i'd like to ask the manage to come forward and accept that award that dawn and jerald will present. >> good afternoon. good afternoon director in the meanwhile and director edward reiskin. it's an honor to be here it's popular and with that said i'd like to present the award clapping. >> congratulations on behalf of the sfmta members. please introduce our colleagues and husband. >> i'm here today with my husband dr. houses and i wanted he to recognize my supervisors and staff whose who have been structurally in this. we've got brenda mitchel who is our supervisor and store keeper and another gentleman who works with me in materials. we have ricardo and this is some of them. we have others who were not able to make it. in addition we're working with a store union labor union and we're tacking some of their suggestions in making improvements and so i want to recognize them all. thank you very much for the award >> thank you very much (clapping.) >> next, i want to ask the director of streets to recognize one of our astounding parking control officers. >> good afternoon mr. yee. >> good

given the other jerald agenda items before i relative to this project and following my presentation we thought it would be appropriate to have the puc provide a brief overview of the prescription. with that i'd like to present jeff from the sf puc. >> thank you and good afternoon, commissioners. planning director ram. i'm jeff gilman the puc commission and water rousing division i'm the project manager for the ground water project. i'd like to give you a belief overview. i presented the project about 6 months ago. just first to set the stage the proposed san francisco ground water supply project is one the improvement projects additional and one of our important water component of that. the commission certified the program eir for the water system improvement program in october 2008. part of the water system improvement program included a water supply strategy and some critical parts of that san francisco by adapting that strategy plaza limits on the water that we could import from our watersheds. and we commented to give our portfolio as we call it. and way he prop to do that is maxim

my name is betty brown and this is my husband jerald. we are the parents of rick brown. i'm 86 years old and i have had both knees replaced and have eye problems. my husband is 87 and has medication for diabetes and has had one minor stroke. rick currently handles or finances and bills and helps us make decisions. for the last several years he's been spending a lot of vacation time helping us do what we need. we find that the help we need with simple task we don't know what we would do without him. we have been fortunately we've been able to live independently thus far. we are fortunate that rick is including space for us in his plans to remodel his home to make it easier for us to get around. this makes it easier for our lives. having an elevator would allow us to celebrate visits from family. we ask that you allow this to go forward to keep our families together. thank you for your consideration. >> good afternoon commissioners, my name is jack. i'm reading a statement from caroline who is in a wheelchair. i have requested that my statement be read. although i'm not a

jerald tan, al jazeera. >> fighting continues in the rebel held region of northern syria. for a third day groups of engaged in clashes with the slawmentiislamic state of iraq e levant. al jazeera nina hoder has that story. >> reporter: syria's armed opposition is pushing forward with what seems to be a coordinated offensive against the islamic state in iraq and the levant or isil. the group has been pushed out of its bases, against forces who believe isil hasn't been working for the forces of their revolution. created many states in many areas of the rebel held north imposing their own laws which many in the opposition believe are brutal. irvetionsil for its part has -- front lines if attacks against it continue. warning that regime forces would then be able to retake aleppo in an audio recording the isil said i.t. was being stabbed in the back by some groups involved in a conspiracy that seeks to get rid of al qaeda before planned peace talks in geneva. rebel commanders deny they are waging this war on behalf of the international community but there are some who believe i

both drivers pulled into a gas station on jerald avenue and that's when the two began arguing.he officer shot the other driver in the leg, the injury not considered life-threatening. the officer was not in uniform and was driving her own car. >> the organizers of fireworks show on lake tahoe face a lawsuit, claiming the fireworks shows violate the clean water act. the suit demands $5 million in fine from the visitor authority and the fireworks show producer. the authority says this is the first complaint in the 30 years it's held the shows. >>> a state lawmaker wants to see undocumented immigrants become eligible for health benefits under cover california. assembly democrat of bell gardens near los angeles believes immigration status shouldn't matter when it comes to providing coverage for the uninsured. federal law prohibits people living in the u.s. illegal from getting coverage from the state's f-ans exchange. one lawmaker says california can't, afford to quote, attract people to come to our state illegally. >> a local cheer squad needs your help. how you can help send these

not -- phil torres jerald cepped.not because of our sorrow or our sympathy but because they are right. >> to help convince congress to help invest on the war on poverty, johnson took his plan to the people. known as poverty tours, johnson went to see the poorest of the poor in places like the mountains of virginia. >> it helped with the legislation and every time you played these little theatrics, you are going to have success. >> five years after the law passed, poverty dropped from around 20% to around 11%. today it's back around 15%. that's more than 46 million americans according to the census bureau. >> the richest nation on earth can afford to win it. why cannot afford to lose it. >> the world's poverty is yet another war that america is not winning. we cannot win the war on poverty for anyone else. those who are affected by poverty can be empowered in order to get out from this condition. >> professor nedeen says he believes that president johnson had the best intentions, the war on poverty had an impact not th

