i was in madrid spain and they have a wonderful transportation system there. i moved to san francisco and i don't think that lifestyle is possible here though i think we should work towards making something like that possible. a few months ago i started to get involved in transit and contacted everyone i should that i contacted enough people that i made myself way through a meeting and then having coffee with various people like scott wiener and others and that's how i found out about the advisory committee. my background in business, i work here in san francisco in the technique -- technology industry. with my background in business, i think i would bring more of an innovative approach and how we can increase efficiency and a more radical innovative approach. >> thank you. i think it would be great to work with you as well. is there anyone else who would like to speak? okay. now any members of the public who would like to speak? seeing none. i know there is a recommendation from katie tang from district 4 in support of eric rutlidge, but we know we need more

in madrid, spain, thousands of people are on board busy commuter trains during a typical morning rushiamoran is getting ready for work in the morning. >> translator: it was a regular morning like all the other mornings. i ran to the track. i was running like you usually do in those circumstances. and i rushed into and boarded the train. >> just before 7:40 a.m. without warning, an explosion rips through one of the train cars. security cameras are rolling as frightened and confused passengers scramble up the stairs. >> translator: it was right after i got on. i grabbed the train's metal rail just as the doors were closing. and at that instant, the explosion happened. the sound cut through my ears. it was this pain and it was so strong that it seemed it went right through my brain. >> but this nightmare is only beginning. less than a minute later, two more explosions tear through the station. in total, ten timed explosions blast through four commuter trains across the city in a calculated act of terrorism. donna friezen covers the story as a correspondent for nbc news. >> these weren't

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barnaby phillips, aljazeera, madrid. >> spain is proposing the lay offs of one fifth of sanitation workersize how important the job is. >> coming up, a battle of two joints. >> architects are set to decide which building is the tallest in the nation. why a design feature could give one world center the advantage over the willis injure a new crisis emerging in one african nation affecting half of its duties. how the world bank plans to remedy the problem. what happens when social media uncovers unheard, fascinating >> good morning, and hello winter. we saw pictures of a very snowy manhattan. >> it's not even thanksgiving yet, come on! >> winter is here, welcome back to aljazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. >> i'm stephanie sy. half of the adult population is unable to read. we'll find out the possible solution the world bank is proposing to solve that problem. >> that story in a moment. first, the potential for precipitation today. >> hearing people in the northeast talk about the snow, it is november. it's not like we haven't seen snow before, and it is mostly flurries. the northwest, any

spain. it's not like barcelona. it's not line san sebastian. it ain't madrid. person who looks at spain, comes to spain, eats in spain, drinks in spain, they're going to fall in love. otherwise, there's something deeply wrong with you. spain is the sort of place that never really made any sense anyway. but in the very best possible way. this is the country that gave us the spanish inquisition. also anarchy. this is where devout catholicism mixes with surrealism, modernist cuisine. with traditional tapas. christianity and islam spared space. the effects of influences of all those things are right here to see. you can almost look back through time and through the mists of history and see the venetians marching up across the vega. or are those feral hippies? many of them made things interesting. >> when you ask what do you do? and you say we are staging the moon landing. wherever you are on the ideological spectrum, some things are constant, it seems. some stereotypical expectations. it's true, there are free tapas everywhere. flamenco, yes, they do that also. it's

madrid is in a mess, and it won't be easy to clear up. >>> spain says it has plans to lay up a aboutfive of all sonation workers. >>> up next what was once bootleg is now a billion dollars business. legalizing white lightning. and to contact the centers and the luzon ♪ >>> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. here is a recap of our top stories. aide is pouring into the philippines from around the world. typhoon haiyan is expected to have lefts thousands dead. >>> the son of oklahoma senator jim enhoff is dead. he went down in a plane crash. he was just 52. >>> iran's foreign minister is opening up about what went wrong with talks last week in geneva. he said it is not over. we have just learned that iran has agreed to let the un inspect the new heavy water reactor. >>> here at home some southern states are looking for the past, they are looking back to revitalize their economy. alabama and tennessee have legalized moon shine. small distilleries are starting to pop up. but some are upset. andy has more. >> reporter: in the backwoods of this country, the sheriff is alwa

