local cities rely on this to identify discrimination in their cities. cities like concord, part of the contra costa county home consortium. >> what does the lack of race or ethnicity mean in a county trying to do the analysis. >> it is hard for us to determine what the impacts are, who is being denied loans. it is harder to get at if there is unequal treatment. >> coming up tonight the mortgage lender at the center of this problem and explain why this trend could be catching on. that's tonight at 11:00 on nbc bay area news. see you then. >> all right, liz. our investigative unit, they are also looking at stories to investigate. can you give them take call, the number on the screen, 888-996-tips. or go to nbcbayarea.com/we investigate. >>> it's 4:51 and we are walking san francisco closer, a bill misconduct by officers made public. there will be a limit what records can be released. if an officer uses serious force, suspected of sexually assaulting someone or dishonest, all that can be made public. the bill heads to the state assembly for a vote. net neu

cities. predominately at first, local people with this interest. i'm talking about the local automobile club, the local automobile dealers association, the local taxicab company. they attacked this problem first at a local level. one of the preferred methods was to equate traffic safety with keeping pedestrians off the street, which sounds sort of commonsensical to us now, outside of crosswalks. but that was a tough sell a century ago when the first generation of traffic safety campaigns unanimously vilified the car and driver and put all the responsibility on them. and said if you want to operate , an automobile on a city street, that's fine, but you've got to make sure that as the operator of the dangerous vehicle, you accept the full responsibility of going at a suitable speed and making sure you are alert to pedestrians everywhere. newspaper editorials were unanimous, we need to make sure that drivers bear the responsibility. the problem, first of all, is of responsibility shifting. how you do that? in the safety campaigns, local automobile int

i got involved in my community, got elected to local city council, went to state legislature, and herem in congress. soledad: usually with second-generation, so maybe the first wave of immigrants comes in, but their children, the problem language-wise is usually the reverse. they don't want to speak their parents' language. my mother spoke spanish. i can barely manage my way through spanish. i wish i spoke more because the second generation, to a large degree, is very fluent in english to the point of forgetting their parents' native tongue. rep. torres: i must put myself in that same position. as a child, i wanted to play in the playground, and i wanted to be able to communicate with other kids. i learned english very, very quickly, but i did not teach my children spanish, but my grandbaby is learning spanish, and his primary language right now is spanish. soledad: do you think english is under threat? i mean, there is no official language in the united states. english is a dominant language, but there is no official language, but every time we cycle back to these conversations, one w

. >>> one local city is >>> 4:59 in the morning, almost 5:00 a.m., almost the weekend.e're on thursday, may 3rd. >> i'm loving this mayweather so far. >> pretty comfortable out there for most of us. >> absolutely. it all starts with the marine layer. you can see the winds blowing 26 miles per hour in fairfield. you're driving right into it if you're heading to the west on 80 this morning. gats mileage pretty bad and the car may veer here and there. dragging clouds to everywhere once again. al our neighborhoods covered. accuweather 12-hour planner starting off cloudy. upper 40s to low 50s at 7:00. we go to noon. pretty cloudy at the coast. 54 at the coast. 68 to 73 away from the coast at 4:00. mid 50s at 7:00. pretty quiet here. let's see if it's quieter this morning than it was yesterday morning. >>> we're looking good this morning. mike talking about the huge mess on westbound 80 through the hercules area into the richmond area. we had major, major

more effectively with local authorities the tickler if they are local authorities with opposition parties involved in running in those cities seems to have been one of these challenges that has delayed some of the decision making and the cooperation from the national government to a local government level so that they certainly have i think been awkward debates that means slow in terms of timing to turn it around on the other side is that cities large cities like the city of cape town are going to have to learn to lead a lot faster and national governments tend to follow rather than actually leads it is appropriate for cities the size of cape town to be much more proactive rather than waiting for either some pronouncements from politicians at a national level or to bring very limited national budgets to bear on a crisis and in the case of south africa we've had all nine of our provincial areas undergo a severe drought so there isn't a lot of money left in the party anyway and therefore local cities local governments have to do much more to become more resilient they have to literally lead certainly we've got loads of politi

