your europe's rosalind franklin rover from excell mars will be on the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for evidence of past and possibly present life so it's going to be sort of in astrobiology festival you know in 2020 but it remarks very exciting indeed now these missions focused primarily on studying the conditions on the red planet how can their findings be applied on earth. well it's interesting you know mars one point had conditions very similar to earth since because of solar activity and whatnot dried out lost a lot of its atmosphere and so the process of how it cooled and how its climate changed it can has a relevance to earth each earth is a planet too we seem to forget that but you know the one way you can best understand planets is you can study more than one of them and you look at earth you look at venus and you look at mars you get an idea of why we're so special and perhaps how we should be paying a little more attention to take care of this planet what is the most

mars science lab which has been on mars for some years this rover is going to get down and actually see you know with the right test whether there was life on mars possibly even if there could still be some life on mars so it's asking the big question as asking the big question now china the european space agency and the united arab emirates are also sending spacecraft to mars next year this is a crowded field as i started say how much do the objectives differ for these missions and when you get better off to pull all the resources together well they are actually pulling things together the u.a.e. spacecraft will be looking at mars whether china is going to be launching an orbiter but also is going to be putting a small lander that will be looking for something called bio signatures evidence of biological molecules on mars your europe's rosalind franklin rover from excell mars will be on the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for evidence of past and possibly present life so it's goin

. -- on mars.audible conversations] >> please welcome to horn, associate director of policy office of the vice president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you so much for joining us here today. i'm really excited to speak to this for a few brief moments. so first off i would like to say that space is a top priority of this administration and for the leadership of the president and the vice president we see a remarkable progress in this critical area. the united states was founded by brave pioneers and their spirit continues today as america leads humanity into a new chapter through space expiration and scientific discovery. by combining efforts of the united states government with the leaders of private industry we will reach new heights that until recently we can only drink up. as the chair of the national space council, the vice president is leading an executive branch policy of its existing use leadership in space and also open doors to u.s. private sector growth. before president presid

supervisor mar. mar present. supervisor peskin? peskin present. supervisor preston. preston present. ronen present. safai present. supervisor stefani present. supervisor walton present. supervisor yee? president. mr. president, you have a quorum. >> president yee: thank you. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> president yee: okay. on behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. lawrence and michael. who record each of our meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. madame clerk, are there any communications? >> clerk: yes, we received and processed mayor breed's legislation declaring the results of the 2015 election and as required the certificate of election and oath of office has been provided to the newest member of the board of supervisors representing district 5, dean preston. lastly, pursuant to the administrative code, the suret

>> thihis is an upgrade of thee mars scicience lab, whwhich hahn on mars for years. this rover is going to get down and seeee whether therere w wase onon ours -- on mars, possibly whether there could still be life on mars. it is asking the big queuestion. >> china, the european space agency, and the united arab emirates are also sending spacecraft to mars next year. this is a crowded field. how much to the objectives differ for these missions, and do you think we would be better ofoff to pool resources? >> they aree actually pulling things together. the uae spacecraft will be looking at mars weather. china will be launching an orbiter and a small lander thatt will look at bio signatureres, evidence of biological markers. europe''s roverer does the same thing,g, as will be 2020 rover. those three plus the mars science lab, we will have fofour rovers looking for evidence of past and possibly present life. it is going to be sort of an astrobiology festival in 2020 on mars. >> very exciting. these missions focus mainly on studying the conditions on the red planet. how ca

your europe's rosalind franklin rover from excell mars will be in the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for evidence of past and possibly present life so it's going to be sort of in astrobiology festival you know on in 2020 arced. i was keith cowing an astrobiologist formerly with nasa speaking to you there. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the australian army has been called in to help fight wildfires raging near the country's largest city sydney forecasters expect an extreme heat wave in the next few days to raise the fire risk . we have more news coming up the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news and developments around the clock on a website that's feet of you thanks for. small acts who can inspire change the people making it possible to go out for a fantastic right. join them as they set out to save the environment learn from one another and work together for a better future for. many cons to you all but seemingly. on t.w. .

