men and women that behind me who have addressed a series of headaches i know within councilmember kersey district. in recent years we've seen a wild, wild west open our streets this is a way to bring order to our city and asking companies to pay a fair share. the fact is the men and women behind us have been thinking intellectually and based on facts what rules we need to make sure we're minimizing congestion on our streets and folks not to have to travel in private cars or be in vehicles where a multiple people are and our roads are are properly maintained. i want to thank all the companies with working with our sfmta and the mayor to get it right. we're going to get it right and that work will help us to grow as a 21st century. it's fitting in this press conventions you have mayor ed lee and other supervisors we will l be asking voters to help are the infrastructure. i want to thank the technology companies and the world leading companies who are helping us and i know they'll be working side to side with us to make sure we're building a transit system for san francisco. so thank you ve

america live from new york, i an jonathan betz with today's top stories think second of state john kerseyng with russian foreign minister sergei love i don't have meeting again to figure out a solution over the tension in cremia. los angeles of roar says russia will just take interest in crimea. praying for victims of last week's mudslide. more than 300 rescuers and volunteers are still searching for the missing. the death toll rose by one this weekend to 18. local elections are happening in turkey today. the votes are largely seen a prekearse tore presidential elections this year. they are trying to end a

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