. >>> to spain - "real monery" and cristiano ronaldo black real madrid and cristiano ronaldo can't stop scoring. the team netted 12 and knocked in five more against real. it took them five minutes to take the lead. cristiano ronaldo netting for a fourth match in a row. >> quickly a second goal against a side that had a goalless draw with manchester united in the champion's league midweek. cristiano ronaldo with his second goal from the penalty spot. and sammy cadd era added a fourth before the portuguese complete the hat-trick. >> real remain third, two behind atletico who go to villa real on saturday. and vella a single -- villa a single point behind barcelona. >> league leaders arsenal travel to old trav originaled. the gun -- travelled to old trafford. >> despite being eight points ahead of communicated the arsenal manager things the united boys david moyes is doing a good job. >> david moyes has shown great confidence at everton. time to get a grip on manchester united. what he's slowly doing you see in the results. when the guy has been there for 26 years, and goes, it takes time f

in spain hundreds of students gathered in front of the ministry of education in madrid to protest against a new education reform bill which is currently being approved by the country's parliament and it's true to say the law will enforce more cuts for a system where students with less money do not have the same opportunities as wealthy ones. will be back with you with more news with the team in half an hour from now in the mean time for our international viewers the very highest ranks of government and the church subjected to the menace of naked protests meanwhile for british viewers we have our new show going underground this is r.t. . that is a silly and stupid world device majority of the syrian people the sunni population there want the outside stuff isn't limited to the people's uprising and it was appropriated very. key saudi arabia and qatar turkey is almost regretting its role because it now has to deal with militants on its borders saudi arabia is funding them continuing to bomb them if things it has a free it has a license to destroy syria it's astonishing that no one in the wes

in spain hundreds of students gathered in front of the ministry of education in madrid to protest against a new education reform bill which is currently being approved by the country's parliament demonstrators say the law would force more cuts allowing for a system where students with less money will not have the same opportunities as wealthy as compared to the days of dictator franco. so that brings you up to date with a new city with just over half an hour on the various highest ranks of the church and government vulnerable to the menace of naked protest from an exposed in just a few minutes. since the start of the arab spring there has been hopes of change in the creation of a better future sadly this is not been the case would be a bomb to democracy by nato is breaking up and on the verge of a civil war it would appear the only winners are the forces backing instability. choose your language. with no if you. choose the consensus. choose the opinions that you the great. choose the stories that impact your life. choose the access to. the plentiful supply was a terrible mistake now i'm v

bremen madrid the bulls and the more you use it easily could miss budget targets and spain all say risks missing deficit goes in twenty fourteen. all in all the eu remains optimistic on the outlook for the uterus. the everett physical signs that that the government is the blessing of the new europe is proceeding the groom is off to spain and portugal have been morphed into a positive goal for character. separately eu finance ministers are talking about how the crisis proves the uterus. facing a banking union. and this gets more disagreement about the idea ron supports the u rating on struggling banks direct link but not everyone agrees gemini says brit bags or a masterful member states finance ministers have until the end of the yet to reach an agreement prices in the eurozone and slack lining inflation the single currency bloc was just zero point seven percent in october of that stuff that is inflation has been in forty years the sharp fall in fuel prices helped drive the rate down below inflation in the block has sparked fears that it could be entering a d inflationary spiral with fall

in spain hundreds of students gathered in front of the ministry of education in madrid to protest against a new education reform bill which is currently being approved by the country's parliament demonstrators say the law will enforce more cuts allowing for a system where students with less money do not have the same opportunities as wealthy ones but has been compared to the days of dictator franco. britain's population is about to rise by almost ten million over the next couple of decades over half of that is thanks to immigration and are against the massive influx of foreigners as boiling in the u.k. that is to sort of silly reports newcomers add more than just strength to the numbers. the fabric of british society is a diverse want to diversify is evident in areas like this one and wanted to look at the most recent report of the office of national service sticks that diversity looks set to continue the overall population of the u.k. is expected to reach some seventy three point three million by two thousand and thirty seven that sum my point six million in the next twenty five years no

spain. street cleaners have agreed to an interim deal. garbage has been piling up on the streets of madridince thousands of union members and workers walked off the job. they've been fighting demands of 40% cut in pay and the impact from a government that has been forced to cut spendinge spendin. >> giant flames and ash being sent into the sky. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, and it's erupting for the first time in three years. >> meteorologist: well, we started off with wet weather across parts of the northeast. showers wrapping up, but we're watching our nation's midsection here as the storm system starts or at least gets a little more developed later in the day. we'll be watching for the threat of strong storms. let's take you to the midwest where we're usually much colder. enjoy the mild temperatures, we do have a storm system again that is brewing, and our winds are kicking up. we'll deal a little bit in the way of rain and the storms will ramp up in the late part of the afternoon. note the direction, the winds are pulling up from the south bringing up that warm sout

