from the mayor's office, joanna. thank you for being here. >> can i have a lower microphone, please? thank you. thank you so much. good afternoon, supervisors. thank you, chairman, for allowing our office to come with a couple of brief comments. my name is joanna and and the deputy director for the mayor's office of disability. i would love to thank you for the opportunity to frame the day's discussion in the context of disability rights issues in the city, and our city obligation to remain compliant. as many of you know, the mayor's office of disability deals with compliance issues and not so much service issues. let me begin by saying that sro 's is more than just a service issue, it is a civil rights issue. with over 8000 seniors and people with disabilities currently living in them, in approximately two-thirds of the survey sample, they reported some kind of disability. it is important to highlight the discrepancy between the number of physically acceptably units and the percentage of people that need them. of co

jake martin is here from the va , and joanna's year as part of the incredible case work that has gone on. and trent, his incredible team. and joyce krum, his deputy for homeless services. i want to acknowledge they have been helpful in pulling together the nation's when an individual needs furnishings -- pulling together damnations when an individual needs furnishing. -- pulling together donations when an individual needs furnishing. and so, to start us off, our mayor, ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, bevin. i want to reiterate my thanks to the board of supervisors for working with me. bevin, is an ex-person on the board as well. we are also proud of the work you have started. i cannot think of a more patriotic thing to do than to find a homeless veteran there home in san francisco. i would be the first tuesday, despite all the success we will ever do -- to say, despite all the success we will ever do, and you know the economy is growing and we're trying to find people jobs. housing is expensive. that is why we're doing the housing trust fund and other efforts. but people who need our

. >> the two kids still in the water, joanna morales and her brother rafael, let go of the ice and startay. >> you could see it in their faces. i started to lose one of them. >> la mancha quickly grabs the girl, joanna, leaving rafael for the moment. >> at that point i heard him say, i'm going to give up, and at that point, he kind of pushed off. and i reached in, and thank god i was close enough to reach him, and i grabbed him by his vest. i feel bad about it later. i'm happy i did it at the time. i yelled at him and told him to hold onto this raft, you're coming in next. and it worked. he got scared of me a little bit and held onto the raft. >> with two kids still in the water and nobody on steady ground, reinforcements arrive. firefighters, including lieutenant greg piccone, make it across the ice to help. >> i was really close enough to see their eyes, and they were in panic. they were almost listless at that stage. >> lieutenant piccone crawls across the ice, trying to disperse his weight. >> i reach the kids. that's when it got crazy. the ice broke. the kids, we all went right in.

. >> reporter: tom and his wife, joanna, take the gospel to the muslim world. tom also wrote the up coming book, "dreams and visions, is jesus awakening the muslim world?" >> i think our god is a fair god. he is righteous and just. people are seeking. they don't know where to go. maybe they don't have a bible. he'll get the message to them somehow. >> reporter: this woman comes from a central asian country. her identity is hidden for security reasons. >> in the church, if you ask how many people came to christ -- how they came to christ, and 80% will say they saw him in a dream. >> reporter: a christian friend challenged this woman to ask god to speak to her personally. >> and so i decided to ask him, and so i did. and then the next day, i guess, i saw a dream. and i saw in my dream -- i saw jesus at a bridge, and i decided to come to him. >> hey, guys, my name is hasam. >> reporter: hasam, host of a satellite tv program, hears from muslim about their dreams and visions. >> i had one lady write me and said, i have had a nightmare. i turned on the television, an

commissioner miguel: i would like to compliment joanna nad claudio -- and claudia for the work you have done so far. i have had some engagement over the last year's with the department. i conducted two noontime forums for them on basically answering questions, and they seemed very receptive and understood the principles that were involved. what i have a slight problem with is not your power point presentation -- although, please do not read slides word for word. i am finding in one section community stakeholders. then i am seeing residents and businesses. then public. then department stakeholders. by the way, stakeholders never divide. i think you are talking about the same people, but you are using all different terms, and that does not make sense to me. then i see under the statement of purpose down in the second paragraph -- achieve what is best for the city and people that live, work, and play in it. i guess i take offense to the term "play." is it visitors you are talking about? people who come on conventions? i do not know what effective community members means as a phrase. you sa

joanna stern gives the tablet high marks. >> it's good medium for someone who doesn't want to shell out the money for a ipad around 400 dollars or someone who doesn't want something as minimal as e reader get this 200 tablet with a nice multimediaexperience. >> reporter: it retails for $200. now you see it and now you don't. scientist developed a ink that will disappear after being exposed to air and light for two months. those are the tech bites. >>> now "good morning maryland." >> 14 minutes after 6. thanks for joining us this morning. july 4th plans may be going down the drain for so many people as widespread power outages and stifling heat are maiming a lot of country especially the mid-atlantic region and midwest. we have the latest. >> reporter: the misery continues. brutal temperatures expected again today add together agony to millions without power and without air conditioning. yesterday, 45 states had temperatures in the 90s or above. many past 100. power crews in the richmond verge community worked to install new poles after friday night's monster storm tore down power lines

and as the final episode of joanna songes news making interview show airs on our t.v. we look back at the highlights and the impact of the series while the whistleblower himself is holed up in ecuador's embassy waiting for a decision on his asylum. up next paul brings you the latest sports news it's. thank you very much karen welcome to the world of sports here is what we've got for you talking about russia's last female representative at wimbledon the ria kirilenko of poland's our go reaches the semifinals. through the gaze of twenty two year old peter sagan wins his second stage of the tour de france. still leads the overall standings. sailing success self-denying gruelling months french team group palma win the volvo ocean rice claiming an unassailable leading goal what. but first the semifinal lineup in the women's singles wimbledon is now in however russia one child a representative off the maria kirilenko went down in three sets to pardon. in the quarterfinals for a bronze goal was the only top. never reach the last four of a grand slam but she rectified that aga