the parades and barbecues mixed in with some heat, record breaking heat for some of our local cities. let's take you outside. parts of the bay area hitting the 90s as we speak. those are live traffic cams in the south bay, san jose there, and in the trivalley, including dublin. let's bring in our meteorologist rob may yesterdaya. it feels like summer. >> temperaturesig now, san jose hitting 90 for the first time this year. we still have 90 outside right now. and mid 90s in concord and livermore. morgan hill, 91, mid to upper 70s san francisco to oakland. get ready for round two tomorrow. not quite a hot. and we have a big shift in the temperatures by wednesday. some areas could drop by as much as 20 degrees courtesy of a storm system dropping into northern california. we will let you know about any showers coming up. >>> keep track up the summer heat on your smart phone. download our nbc bey area app. >>> today thousands here in the bay area spent their day honoring those who died for our country. the gratitude comes in many forms on this memorial day. in san francisco, it was a blend

disclose the local city you just see on the floor on the way done but deals will open it just so if you have been you know what i will find it in india or honey but i mean all this shit is we have a list you know some of it you see and with that is true we did it in the way that we. plan to sell. the members of congress were visiting ukraine during that period most famously congressman john mccain so some of the people who were challenging their government their elected government at that point were were being told by the senior u.s. official a person ran for president in a top official in the u.s. congress that the u.s. was with them and senator john mccain and it's always a pleasure to be back in ukraine senator mccain was in a sense giving the people in the maidana feeling that they had the backing of the most powerful country on earth. this is not the future you want for your country this is a part in the future you just. did you had saved no hopers knowledge you know what . we need and what it appeared you probably knew some of the thought on the beach and who is sure it's they whi

it does not include local, city or county tax rev tax rev three months in, the state is 35% to the wayr jerry brown released the final budget proposal. the governor's $199 billion spending plan puts aside $9 billion in california's rainy day plan. homeless problem as well as schools, and mental health problems. the governor says lawmakers should not be giddy over california's projected surplus. >> all the people that want things won't be getting what they lake to have. >> the budget surplus is $3 billion more than the governor projected in january, thanks mostly to higher than expected tax revenues. >>> governor brown made another important announcement today. introducing the brown's first dog. >>> a marin woman's fat fat fat lnd. >> vallejo diving into the summer make ross your destination for savings. if you're looking for an incredible selection of the brands you love, this season's newest trends for a fraction of what you'd pay at department stores, ♪ you gotta go to ross it's "watch what you want on the fastest internet" streaming. it's "live sports so you never miss a goal" strea

it does not include local, city or county tax revenue. three months in, the state is 35% to the way of that figure. >>> governor jerry brown released the final budget proposal. the governor's $199 billion spending plan puts aside $9 billion in california's rainy day plan. homeless problem as well as schools, and mental health problems. the governor says lawmakers should not be giddy over california's projected surplus. >> all the people that want things won't be getting what they lake to have. >> the budget surplus is $3 billion more than the governor projected in january, thanks mostly to higher than expected tax revenues. >>> governor brown made another important announcement today. introducing the brown's first dog. >>> a marin woman's father actually helped build disney lnd. >> vallejo diving into the summer sport of >>> a sport na dates back to the days of lumberjacks, floating logs. >> dig your heels in. >> reporter: michael camp never has done this before. >> i needed some help. >> you were right at the edge. >> reporter: for abby

one local city is taking no chances. where water restrictions are now in place. >>> bill cosby's wife responding to his sexual assault conviction. she is not holding back this morning. her strong words for the victims coming up. >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. no chance of rain in the next seven days, but there are chances of wild temperature swings. >>> a live look from the >>> temperatures low to mid 50s. in the hills las gat toegs 44 and alum rock at 48 degrees. temperature low to mid 50s just about everywhere. danville 46, bodega bay at 48 degrees. we have delays at sfo, about 49 minutes trying to get into sfo. that's the average. as far as activity planner states, watch out for strong sunshine but comfortable temperatures. it's going to be tranquil today. san francisco, my 12-hour planner shows a lot of cloud cover through at least noon and then sunshine this afternoon, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. if you're about ready to leave the house, let's see what alexis is

with this project called man is a pioneer in the us south region many locals love the idea of keeping hens so far the city has distributed one thousand six hundred of them to local residents. the city's waste expert says it makes excellent sense and prepare for the hen can eat up to three hundred grams of again like waste the day. a human produces about one hundred fifty grams a day just in the coma area chickens can process a couple of hundred tons of biomass and soften the the beautician through the community they're going to throw. the lot off families hands lay up to eight exit day a nice reward for housing a team of waste processing poultry. avoided all of the money pulled on me off it they don't do it all they claim in here to sleep at nights and sell a eggs jury the day. otherwise they are always outside. the laws use the eggs to try out new recipes the daughter's current favorite is banana and muesli omelet. the urban farmers are allowed to eat the chickens after two years but law says his wife will never permit that and so these chickens will continue eating by a waste for as long as they left. t

