we believe the technology and will be accomplished and will build san francisco to be a landmark city. we believe the partnerships with all the hospitals is representative of what we can do together, as seen as a health plan. we believe that while there is controversy, the board of supervisors, mayor's office all have the ability to work out and come to an agreement. as a member of the committee, i personally believe we have the skills and abilities to make this an even greater city and to care for all of our residents. good we thank you for your time. i do bring you a couple of apologies. you will hear from some of the board members. >> thank you. next speaker a. >> thank you for hearing this. my name is mary, and i am from japantown. i would like to let sue know -- to let you know we are very fond of cpmc, and they have reached out to do presentations on healthy living to all of our seniors. did we feel that people be a healthy before and they go to the hospital is really important, and we are right of the front of that with hundreds of seniors who come every year. i am a native san

. >> this is a city landmark by the way. it's the newest city landmark as far as i know. >> the building that was built in 1959 is already-- >> it's been a landmark since the '80's. so it was recognized very early on as a modern building. the other thing i heard about the building. i wasn't there, but there were protests about a year ago and the police were rounding up people and putting them down below this bridge, but there was an exit, the police didn't know about. they were putting all of these people in and they were slipping out the back way. >> there are a number of pictures that you might see coming up about the special problem of a port at a hotel, which is a very difficult thing to do well. this is a particularly challenging job that someone, i don't know who, completed recently to remodel the hotel in chinatown. >> the old holiday inn. >> right, to become a hilton hotel. i think they quite ingeniously capture the existing pedestrian bridge, which was very gloomy on its underside. and put this highly-finished and li

we're also opposed the nomination of our headquarters buildings listing as a city landmark. stated our opposition to the historic preservation commission and the planning department and is matched with timothy on these matters. ,c,5÷as a result, reduction in proposed category designation of our property is a step in the right direction. however, it is our desire to avoid any category designation under article 11. to review, we support the transit center district plan. we're opposed to the application of article 10 and 11 listing for designation to our property. we hope you take that under consideration. supervisor mar: there is a question. supervisor wiener: i understand the objection is article 10 designation. excuse me, article 11. when you refer to article 10, this is proposed as an individual landmark as opposed to a conservation district? >> yes. 240 second-y supervisor wiener: you are representing the owner? can i ask planning to respond to that? in terms of forming districts, it is -- there will always be disputes among the district. you're never going to have unanimi

. -- persons interested in the decision on a certificate of appropriateness for city landmarks 257 richardsono 58 woods hall and the annex known as 55 laguna street. 49 and 50 are the motions associated with that public hearing. president chiu: both parties have agreed to continue these items to july 31. could i have a motion? seconded by supervisor wiener. is there any public comment on this motion to continue or on this item? seeing none, colleagues, can we take a motion to continue without objection? without objection, that shall be the case. could we call items 44 through 47 which is the final here are appeal of the transit center district plan. >> these are the items associated with the public hearing of persons interested in the planning commission's decision certifying that a final environmental impact report for the transit center district plan and transit tower has a certification of a final environmental impact report. items 45 through 47 are the motions associated with that item. president chiu: as you know the appeal for this final eir was withdrawn by the appellant last week. we

and that is not a city landmark. the guy who owns it is very aware of its significance as maybe the last and best example of a carville house. he really wants to take care of it. i don't know if he would go forward with any landmark designation just because like a lot of homeowners he doesn't want to be at all boxed in with what he can do. but that's kind of where we are. i think it is a landmark. if anything had to come up, i would definitely nominate it as one. the other examples of carville houses, there's one on 47th avenue where the cars have been basically removed and all you've really got left is perhaps the floors of a couple of cars. it was a great example until, i guess, the late 1950's. and whoever bought house decided to take out most of the woodwork. that might be the only one, the one on great highway. >> i mentioned one of the problems with plumbing with these carville homes. i was wondering at what point in history did outhouses become illegal in san francisco? >> i'm not sure of that. but outhouses w

