this is the middle unit. and then this is their photos. these are the photos and these are from their record. we couldn't take -- we had no access to the site with the property manager. they planted a bamboo forest and the addition at the middle of the window of it is the window and these are in my brief to you where they cut off the light and the stairwell. so the stairwell addition was constructed by the previous owner, by a previous owner, not the previous owner, and they cut off the light into the stairwell. this is the ground floor and you can see there is even light here at the ground floor because it only covers part of it. they're going to build the wall back over the back window. we asked to understand the light and they said, no, it is not required and we are not going to do it. and do it yourself. we did it. and this is the clear story window and this is halfway up between the second and third story on this stairway. here you have the amount of light that comes in now and here you have the light that will come in in the future.

have to say i don't think it's possible to overstate the severity of the problem for the middle class in the united states i think that sure you can argue that the middle class standard of living in this country is better than what you find in much of the rest of the world but compared to what it used to be a decade ago two decades ago a generation ago it's in the process of substantial decline i think that basic issues are previous samuel mentioned health is streaming expensive education extremely expensive employment the new normal is getting higher and higher and by the way your reporter referred to this which seems to be an ongoing sense of crisis and this is not artificial all of this is the result of deliberate policy choices that are being made that are rapidly eroding the the north american middle class and will continue to do so unless we have a very honest discussion in this country about whether we want to preserve the middle class and an economy that's based on the prosperity of the middle class just what do you think about that is there's a political will out there to protect the middl

does require you know consideration by policymakers and an effort to kind of rebuild the middle class and the united states you know we've seen we've seen a disappearance of the middle in a few areas and in jobs and wages in the long term unemployment that we're facing now but also in kind of general middle class goods that we consider essential for a middle class lifestyle like health care and education and also someone want to disagree with the previous speaker jeff jeffrey you know college is really an affordable for a lot of people in the middle and health care costs are increasingly eating away personal income you know so it's really become difficult given the joblessness but then also kind of the basic costs of middle class life richard if i go to you in new york what do you jump in on that. well i would have to say i don't think it's possible to overstate this a very of a problem for the middle class in the united states i think that sure you can argue that the middle class standard of living in this country is better than what you find in much of the rest of the world but compared to what it

is looking at projects like the park merced project with an open mind and consider how many middle-class units it will create. there's also the transportation impact of the project. what about the dislocation of the existing tenants? we have to value these things in a different way the we have in the past. >> let's talk about transportation. let's revisit the impact of some of the housing projects on transportation. >> in my district, let's go back to the park merced project. 19th avenue is a mess. there is no easy way to get north-south on the west side. imagine putting 10,000 people right there at the corner of 19th and holloway. it will not make things easier unless there is significant transportation improvements as part of the project. we need to do what we can on the capital side. i would also point to work we were able to accomplish last year in bringing efficiencies to the way we negotiate bus driver contracts through the passage of proposition g. the great deal of savings will result from that. those dollars will go to improve operations. >> what about parking and traffic? is it safe

. >> we talk about the limits of intervention in the middle east. the united states has gone to yemen, and will they crack down on their own people will will they seek a better way? william and kate finally were married at westminster abbey. but not everyone was a welcome visitor. did the palace get the right guest list? -- list? involvement in the arab world is not simply based on political will, or what president obama described as answering the call of the oppressed people. but the reality of the u.s. deficit. the department of the new defense -- there was the long- term goal of taking $400 billion in cuts. what will be the nature of america's engagement? and our wheat looking at the beginning of the end of u.s. intervention? >> they are changing the guard at the pentagon. robert gates was skeptical of further action in the middle east. whenever he thinks about the arab spring, he sees a deep cut to the military and their capabilities. >> we make the hard decisions that are needed to reduce the debt of america. we cannot compromise the ability to defend our