cities. it caused them to original locally then national nationally. the automotive safety foundation was by then funded by the automobile manufacturers association, predominantly general motors, and they organized and they're quite explicit we have to redefine what city stress are for and we have to redefine them for automobiles, and we redefine safety, and redefine saved as keeping people off the streedz and we redefine redefine median strips and shoulders, and it would eliminate 98% of collisions, and they became the basis for the highway transportation engineering discipline, which promised to free us of the of the traffic fatalities in the year. that was not enough, we have since introduced sometimes against the objections of the automobile industry, ways to reduce those numbers, as long as we have an automobile dependent society, conventional automobile dependent society that will exist. >>> there's hope and it's not unreasonable hope that vehicles will deliver us from this -- a f -- one of the terrible legacies of automobile dependency in the 20t

local cities rely on this information to identify discrimination in their cities. cities like concord. >> what does the lack of race and ethnicity information mean to a city and county trying to do this analysis? >> it is harder for us to determine if there is any -- what the impacts are or who's receiving loans or who's being denied loans. so it is harder to get at if there is any unequal treatment. >> coming up tonight, we'll show you the mortgage lender at the center of this problem and explain why this trend could be catching on. that's tonight at 11:00 on nbc bay area news. >>> like this story, our investigative unit is always looking for a story to find out more about. send them a tip. call 888-996-tips or send them an e-mail. go to nbcbayar nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. >>> maybe you need to do some planning weatherwise. cool, hot, getting a mix of both as we check in with kari. >> it started out hot on memorial day and we are taking a break now but it is going to get hot just in time for the weekend. you can see just a few clouds rolling by over the golden

city of salah. high waters ahead of the coming storm locals in your mind city of salada gather their belongings and scramble to evacuate buses and helicopters take the vulnerable out of the path of cyclonic emergency services are being deployed and people are being urged to seek safety the government warns that low lying areas are at risk from flooding until the early hours of friday morning the city of continuous to prepare for the cycle on scenes like this one for us those people are crowding in shopping malls stocking on food supplies or who tells me at the beach moving their guests to safer areas the yemeni island of sumatra offers a glimpse of what's to come the cars and boats have been washed away by high waters hundreds more have been forced from their homes internationally recognized government has declared the island a disaster zone but the turmoil of the war in yemen raises questions as to how much help they can be matilda lodges are tracking the path of the storm predicting what will happen next is gaining strength and by saturday it'll carry winds of one hundred ninety kilometers per ho

fewer people means cities get less federal money for local services. the city of san jose filed its own federal lawsuit in april. san francisco has two filings, one with california and another with new york and several other states. >>> a chef out of lafayette is accused of cooking up something more than food. a bank robbery. police say he made off with $18,000 wednesday morning. he was the owner and executive chef at otavio in walnut creek. it closed down two years ago. police say someone caught a glimpse of his license plate as he drove away and that's how they tracked him down. >>> it's a big weekend in preparation for a busy sink oci mayo weekend. restaurants are stocking up. police say they will be out in force. we have a look at how it's shaking up. >> reporter: a lot is happening here tonight with sharks and warriors viewing parties. add to that the sink co-cinco d celebration and everyone is preparing. probation officers geared up at police headquarters this morning. they are teaming with sheriff's deputies and the police department's gang unit

democrat party at the time was to terrorize and intimidate black people and disarming them with local and city rules to that effect was one of the things they did the n.r.a. was formed to prevent that from happening the n.r.a. is a tiny sliver of america's population but what it represents is how the public feels the majority of the public we have one hundred and twenty million voting age americans who do not violate the law who legally own about three hundred million firearms that is a massive amount of tradition and loyalty and respect for what the founding fathers said was given to us by god the right to be armed to defend ourselves america is unique in the world in that it has such a strong affinity for being armed and i do not believe there is a political movement in sight you name the n.r.a. three times including twice in the sentence to this question i haven't talked about the n.r.a. at all they're just a representative they're not a driving force much more money is spent by unions by planned parenthood by all sorts of left wing organizations that is spent by the n.r.a. on politics thei

