the kristi yamaguchi downtown ice presented by alaska airlines opening ceremony.s happening next wee m at the circle of palms at 120 south market street in san jose. proceeds benefit kristi's always dream foundation and it is a great way to get into the holiday mood. and you can find out more about christmas in the park and all of our guests and their events at our website, nbcbayarea.com, and we're also on social media, facebook and twitter, and you can follow me on twitter @rhandanbc. and a reminder, the nbc telemundo 48 feed the need food drive will be going on at bay area safeway stores so come out and join us on saturday, november 23. and that's it for our show today. we hope we are helping you get into the holiday spirit. "asian pacific america" will be back next week so we will see you then. thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ . >>> this is not between conduct, what is? >> january came too early. >> ♪ >>> good morning, welcome to "sunday today" on this november 17th, i am willie geist, it was a week of public testimonies in the impeachment inquiry from career diplomat

can come in and strong arm the country into shutting down your bank accounts well like you said kristie a lot of these people are now relying heavily on these crypto currencies but could countries really ever block the use of them because they're becoming so popular. we're putting a pallet on. the on ramps and they say on ramps and they are fabs that are a problem there's absolutely no censorship in the network itself so if you own crypto you can pay with crypto you can own it transfer and that sort of thing but if every tried to move in and out of the national currencies that's where governments become very significant they can they can ban it they can taxes they can regulate it they can regulate the exchanges and i must say over the last 11 years that's become the big problem in the crypto world so it's becoming its own ecosystem and it's really true that the worse governments get the more sense sorry as they get the more regulatory they get the more they're incentivizing people just to get into crypto and stay there to provide for their many needs and to provide a permanent sort of w

of pro establishment candidates and intimidate their supporters from going to the ballot box now kristie there's a lot going on here but what is the significance of those big wins for the pan democrats in hong kong you know economically and otherwise this is actually quite significant because as the markets look at this was a reading of barometric reading on the overall sentiment in hong kong and how how the people really felt because mainland china was actually quite surprised by this turn out they were actually completely surprised and blindsided because they thought that the opposition would not be as strong as they all are and react as strongly as they did because as you said this was a record turnout over 70 percent of the voters actually turned out and not to mention this is for some of the least powerful positions on the council there pretty much response for anything relating to like garbage pickup to street cleaning to like community labor so these are not the primary elections so it's surprising that so many people turned out to vote for elections that weren't at the sentiment

darren is live in ramone with the opening of the kristy yamaguci ice skate rink. you get all the good assignments! >> reporter: i feel like i'm missing the show behind me. look around, there are hundreds of people out here. a year ago this was a dirt lot in san ramone. it's now the city's shopping center. we came off 680, because we were invited here to come see this new ice skating rink. so san ramone you got an ice skating rink this year, and now you know where it is. we'll get a chance to speak with kristy coming up later in the newscast about this, and hopefully if you like ice skating, this is a place you'd want to come. it's a fantastic night so far. speaking of which, let's get into the forecast. it's in the low to mid-60s out here right now. it actually feels pretty nice. you don't necessarily have to bundle up that much, even if looking at the ice makes you feel like you should. look at the daytime highs today. back up into the low 70s for inland spots.a rosap to 72. mid of the bay area. overnight lows tonight in the 40s, just like the last few nights, bu

kristy is a heavy equipment operator, coming for 19 seasons. >> kristy: i actually started off two seasonsed up getting trained on the equipment. >> anthony: so you learned an entirely new profession so that you could stay here? >> kristy: yeah. >> anthony: and jules, another heavy equipment operator, who could most likely kick your ass, eat your lunch, then kick your ass again, has been coming for an astonishing 38 seasons. so what were you doing before? >> jules: see, my mom worked for the company and she wanted me to come, because i didn't want to come. >> joni: she tried to get rid of you or what? >> jules: yeah, she wanted to come. >> joni: when you first started coming, how many women were here? what was the ratio? >> jules: my first two years were at south pole. there were probably 90 civilians. i was the only female at south pole and there were probably 12 total at mcmurdo and probably 1,100 men. >> anthony: was the navy still run the place back then? >> jules: yes, and i had a lot of respect because the united states navy was the one who integrated this place. originally it was ki