middle east. hello important is europe for the united states? -- how important is europe for the that the states? >> in a way, europe gets less important for the west and the other way around. we're both looking to emerging countries. the real question is what is happening, europe and the u.s. to that are both getting less import in the world of tomorrow and there is a shift of power away from us. the real question is, are we going to go at things together or are we competing? i think obama is saying, look, we need to shape a new global order and everybody wants to do that with me is on board. >> germany has been left out of the agenda. is there any significance in that? >> i think the libyan case has damaged german foreign policy. we stayed out of the alliance, we stayed far away from france, the u.k., the west is a big thing and germany is isolated by this. also, the fact that obama does not go to germany, although we have been the junior partner in the past, keeping the russians out, bringing the wall down, all of this, it is gone. this is no

finally the fundamental issues that divided the people from the middle east from the united states havegone away. the middle east has been busy with other issues recently, but when the dust settles the critical issues out of the israeli process, whole issue between islam in the west, iran, all of these issues still there. nothing happened to close the gap between our perception of those issue, and the people's perception of those issues in the muslim world. >> i'm going to get to the middle east peace process. i want to ask you further. the foreign policy of egypt looks like they are going closer their tra figuresal adversaries, iran, hamas people, definitely adversaries of the united states as well. why is that? >> for the longest time, our foreign policy relief was based on support of the palace who didn't need to deal with the people of the middle east. it's kings of saudi arabia and jordan that made decisions that we work with. now we have to deal with countries reflecting the public opinion. >> of the street. the famous arab street. >> until there's sucommon groun between our stree

and of the shrinking middle class in the united states but a growing middle class in other countries like india is so us you know the money is being spent people are getting jobs in what we would consider middle class ranges so let's talk about the contrast that's going on here mean you can't drive down any highway in america without seeing you know either homes foreclosed or southern factories these are factories that provided jobs for so many middle class americans there in contrast with what's going on in other countries like india where they're investing in their middle class yes and a large part of it has to do with trade policy in seven hundred ninety one alexander hamilton who george washington said we're going to do something about this when he was first when he was informed but he was elected president he had he henry knox came up of course and told me i was standing in this field he said in the six weeks ago to the president and he said i was off to do things say goodbye to his mother who died shortly thereafter and buy him a suit made in america it was illegal in the nices

united states. it's going to be bringing wet and even snowy weather to this wide section through the middle of the unitedtates and in through central canada. the rockies, especially in and around colorado looking at quite a bit of snowfall tonight. wednesday also looking at rain that will spread from central texas all what it up into ontario. widespread area going to be looking at rain. rain drops in toward the southeast of the united states, as well. tonight we are looking at that severe weather threat. it will be in the upper midwest. down in towards the carolinas looking at the chance of severe thunderstorms, large hail, damaging winds and possible tornadic activity. stay well updated with local watches and warnings here. wednesday's highs will show plenty of heat hanging on to houston. 33 is your high. it's getting hot in chicago with a high of 29. on the other hand, much cooler in denver today, 11 with showers. that is a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> our lead story this hour, almost 60% of the nuclear reactors in japan are currently shut down. some were closed aft

middle east are not expecting very much from obama. they're interested, of course -- he's the president of the united states, the u.s. s armies fighting two wars there, it's a very powerful actor but it has very, very limited credibility and very limited impact in the middle east. you know, just in the last two, three years all the major players in the middle east, the turks, pushed back against the united states. the united states asked each to do stuff and all said no and the u.s. could do nothing about it. people are not expecting very much but what they would like is to have the u.s. relegitimize its own credibility and role by laying out what robert said. what does the united states stand for? if the united states really stands for liberty and democracy and justice and the rule of law, come out and say that unequivocally. >> charlie: can you say that at the same time and people point out you may believe in that but you're not taking sides or you're not engaged by what's going on in bahrain where you have a battle between sunni and shia? >> the united states should make it clear that it is for the self determinati