some of our cities have become so desperate they're thinking of selling off historical landmarks. load of this news report from baltimore. >> more than a dozen historic landmarks in baltimore may soon be up to sell. but first the city wants to know how much money they will bring in. >> the city is weighing the cost of selling 5 of its historic sites. some of the properties are abandoned and old. the water tower is on the list. built back in 1905, the tower became defunct in 1930 and has fallen in grave disrepair. many residents say that the water tower belongs to the public. >> it's a part of baltimore and it's a historic long island markhistoric landmark. >> cenk: this is crazy what are they going to do, sell the washington monument next? it has something to do with libor. several areas across the country may have been effected by the libor. what happened, they said that libor sets the interest rates that a lot of these cities use for their financial products. so when they set the interest rates low they colluded to do that apparently, then the city got less money. peter shapiro

some of the temporary venues have been set up near the city's famous landmarks. the equestrian events will be held at greenwich park. the beach volleyball competition. hyde park's artificial lake will host the outdoor sporting events. there are also venues outside the capital. the canoe slalom will be held at the specially built lee valley whitewater center. england's south coast will host the sailing. >> facilities here are fantastic. as a team, we are working hard in this final build up to the olympics to get things right. >> new facilities and historic ones. the men who helped bring the olympics to london have done their work. now, let the games begin. >> all right, let's recap our main story for you -- syrian rebels are reported to have taken control of the country's main border crossing with iraq as well as one of the crossings with turkey. footage posted on the internet suggests that the conflict is entering a new and bloodier stage. >> the fighting in damascus has intensified since three top syrian officials were killed in a bombing on wednesday. >> nearly

building and several other new york city landmarks now sits in a u.s.gypt's new president make good on his promise to seek the release of this terrorist? reaction from the house homeland security committee, straight ahead. >> gregg: fox extreme weather, millions of americans under a state of e emergency after destructive storms pounded the mid-atlantic region, the outbreak with near hurricane-force winds striking without warning, claiming at least 13 lives, leaving 3 million people without electricity, suffering through triple-digit heat without air-conditioning. or fans and utility crews say it could be days before the electricity is back on. doug mcelway live from a red cross center in hyattsville, maryland. doug? >> reporter: gregg, this is a high school gymnasium, in hyattsville and, 150 people stayed here and they expect the same number and it is toasty in here and kids are playing basketball off to the side which gives them a bit of a distraction but a senior citizen, you are quiet and needing your quiet an solitude, a tough place to stay. i spoke

competition at the games this year is nestled between some of the city's most iconic landmarks of sandedmported from the parade. it's the best beach volleyball court of the olympics and the closest this part of the city has come to a beach culture complete with mexican waves and bikinis. by competing here, natalie becomes the first beach volleyballer to compete in every game since the sport made its olympic debut in atlanta 16 years ago. back then, it was considered a -- but now, it's the hottest tick in town. >> prince harry, one of the highest ticketholders. it really is a sport that captures people's minds. it captures their heart. i think everyone plays it at the beach and they go socially and are amazed at how we can do some of the things we do. >> natalie has seen the popularity of beach volleyball spike every year. while that trend continues as it moves to brazil, these games may well be her last. >> you've been watching london live from the bbc. we'll be back after a small break. break. there's plenty more to come.

today, eye popping events, across seven city landmarks, part of london's cultural olympiad.tars ap stripes underfire. why one state is banning flying our american flag in one very public place. and i don't know, was it tacky? you make the call. hmmm. one country with a curfew shut the microphones off, the boss, a beatle and all of their fans, from jersey belting out this one, really? how dare them. ♪ just 17, you know what i mean ♪ ♪ and the way she looks is way beyond compare ♪ ♪ well, how could i dance with another, woo, when i saw her standing there ♪ note whoa. right? get. out. exactly! really?! [ mom ] what? shut the front door. right? woop-woop! franklin delano! [ male announcer ] hey! there's oreo creme under that fudge! oreo fudge cremes. indescribably good. [ wife ] your dad's really giving him the business... the designated hitter's the best thing to happen to baseball! but it's not the same game! [ wife ] wow, he's really gonna get us a good deal. it's better! no it's not! the pitcher comes up and he's out! [ dealer ] he can bunt! whatever. but we're good with 0%