your hopes rosalind franklin rover from excell mars will be in the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for evidence of past and possibly present life so it's going to be sort of a in astrobiology festival you know one in 2020 we put it rip arts. there is keith cowing an astrobiologist formerly with nasa speaking to you there. as you in the u.s. state of michigan has been showing off its latest attraction of baby rhino the calf of the endangered black rhinos species was born on christmas eve in the potter park zoo in the state capital lansing calf which is yet to be named it shares an enclosure with its mother. and the 2 are said to be bonding well there are about $5000.00 black rhinos in the wild today. and the top story we're following for you. the australian army has been called in to help fight wildfires raging near the country's largest city sydney forecasters expect an extreme heat wave in the next few days to raise the fire risk. and we'll have more news coming up at the top

your hopes rosalind franklin rover from excell mars will be on the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for evidence of past and possibly present life so it's going to be sort of a in astrobiology festival you know one in 2020 we don't really arsed. i was keith cowing an astrobiologist formerly with nasa speaking to you there. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you the australian army has been called in to help fight wildfires raging near the country's largest city sydney forecasters expect an extreme heat wave in the next few days to raise the fire risk . we have more news coming up at the top of the hour don't forget you can get all the latest news on developments around the clock on our web site that's dot com thanks for watching. in the height of climate change. for cosmic. what's in store for. joining us today for the future. com we're going to go city hall to get insight. counter. to you know that 77 percent. are younger than thinks it. cuts me and me and you.

we talk about curiosity on mars. three and a half years to cover the same distance that someone else did in three days. they brought back to under 45 pounds of rocks. -- they brought back 245 pounds of rocks. you need both. but it cost more too. deanna: next question. >> a short question, likely controversial. you talk about competition and collaboration. it seems to me one of the big elephants in space, china. i'm interested in your response in addressing the relationship in terms of space and china. >> why does everybody look at me? [laughter] i'm the guylden: that shot him, again. say what you will about president obama and the obama administration paired in 2010, we thought we were on the verge of having another apollo soyuz, and it got checked down by the congress. all of you recognize because a lot of your intellect will and -- intellectual and academic partners are chinese. we got problems with everybody. [laughter] maj. gen. bolden: what makes us able to work with cosmo's on the international space station so

i want to thank you for your resolution, supervisor mar. i think the amendments that you suggest are absolutely the right ones. and i understand senator wiener's desire to push, you know, some suburbs that are truly anti-housing and anti-development by trying to create these solutions, but the tool has been too blunt all along. and it needs refining. and i'm really excited to support this resolution today. >> president yee: supervisor haney. >> supervisor haney: thank you, president yee, and thank you to all of you for your comments. i agree and i want to appreciate supervisor mar for your leadership in really putting forward what would really make sb50 much more informed and grounded in what the needs of our communities are here in san francisco. i agree with supervisor ronen that there is maybe a set of suburban communities of which a tool like this would be needed. for san francisco, what i think that -- what i've heard from all of you, is that we really need to double down on our own community planning processes. i know that supervisor

if successful, the mars 2020 rover will become nasa's fifth probe to land on mars and it does alreadyce 2012. nasa will ship the rover to its kennedy space center in february, where it's sections will be assembled for take off, scheduled forjuly. it is a toy, it is a puzzle and, according to its creator, it is also a piece of art. in 1974, hungarian architect erno rubik created his eponymous cube as a teaching tool for his students. the cube is... a very special object. it's a toy, it's a puzzle. i prefer object. it's a toy, it's a puzzle. i p refer to object. it's a toy, it's a puzzle. i prefer to call it a piece of art. it's a construction. it's educational tool. so it is many things. i was lecturing architecture and construction and for the stu d e nts and construction and for the students the best way to teach them is to show them what to do. so i was interested about to create something what is mobile, simple and contains some kind of task. and finally, i was following the cube as a form, because it has very special qualities. after i did it and it was working nicely, my prototyp

. >> president yee: supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you, president yee. i just would like to thank supervisor fewer and assemb assemblyman ting for securing this state funding to support the growth, expansion and creation of a west side-based nonprofit community organization dedicated to preserving and expanding affordable housing. in my word to aggressively expand affordable housing in my district, the lack of housing organizations has been challenging. we are grateful for the support of some organizations we have been able to partner with, like the mission economic development agency, which we work with to preserve housing for a dozen low-income seniors in outer taraval through the first small sites acquisition in the sunset, but to move as aggressively as the resolution requires, we need more organizations focused on community development in the west side with understanding, relationships, and commitments to our neighborhood, so thanks again to supervisor fewer and assemblyman ting, and i'd like to be added as a cosponsor to this item. thanks. >> presi

