mr. mahmoud. >> so, i met with mr. reiskin and he said it should have been distributed at that time. then another months gone. then another meteorologist gone. then another month gone. we're listening. it will be in february. what is wrong with your department, mr. reiskin? are you not a good manager? $200,000 salary, plus $100,000 plus $30,000 benefits, $130,000 10 people more? what a job this department is doing. you are a mess. sfmt must be broken and all of you should go home. you are a pain to the public, to the taxi. how come that money cannot be distributed? let me come to your office, i'll volunteer in 48 hours what she is saying she can not sign over a paper? 5,000 paper. in 48 hour, i will sign all the paper and put it in front of you. just one single man can do it. there are 20 people in your staff and six months gone, nobody could [inaudible] it out. what kind of business are you runing? look at the terrible [inaudible]. think about it. i have 200 heart attacks and we went at the same time to the hospital for heart attacks. i came out, god let me come back and talk to you

mr. mahmoud. next eke spaoer, please. >> david pillpal, the last speaker to address a card. >> i was just precluded from hearing mr. mahmoud's comments by the sheriff's deputies. i was not blocking the meeting or anyone else's participation and i object to their conduct. as i commented earlier, the agenda was not on the website and i believe this meeting should not continue and, as i said, i will file a complaint with the sunshine ordinance task force in this meeting continues, if you take further action. i wanted to note the transportation 2045 group, which has been meeting for several months to discuss revenue measures, possibly for the ballot for next year. they're going to have another meeting towards the mid or the end of december. i'd encourage you to have a presentation on what they've discussed. director riskin, director torres, other staff have been involved in that. there's certainly trade-offs about revenue measures that policymakers may be considering in the new year. also the m.t.c. i

mr. mahmoud here? no. is rachael heiden here? gin chi, mary anderson and then lance harriman. >> good afternoon, i'm rachael hiden, executive director of the san francisco transit riders. we are a rider based advocate for world class travel in san francisco. i'm here today as an organization, we are here today to support the sfmta staff recommended improvements. this is really a once in a generation opportunity to over haul a major muni corridor in support of vision zero and our transit-first policy. there is really no room for compromise, we really must get this right. i recognize and as an organization we recognize that stop removal is controversial, no one wants to take away a stop from a senior or a person with disability, but we recognize that muni can't stop at every corner and difficult decisions need to be made to get riders where they need to go and make transit competitive. san francisco transit riders believe the additional l taraval stop removal before you today balance the stops well. if you do not approve these remo

mr. arafat the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas is in brussels today meeting a new foreign minister let's hear from the e.u. foreign policy chief and make a mockery. clearly that is a problem with jerusalem i would say this is a very diplomatic euphemism and we europeans as well as all the out of work and the united nations system as such. still continue to believe that the only mathematic realistic solution for general salim has to come from direct negotiations and has to be the capital of the state. tenet crime i want to smash the mood about so want from the e.u. . well he wants to keep this momentum that most of the international countries also came out against this u.s. decision and what he wants from the e.u. is basically what he said today you would like them to recognize palestine as a state and he would like them to play a much bigger role. here politically the e.u. is one of the main donors in the occupied palestinian territories but at the same time the palestinians think they could play a much bigger role because what they have been saying over the past couple of weeks since th

palestinian president mahmoud abbas said mr. trump had destroyed his credibility as a mid east peace broker. >>> there is much speculation that mitt romney will run for the vacant seat left by orrin hatch. he announced his retirement yesterday. >> every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. for me that time is that's why after much prayer and discussion with family and friends i've decided the retire after this term. >> hatch is 83 years old and will serve seven terms. trump has asked orrin to stay on. >>> sergeantmy he mihail golin killed. he's from new jersey. there are currently 14,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. >>> and at least 48 people were killed when a bus plunged off a cliff in north lima, peru. the bus landed on its roof after falled more than 50 feet. some were hospitalized. it's believed the bus collided with another vehicle and the driver lost control. >>> coming up on the news," disaster relief. how the government is helping with disaster relief over the biggest fire in california. >>> and in boxing, mike

considered moving its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, palestinian president mahmoud abbas said mr. trump had destroyed his credibility as a mid east peace broker. >>> there is much speculation that mitt romney will run for the vacant seat left by orrin hatch. he announced his retirement yesterday. >> every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. for me that time is approaching. that's why after much prayer and discussion with family and friends, i've decided to retire at the end of this term. >> hatch is 83 years old and will have served seven terms. president trump has pressured him to stay on to keep mitt romney out. romney is a vocal critic of mr. trump. >>> there's an zbeinvestigation into the death of sergeant mihail golin who was killed on monday. he was 34 years old and from new jersey. there are currently 14,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. >>> and at least 48 people were killed when a bus plunged off a cliff in north lima, peru. the bus ended up on its roof after falling more than 300 feet. there were 57 on board. some survived and have been hospitalized. it's belie

