celebrity chef michael simon will be cooking for passengers at the opening of his new restaurant bar simon. the menu features new and traditional american cuisine with an emphasis on comfort food. that takes place at 1:00 p.m. today. i know aaron can always go for mac and cheese. >>> absolutely. >>> world police and fire games officially getting under way in our areag more athletes to our area than compete in the olympics. along with some 30,000 visitors. i was there last night to help with the kickoff event. some 12,000 athletes will complete at venues in much of thorn virginia maryland and d.c.. local fire and ems and law enforcement leaders stress the impact this will have on our region. >> i'm not going to see this again in my lifetime here in this area. hopefuy most likely we will in the united states but not here. >> i helped last night to announce the draft picks. the opening ceremony set for june 26th at rfk. all the events will be free to the public. nbc 4 a proud sponsor of these games. it's going to be a lot of fun. >> yeah, take advantage of this. >> and it's not just the

. >>> today if you are traveling through dull let'ses airport, michael simon will be cooking for passengers at the opening of his new restaurant bar simon. it has an emphasis on comfort food. that takes place at 1:00 today. >>> our region is ready for the world police and fire games. bly it will bring more athletes than the olympics. i was there for the kickoff party last night. some 12,000 athletes will compete at venues in northern virginia maryland and d.c.. 61 different competitions. leader stress the impact this will have on our region. >> i'm not going to see this again in my lifetime here in this area. hopefully most likely we will in the united states but not here. >> i helped announce the draft picks. opening ceremonies set for june 26th at rfk stadium. all these events are free to the public to attend. nbc 4 a proud sponsor of the 2015 world police and fire games. >>> ebola back in the spotlight in our area as the national institutes of health prepares to receive a new patient with the deadly disease. what we're learning about the latest american health care worker's exposure to e

michael johnson. >> good afternoon, everybody welcome to the san francisco budget & finance sub-committee for march 25, 2015, simon's i my name is to mark farrell i'll be chairing the committee and joined momentarily by commissioner eric mar thank you clerk linda wong and thank you jonathan's completed speaker cards and documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the march 31st board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated okay. thank you madam clerk both items will be continued at the request of the mta madam clerk kauldz call items 10 and 11. >> the resolution for the funding agreement with the air quality management for the sfmta project in the amount for a term for 10 years following the board approval and item 11 resolution for the sfmta 3w4r57k9 approval for a grant agreement for the air quality management agreement for the bicycle project in seizing excess of 10 years. >> continue item for one anyone who wishes to speak and then to the call of the chair monl anyone want to comment on items 10 or 11 seeing none, public comment is closed. could we have

simon mcgregor-wood inside one of belgium's exclusive pigeon breeding centers, where some of these birds have been bought for hundreds of thousands of dollars. >>> welcome back to al jazeera america i'm michael eaves. here is a look at the top stories. today the u.n. security council convened an emergency meeting. the ousted president asked the u.n. for help saying an urgent intervention is necessary to averd a full-blown -- avert a full-blown war. senator cruz will become the first presidential candidate for the 2016 election. he will be america's first hispanic president if he were to win >>> afghan leader ashraf ghani arrives in washington for his first visit since being elected. he'll meet with president obama tomorrow. they are expected to discuss security issues such as the draw down of u.s. troops and afghanistan's economy. >>> in nigeria, african union forces attacked book forces killing dozens. two military helicopters from chad bombed their positions. a military officer from niger said members from boko haram amassed in the area preparing for a bigger assault. nigeria has been ravaged by attacks, and are now headed to the polls. president jonathan goodluck faced off with his compet