class and what middle class might that be the once american dream now a distant memory for many living in the united states but as a middle class guys in america is growing elsewhere we'll take you to india to see the economic boom there. it's thursday may twelfth i'm christine for sound washington d.c. and you are watching our t.v. . well you ever heard the expression good as gold well starting to take on more and more meaning these days more people are talking about returning the u.s. economy to the gold standard and i know you're thinking this sounds crazy like a radical idea maybe it once was reserved for seemingly radical people the times are changing even steve forbes well known businessman c.e.o. of forbes and editor in chief of forbes magazine cover time presidential candidate he made an interesting prediction that a return to the gold standard by the united states within the next five years now seems likely that move would help a nation solve variety of economic and fiscal monetary ills and just as one man not just four author and investor jim rogers also said the situation is getting worse

. >> to jim's point here, about the credibility of the united states and the middle east, the burden should not be on the united states. we were attacked on 9/11, bin laden declared war in the united states long before that. the burden should be on the muslim world to show that this is not a violent culture, this is not a violent religion. the burden should not be on us. because we were hit on 9/11, i understand the bin laden picture may not be pretty but you know what wasn't pretty? photographs of our fellow americans jumping from the hundredth floor! >> hold on! >> i said if you're going to fight the war, then fight the war. >> go ahead. >> listen, whether it's cartoons, other media, they don't like -- >> who? >> why not? >> show the photos. >> who will pick it up and air it, al-jazeera? that will have an incitation and simulate -- >> absolutely. and there's no benefit served. ask yourself the question, if the president says national security, i think he's on the right track and the fact the way he went to ground zero was a model, a lesson for the rest of us. be dignified in the way

because of your policies is spending money on guns tanks and bomb or zz for peace in the middle east are united states sees the historic changes sweeping the middle east and north africa as a moment of great challenge. but also moment of opportunity. for greater peace and security for the entire region including the state of israel that's right all we need for more pieces more weapons see how that's perfect government logic you see how that works you see circular logic there's no holes in it but it gets better if you voted for obama and still support him you must really love hypocrisy for those of you obama supporters out there this must have been an awesome speech the iranian government showed its apocryphally by claiming to support the rights of protesters treating its own people with. love it bad never happens here in america doesn't it worry. you. here by. order. word. was. god. god was i was was yes that last clip was me at the capitol getting thrown from the wall by capitol police protesting but of course the influence of the israel lobby and the military industrial complex are capable of

east a little bit, and its ramifications here in the united states, and maybe some very similar aspects that are in the middleeast that are both here in the united states and what would happen. we are seeing young men with no hope, unemployed, educated, connected with twitter, sms, facebook, food prices that they can't afford because we are off on a tangent using our corn for ethanol. and you have countries even like spain that have 40%, over 40% of their young people between 18-26 who are unemployed. and so when you have young men with no hope and connected, you have problems. art -- aren't we facing a similar situation here and do you see this contagion of going from country to country, maybe even spreading to europe? >> the main difference between the middle eastern regimes and the united states or western europe is that we live in democracies where people can reasonably say they have a voice. in a country like egypt or iran or wherever, people have a lot less of a voice or no voice. so a lot of the frustration you see industries are from people who want to have input, who had just been denied it systemica

. >> to jim's point here, about the credibility of the united states and the middle east, the burden should not be on the united states. we were attacked on 9/11, bin laden declared war in the united states long before that. the burden should be on the muslim world to show that this is not a violent culture, this is not a violent religion. the burden should not be on us. because we were hit on 9/11, i understand the bin laden picture may not be pretty but you know what wasn't pretty? photographs of our fellow americans jumping from the hundredth floor! >> hold on! >> i said if you're going to fight the war, then fight the war. >> go ahead. >> listen, whether it's cartoons, other media, they don't like -- >> who? >> why not? >> show the photos. >> who will pick it up and air it, al-jazeera? that will have an incitation and simulate -- >> absolutely. and there's no benefit served. ask yourself the question, if the president says national security, i think he's on the right track and the fact the way he went to ground zero was a model, a lesson for the rest of us. be dignified in the way