kristy, thank you so much for taking the time to ngout wi thank you for establishing this one, bou were behind the rink in san jose that's been going on for years, and to answer veronica's question from earlier in the newscast, she wanted to know how long it will be open. >> it will be open until january 5th. check out their website to see the hours of operations, but yeah, january 5th, so all through the holidays. >> reporter: there you go. through christmas and new year's. you can go ice skating, outdoors in the tri-valley. >> all right, we'll have to check it out, and for the record darren, kristy skates way faster than i do. but her daughter emma skates the fastest! >> reporter: i've lost her in the crowd now with all the other semiprofessionals. >> all right, darren,s much. >>> new at 6:00, you can find just about anything at the megaconference in san francisco except for one thing, beef. car pool lanes are rolling out, but a new rule may leave commuters absolutely baffled, and how a common dental procedure could reveal healing powers of the human body. to throw yourself into the u

>> they wanted to show me fully focused on kristi's skating. they'd call in to make sure i was okay. >> theoutfit. >> the ones with the flames is awesome. explosio >> that's right. t miss it. well a lot of people will be out e temperatures. >> california. >> warm for us this weekend. >> that's how it works. >> a live look in san francisco, no fog this morning. visibility is clear. the clouds are a little bit higher up, and as you head out the door in antioch, it's in the low 50s, and then we'll see some times of sunshine throughout the morning and into the afternoon. we're going to stay on the cool side, very much like yesterday as we see our high temperatures today headed into the mid-60s. we'll see a high of 66 degrees in morgan hill today. up to 69 in concord, while oakland will reach 61 degrees. we have upper 50s expected today in half moon bay, and palo alto reaching 65 degrees. low 60s in the mission district and in the we're in the upper 60s in napa today, and as we take a live look outside in san jose, all nice and clear, but it's still

kristie 500 kilometers south of moscow is slowly dying out. that's why michelle you actually on us here the 27 year old is from st petersburg. he wants to help the few children that still live here. they live and learn together in this comprehensive school. we've got 3 less today. what does that mean that 3 teaching hours have been cancelled why because the teachers in here. mikhail is on a limited contract as a teacher. there used to be 400 students here but today only 18. teachers russian and english today in 5th grade. when you crash to think that village children have far less opportunities than children in the city your whole world consists only of school and family. even when using the internet or computer they're not as fast as city kids can get it's. a lack of teachers in rural areas is a huge problem in russia village teachers earn too little the equivalent of 70 euro's a month a joke when food costs as much as in the west as a result many quit their jobs and move to cities. the project teachers for russia aims to help with financial

governor kristi noem taking on the critics.he will join us next. >> meth is not someone else's problem. it's everyone in south dakota's problem, and we need everyone to get on. >> i'm on meth. ression. but shouldn't somebody be listening? so. let's talk. we're built for hearing what's important to you, one to one. edward jones. it's time for investing to feel individual. more exciting than than getting a lexus... giving one. this is unbelievable! >>it really is. the lexus december to rembember sales event lease the 2020 rx 350 all wheel drive for $419 a month for 27 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. >> i'm on meth. >> i'm on meth. >> i'm on it too. >> so am i. >> so am i. >> i'm on meth. >> meth is not someone else's problem. it's everyone in south dakota's problem. and we need everyone to get on it. >> i'm on it. >> i'm on it. >> i'm on it too. david: wow, that's surprising antidrug ad being rolled out in south dakota, have some critics questioning the message. south dakota's governor kristi noem joins us by pho

