mr. james tracy and dwayne sears. and if there is anybody else, please come on up. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is james tracy, i'm standing in for gail gilman, our c.e.o. of community housing partnership who's out of town for the next week or so. when gail first contacted me by text and said, hey, i need you to come to a meeting. we're going talk about tearing the civic center down and building it up, i said oh, my god. have we got ourselves into? quite bluntly. but once we met with strada and realized their commitment to making sure that the civic center hotel was rebuilt just around the corner and stayed in the neighborhood, they weren't trying to pull any type of shenanigans that are quites common in other proceedings. and they really became trustworthy partners. it's been a -- been an honor to talk with the community members. again especially the brady street neighbors who have always asked the real questions. the questions of keeping people out of their community or pushing people out and never became

i'm afraid -- is it mr. tracy? his work is cut out for him. in the next few months, we should be having meetings to organize the good neighbor policy, meetings to make sure that the neighbor's questions are answered, particularly with the issue of how the residents, that is the residents of the project are going to be treated and how they are going to be introduced into the mission bay community. another little point of understanding is that the mission community has been under a lot of stress lately. particularly having to do with the traffic and the warriors coming. so, there's been a lot of sort of general uproar. so it's understandable that people may not be happy with having another change in their lives. i think obviously with this team, if they work hard with the people in the neighborhood, they will be able to bring together a fine project that suits everybody. thank you. >> thank you, ms. levine. >> richard lee. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is richard lee. i'm a resident at mission bay. and as corinne and toby have brough

mr. speaker, i wholeheartedly congratulate tracy on this prestigious honor and thank her for making her community a better place to live and work. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee seek recognition? >> permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> i congratulate the college of law legal clinic. the u.t. legal clinic is a national leader in clinical education. it has been ranked one of the top 10 programs among public universities and 19th among all u.s. law schools. the u.t. legal clinic was founded in 1947 by professor charles miller and longest legal clinic in the country. students learn by doing. this prepares students for the practice of law and providing legal services to the underprivileged. the work that the clinic has further advanced the cause of justice by serving clients that cannot afford legal representation. -- nor and con late the congratulate the u.t. legal clinic and thank for its service to the people of the state of tennessee

tracy hamlin. take it away. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >>> oh, man, lover when we have sweet sounds here in the loft. good to meet you mrw you two are wonderful artists within your own rights. how did you get together to form this beautiful union? >> well, i used to live in atlanta, georgia, and i desperately need add wonderful band and i was told about these wonderful musicians. >> um-hmm. >> this was back in 2,000 -- >> eight. something like that. >> discover them and we've been family ever since. >> how did the sound, was it beautiful music from the beginning or did you have to work, she adapted into your style. >> 24 albums come on you've been doing this for minute. >> tracy is my sister. so we have special bond. we've had a special bond musically and as friends from the very beginning. so everything just kind of clicked right off the bat. >> i love what you. you take music, jazz music and back together to produce something new. is that your passion? and what is it about music you want to just create a new sound for people. >> it is my passion. i mean it's what i live for he is special will these guys with kelvin an

mr. trump wants chinese president ping to pressure north korea to abandon nuclear weapons. china is largest trading partner. ben tracy traveled to the border town where most of the trade takes place. >> reporter: truck after truck filled with chinese goods crosses the river into north construction supplies. and what appears to be sacks of grain. this its north korea's economic life line. >> we can't shoot on this street? >> chinese police did not want us filming. many are on edge here given the strict u.n. sanctions on trade. imports of north korean seafood, textiles and coal are now banned. but just days before the sanctions took effect, china purchased 1.6 million tons of north korean coal worth $140 million. trayers here in dandong say items banned by the u.n. are being emported from north korea because the it is here. if they've don't trade with their nearest neighbor, some of them will go out of business. this chinese seafood trader asked us to conceal his identity. he says his business is down 60%. >> reporter: are traders here in dandong finding ways to evade the u.n. sanctions? >> it is very common for trader

mr. trump wants chinese president xi jinping to pressure north korea to abandon its nuclear weapons. china is north korea's largest trading partner. ben tracy traveled to the border town where most of that trade takes place. >> reporter: truck after truck filled with chinese goods cross crosses into north korea. there's heavy machinery, construction supplies, and what appears to be sacks of grain. this is north korea's economic lifeline. so we can't shoot on this street? chinese police did not want us filming. many are on edge here, given the strict new u.n. sanctions on trade. imports of north korean seafood, textiles, and coal are now banned. but just days before the sanctions took effect, china purchased 1.6 million tons of north korean coal worth nearly $140 million. traders here in dandong, say some items banned by the u.n. are still being imported from north korea and that's because it's right here. they say if they don't trade with their nearest neighbor, some of them gl out of business. this chinese seafood trader asked to us conceal his identity. he says his business is down 60%. are traders here in dandong finding ways to evade th

tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> former vice president joe biden is not ruling out a run for the white house in 2020. this morning on the "today" show, matt lauer asked mr. biden if he was running. >> i honest to god haven't made up my mind about that. right now i want to focus on the book and i want to focus on winning the off-year elections. >> but you're not closing the door on it? >> no, no, i'm not closing the door. look, i've been around too long. i'm a great respecter of fate. >> lauer also asked him about a passage in former dnc chairwoman donna brazile's new book in which she said she considered putting him on the democratic ticket in hillary clinton's place after clinton fell ill with pneumonia. biden said he would have turned down the opportunity. the former vice president appeared on all four hours of the "today" show this morning to discuss his new book about his late son, former delaware attorney general, beau biden. in the book, biden writes about the moment his son died. >> in your diary, you wrote, may 30th, 7:51 p.m., you knew the exact time. quote, it happened. my god, my boy, my beautiful boy. so hard to read those words, vice presid