the modern middle of the united they get the money to build it there were people like me. how did they do it people in the streets are not the only ones who have become suspicious of the rule of the human rights commission is to monitor the government the commissions lawyers have officially requested they share poor as wealthy be investigated. in all sales the subject is way too sensitive. only much goes for you if you show it makes everybody as it were. not more than can tell from daughter oh this is what it was that was the trio written for. well some of those a million dollar. fire is there and that's the big question there is no base these people. for own legal. we know that it is something new there is a high level of corruption and misuse of probably prophecy and misuse of those monies all the development and at the same time there are discussions about truck traffic when i look to some of these expensive how's that if it can't be made even though many of corruption because one million dollars just building. industry. is very much hard. corruption and embezzlement. b

graduate lived in a rented basement and says middle class jobs just don't exist anymore i was taught all my life in the media and in school that the united states was the greatest country in the world because if you just work hard. you can be part of this magical middle class i'm part of a generation of you will never have this so-called american dream finding work on average takes eight and a half months now and with six americans vying for each job the prospects for the country's youth look dim and the future of the lies is living in basements like ideo some of them are becoming homeless others are going to prison right there is increasing crime and drug use and things like that there's also the wars right the military is you know they don't have a recruitment problem anymore now the economy has has declined so much. what hasn't declined is military spending i'm a teacher there's a teacher laid off left and right this is a future of our country and we are spending more money i mean a tremendous tremendous billions being spent on war on the war machine priorities having a devastating effect on middle and working class america melanie sa

stability in yemen is critical for the middle east and the united states. yemen borders saudi arabia, the world's leading oil producer and yom yemen is home to a powerful al qaeda cell that sent a nigerian with a bomb in his underwear to blow up an airport in detroit on christmas day, 2009. they mailed a sophisticated printer bomb last year. but some opponents say the yemeni president is now using al qaeda to stay in power. islamic militants linked to al qaeda took over a town there this weekend, but only after government forces withdrew. then today, saleh's troops bombed the town. yemen's opposition accuses saleh of letting al qaeda in to prove he's fighting islamic militants, not pro-democracy demonstrators. >> the u.s. embassy called the crackdown both unprovoked and unjustified, kate. >> richard engle, thank you so much. >>> back here at home, it's now official. president obama chose this memorial day holiday to announce his new chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he's army general martin dempsey, a west point veteran and iraq war veteran who describ

the un the united states the taleban without the power by the united states and its allies and of course the most despotic regimes in the middle east are supported by the u.n. the united states now the issue of minority rights for example muslim rights in europe where women many women can no longer wear head scarves and so on places and places of work and in the united states where muslims are put in jail for giving funding to palestinian groups who are helping orphans in the gaza strip. these are all violations of human rights and according to people in this part of the world and it should be addressed well the u.s. and its allies have repeatedly impose sanctions on tehran but how are these sanctions likely to affect the country's nuclear program. they're not going to have any effect at all and furthermore are saying impose the last trade iran will do with europe and north america and indeed iran has already found alternatives for most of its trade so in the long run what it effectively does is it decreases their influence over iran and iran has been able to because of this that the sanctions find new partners both in latin a

the united states is seen as potentially an entity that can affect change. it is perceived in the middleerest of israel before it works in the interest of the palestinians. i think that's the big difference here, that the united states is seen as being able to affect change in this process in a way that it isn't in other parts of the middle east. and that's the big difference there, i believe. >> all right. hala, thank you very much. wolf or ed, twunt ayou want to ? >> i just want to bring in gloria and john king for a moment on this whole relationship this president has. gloria, as you know, the best-laid american politics is having a significant role right now in what the president can or cannot say as far as israel and the palestinians are concerned. >> barack obama, let me remind you -- although i'm sure you all know -- won 80% of the jewish vote last time around. they've been very skeptical of barack obama because of the pressure on the settlement issue. as you pointed out earlier. israel is feeling very risk averse right now because the diplomatic world has kind of just blown up ar