. >>> an indefinite garbage collector strike in spain is leaving growing piles of rubbish on the streets in madrid> the british retailer has become the country's first to display larger-sized mannequin on its shop floor. kat listen has the details. >> reporter: young, beautiful, and thin. the fashion industry is notorious for using extremely slim models to sell clothes, but this store wants to buck that trend using larger mannequins. they have introduced this plus-sized ma any quinn. they say the ma any quinns are meant to shake the idea that women have to be tall and thin to be attractive. >> we have people that shop with us that are 5'8", and 5'10", and size six, but we have larger sizes that shop with us. >> reporter: but is this mannequin really considered a larger size. it's far from what most people would consider heavy. still many say it's improvement. >> this whole step is very brave and it's a positive step forward. if other people come on the bandwagon that's great. if it just stops there, it is just going to be stagnant. >> reporter: this could be a sign that fashion retailers are under

spain. we are sure about it. >> anna velasquez. thank you for your time from madrid. >>> in paris a man died and 14 horse have been hit after pyrotechnics exploded for a musical. it happened after the performance. the man who died is thought to be the show's director. he had a heart attack during the explosion. >>> walk outs began when proposed cutting salaries by as much as 40% and laying off more than a thousand people. >> and people living in moscow have been remembering the moment 20 years ago when the bosnian town 500-year-old bridge was destroyed. people threw flowers into the river. >> that's it for me at the moment. in about 20 minute's time we'll tell but a colorful process in moscow. >> the crisis of the central african republic appears to be worsening. some people say that the rebels are being funded by the former president who was forced out of office by a coup last march. in the third and final part of the series on the crisis, we traveled to the town of dwa to find out more. >> soldiers from chad arrived here too late. most of the people who lived in th

in just a few weeks, selectusa and the american chamber of commerce in spain will hold a today events at barcelonao 21st and madrid next april, we will be in the largestgermany, manufacturing show in the world. it may, we will be at the technology conference in houston, the world's largest oil and gas conference. next november, we will be in mechanica,for auto mech a global auto mechanic event. will bring city and state economic development face- to-face with investors in mexico, japan, and europe. if those of you in the room think it would be fruitful, we could look for hosting regional conferences around the united states. we've let us know your thoughts at that. that's on that pier we know we need to move your pace -- the pace of business. we know we need to be outcome driven, helping more united states and foreign firms get the tools and information you need to invest here. my personal commitment to you you rightht now -- to now is that we will do just that. before i close, i want to offer special recognition to those of jain,day of the hindu, faith.ikh we are honored that you will join us at this humble time.

spain have been acquitted. the shipwreck caused a massive oil spill along the coast making it one of the biggest environmental disasters europe has ever seen. our madrid correspondent has more on the verdict. >> the judge spent more than one hour over his verdict, this comes after a trial that lasted eight months with over 200 witnesses. this morning, he said none of those accused were, in any way, responsible for what happened. the head of the spanish merchant navy was the one that ordered the ship to sail away, and after six days, sank, tipping over its cargo of 50 tons of oil across the northern coast of spain. what he said this morning when that none of those people were responsible. that ledhe decisions to the sinking could be blamed .n a reckless decision he said there was no criminal blame to be put on the shoulders of those involved. it is considerable, considering how much time has been spent on the case. these three are not responsible for the disaster. who is? >> the judge in his testimony said no one knows exactly what caused the ship to get into problems. he mentioned they had testimony about the poor state of the ship . it was a panama f

is a big issue you in spain with unemployment at twenty six percent until the hob to come by in neighboring portugal it's a similar story striking like is that broke the lisbon madrid to a standstill. again the problem is private eye station. what tickles transport sector is eighteen billion euro is in debt. the government needs to sell concessions in order to meet the towns of its payout to the audience onto christ the rivers. today woohoo it's right the mood to work this month that be like the rest of the congressional watchdog has received no way out. initially it was bank employees to down tools the protesting against a decision by the country's peak is linda's to score a national labor contract increased due to a protest as bill clinton's this time pensioners and the disciples protesting against copts recent talk of recovery has been reached and get a read the buckeyes will hold since the sixteen best is owned by reeves. it feels like the economy the economy is that his unit is gaining the recovery is gaining traction. and you know he was one to watch the summer social unrest within the thing to the point in the last copy is nothing that you know the last coup