under the landmark the city 7-point-5 millions will go toward compensation for borrowers and direct downayment assistance for discrimination victims in hard by the hhusing crisis. &pa woman who made hundreds oo thoussnds of dollars injecting daacers with silicone... is sentenced to three years in she ussd ásuper glueá..... to s from leaking oot. put.kimberly smedley left court thursday... shielded by family members. over the courre of 8 years.... she traveled up and down the east coast injecting women who &pwanted enhance tteer figures wiih illegal silicone. a client ffom baltimore ended up in the hospital... where doctors found silicone on the &psides and bottom of her lungs. statement regarding these accusations or plea deal? go to hell.butt bite9:26:57 i was never surprised by what he had to say i've knnwn about that all along that ms smedley was using medical grade silicone :03stevee berne a former d-c cop wiil be sentenced next week for his role in the scheme. he provided securitt ffr smedley in many of the hotels where she gave the injections. pome incredible video... is surfacing

under the landmark deel....wells fargo will pay the city 7-point-5 millions will go toward compensationor borrowers and direet down payment assistance for discrimination victims in neighborhoods that were hit hard by thh housing crisis. thh opening cerrmonies for the 20-12 olympics are ssill two weeks away... but this morning there's already controversy over the u-s unnfor. uniforms. as marianne refferyyshows uu... it's not the colorssor style that's has some up in arms... it's where the clothes were ade. made. with the 2012 olympic games just weeks away... excitement is building as folks around the world gear uu for the upcoming festivities. but its not just the athletic events some are paying close attention to... uniforms set to be worn by american competitors is sparring outrage.reid says: "i am so upset that i think the olympic committee should be ashamed of themselves" he uniforms designed by alph lauren includeeblazers, trouserssand a french-style beree in red, white and blue. but it's not the many aagered... it'ss that the uniforms were made in chiia. a number of lawmakers are p

promising to seek the release of a sheik serving in the united states for plot to go blow up city landmarks and considered the spiritual leader behind the 1993 world trade center bombers. we're getting a lot of reaction from home about his remarks. molly line. >> reporter: understandably that michael bloomberg believes the sheik should stay where he is, he was convicted and sentence today life in prison. and he's serving a life sentence in a federal penitentiary in north carolina in his role for a strong of bombings across mork. the united nations and lincoln and holland tunnel and prosecutors also allege that he was the spiritual leader of the men that bombed the world trade center in 1993. new york congressman peter king believes the u.s. needs to make it very clear that morsi and his rhetoric is not acceptable and that he should stop. >> this is very much confirms our worst fears, you know, the muslim brotherhood he once was part of. he's part of, says he might have changed and moderated his position and i think that people in the administration want to believe that when he makes a remar

. >> rose: now here we are at new york, a landmark, you, this city is you. you can't imagine even though you spent a few years in los angeles living anywhere else. >> no. i think we all understand that new york is a series of little villages. >> rose: right. >> that we all live in sort of three square blocks where we know the dry cleaner and the butcher and the guy who sells you the paper in the morning and the person at starbucks. and the florist and-- we did stuff in the movie where meg buys flowers from a pregnant florist and the next time she's at the florist is a sign in the window that says it's a girl. now of course no one will notice that stuff but me and now perhaps you. >> rose: yeah. >> but we were trying to get a-- across that thing that people simply don't get about new york which is that you can live, you know, kind of a wonderful life in the city with children and dogs who are not unhappy. >> rose: right. >> and the-- . >> rose: it is a place of community. >> it really is. and these are, you know, you're a little urban family and everybody has

. >>> reaction is coming in to a legal landmark in the city of philadelphia.roman catholic church official was sentenced for his role in covering up sex abuse charges against priests. as abc's linsey davis reports, the judge delivered not just the sentence, but also a devastating rebuke. >> reporter: monsignor william lynn, the first official in the catholic church convicted of a crime for shielding priests known to be predators, will have to pay a three to six years penance behind bars. >> he locked in a vault the names of men that he knew had abused children. he now will be locked away for a fraction of the time he kept that secret vault. >> reporter: lynn of the official in the fiscalia archdiocese -- in the philadelphia archdiocese in charge of investigating sex abuse allegations against priests but he was convicted of covering them up. during sentencing the judge told him he allowed monsters in clerical garb to destroy the souls of children to whom you turned a hard heart. a message that was welcomed by survivors of child abuse at the hands of priests. >>