can middle east peace really be achieved and account united states help? k back question today. president obama, like many presidents before him, said it's time to bring peace to the middle east. >> because of the many changes that are taking place in the region, it's more vital than ever that both izzies and palestinians find a way to get back to the fable and begin to negotiate a process whereby they can create two states living side by side in peace and security. >> we've heard that before, haven't we? president clinton and then the mid-east road map for peace, that came from former president bush. four major plans but none has led to a permanent solution. in the meantime, a few research polls show that the muslim world has a very low opinion of the united states as arab committee maz dln dean obdeillah told me. >> they see israel sitting with us all the time. sometimes i think that they feel that they are kept at arm's length. >> don't expect president obama to break any new ground on israel and his speech tomorrow. some say it couldn't have come at a w

middle east. there's no question that united states is well beyond losing patience with netanyahu and with israel more generally behind closed doors the united states is furious with israel because israel is pursuing a policy that is not we american national interest this is disastrous for us and that's why obama wants a two state solution to the problem with obama faces like all american presidents face is that you can't put any pressure on israel because the lobby in this country is so powerful it is going to do great damage to obama's political future and president obama was same very clearly is that israel is being isolated around the world and the palestinians are gaining the upper hand in terms of world opinion and what's going to happen here is that it's going to be israel and the united states against the rest of the world and this is just a esther's for the united states and disastrous for israel and that's the message that obama is sending to netanyahu but unfortunately the message is not getting through. well still ahead the handling the crisis the greek way. sometimes you see greed st

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up north is said about russia as i'm active member of the security council the united nations security council and the middle east quartet which also includes the united states the european union. thing that. this is a this is a great event and those that all political forces in palestine have to take part in this election now also another issue on the table here is the discussion for the preconditions of an independent palestine in the independent palestinian state and the foreign minister is also commented on that praising the fact that the two most powerful political movements finally were able to reach common ground. because this is if you choose the creation of an independent palestinian state to resolving the israeli palestinian conflict and of course the palestinian leadership to enjoy the support of palestinians during negotiations unity is important for any nation and is even more important for the palestinian people who are working towards a fair solution to create their own state in accordance with decisions of the u.n. the middle east quartet and the arab peace initiative. fatah and hamas say the

throughout the middle east right now. whenever the united states is involved in an attack, christians are blamed. muslim leaders blame the united states for violating international law or international sovereignty, christians get picked on first. why? they are not considered fully citizens by the islamist leaders, they are considered foreigners in their own land. >> the president took respect by having bin laden's body prepared by islamic law. will that have impact on regular ordinary islams? >> regular ordinary islams are thankful he is gone from the earth and won't use the name of islam anymore. they are not the real issue. they are not the issue. it is the radical islamist groups that the government is afraid of taking head on. that is why osama bin laden is in pakistan and the government didn't do anything about it. they are afraid of these groups. until they tackle the issue of the radical groups, these governments are afraid they will get treated like the christians. then they'll overthrow the government. i think the majority of muslim

with a different economic status and what their needs will be in a community that has 8,000 units of housing, middle to high hotels and restaurants and class c and b retail afford tooble them. we also found the residents on treasure island are really engaged. we do community organizing. there is a high rate of civic engagement on the island. many have partnered with the developers and work groups to really make this a model that works for them. for many low income communities, being transit first is not the most comfortable thing. >> thank you. >> good evening supervisors. i run treasure island supportive housing in the treasure island child development center and a member of the tidi board and good neighbors board. i am here to support this project. we provide supportive services to 276 families on the island who had the opportunity to rebuild their lives. through the housing we have provided and the collaborations that we have we have seen our families flourish. i want to urge you to continue to help this happen by moving the plan forward. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening members of the co