hailed as a human rights icon now defending her country's armed forces against charges of genocide in mars and so suit she takes the stand at the international court of justice and a nobel peace prize winner says there is no clue that her country's army carried out genocide against range of muslims prosecutors are seeking to prove her wrong plus the. head of minute already brags that that's one more chance of his promising to serve up if he wins on thursday his conservatives hold a narrow leaned over journey koran's a liberal party ever more of what's being called the most important british election in a generation. away our thank you so much for your company everyone where we begin this broadcast with swedish climate activist gratitude burke she has become the youngest person ever to be named time magazine's person of the year the 16 year old launched a weekly school strike for the climate that became. international movement times announcement came hours after tim burke took aim at business and political leaders meeting at the un climate conference in madrid let's take a listen to what sh

if successful, the mars 2020 rover will become nasa's first probe to land on mars and it already hasthe curiosity rover that has been roaming the landscape since 2012. nasa will ship the rover to its kennedy space center where the three sections will be assembled before ta ke sections will be assembled before take off schedule for the lie that it mightjuly. —— scheduled for july. one of the world s rarest birds — the spoon—billed sandpiper — has been successfully reared in captivity for the first time, raising hopes the species can be saved from extinction. it's taken almost a decade, from rescuing eggs in russia s far east wetlands —— from rescuing eggs in at the wildfowl and wetlands trust in gloucestershire. victoria gill reports. the first sign of a conservation breakthrough. these spoon—billed sandpiper chicks, hatched from eggs collected in the far east of russia and brought into captivity in the uk. that rescue mission was eight years ago. now, at last, those critically endangered birds have reared their own chicks — the first ca ptive—bred spoon—billed sandpipers. we have to

news live from berlin taking a stand at the international court of justice mean mars aung san suu kyi she says there is no proof that her country's military carried out genocide against her hang on muslims prosecutors are seeking to prove her wrong. also coming up they're calling it a ban on the moment the new president of the european commission is presenting her a landmark plan to fight climate change but not everyone is playing along. and they've been training for more than a year now for women from congress are preparing to embark on the journey of a lifetime as they take part in the world's toughest growing race. i'm serious i was going to thank you for joining us me and mara civilian leader aung san suu kyi has told the un stop court that there was no proof of genocidal intent behind her country's military campaign against muslims testimony on tuesday alleged stunningly barbaric acts against their will in your population including children and babies speaking at the international court of justice in the hague the nobel peace laureate said it could not be ruled out that dispropor

also coming up on mars on some since she was once hailed as a defender of human rights and won the nobel peace prize but today she's defending her country imports against accusations of genocide. plus questions mount after new zealand spoke tannic eruption with the death toll rising to 68 missing and doesn't severely injured people are beginning to ask why tourists were allowed to visit the site in the 1st place. the boy. and while i think you all so much for your company we begin this broadcast in the u.s. we're in a meant to smooth democrats in washington have concluded their president donald trump should be impeached for abusing his powers of obstructing congress the speaker of the house nancy pelosi and the heads of investigating committees announced 2 articles of impeachment the democrats accuse president trouble of soliciting foreign interference in next year's presidential election and of attempting to conceal from congress evidence of his efforts here is how the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff described the president's actions take a listen president trum

there is the front gate of mar-a-lago.ven if you don't have $200,000 even if you can still go drive down ocean drive and see that. as the living room of the place. donald trump had the place meticulously restored. everything that was there when he bought it in 1,985 he lived there as private residence until about 1,992 everything that was there has been redone to the nines. most of the original furniture remains from marjorie post. she had the original and the house itself was really patterned after the she palace in rome. i do a lot of the furniture was copied including the dining room table that seats 32 joule and goldleaf encrusted that weighs times manufactured in several pieces you might imagine. she had that removed before her death to the hillwood home in washington dc but commissioned a copy a reasonable copy of it. that is the table that sits there. this is pretty much all original furniture. there are some alcoves up there you can't quite see there is one here. she used to there were always 32 guests for dinner p

thank you, supervisor mar, for this great work. we have for many years been hearing about the imbalance between jobs growth and housing, but very little about the actual wages of workers, their actual needs and the affordability of housing that needs to be created for those workers. this is the kind of information that every decisionmaker should have in front of them when they are looking at questions such as the previous item that y'all were discussing around the flower mart development, for example. what are the jobs being created? who's going to benefit? and how are we going to house those workers? this legislation will establish reporting requirements, not just for us to look back at what's happened, but us to look forward. especially every time that we are looking at large master plan developments to really understand the implications and to really plan for policy to house our workers. thank you very much. please support this legislation. >> hi, everyone. my name is mya tucloth and with the support of supervisor mar's legislat

