i want to thank julie tran, who has worked a program to help small businesses get low-cost legal advice. i think the area where this legislation excels is on the noticing, being able to notice individuals and let people know what their responsibilities or liabilities may be. i want to thank the sponsor for putting this forward and for changing and amending some of the legislation. when the legislation was put forward, there were a number of the small business disability to make repairs or changes to storefronts and other things that might be difficult to do. i know we wanted to confuse that with federal or state laws that already exist by adding another complicated layer on top of it. i want to thank the spencer -- sponsor for making those amendments before it came to the board. i want to thank the sponsor for that. president chiu: i should take a moment to thank our deputy city attorney who spent much time going through various drafts of this legislation. any further discussion? can we take this same house, same call? without objection, this ordinance is passed in the first reading. it

july and enjoy a cheap pool of labor. now they are forging ahead with negotiations on regional trade under the proposed trans pacific partnership agreement, the tpp. earlier, gene otani talked with nhk world senior commentator to get more insight into vietnam's economy. >>> vietnam thrived on trade throughout its history. now it is at a major turning point. how would you tell us the state of the market is now. >> with open doors policies with be and the collective leadership of the communist elite, this reform helped the nation achieve a high rate over the past decade. the vietnamese economy has been growing over those years. but this year, the figure is a projected to dip below 6%. >> what's behind the slow down? >> for sure it will grow strong, but aside from that, vaet meez need to transform its industrial structure. being associate states, vietnam is being affected by the downturn just like most other countries. so that means that vietnam can no longer afford to simply rely on its cheap labor pool and growing population. >> so what specifically needs to be changed now that vietnam is at such a point. its domestic industry n

july and enjoy a cheap pool of labor. now they're forging ahead with negotiations on regional trade under the proposed trans-pacific partnership, the tpp. earlier i salked with nhk world's senior commentator hirome hirose to get more insight into vietnam's economy. vietnam has thrived on trade throughout its history but now it faces a major turning point. how would you characterize the current state of the country's economy? >> in a phrase, it's reform aimed at promoting the economy with open-door policies while maintaining the country's system under collective leadership of the communist elite. this reform has helped nation achieve high rate of economic growth over the past decade. the vietnamese economy had been growing about 7% each of those years. but this year it is expected to dip below 6%. >> what's behind this slowdown? >> the global economy -- played a part but the vietnamese need to transform its industrial structure. being a sociostate does not ensure the country from competition. vietnam is affected in the downturn, just like most other countries. so that means vietnam can no longer afford to simply rely on its che

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tran with kron4 news. >> mark: just this morning mitt romney in the republican party brought in big money last month, they raised $101.3 million in the month of july. here is video from the campaigning in fund raising in california last month. he had three fund- raising events and the apparent in addition to the july numbers, they also boasted that mr. mit romney and the state participants have $189 million in cash on hand. mit romney has been outpacing the president and fund raising. he brought in 106 million in june that is 35 million more than president obama race. and in the meantime this morning we have on who will be speaking at the gop convention in tampa florida, we have john mccain, mike huckabee and condalisa rice. >> mark: president obama is expected to raise money in connecticut. it seems to be a star-studded event. >> mark: another was a lot of excitement and nasa, the two and a half billion dollar curiosity rover landed safely on mars. this is from the lab in pasadena falling with the call seven minutes of terror as this rover with from 13 mi. per hour and then was lowered to the ground from a cable. it already has started sending ba

tran. >>reporter: his personal items, and jewelry. totaling $60,000 of items were taken from a home on july 17th. this home was under renovation.amily was not staying in there. at least they had maximum- security a small perimeter around the property. this person did not know who this home belonged to. karim mcfaline is the alleged defect. and he faces up to the amount of eight years in prison with burglary and selling stolen items. i would a imagine that the jhome would be highly secure. >>reporter: i passed that and entryway. and while the renovation was taking place. however, perhaps this is his speculating because it was impeller alto. that they did not have their high alert because of the safety of the neighborhood. have their high alert because of the safety of the neighborhood. [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1 c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1c1 [ man ] it's big. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. the biggest in bail. no one

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spending home sales in july at a two year high and we see some green arrows on the board and energy is a big drag. oil prices down by $1.27. producers down like devon energy and trans ocean and the refiners not having the best day today because hurricane isaac has essentially left unscathed. that is the good news even though we are seeing red arrows. valero is giving back the huge gains and saw monday and yesterday sell a little bit of a given back. back to you. nicole: thanks. hurricane isaac continues to lash new orleans and dangerous form surge and floods are part of the heavy rains we are seeing continuing today. tonight jeff flock has been on the scene over there in new orleans. what is the latest? you have been getting whipped around and we have been watching you all day. >> this is my kind of hurricane. this is a category 1 storm that you can actually do a decent job of covering with live television but not one that hurts too many people does too much damage. on this corner earlier in the morning we have had a lot of wind and rain but the damage not terrible across the city. there has been damaged but not devastating. i will look at the radar because i am st