did spend about 80 hours of my own time doing a reconciliation of the science report and sent john hawkins a template with identified trees that had been illegally removed, add not been replanted, are blocking signs and whatnot. just for the one street of gonzalez. there's several trees in park merced and trees are going like hot cakes these days. this has been an ongoing problem. i did recently, yesterday or today, i just got information requested over a year ago, specifically the letter from chris buck does say that due to arbor well and park merced applying for applications when removing trees that require permits so in my assessment there's been a lot of improvements in 007. we're actively working with them to make shurl they ref plant all required street trees. regarding accident reports or injuries or property damage, we don't manage the urban forest and wait for someone to be hurt before we make a decision to remove a tree. that's not a sound management practice so we don't expect someone to be hurt by a dead tree that's full of decay. when trees fail obviously attorneys circle. the

we think of some of those original explorers, settlers like sir francis drake, sir john hawkins -- there may concern -- their main concern was really looking for a base in the caribbean or better still, on the coast of south america. at the end of the 17th century the islands you are looking at which looks like an aerial view but it is actually a contemporary painting, this was the richest place in what was then english america. this is the island of barbados which since the 1640's had undergone a sugar revolution had become britain's main source for sugar and rum, and during the 17th century, just looking at the landscape and some of the build structure you can see just how prosperous this island was. the building we are looking at here is called saint nicholas abbey. it's not religious. it is a plantar's home. this was a stone structure. it was only embellished in the 18th century here. much of it had been built in the 17th century. stone structures were very rare. there were only three in virginia, one of which was [indiscernible] where governor berkley or barkley as the british would

john kerry has promised to boost support in the fight against boko haram. charlotte hawkinseports. >> the u.s. secretary of state landed in lagos hours after boko haram overran a town and launched a failed attack on maiduguri, the capital of borno state. john kerry the situation with goodluck jonathan, before meeting jonathan key rival in the election. he urged candidates to respect the outcome of the election. saying violence like in 2011 could undermine the fight against boko haram. >> the desire of the united states to engage even more so in the effort to push back against boko haram or any other violent extremist group. the quality of the democratic process is important to contributing to our ability to do so. >> the maiduguri came a day after the president was in the city for a came -- a campaign rally, he pledged to defeat boko haram. [indiscernible] >> we must conquer boko haram. we must overcome terror. in what we know as a peaceful state. >> maiduguri would be a major prize for the boko haram insurgents. andy fall of the other city gives the militants free run into

on december 14th andrew hawkins wore this showing his support for the families of tamir rice and john but these instances have left some wondering how recording artists are participating in the dialogue. quest questlove addressed this in an interview with billboard, referring to the backlash the dixie chicks received in 2003 after saying they were ashamed president bush was from texas. he said a lot of it is due to fear of bleeg backballs and not making a living. nicki minaj echoed that sentiment in her rolling stone interview, after posing the question, why aren't black celebrities speaking out more she cited reactions to kanye west's remarks to the response to hurricane katrina in 2005. she said look what happened to kanye when he spoke out. people told him to apologize to bush because how many times can you be made to feel horrible for caring about your people before you say it's not worth it. and in a radio interview with hot 97 in the morning, rapper macklemore did squirm a bit when asked about police misconduct and race. >> talk about what you're seeing right now and how macklem