ground allow the western pacific kristie bar one at risk when it's s.o.s. finds people struggling to cope with rising syria and asked whether those who have the power to stop it appreciate the true cost of failing to act on al-jazeera. now do want to. learn. and learn a good. soul but that's another year. again yet the need to learn something gets. a lot of. i thought of. going to get each. back here that have back instead of. here it went at the gamut i get up. and i tell. well i have got a little under such an opinion in a way as a result of this. but i think that nobody. in the month. and it could mean that we get to her live that left. her or 'd early. or too early. and. start up a bit of a gift to her. the day was enough but i know i should only if i were not and i know i might have a shot of knowing what is going right. what i want to manage you know a no name should find was the young guy that you're going to go back to i. met want what i met last august you cuz you must i not just i worry about love but sought it just to wait it out to get all of. u

come just 2 weeks before the next fed policy meeting which takes place december 10th and 11th now kristie i wanted to ask you the question why is this 2 percent interest rate so important a federal reserve chairman so essentially the fed was created with 2 mandates they have to go a man is which is one to maximize employment and the 2nd one is to stabilize prices for consumers for businesses so that as i 6 said that these guys they can expect what what they need to spend in the coming year so by setting an inflation goal of 2 percent is actually the normalized rate of the united states since 1905 and so since they formalize that rate in 2017 that has been the goal of the fed ever since and now we've also you know like i said he's not looking at more fed cuts here but we did do 3 over the last 6 months or so have they worked for. economy they have worked on an artificial level in terms of bubbling up the economy so what lowering the rates did it made it they made debt easier to get it made it easier for people to take on more loans made it easier for businesses to increase their spending t

going to do is i'm going to ask the authors too make their way back to the signing table and then kristy will come up and give everybody predictions on forming a line and how to go about everybody getting their books. >> thank you again so much. [applause] the book is called panic attack young radicals in the age of trump. the author is the associate editor of reason magazine. who are these young radicals? >> activists who are causing issues on college campuses although you can find them in places like the streets of portland as well who are different from the kind of old left that was all about free speech, due process. what we are seeing now is a lot of attempts to shut down speakers who come to college campuses even the professors of the activist students who are purportedly on the left as well they say they can't have conversations with the students anymore, they risk offending them and if they do their job could be in trouble because they could be investigated. it's changing the culture quickly and dramatically towards this cancel everybody that is problematic that has to be run out

kristi mcfarlane who is the national league of cities research director could come on up, kristi. [applause] mike who is the dean of the college of urban planning and public affairs at the university of illinois of chicago and director of the government finance research center. [applause] without further ado, welcome to the national league of cities and we look forward to learning about what is going on in our nation. thank you, kristi and mike. >> thank you, clarence. thank you all for being here. another year and it's pretty hard to believe that mike and i pinch ourselves each time we say it. now here we are. how many of you have read the city fiscal year report for the past couple of years? awesome. that is pretty much all of you. thank you. i think the key point to mention although i know you've heard the headlines around a recession and will get to that in a bit but city fiscal conditions and the trends we see with city fiscal health is that there are slow-moving ships. if we see big junctures and big changes and trends relating to city finances we know we need to go back to

hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along a wave off autists joining politics has inspired hope in the youth of uganda the best example is this guy bobby white since he became a member of parliament 3 years ago he's become a serious contender to longtime president. with an average age of just 16 uganda has the world's a 2nd youngest population that's too young to vote but it's obvious that the youth make up a sizable chunk of the electorate to be won over while president will save any mission he dismissed as race wind posed he's come back with a counter strategy as you'll see from our 1st report it comes down to who really rules the ghetto i mean. by. preparing for a performance for uganda's president yoweri museveni market. is rehearsing. the act is still has a day job was a new late there's a committed presidential advisor and get to affairs you were not. present in 70 and so in real manocchio. in a ghetto. and work for the people to bring them to bring them in a government of program to get to use them. until they fill out a man was a friend of bobb