custom let me bring you in now what do you make of this what mr brit has saying you know what can the palestinians what can the p.l.o. what can mahmoud abbas achieve and what look politics of israel as they. no one without us doesn't have an egotist it's his man did it in two thousand and nine he is another i don't think he does not that is that the present the palestinians he should keep those who don't take his pay don't leave her do you think should take his place now if he wants to step down this should there should be a democratic elections but these guys do not believe in democracy mom with our best all of this court do not believe in democracy they should believe they have faith they have been achieved anything for the palestinians over twenty five years and we need fed up with the situation they have been a complete failure and we should elect a new leaders that's the way it should be done and how likely do you think that is mr carson because there has been talk of elections for a long time now we know that they are long overdue there's also a lot of talk of you know reconciliation between the main palestinian factions and ye

palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he would not accept any us peace plan in the wake of mr trump'se in the english city of liverpool say they believe a fire has destroyed more than one thousand vehicles in a multi—storey car park in the city. firefighters had been tackling the blaze at the car park, next to the echo arena on liverpool's waterfront. the fire service say it's the biggest fire they've ever dealt with. it's thought the blaze began accidentally in one of the vehicles. the arena had been hosting an international horse show. around one thousand people and a number of horses were evacuated. no—one is believed to have been hurt. the liverpool international horse show was taking place at the echo arena. all horses were led to safety while the owners ran to the carpark moving the horse boxes. merseyside fire and rescue chief officer said this is probably one of the worst fires merseyside has ever had to deal with. it is an operation that will continue here sometime. it started at 545 and is showing no signs of coming to an end. you can the explosions with the fireworks. techn

last month, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, said he would reject any peace plan from the us after mrjerusalem as israel's capital. in a series of tweets, mr trump also boasted to the leader of north korea about america's nuclear button. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has more. another twitter tirade by donald trump. the president questions why the us should continue to provide aid to countries that show no respect in return and don't reciprocate. 0n the middle east, he tweets the status ofjerusalem, which the us now recognises as the capital of israel, will no longer be part of future negotiations. us ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, confirmed that us aid to the palestinians was in jeopardy. we very much still want to have a peace process. nothing changes with that. the palestinians now have to show their will, that they want to come to the table. as of now they are not coming to the table but they ask for aid. in another tweet, the president turned his attentions back to north korea. apparently responding to a new year message from kim jong—un in which he

mr abdul sattar well here we are now. balan were saying that this was something of even a missed opportunity by mahmoud abbas that these recommendations are not concrete enough so what does the p.l.o. need to do now they are not complete enough that's true because they locked me a spare issues of the palestinians we want complete withdrawal from it's we should withdraw the good the so the zero we should be back to our resistance against israelis. we should understand that is really. finding us with those notes might once have mahmoud abbas did speak about you know possible alternatives the arab initiative the roadmap but do you think israel would be interested in these initiatives where there is where they get a normalizing of ties from arab states when that seems to be happening anyway somewhat behind the scenes because their ally the united states wants arab gulf states in the region to normalize ties with israel yeah but there's no secret no money zation normalisation is no money is ation we tourism and culture and whatever what they are having today is the status of a concubine i mean israel is undoubtedly. no no some of them out

mahmoud abbas was in brussels while mr pence was in jerusalem, talking to european foreign ministersf this focus on the president's comments about africa the other way, mike pence was forced to a nswer the other way, mike pence was forced to answer questions today about an alleged affair that president is said to have had 12 years ago with a pawn star. yes, last week the wall streetjournal reported pawn star. yes, last week the wall street journal reported mr trump pawn star. yes, last week the wall streetjournal reported mr trump is my personal lawyer michael coen had set upa my personal lawyer michael coen had set up a shell company some years ago in delaware, and a pseudonym to pay hush money to stormy daniels, who you can see here, after the story was linked to a gossip magazine. mr pence said it was baseless. missed daniels has been taking under a tour, make america horny again. laughter pa rt horny again. laughter part of me can't believe that we're actually talking about somebody called stormy daniels and her horny tour of america, butler, look, here's the thing about this sto

palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he would not accept any us peace plan in the wake of mr trump'sado say a sheriff's deputy has been killed and four wounded after they came under fire in a suburb of denver. they were responding to a report of gunfire during what police said was a domestic disturbance. police say two civilians were also shot, as was the suspected shooter, who is believed to be dead. venezuela's government is raising the minimum wage by 40% with the start of the new year. president nicolas maduro, who's beset by financial difficulties and political unrest, said the measure will protect workers against what he calls washington's economic war on his country. but economists say it will fuel the already high inflation. the president of iran, hassan rouhani, has appealed for calm, saying people have the right to protest but not to commit acts of violence. in his first public comments since demonstrations against the government began on thursday, mr rouhani warned that violence and public disorder would not be tolerated. protests have now spread to many cities, and in teh