well that's it time to draw some conclusions cologne is a very welcoming city the locals make it super easy for visitors to feel at home which is something not every city can say have. the place is amazing and the people even more so so stay put cologne out definitely get back. to. our second destination on this check in special featuring the state of north rhine-westphalia this dortmund city is shaped by its a lustrous industrial past. the city in germany's ruhr region isn't necessarily known for its beauty but it is for many other things. for me shopping in the city center football fell below zero before. my long hard work stealing cars and i think a vocalist at a beer or two. ok sounds like a plan but first let's take a little sightseeing tour. austin and best in how big are dortmund central shopping streets it's been an important commercial route ever since the middle ages. dark one is also very green at least on the summer that is here and best spot on park you'll find one of the city's most famous landmarks the t.v. tower nicknamed floria. and then there's lake phoenix an artific

locally? deputy city attorney givner? >> mr. givner: i don't believe there's a penalty of perjury provision in any other local campaign finance law. i think the purpose of this -- of this provision is to make enforcement easier and to ensure that the candidate is on the record stating that there's been no coordination with an outside committee. >> supervisor safai: so i'm sorry. this is opening up more questions, we can talk about it more next time, but what do you mean make enforcement easier by signing penalty of perjury? if they sign penalty of perjury they're not going to coordinate, then, so how does that make enforcement easier? >> mr. givner: i think the idea that it's an additional hook for potential enforcement by any of the enforcing authorities that if the candidate signs under penalty of perjury and actually has coordinated, that's another hook for enforcement. >> supervisor safai: okay. so i just -- i just keep on having more questions. so if it's okay, let's just continue this, and we'll vote on this next time. mayb

and this is something, this is like we've talked about it, all local, a local school, local city. the leadership comes from the top. if the president had the opportunity on bring in the surgeon general, to bring in the head of the school system, the attorney general and say let's put in a plan for schools to follow. let's get everybody on the same page. let's put these people in the same room. this goes for colleges. goes for workplaces. this can be done, it is being done in certain parts of our country right now, and it just needs to be done a little bit more obviously. >> harris: when you hear, and we had on former detective ted williams earlier, he said that unconfirmed, we don't know exactly what the other hardware was. but he was convinced was not surprised at all to learn there would have been something other than a shotgun. your thoughts? >> not surprised either. this was a well-planned approach. this is something -- >> harris: what tells you it was well planned? >> just the fact that he was able to walk in, that he had the shotgun, this is something that somebody just does

democrat party at the time was to terrorize and intimidate black people and disarming them with local and city rules to that effect was one of the things they did the n.r.a. was formed to prevent that from happening the n.r.a. is a tiny sliver of america's population but what it represents is how the public feels the majority of the public we have one hundred and twenty million vote.

city. ramakrishna is a fourth generation well digger and his community's local know how it's centuries old he believes it can be used to help tackle the city's modern day problems. earlier we used to get all our water from open wells people forgot about them but now they're becoming more aware and think we should use. the cracked up if we keep using bore wells the city will run out of water. alongside water conservationists ramakrishna is now involved in a campaign to recharge the city's wells it would replenish shallow groundwater aquifers with rainwater the process is more environmentally friendly than joining bore wells deep into the ground and the campaign aims to have a million functional open wells by the time it's done. i'm a christian and the community he belongs to represent a more sustainable approach to water conservation and if bangalore draws upon their traditional expertise it might just dam its water crisis before the taps wrong dry . well now to a cautionary tale from the united states where a bride to be was so certain that her husband's football team would lose this year's

university rankings are based on multiple factors such as the number of top universities in a city, the localulture. despite topping the league table, london performed poorly when it came to affordability. whoever you are in london, it costs you an arm and a lake, even if you area you an arm and a lake, even if you are a student. if you are russian oligarch, perhaps you can manage it a little better. and now what's trending in the business news this morning. a teenager in the moment a mixed picture following the announcement from the us. —— in the markets in asia at the moment, a mixed picture. backin asia at the moment, a mixed picture. back ina asia at the moment, a mixed picture. back in a moment. ‘s briefing coming up in the moment. —— news briefing. a secret scotland yard "gang data base" is stigmatising and racially discriminating against young black men — according to a report by the human rights organisation, amnesty international uk. it's called the gang violence matrix and is under investigation by the information commissioner. the metropolitan police said the matrix was aimed at re