scientists at nasa and the united states are looking ahead to mars now, hoping a brand new mars rover will help to determine whether life ever existed on the red planet. the unnamed space vehicle made its debut on friday. nasa plans to launch it next summer. cnn's paul rekaman has more on the multibillion dollar mission. >> i'm here inside the clean room at jpl and behind me arguably the most tricked out vehicle in the solar system, the mars 2020 rover. among the new features on this rover, the terrain relative navigation. if you see that sort of red triangle, our camera in there is going to be taking images of mars as it parachutes down into a crater. and why this is important is this camera is going to match images taken from the orbit and that way they can make much more daring landing, such as in a crater. before they always had the safest bed, a nice, flat surface. this will allow them to avoid hazards such as a rock outskropioutskro outcrotching or something that might damage the landing of the vehicle. you can't see this well, but back down there in the body, moxy. why moxy is

supervisor mar? >> i would move that we recommend reappointment of harlan kelly as a director of the san francisco bay area regional water system financing authority. >> without objection, that motion passes. is there any other items? >> that concludes the agenda for today. >> fastest rules committee meeting of the year. the meeting is adjourned. shop and dine on the 49 promotes local businesses and challenges residents to do shopping and dining within the 49 square miles of san francisco by supporting local services within neighborhood. we help san francisco remain unique, successful and vibrant. where will you shop and dine in the 49? san francisco owes the charm to the unique character of the neighborhood comer hall district. each corridor has its own personality. our neighborhoods are the engine of the city. >> you are putting money and support back to the community you live in and you are helping small businesses grow. >> it is more environmentally friendly. >> shopping local is very important.

hailed as a human rights icon now defending her country's armed forces against charges of genocide mean mars and so suit she takes the stand at the international court of justice in the hague a nobel peace prize winner says there is no proof that her country's army carried out genocide against $100.00 muslims prosecutors are seeking to prove her wrong also coming up. and the other already gregg's it that's what boris johnson is promising if he wins on thursday his conservatives hold a narrowing lead over germany portman's labor party we have more on what's being called the most important british election in a generation and she is calling it europe's man on the moon moment a new president of the european commission is presenting her a landmark plan to fight climate change but not everyone is playing along. on level mark thank you so much for your company everyone man mars civilian leader aung san suu kyi has told the un's top court that there was no proof of genocidal intent behind her country's military campaign against revenge of muslims all testimony on choose state describe stunningly ba

thank you. >> next speaker. >> thank you, chairman mar. i am caroline kennedy, chair of the improvement club. like other speakers, i worry about the impact of sb350 and 50 on the proposed pdas. i was delighted to hear you are delaying the vote to january 14th. what we need to know is what will seentor wiener's next -- senator wiener's next version impose and how might that impact community-based planning? how will the pdas work? will they enable them as you outlined? that is my hope, too, or will they be hamstrung by requirements that bar the most effective elements of community-based planning. san francisco planning impact analysis will be out soon. i am hoping we can see that as well when you make these decisions. my read of the law it blows up the current planning processes and mandates some steps that specifically sb-330 limits local agency approvals to objective standards which appears to eliminate discretionary processes like community planning or input or discretionary review. it imposes limit of five public hearings on any housing

so chairman mar, thank you for making these amendments. with these amendments, i would love to support this resolution and i hope that the rest of my colleagues here can support it, also. and so, a couple other things i want to say is, this discussion, notion of, oh, my god, single-family homes are racist. and i don't get it. i don't get that. i mean, i grew up in a duplex, in a rental unit. there were four units in there. and everybody that i know, all of my chinatown friends, they all desire -- and everybody i could think of that lived at the time, they wouldn't be high-rises now but when you talk about four stories, it was a high-rise then and people wanted to have a single-family home. now does it mean that many of the housing associations in san francisco -- what they really had -- i mean, single-family units in itself is not racist. i challenge anybody who says it is. it's the stupidest notion i've heard of. the covenants were in the association for many years,, decades that people could not live there in writing and that's why willi

