mr. abdullah, mr. brooks. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is hassan abdulla. i work for the east bay m.u.d. i have been project manager for the last few years. we have been studying this project since 2003. san francisco has been one of the original partners. now we have five partners. we are trying to figure out whether desalination is an appropriate water supply option for the region. this has been a truly regional cooperation, a cooperative effort. our vision for the project is to lower environmental effects and project costs by implementing two ideas. first, we want a centralized facility, instead of each agency doing their own desalination at their own facility. we would like one central facility that serves all five, or several agencies. that reduces the footprint. second, our agencies have assets that exist. some are fully utilized. others are not. we would like to maximize utilization to see if we can help neighboring agencies implement this project. this project has been recognized by the state and federal government. we have received $1.20 million th

mr ambassador go ahead. yeah i don't know if anyone has found an interlocutor and i don't know if anyone thinks that ali abdullah saleh whatever he has done in the past really has a political future in the country this is a delicate dance to try to to get him replaced with a new government but there are many people interested in replacing him but there's no plea clear spokesman and it's not up to the outside world i think to choose the new person ok mohammed i don't know that's all right john and real quick go ahead go ahead that's true but when people use phrases like you know we have there is no single spokes where we have no into locked up or frankly what business is it of yours and there's no one spokesman you know i could. states there's no single voice in the united kingdom these are divided by political differences that's how it should be ok but i do let me ask you what i mean let me ask you a question before we go to the break here i mean one of the things you know is a western media mainstream media will say it's the regime and protesters but really what's going on is that there's a lot of rivalries wit

abdullah. i am here to give you a serious message. i would like to put it on the tv so everyone can no my message. mr.sident, our supervisors, on behalf of the residents of the city of san francisco, including the mayor, i hope you have a good vacation for the next five weeks. and we would like to see you again when you return back to us on september 6, 2011. ladies and gentlemen, mr. president, i would like to see how many of you respect and believe in miracles. i am one of these people. yesterday, i saw a young lady in congress who has been shot by a gun in her head. god refused to take her yet, but he sent her to us to make his miracle. that includes this man on my t- shirt, barack obama. he changes lives. if you like it or do not like it, if you or democratic or republican, we need a man like this. he has brains to use, not like the mickey mouse we used to have, george w. bush. he put everyone in the streets with no work. i love you. i support you. i like you. i like him. i like everyone who thinks about small business. when you walk in my streets, when you walk in the market, you know we need mor

the president of yemen, ali abdullah saleh, has returned to the country after three months in saudi arabia where he was treated for injuries after an assassination attempt. mr. saleh called for cease-fire to end several days of violence in sanaa, but there are renewed clashes between those loyal to the president and tribesmen opposed to his rule. unconfirmed reports say 13 have been killed. the funeral of the assassinated former afghan president has taken place in kabul amidst strict security. he was killed on tuesday by a bomb hidden in a turban worn by a man claiming to be a taliban envoy. aid workers in pakistan say it's taking too long to get emergency supplies to parts of the country swamped by flooding. the disaster has killed more than 350 people and around eight million more are affected. our correspondent has traveled to the southern province where there's a desperate shortage of food, shelter and medicine. >> camped out alongside stagnant flood waters, more than a month into this disaster, here's what many flood victims call home. though millions are destitute, there are few aid agencies to be seen, but these families have been reached by say "sav