an officer is posted outside the landmark theater in downtown baltimore. baltimore citythey have no information that suggests that an attack like what we saw in colorado would happen here. but still tonight, the department is boosting patrols as a precautionary measure. they say the propensity for a copy-cat crime is high following a high profile incident. (guglielmi) "we want people to know that there are extra police officers there for their added safety, added security. just want to also inform them that if they see additional resources, it's not because of anything troubling or alarming. it's just simply we want to have extra people around to make sure that they have an enjoyable time at the theater." tonight, the amc movie theater chain is making security changes. the movie giant will no longer allow people to wear costumes or face-covering masks into its theaters. police say the shooting suspect in colorado walked into the theater wearing a gas mask. live in north baltimore, keith daniels, fox 45 news, late edition. 3 here's... our... question of the day. do you fe

oo: not the color of their skinn" skin." 3 under the landmark eal, wells fargo will pay the city 7.5 millions dollars. the rest ill go toward compensation for borrowers and direct down payment assistance for discrrmination victims in neighborhoods that were it hard by the hoosing crisis. 3 the supreme court may ave upheld tte presidents health care reform plan, but leaaers of the catholic church say their battle wages on. on. mandate which equires hting a peligious organizations to provide its employees witt health care insurance which covers contraception and birth control. the mandate violates the corr beliefs of the catholic church. (1:44) "to force a religious organization to viollte its teachingg just tt complyywith the law is untennable in a country that freedom." the mandate eedo- year. in the meantime, the catholic church has filed a dozen lawsuits in an attempt to stop it. a rough day for two window- washers who dangled 50 feet above new york streets... hanging by one cable cord.the workers were 42 stories up when they got trapped on the broken scaffold.theepolice plosed off

landmark. hon the agreement requires the city of san francisco to put up $450 million to match these other sourcesmportant to note that this plan would provide the lion's share of the city's obligations to leverage those other regional and federal funds. this is an important part of making it happen. a couple of months on the implementation program. there is a document that inventories the program, the improvements, and the funding program. in terms of allocating revenues, it would be the board of supervisors with the ultimate authority to allocate new revenues from the impact fees. the interagency plan implementation committee said up to administer and make recommendations to the board regarding adopted area plants will also take on transit center district plans so that body will make recommendations to you. the planning commission will have the role of them -- of approving in kind agreements. part of the package will help incorporate the transit center district into the plan mechanisms. that concludes my presentation on the plan before you today. four separate items -- the general plan amendment

is the part of the olympics that we usually see, the glitz, the glamour and the historic landmarks of the host citya darker side to london. secured rooms where video cameras are watching your every move and a military presence for the olympics that will rival a war zone. but the brits are not bashful, instead they are flexing their muscle for the world to see. >> billion dollars u.s., british soldiers, it looks liking this that would be a war zone, is this something that's disheartening to you or is it just the price of admission for the olympics? >> it's not just the price of admission for the olympics, it's the price of admission for any large event you want to stage. sometimes it could be a hoax, sometimes it could be a real terrorist attack, sometimes it might be bad luck. but it's important that we put in all possible controls and checks. it's a pity to see those sort of headlines in advance of the olympics, but i hope that anyone who's going to get any ideas will not try anything and be so irresponsible and inhumane. >> how excited and is proud a good word to use for you? of having the olympi

he is convicted of plotting to attack new york city landmarks. ork city mayor outraged and that is where molly line joins us live with more. >> reporter: understandably the new york mayor says he is opposed to the release of the sheik who was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. it is a bold and aggressive political move on the part of egypt's president-elect. it as move that plays to his base and speaks to the challenges ahead for relations between the u.s. and egypt's new government. the sheik is serving a life sentence in a federal prison in north carolina for his role in plotting a massive string of bombings across new york city and believed to be the spiritual leader for the men convicted of the 1993 bombing of the world trade center and the other bombings he was accused of plotting included targets like the united nations, the lincoln and holland tunnels and the george, washington bridge and also conspired to kill then egyptian president hosni mubarak when came to america for a visit. an active leader of an egyptian militant group he h