don't forget that the final episode of joanna songes interview show is set to air on r t today at eleven thirty g.m.t. now course you can find all the previous episodes at some stuff dot com. and a draft law is in the works in iran that seeks to block shipments of oil through the strait of hormuz to countries that have imposed sanctions on the islamic republic one iranian m.p. says the action would be in response to europe's oil embargo and u.s. penalties against tech crunch those measures are aimed at pressuring iran into curbing its controversial nuclear program but there's lama propelled like says it has no problem selling oil as some large customers like china been exempt. from the u.s. sanctions iran has also been stockpiling money and goods to buffer the impact of the measures against the country and abandon researcher and writer soraya for all rich. is actually trying to fight back at attempts to bring down islamic bomb. iran looking back at this history knows that it has no choice it either goes down or it has to defend itself and i think it will if it's ready to defend itself it

watch last episode of joanna sondra center official here on r.t.e. on tuesday eleven thirty g.m.t. you can of course watch all the previous episodes at a sound started dot com. back in two thousand and nine president obama put tourism on the agenda as a potential economy booster advertising brand america across the world but the ambitious plan hasn't managed to pull the jobs market out of a slump with june yet another week month for the struggling u.s. economy marina partner has the story. america's economy was once like the strongest and fastest roller coaster everyone wanted to ride. but nearly four years following wall street's financial freefall more than fifteen million u.s. citizens lack full time jobs. and employment problem the u.s. president hopes the visitors from other countries can help fix more money spent by more tourists means more businesses can hire more workers washington has launched a marketing campaign promoting brand usa all over the world. with a heavy focus on travelers from brazil china and india visitors from all three emerging economies contributed a repo

the deadline for joanna songes extradition to sweden set by britain's highest court came and passed this saturday but the whistleblower remains in the u.k. is still waiting for ecuador to decide on his request for political asylum before taking refuge in the embassy of the south american country songe produced a much talked about interview show the last edition aired on r.t. this week laura smith looks at the key moments of the series. i'm julian assange. it is true he makes where they expose the world secrets these documents long united states government being attacked by the powerful united states strongly condemn this western white people for what it promised an insight into the world tomorrow and in twelve episodes julie and i saw and interviewed opinion formers and activists from across the political spectrum. and with the first guest being hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah the program proved it wasn't going to hold back from the get go talking to a man the mainstream media has ignored for six years what we call for serious negotiations dialogue and he said it was for a matter of a

well first of all a correction i'm joanna take back the spokesperson for most of the director i was director for s.b. and that is an hour drive very used to be the shoulder so that the folks that you're talking about there are students they take our offices and we have to our lots of relationships. so i'm going to be sending those folks as well as to. me having issues with the police department here it's going to be the city council uses to take a look at this and franchises and residents are very. ok and a lot of the controversy surrounding this incident i mean it's a lot of things but there are reports that police would went door to door and try to take to try to bribe people to hand over that video i guess a video that documents the protests going down what do you know about that well let me say i actually have received a phone call from evelyn. was one of the greatnesses was an activist share your awful label back then and she asked me where she worked which she just stood there by the department she described all members running down the streets right after this hour and some other peop

joanna says spankings are a last resort. >> putting them in their room is a vacation for them.s. it depends on if i tell my family or my peers. there is judgment with other moms. but i think a lot of spanking is done in the privacy of their homes. people don't want to say they do that. >> closet spanking? >> yeah. >> reporter: nearly 80% of preschool-aged children are spanked in the united states. but canadian researchers just released findings last week, saying spanking children they increase the odds for mood disorders later in life. >> mood disorders, anxiety, depression, alcohol, the long-term effects. >> there's a lot of things you can do to punish your child, or to discipline, other than spanking. sometimes i think that spoonking in the moment would be an easier way to get my point across. but i don't think that's helping anyone. >> i guess i prefer the old-fashioned way. i don't want to be the friend. i want to be the parent. i want to be the authoritative figure in their life. >> reporter: and you think there should be a little fear? >> absolutely. >> reporter: but with

as joanna spilbor knows, we have both handled cases.he shooter, the roommate that was convicted and who he confessed to, he knows the details and knows the window was broken and where he went. >> maybe he robbed the place or stole the silver bars. anything could happen. megyn: the text messages could do doctor dixon. according to his roommate, he said his friend sheppard was texting with doctor dixon from the backyard. about committing the crime. well, the police in this case seem they are doing an excellent job, very thorough job. and i'm sure they have ruled out the roommate is the one who performed us. even though the prosecutors cannot prove it, there is a strong motive and a love triangle. they were both involved, they were in love with the same woman. and she is saying that she has been totally clear of having any involvement in this, but that is the reason -- you have motives and means. megyn: right now, doctor dixon has been charged with first-degree murder and the shooter, doctor shepherd has been charged with first degree murd

. >> clayton an astrologer and author of the only astrology book you'll ever need, joanna, it's wool >> thank you. >> clayton fortunately, you weren't thrown by looking at our signs. why do we need to go on vacation based around our as logical signs? what does it do for us? >> basically what astrology does, tells us about ourselves, who we are, and how we go about filling those needs, our temperament, et cetera. to make a plan for your vacation, based on your needs and what would work for you, rather than something contrary to your personality, would be, obviously, optimum. makes your happier. >> for families we have so many mixed as logical signs and it could get ugly and here is mine, i'm a libra, born october 11th, so what type of place should i be going? what does it say about me? >> basically it's to define a partnership, romantic, elegant, aesthetic sign that enjoys luxury, and it would be perfect, first of all, to travel with someone you love, whether that's a family member or a friend, or-- yeah, and we assume your wife is your lover, right? and then, therefore, you should be