both drivers pulled into a gas station on jerald avenue and that's when the two began arguing. the officer shot the other driver in the leg, the injury not considered life-threatening. the officer was not in uniform and was driving her own car. >> the organizers of fireworks show on lake tahoe face a lawsuit, claiming the fireworks shows violate the clean water act. the suit demands $5 million in fine from the visitor authority and the fireworks show producer. the authority says this is the first complaint in the 30 years it's held the shows. >>> a state lawmaker wants to see undocumented immigrants become eligible for health benefits under cover california. assembly democrat of bell gardens near los angeles believes immigration status shouldn't matter when it comes to providing coverage for the uninsured. federal law prohibits people living in the u.s. illegal from getting coverage from the state's f-ans exchange. one lawmaker says california can't, afford to quote, attract people to come to our state illegally. >> a local cheer squad needs your help. how you can help send the

this is because as you point out the jury rigging the gerrymandering of the republican districts jerald in lake wells florida joe we have just a minute left a quick question. we just have a minute lucky assert. ok you interviewed the man on the great unknown on the whole picture and wendell potter. but i couldn't hear the sound like you don't see the images on the t.v. screen i would. like to obamacare. his thank you for the call gerald potter's point about obamacare is that it's the it's the end of the beginning of reform so now we're into the serious part of health care reform and in other words it's a good start but we've got a long way to go and i agree that's it for your take my take live thank you for all your calls if we didn't get to your calls tonight tries back next week and keep the video questions coming in c.z. just grab your phone pointed at yourself or set up your computer however you'd like to do it earnestly great job and record your question or comment and e-mail it to us your take my take at g.-mail dot com coming up rand paul could be just what the doctor ordered whe

that will not be easy, jerald tan, al jazeera. >>> five story building was under construction when it caved in. emergency crews are still sifting through rubble to search for survivors. >> stocking up on supplies after forecast of more heavy snow and bitter weather. the region has experienced a severe snow storm after are frigid temperatures have taken place. >>> parts of the southwest have been hit hard by storms that have left homes and roads inundated. >>> record go ahead from tewksbury. >> heavy rain and gale force winds striking hard. the deluge and destruction was not as bad as many forecasters predicted but as day broke over the southwest the worst of i.t. seemed over for now at least, with the defenses holding back the tide. >> we still got sort of hefty flooding going on upstream. so we have a number of flood alerts and flood warnings and i think we'll get further flood warnings and flood alerts. >> but it last come at a price. protecting the town of upton upon seven, it will cost many millions of dollars. this very plod earn flood system is keeping the water at bay. much to

they don't want to lose another. 17 jerald justice tolliver was shot and killed, a young mother survived by her 2-year-old daughter. her cousin says justice and her brother argued inside the family apartment. this is on franklin street. there was an argument and the chronicle reports that it may have been over the fact that she bleached his clothes doing laundry. one cousin says they are not sure where he might get a gun but it isn't a big surprise. >> if he wasn't my family member i wouldn't be surprised if these young kids don't carry guns. that's the nature of what they do and what is at stake in this day and age. and being from here. >> reporter: relative sas tolliver worked and took care of her baby daughter but also spent time looking after her grandmother. we went by the apartment this morning. it is quiet but oakland police still looking for the 14-year-old. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thank you. >> a vallejo woman accused of killing one person and trying to kill another will be in court. investigators say angela black shot a 47-year-old man

by 6 to 1 margin, judy, just 40 years ago when jerald ford was president of the united states americans opposed the legallization or decriminalization of marijuana. 20 years ago it was by a 4 to 1 margin. and 10 years ago it was by a 2 to 1 margin. now a majority of americans support it. and the strange way it is a little bit like the lottery. state lotteries which and state gambling. and that is it's through tax money. it's one of the arguments that was made. raising-- without raising taxes at the same time within getting the ballot, getting done. and i really, i have not thought it through i will be honest with you. it's not something that i would have spent my time on. coy understand same-sex marriage because everybody either has a neighbor, a nephew a relative a coworker, a friend who is gay and has been discriminated against. this is one that kind of throws me. >> but the tax revenue thing, i can just say is a boggus issue, because the social costs raise costs for the government to more than compensate the tax revenue. >> good point. >> woodruff: all right, well you both made fabul