the steel city forging a future in tech with google and uber moving in and pittsburgh's bid in for amazon's next headquarters, the local economy is on the rise. and startups like duo language, the no-charge foreign language app have taken notice. >> the city is on an upswing so we're having a relatively easy time hiring people from everywhere in the country. >> reporter: the ceo co-founded the company teaching and capitalizing on pittsburgh's affordability using it as a recruiting tool. >> we put up a billboard in u.s. 101 near san francisco that just basically said, buy a home, work in tech, move to pittsburgh. >> reporter: duo language employee kevin wang did just that. relocating from california less than a year ago. he and his wife just purchased their first home. >> pittsburgh has tons to offer, affordable housing, great social scene with food and music. >> reporter: the average price of a home in san francisco is $1.3 million. in pittsburgh, it's around $135,000. >> many of the displaced residents are here tonight. >> reporter: but for some, housing isn't affordable anymore. >> we still feel this displaced in our

city officials, local contractors a celebration took place for a north bay community where the first devastating north bay fires. city officials, local contractors and others gathered in the coffey park neighborhood to celebrate dan bradford. he is the first to move back into the area after the tubbs fire destroyed thousands of homes. bradford was given a certificate and special keys to his new home. dan's message to his fellow neighbors: be persistent and have faith and you'll to be back home one day. coming up after the break... a close call for a woman in the north bay. see what came flying at her car window... while driving along a popular highway. (ácommercialá) a close call for a bay area woman after she was nearly shot by a paintball. the santa rosa woman was heading northbound on highway 101 in petaluma. kron 4's gabe slate talked to her and has the story. sound from rachel thurow - sant

over the world, with a localfans and obviously fans from all over the world, with a local fans are man utd fans, man city utd fans, man city fans orfrom any other team, they all feel the same way, you don't wish this on anybody. tony bellew says he hopes david haye will retire after he beat him for a second time. the former cruiserweight world champion stopped the former heavyweight world champion in the fifth round of their rematch in london last night. my my first words to him, when he hugged me, iwasjust my first words to him, when he hugged me, i wasjust a my first words to him, when he hugged me, iwasjust a bit emotional, i was on my knees on a canvas, and he came over to me and said "brother, you done me. everything was right and you just beat me. " i said to him," please stop. please stop. this is a very unforgiving sport. it is a young man's game. it is a young man's game for a fight with the attributes that david hay relies on. the giro d'italia has one more stage to go in israel later today before it resumes in italy on tuesday. the first country outside europe to host any part of a grand tour

it's projecting real life images taken from 12 cameras throughout the city. localpbell created the light installation. he says the lights are meant to blend in with its surroundings. < "some people call this work that we're proposing spectacular, i don't see that way, i don't want to see it as a spectacle. i want to see it as in harmony with the rest of the skyline with the rest of the city.">( robin ) because of low resolution and softer led lights pointing away from the streets there's some hope that it won't be a distraction to drivers. ( robin )salesforce c-e-o marc benioff used the grand opening ceremony to talk about the crises the city faces with homelessness. benioff challenged tech companies to help him raise two- hundred million dollars. an amount which he said would get every homeless person off the street. kron 4's gabe slate has the story. sot - marc benioff - ceo salesforce "we want this tower to be a beacon to families living on the street, we are thinking of you" that's marc benioff, ceo of salesforce using most of his time at the grand opening cere

kron 4's will tran joins us live this morning from daly city will... local lawmakers will be joined by many students from jefferson high school as they plan to introduce legislation that tries to ban gun shows from coming to daly city's cow palace againthe students have been very upset for years but two high profile massacres them mobilizing stronger than ever. the protest begins at 915 this morning morning begins at 915 this ever. the protest begins at 915 this morning ( james ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) a celebration of life is held for san francisco's former police commission president julius turnman. turman died one week ago. loved ones gathered at city hall yesterday to pay their respects. turman was an attorney before joining the san francisco police commission in 2012. he became president 2 years later. those who knew turman said it was a dream that he fulfilled.

after years of war, occupation and insurgency, the locals here had hoped their city would become thehere are no skyscrapers here, just high unemployment, crime and corruption. at basra general hospital, psychiatrist doctor al sabbagh has been seeing more patients come forward with meth addiction. what is the scale of the problem? in 2015, the iraqi government, together with the us department of health, ran a study looking at addiction in basra. there were once high hopes for iraq's second city. oil production in basra province generates 95% of the country's oil wealth. but most residents don't see any of that. this is jumhuriyah, one of the poorest most densely populated parts of town. most of the young people here haven't finished school, they're out of work. jumhuriyah is notorious for gangs and drug dealing. shallal rady, who's 21, has never worked. so do you feel safe here? what about drug users? hello, how are you? nice to see you. i went to see shallal‘s family. salaam—alaikum... they're struggling to get by without electricity or any clean water. his father has serious health