madrid has now revealed he could be out for up to three weeks after confirming he picked off thigh injury. >> in spain, the president set vade da has condemned a group of fans who racially abused one of their own players during a game on sunday. the brazilian defender appeared to be the victim of monkey chants from his own fans. after he was sent off at the end of the first half in the game. they went on to lose 4-nil. he said he was sickened by is fans behavior, and called for tougher sanctions against racism, they also condemned the incident. >> to ice hockey now. the top two sides in the nhl eastern conference, the boston bruins and the pittsburgh penguins, the bruins looked set for a 3-2 win in regulation time, but pittsburgh scored with 0.3 seconds left to tie it. he proved to be the hero for boston, 34 seconds into overtime, and ending the seven game winning run. they are now on 34 points on top of the eastern conference standings. #e next up, a trip to detroit to face the red wings on wednesday. meanwhile, the lightening ended a four game losing streak in brilliant fashion. they are honored ear

smoking is the main cup prit. >> the streets of madrid is piling with rubbish. 6,000 workers have gone on spike. there was a proposal to cut salaries by 40%. spain's deficit is among the highest in the us open. >> a spanish court orders the release of nine members of basket group eta. they were convict of deadly shootings and bombings and they are free to roam the streets. >> this is one of the eta soldiers greetedly piss -- his family. >> he and others were set free. >> a third member was gaoled for 23 years including for bombing and asass nation. she was due to release. the court decided that her rights from violated by retroactive charms, and the spanish international court had no choice but to set her free. decisions to folio the rulings has not been without controversy. most vocal are organizations. . >> for us it's been terrible. it's been painful because we think this is solidly unfair and this is of an estate, of love. we are very upset. 800 people were killed in a campaign by eta before a cease fire was organised. 40 other eta prisoners are expected to be released in the full court. >>> there's a new development in this miami dolphin hazi

spain, blackstone, using the expertise to replicate its successful rental and by there. so far the world's largest private equity firm has brought 18 apartment buildings fromhe city of madridor $1,703,000,0. blackstem xecutive says ilding a business from scratch without a sgle employee i buying something like what hundd 50 million in loans requires a learning process. i uld say so. adding to the gaza strip, marine forces foiled an attempt by residence to smuggle across egypt in a fishing boat, and a car, boat, an example of the new length loc smugglers will go to add that the egyptian army as you love more than 1,000 titles. this bogers dismantled a hyundai's sonata and sailed toward gaza before being intercepted. it tried to jettison it away. sounds like a well executed plan. up next, want to make a lot of money without stress. mytaff is not changing carriers. like this. did you enter your would it -- business. back with the fourinalists. you want to know who will win? you're not sure who that is, to stay tuned. ♪ >> my breakfast. my legs. where are my eggs. >> excuse me. >> t polaroids from the lazar a shoot. and get my car. when iad in my hand yesterday morning. melissa

madrid. >>> real remains third two points behind neighbors atletico who go villarreal on sunday. atletico just one point behind the leaders barcelona. late kickoff. one game in spainla have ended a 22-game winless away streak. they beat espanyol 3-1 in barcelona. savilla's last away victory, that was in september last year. egyptian side can win a record extending eighth african champions league title. they face south african side in the second leg of the arab stadium in cairo. that kickoff in a few minutes time. it will be the first match in the egyptian capital since the disaster in february 23. they go in to the match with an away goal after the first leg finish one a piece. >>> golf, frenchman victor has won the tubbish open by two shots. despite starting the final round with a five-shot lead he was chased all the way with jamie donaldson finishing just two shots behind. the welshman with unquestionably the shot of the day. all the way in to the cup there. that was at the 16 account. one of the world number one tiger woods? he threatened as well but didn't pull off the win. he finished in a tie for third. buff the final round of 3 you remembered 69 was enough

madrid pile up with trash as 6,000 maintenance workers walked off the job tuesday. crews are fighting a proposal that would cut salaries by 40% and cause 1,000 people to lose their jobs. spain cut back on public services to reduce its national deficit which is among the highest in the eurozone. >>> beijing reporting a surge in lung cancer cases, saying that the number of patients has jumped 50% in the last decade, beijing last month took emergency measures to tackle air quality. they say that pollution is partly to blame but also say that smoking is the main culprit. >>> some 30 million americans suffer with eating disorders but some insurance companies do not always cover the entire treatment and the new healthcare law changes that. that story now from our reporter. >> reporter: for years this individual struggled with an eating disorder. >> for me one of the hardest parts was first going into treatment. >> going into a treatment center first that her parents paid for out of pocket. >> each day was nearly $1,000 and for a two-month stay that is $60,000, a college education and my insurance company did not think that an eating disorder was significant enough to have it cove