hello i'm kristie when the welcome to news africa it's good to have you along there is a warning today that governments around the world are increasingly watching what proposed doing on social media in its annual report on internet freedom the u.s. based engine of freedom house ses governments all spending millions by sophisticated technology to monitor our behavior online now in africa the culprits law and go into uganda kenya and nigeria now in addition to surveillance there is also the restriction of online activity now here's a snapshot of internet freedom on the continent according to freedom house of the 11 sub-saharan african countries that were surveyed ethiopia and sadat ranked the worst with $100.00 points being the perfect school now some bob way was also singled out in the report it's a country that has lost rules making it legal to monitor people's online activity where government critics have been charged and a fake news and hate speech laws and way of the internet has been shut down by people they say a major. chained to a fridge and is that costs are so high the price o

come down slightly it was time for football again says dedrick but yes it was adjudged to a foul kristie and. i did think it will one even after a video review have substitutes a best in post i didn't care he took his chance on 87 minutes to become the hero of the evening for me own fans wasn't the best of penalties but no one in the home stands at the outset 1st of all i can add was shortly afterwards the whistle blew put me on celebrations were overshadowed more for. as rained down on the pitch from the hats and. then when you players were forced to pacify that own culture of fans. it was still time for a poxy we'll have the billing davi bragging rights. have less on their plate after being kicked out of the german cup thanks to dog made the foals only let the but as they get table by a nose but at leverkusen the leaders did enough to increase that lead 18 minutes in blockbuster marcus to romp teed up oscar vent to tap into an empty net nope in the story but 7 minutes later lucas ilario put kevin fall and threw in he got the better of you on summer to equalize for labor cousy well abov

hello i'm kristie. have you along if you're a girl born in nigeria there's a good chance you'll be married before you're 18 years old that's because nigeria as one of the highest number of child marriages in the world that's according to the u.n. we're talking about this as the world mocks the 30th anniversary off the convention off the rights of the child as we report the rise of many girls in nigeria are being violated. a muslim neighborhood in kaduna city in northern nigeria i came here to find out about a girl who was locked up in this place for 2 years without much light or food and left on her own her name is her santa she was a child bride these pictures were taken when she was released from captivity just a week ago she was held here by her family because she refused to return to her husband she was only 15 when she was forced to marry a mother of 4. a child bride one of millions in nigeria if you're born a girl here there's a 44 percent probability that you will be married before your 18th birt

hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along it's been 30 years since the wall off the island fell marking a turning point in european history germany as we know it today used to be 2 separate countries communist east germany often referred to as the g.d.r. and capitalist west germany now east backed germany was already east germany was backed by the soviets was behind the iron curtain and a sealed border separated the 2 germany's while the war in berlin became a symbol for the separation and the date off its fall on the 9th of november $1809.00 is commemorated in unified germany now to commemorate the 30th anniversary off this event a team off africa journalists traveled along the former border here all their professions. well you have to imagine 30 years ago there was like the burden was in berlin we had this berlin wall here right on our border to what was then west germany and we were here far we have cut off not only from the west but also from the east. i believe most people are happy with the current situation that germany is now you and the peop

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been testing the mental net all of its ai robots by getting want to debate against itself indeed kristie just setting up this university one of i.b.m.'s computers argued for and against the statement artificial intelligence will do more harm than good his the computer arguing against its own existence tax and not be able to make a decision is the morally correct one because morality is unique to humans. you know after hearing the robot to give both sides the audience both said that ai was not doing more harm than good which is excellent news for the computer at least. from. now much is made of the challenges facing car makers as they develop their electric vehicles well those challenges are being faced on water as well as land the latest in battery powered was among the many cutting edge vessels at this year's boating fun show and belin. it's like having a race car on the water and yes the boat is inspired by porsche but it's not only the design the handcrafted hemi speedster that's a top speed of 70 kilometers an hour and it's all yours for a whopping 120000 euros we are particularly lo

hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along his excellent. humbled to quote the man himself the pop star turned politician has just been named as time magazine's next 100 most influential people up and coming influences to watch wind that this is exceedingly how being dedicating this recognition to the young people off uganda especially the ghetto youth may this be a reminder and encouragement that you're not what your detractors say you are you all what you choose to be. the africa. is here with me for more on that inaugural estate on me so who else made the list there are 8 other africans on this list highlight a few 1st the kenyan filmmaker and writer when eureka here she is one who has been in the news lately she has got 2 prominent films out of portfolio the 1st of poems he aside 5 in the 2nd is colder a freaky merrifield he was in the news because it's a film about 2 girls or young women who fall in love in a homophobic society and that raised a lot of eyebrows in kenya because it even though this film did well and was premiered at cann

hello i'm kristie wonderwall come to africa it's good to have you along a number of african leaders are in berlin for an investment conference among them all the presidents of rwanda and sinegal these countries 12 in total all signatories off the compact with africa program it was initiated by jimmy jaring it's g 20 presidency and $27.00 team have sixpence why the chance to is conducting the orchestra such as say now the aim was to increase investment in africa and create jobs germany's chancellor angela merkel says good progress has been made so fall. so it's but it doesn't exist in a 2018 exports to compact countries alone amounting to 330000000 euro's have been covered by guarantees applications amounting to 1000000000 euros have been submitted so we are increasing we come from a relatively low level if you compare us with china and other countries and we know that foreign trade is often the preliminary stage for a local commitment for example in the form of investment these figures are there for a very promising. future date of the africa reporter daniel is here to talk with me abou

it's opening night for kristi yamaguchi's downtown ice. it just looked beautiful. reporter mike is emceeing tonight's ceremony. this all benefit's kristi yamaguchi's always dream foundation which supports early childhood literacy. >> it's something i love obviously, growing up skating, and when people can do it together as a family during the holidays it creates a nice tradition. >> i want to smile every time i see here. >> i do too. she's such a nice person. >> i smile when i see people skating. he's doing great with mom or dad helping. downtown ice is open through january. >> sharks fan too. >> cute kid. >>> you may have seen them around san francisco, stickers, very recognizable earphones that are confusing people. the man who created them explains why. join us at 11:00. >> should we go ice skating now? >> i would love to! >> thanks for joining us at 6:00. have a great evening. >> bye. hope to see you at 11:00. >>> public displays of affection are not something that i do. i've never really felt the need to go and party. >> "access" has the photos that sure seem

as you made the splash by taking on adam schiff your people like george conway, rosie o'donnell, kristin, chelsea handler come out and attack you, i don't even want to say what george conway said about you. it's horrible, how are you dealing with all of this? >> were showing the tweets on the air from kristi teagan until they handler who have attacked you, these are women who say there for women. >> absolutely, it's been disgusting and despicable but the good news is my district is with me. we've got three to one positive calls from constituents and my district. every day of the week i choose the north country over hollywood liberals like christie, teagan and chelsea and rosie, hollywood liberals have millions to support my far left opponents but the american people are fighting back and if your viewers are interested in voting donate to fight shift.com to help make sure were seated up for the truth and i'm able to stand up for my district. but again my opponent is tinseltown what i have support across new york. >> you are fighting back with a # and we will look at the, it is good to se

the stuff you care about plus thousands of other items so let's talk about this for a 2nd because kristie in december 15th is when these tariffs take effect and when the big question for a lot of people is isn't that too late to really affect christmas we're talking about black friday has already passed by then cyber monday is already passed by then. with this kind of squeeze in everything for christmas or we still get hit by it you can actually still get hit by because while got a lot of shopping does take place during black friday and cyber monday now increasingly more as more sales go online 30 percent of annual sales actually take place between black friday and christmas and almost over half of the shoppers don't even finish their christmas shopping until late in december so this will actually be a huge chunk out of the retailers are things that they need this holiday spending in order to make their year and numbers and furthermore this year's going to be particularly bad because there's 6 less days than there were in 2018 plus one last weekend altogether so this is going to impact th