. >> paul: the constitution bans localities and cities from imposing them. >> they tried to do it byosing a head tax which is a tax on jobs. >> paul: which doesn't make sense if you want jobs in the city, dan. >> yeah, it doesn't make -- it doesn't make sense but in a way it does. because i think what's going on here is that seattle, like the state of oregon, like a lot of other states, has a big problem with its public pension obligations. oregon has been described as one of the states that does have difficulty meeting public pension obligations. >> paul: washington state does too. >> a lot of states have thatpr problem. the rubber is hitting the road. cities are cutting back on public services. that's what i think has happened to seattle. >> paul: there's a competition goingg on where amazon is lookig for a so-called second headquarters. it's 20 states that made the cut on they're. trying to whittle it down. will that have an effect on that contest. >> it certainly should, paul. as a floridian, i love that seattle is doing that because it will drive for jobs to my beautiful home st

local transmission site as soon as possible. >>> our time is 4:10. getting ready for cinco de mayo and some of the biggest celebrations tomorrow night. in san jose. coming up, how the city and local businesses are teaming up to prevent a repeat of cinco de mayo violence. >>> bart once again cracking down on fare cheats. a new fair inspections program. >>> san francisco northbound 11. this looks good approaching the 80 split. heading from the city down the peninsula, no problems. >>> pretty big cooldown yesterday. today, temps will bump up. burn off little sooner. i'll have your weekend forecast to see if that warm-up continues or not. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. 4:13. if you'll be in san jose this we can expect to see big crowds and a lot of police. >> yeah,, ktvu's allie rasmus has a preview of the parties expected in a playoff watch party. >> reporter: in east san jose, pride of cultural heritage is on full display as she waves the mexican flag ahead of cinco de mayo festivities. >> i believe it's important because of our heritage, especially right now with everything that's going on. the politics and all that is going on with the whole immigration, you know, i

city in iraq has other problems. after years of war, occupation and insurgency, the locals here had hoped their city would become the, crime and corruption. oil money from basra seems to never benefit basra, the people here bitterly complain. and their young people are faced with hard choices. many end up here, in al qibla prison. what are the issues you face here? under the saddam regime, drug dealers and thieves were often put to death. now, they linger in cells like this. i mean, the conditions are really bad. there are two sides of basra. the city and the desert, run by the tribes. the tribal leaders have long—standing grievances against the government in baghdad. they say their land was taken for the oil companies, while their children got nothing. and prime minister abadi, they say, no can longer afford to ignore them. at the cafe back in the city, young men play dominoes and chat. they have no jobs to get up for in the morning. they tell me people in power are letting drugs ruin their city. in the upcoming elections, the baghdad government must finally listen to the people in basra, locals warn, or risk them

can't get that of minor or anywhere else and san francisco a hot bed for local manufacturing in support that is what keeps your city vibrant we'll make a compelling place to live and visit i think that local business is the lifeblood of san francisco and a vibrant >> i'm rebecca and i'm a violinist and violin teacher. i was born here in san francisco to a family of cellists, professional cellists, so i grew up surrounded by a bunch of musical rehearsals an lessons. all types of activities happened in my house. i began playing piano when i was 4. i really enjoyed musical activities in general. so when i was 10, i began studying violin in san francisco. and from there, i pretty much never stopped and went on to study in college as well. that's the only thing i've ever known is to have music playing all the time, whether it is someone actually playing next to you or someone listening to a recording. i think that i actually originally wanted to play flute and we didn't have a flute. it's always been a way of life. i didn't know that it could be any other way. >> could you give me an e over here. great. when you teach a

city in iraq has other problems. after years of war, occupation and insurgency, the locals he had hoped their city would become the nextscrapers here, just high unemployment, crime and corruption. oil money for basra seems to never benefit basra. the people here italy complained. their young people are faced with hard choices, many end up here ina faced with hard choices, many end up here in a prison. what are the issues you face it? —— here. under the saddam hussein regime, drug dealers and these are often put to death. now, they linger in cells like this. i mean, the conditions are like this. i mean, the conditions a re really like this. i mean, the conditions are really bad. yeah, very bad, no choice. there are two sides of basra. the city and the desert, run by the tribes. the tribal leaders have long—standing grievances against the government in baghdad. they say their land was taken for the oil companies, while their children got nothing. and prime minister haider al—abadi, they say, can no longer afford to ignore them. at the cafe back in the city, young man on play dominoes and charts. they have no jobs to get