which is no longer seen as an honest broker mr bayle spoke of arab states who have who are not championing the palestinian cause like they might one says mahmoud abbas did speak about possible alternatives the arab initiative the roadmap but do you think israel would be interested in these initiatives where there was where they get a normalizing of ties from arab states when that seems to be happening anyway somewhat behind the scenes because their ally the united states wants arab gulf states in the region to normalize ties with israel. yeah but there's no secret no money zation normalisation is no money's ation we tourism and culture and whatever what we are having today is the status of a concubine i mean israel has undoubtedly. in our no. no no some of them our it will be known connections with the leadership in the arab world but not with the arab world itself and there it is not normalization in my view but if we must be speaking about who might defend the palestinians not not by asking them to begin now terrorism it will bring them no well or bringing hill five million new refugees then it is of course the the end of israel for israelis

also the palestinian president mahmoud abbas he has been traveling over the weekend to europe and he's expected to be in process today so you won't be even here to receive mr pence. not happy with this arrangement let's listen to a senior p.l.o. member of war ii talking about mike pence on sunday. extremist fundamentalist. christian absolutely. which goes against all the beliefs. christians and particularly and they feel that they have been betrayed by somebody who is. using the as a justification for talk there from. sounds like there's really no trust left between the palestinians and the current us administration is the peace process effectively on hold while trump is in power. well what mrs ashrawi said there has been echoed by many other palestinian leaders and you also can hear from people from ordinary palestinians who are saying well we never really believed in the u.s. being an honest broker here but now this has been confirmed after this decision now what the palestinians are saying over the past week is that they won't see the u.s. as the sole mediator or the sole broker in any peace initiative they're looking to fill the void as they say they w

jerusalem decision and as well that palestinian president mahmoud abbas has been traveling over the weekend and he will be actually in brussels mr pence's here in jerusalem let's listen to a moment to see what senior published the p.l.o. member. had to say about pence on sunday. that is extremist fundamentalist look to the list. absolutist. which goes against all the beliefs and commitments and palestinian christians and particularly and they feel that they have been betrayed by somebody who is dealing. to mend this injustice using dillard's and as a justification. tanya it sounds like there's absolutely no trust left between the palestinians and the current u.s. administration is the middle east peace process effectively on hold during the trumpet ministration. well that's right i mean there is no trust in what miss us ravi said days i could buy many palestinian officials here but also by people you know republicans here talking to although they have never really believed in the u.s. being an honest broker always be more on the side of israel but it has really led to a complete breakdown of the relations here and now we have to

president, mahmoud abbas, has said he will not accept any middle east peace plane brokered by the us, following donald trump's move to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. in a speech, mr as the "slap of the century" for palestinians. president trump has threatened to cut aid if the palestinians reject peace talks. president trump has publicly denied being a racist, as a row continues over offensive language he allegedly used to describe african, central american and caribbean countries. the comments were reported to have been made during a meeting with us senators on immigration at the white house. in his first direct response to accusations of racism, donald trump told reporters he had not made the comments. police in east yorkshire believe they've found the body of a man, suspected of using a crossbow to kill his neighbour. officers in humberside began searching for 56—year—old anthony lawrennce, following the death of shane gilmer on friday. his pregnant girlfriend, laura sugden, was also seriously wounded in the attack. the government is being urged to drop its target of reducing net migration to the "tens of thousands", because mps warn it "undermines" trust in t

mr. lavrov, thank you. this is fap. i would like to go back to the middle east. >> translator: regarding the recent statement by mahmoud abbas, he accused israel of putting an end to the peace deal and he called trump's proposal on the israel palestinian agreement a slap in the face of the century. you know we've commented on this situation. trump's announcement regarding moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. and we commented even more on the detrimental effect and the risks regarding this deadend in the palestinian israel settlement. and we completely understand the emotions that palestinians feel today. for years, step by step they have been making unilateral concessions without getting anything in return. and like i said, they were ready for direct talks with israel without any preconditions. and we were ready to receive them here in russia. russia has a platform for such talks. but, so far, we haven't had such direct contacts without any preliminary conditions. and under current circumstances, i think chances of this happening are close to zero, which is sad. at the same time, we have been hearing for

mahmoud abbas have. you know i have said just a thought many of the top palestinian leaders not to chase after sweets and after what mr graham say's or any promises from mr trump the best thing for the palestinians to do now is sit back and wait him out wait mr crump out because mr trump have no political experience no negotiating experience in politics maybe you know how to negotiate to build a hotel or bill because seeing without fail but he does not have the experience he does not have the power even and the full around the world in order to bring give peace a peace that will be good for everybody at ups israelis for less indians and jews but if they continue to chase it to the chase the weeds of mr graham they are nothing they are serving nobody but most of them come south mr trump is temporary and they should not need or see it and pressure like this they should leave them alone let them do whatever because let's remember it we've is non-binding it and agreement and that pressure is binding no matter what pressure was applied on the palestinians so let it go just continue keep on going keep on living try to make