the multi purpose crew vehicle and will release plans for them late this spring. our destination for humans yonder have not changed. among them are the moon, asteroids and mars. we will prioritize investments in the systems, research and technology for deep space to enable a logical sequence of human exploration missions to read these are difficult fiscal times and we have long term challenges that will not be fully addressed in any single year, but we keep faith with a bipartisan agreement reached last year and begin to fo

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