it's feared this will make the new york city landmark a choke point for traffic entering manhattan. >hamilton bridges are critical points along the northeast corridor. each day more than 100,000 trucks travel from new jersey to new york to deliver goods to long island and new england. >> they may not be karma ged on as we saw in california but it could be car pock lips. >> major traffic disruptions will be more common in the coming years as the need to replace crumbling roadways across the nation becomes even more urgent. >> with our infrastructure in the condition that it's in, even though this is a major project and disruptive to the flow of traffic, it's something that needs to be done. >> construction on the alexander hamilton bridge is expected to last six months affecting drivers coming from new jersey. after that work is done, workers will move to another area of the bridge and that means drivers from new york will have to deal with the traffic headaches. erica and lee? >> elaine, any recommendations from transit officials as to how drivers can get around this? >> d.o.t. offici

did it save the homes, it helped create one of the largest national-landmark districts in the nation. savannah was georgia's first cityn 1733 by james oglethorpe for king george ii of england. oglethorpe was a visionary. he designed america's first planned city around 24 large, open squares with their giant oaks and hanging spanish moss, but he was also a realist. the general made the streets between the squares wide enough to accommodate an army. this way, soldiers could be moved quickly from one part of town to another. during the american revolution, free black soldiers from haiti fought here alongside the americans and french against the british. this monument honors revolutionary war hero general pulaski, who died during the battle of savannah. cotton made savannah wealthy. in fact, eli whitney developed his cotton gin just outside of town. until the civil war, savannah was a major port for the slave trade. today, river street is crowded with tourists and shoppers. you can ride the trolley... or book a seat on an old-fashioned river boat. the pirates' house has been a meeting place for seafarers since the mid-170

for and managed urban design and preservation teams for the city, including management of the portland design commission and historic landmarks commission, and in the past five or six years has been a private consultant and developer. he brings a very strong range of experience to the department and the city. he will be starting his position officially in october, but will be coming to the city for several weeks in august and september and would like to see both commission meetings in august, so you will have a chance to meet him that time as well. secondly, i would like to introduce several of the entrance. -- of the intern's. we have 16 internes and the department this summer. there are five of them here today. we have had over 450 applicants for this program from all over the world. we're very excited about being here this summer. let me just briefly talk about some of the projects they're working on. there is a project to assist the preservation data collection and identification of the historic districts. and revised the web site content to focus primarily on getting information to the public about existing local landmar

. >> security is intensified at the jewish landmarks, including sites at u.s. citye covering synagogues, houses of worship in response to the events that happened in bulgaria. >> according to the u.s. counterterrorism officials intelligence analysts are assessing whether the bombing first intended to use a car bomb for the strike but he failed to rent a car, he use a back pack bomb as plan "b." >> they look for luggage wrack, but something went wrong killing it in the process. the bomb contained 6-1/2 pounds of explosives. bret? >> bret: thank you. unemployment is up in more than half the states in the country. the government says new jersey and alabama had the biggest leaps. .4 of a percentage point. in all, 27 states had unemployment increases. 11 states and the district of columbia reported a drop. the dow lost 121. the s&p 500 gave back 14. nasdaq closed 41 behind. treasury department says the process for setting a hugely important global interest rate is flawed and dangerous. it says banks capable of manipulating what is the libor affecting loan interest and pu

the city authority has not sat here for very long, but it has already become a landmark of corruptioni to be a pity if ownership details were clear. then this memorial to corruption would be destroyed. >> city hall is open to everyone, even the groups of tourists. visitors are taken past the offices of the city administration and are told in great detail which ones are tainted by the with of bribery and who wasted how many millions most likely to earnings from the deals. >> of course, no one at city hall wants to respond to these accusations. we are told there is plenty in the czech republic for this unusual guided tour of the show and that the checks are among the world's leaders in bribery. this is the tunnel initially planned to cost 1 billion euros, already an outrageous price, but costs have continually risen by hundreds of millions of euros. but for that price, the building contractors have treated themselves to a spokesman. >> i think it is pretty strange. i am surprise. it is all presented in a really biased way. he cannot explain everything in the 10 minutes that they are her