kristy smith joins us in san francisco. she has all the details surrounding one of the city's biggest events of the year. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. we've been watching this all day, one block of howard street has been undergoing a very dramatic change. crews have been out making the chang. they're putting together what theyestnable dreamforce conferences yet and that does include menu. dreamforce is under way. tim mullins runs thirsty bear brewing company. he said they're bought out next week for a private event and it's good for the bottom line. >> we face all the same challenges as all do in san francisco. this is incredible to keep us going. >> greenforce is pushing sustainableability. organizers saying not serving beef will save millions of gallons of water. the u.s. cattlemen's association in part they're disappointed and would welcome the opportunity next year to answerst producers supply the most sustainable product in the world. it was the traffic that concerned some people today. >> it's already difficult fo

employees keep it up and running the old siani homes residents need about 10 tons of food a year fish kristieasian squid and dry food. i moved in with this summer feisty and others more hesitant so we have to make sure they all get their fair share. this oceanographic museum focuses on marine life in the north and baltic sea. among the visitors are both tourists and locals. children can come here for classes outside the normal school curriculum that's great for us in strollers and they can study biology in the old c.r. nails in the. city. and by informing people about the world's oceans the museum also aims to help protect them. this building was an abbey and tell the 16th century later it was mostly used as an arsenal armory and school in the 1950 s. st catherine's monastery was turned into a museum. the most remarkable of its countless exhibits this viking treasure was discovered after a storm washed up on the neighboring island of hidden see. this in viking treasure doing and she wasn't to. be hidden it's a treasure came to. because back in 873 a woman went to a goldsmith here and. wanted

of confidence that tech companies will be able to continue delivering sales and earnings growth so kristie so while this is for many here because a lot of people when they think of tech companies in the time we brought bring this up they're going to think that's represented by just really a few companies amazon apple google facebook but really what we've seen over the past 2 or 3 years especially is an incredible surge in the number of companies that are getting into the space right exactly so we have this represent coming in from every single sector that is somehow overlapping with tech so for example in healthcare we have we have med tech and we have biotech both making great progress and in advancing like minimally invasive surgeries and then even from things like agriculture you have ag tech there are now making it possible to to deliver nutrients and fertilizers to and do slow reading things that we have never seen before and furthermore with the entire retail and shopping space we now have data computing and our passion talent is now driving marketing is driving a lot of things but s

it's all about you on that day. >> nice celebration. >>> hey, i love being out there with kristi.ete with nails and who has better hair. she wins on both. she has medals or something like that. looking towards the rest of the commute and we're showing slowdowns through contra costa county and for the walnut creek interchange. the big problem, a sad incident, the deadly crash that happened at eastbound 80 at buchanan very early this morning. we still have lanes blocked, only two lanes blocked. they just opened one more. traffic start tog moing to move now all the way up to buchanan. that's getting away from the bay bridge. san pablo avenue has been a good alternate for folks through the area. your typical commute routes are showing typical slowing for heyward, pleasanton and starting for silicon valley. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> monday but already thinking about the weekend. >> but i want to continue that today as we get ready for san jose to have the grand opening of the ice rink. we have some nice weather for you this evening, mike. we're going to see temperatures cooling

thank you so kristi is one of famous athletes including baseball hall of famer dennis eckersley.on a world series with the a's in 1989. tennis legend helen wills was born in fremont's centerville district. she won 31 grand slam events, including 15 wimbledon and u.s. open titles. there is a sculpture of her on display at the young museum in san francisco. and track star steve lewis attended american high school. he won three olympic gold medals at the summer games in 1998 and 1992, setting world records in the 4x400 meter relay in each of those games. well represented. >> definitely. one of the most iconic places in fremont sits thousands of feet above the city. >> it's mission peak and visible from all over the bay area. but nothing beats the view from the very top. >> dustin dorsey put on his hiking shoes and made the trek. >> mission peak is a very special place in fremont. it's a part of the city of fremont's logo where lots of people come up and go hiking, biking and rung. it's also a very special place for nature, wildlife. it's wonderful corridor for wildlife, connecting f