supervisor, mar? >> . >> supervisor mar: thank you so much for your willingness to serve, it's an important roll in our city. i really appreciated the opportunity to meet with you a few weeks ago and have an initial discussion about your qualifications and for really important roll. also have been hearing comments and feedback from our wide range of stakeholders in my district about this appointment, again giving the incredibly important roll that the planning commission plays on so many challenging issues in our city right now, at this moment. i did have a few quick follow-up questions i didn't get a chance to talk to you about when -- i guess, the first one is around balancing commercial development and housing development in our city. i think we're all pretty well aware that there has been -- in fact, a recent report the jobs housing data reported that the commission found we created 8.5 jobs for every housing unit produced a more significantly most of the housing units that have been entitled to p

supervisor mar? >> supervisor mar: thank you, supervisor ronen. first, i wanted to thank supervisor fewer for her outstanding leadership as understanding budget issues and her term on the board. when i began my term in office, i made a commitment to a robust and transparent budget process, so i'm really proud to have worked really closely with supervisor fewer on a comprehensive budget reform legislative package which are just a couple that we'-- of wh we're going to be introducing over the next year. i specifically want to thank the budget reform working group members, debbie lerman of the human services network. joe wilson of hospitality house, and jennie friedenbach of the department of homelessness. i became even more concerned about -- upon learning about the invitation only closed-door meetings held by the mayor's office in every district without input from the district supervisor or notice to the public. with -- with this legislation, the public will have more opportunities to engage early in the process when so many crucial decisions are a

. >>> mar-a-lago a spy? another majority security preach at the president's south florida mansion. for the second time in nine months a chinese national forced her way onto the property raising concerns about espionage just one day before president trump is set to travel to the residence he calls his southern white house. i am wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room. tonight we are tracking the deepening standoff in congress warehouse speaker nancy pelosi is refusing to turn over the new articles of impeachment to the senate until the majority leader mitch mcconnell sets the terms for a rile. the house just adjourned for the year meaning there wasn't be any action on impeachment until at least january 7th at the earliest. president trump pinning his helps on swift vindication from his fellow republicans in the senate now distressed by the looming delay. a dedemocratic of the judiciary committee and our correspondents and analysts will have full coverage of today's top stories. let's begin with manu raju. he is up on capitol hill. manu, what is the speaker now waiting for. >> re

from berlin an icon of human rights now the offending her own military against charges of genocide in mars' long songs hu jia nobel peace prize winner testifies to the international court of justice in the hague she says there is no proof that her country carried out genocide against the engine prosecutors months of crew for wrong also coming up the u.k. prepares to vote in what's being called the folks in it wouldn't election in the generation forced johnson on the conservatives hope to finally get the majority they need to lead britain out of the e.u. their lead over germany corbin's opposition labor party is narrowly. i'm calling assman welcome to the program be in mars leader aung sang suu kyi has denied that her country's troops committed genocide against pro henge of muslims she was speaking at the international court of justice in the hague responding to testimony about barbaric acts committed against the population hundreds of thousands of her enjoy now living as refugees in neighboring bangladesh afraid to return. the images that provoked international outrage more than 700000 ran

mars a leader on songs e.g. is here in europe and she's in court she appeared at the international court of justice at the hague to defend her country against genocide charge says the case of the un's highest court accuses me of mars military of mass killings and abuse were hinge of minority some she has previously denied any wrongdoing by the government she's expected to speak at the court on wednesday. when she was not obliged to appear at the hague in person but she chose to do so critics say her aim is to raise her profile ahead of elections and we had more in the past few days so she's supporters have held large rallies many see her as a defender of the embattled country on the global stage but her hinge of refugees they paint a different picture. and the refugee camps of cox's bazaar a woman who once represented hope is now a pariah the consensus here on sunset she must answer for what happened to the. feeling of our how was it wasn't it we pray to allow that we will get justice. she is not a good person w

they met at mar-a-lago.eport in "the new york times" marks the president's decision as all of the more controversial. cnn's barbara starr has the story and fwiirst i have to war you, there are disturbing images in this report. >> reporter: members of s.e.a.l. team seven alpha platoon broke their own code of silence in 2018 with their opinions about retired special operations chief eddie gallagher and some making accusations that the elite s.e.a.l. committed murder and potential war crimes. >> the guy got crazier and crazier. >> reporter: these are portions of recorded navy s.e.a.l. interviews published by the "new york times." where team members tell investigators their views on the platoon leader. >> the guy was toxic. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: eddie gallagher was acquitted of premeditated murder when another officer said he caused the prison's death, not gallagher. >> did you suffocate him? >> yes. >> how? >> i held my thumb over his etg. >> he said it was an act of mercy, he was concerned the boy would be t