. >> supervisor kim: i will bring up ms. connie moye to the podium. [applaus [applause] >> supervisor kim: connie is one of our residents in the tenderloin neighborhood. she was born in 1930 and immigrated to the united states from hong kong right after the world war, world war ii in 1947. because at the time the u.s. had a law that mandated that gis could only marry and sponsor wives from outside the united states who were at least 19 years old, connie was, quote/unquote, 19 when she entered our country and married her first husband. this was an arranges marriage. she had six children with her husband. after 12 years, connie divorced her husband and met and fell in love with her second and last husband in reno, nevada, who she had her seventh child with, a daughter named lavita. connie has lived all over the united states. she was a black jack dealer in reno, nevada for over 30 years. [laughter] >> supervisor kim: she eventually came to san francisco where she made the city her home. she's the president of the tenderloin chinese organization twice. th

at one point had did not get the right accusation seeing you had consensual sex with his secretary ms kim but that was just canceled and that's probably because just last night we saw another victim of mr on come public on national television to mention this is a male dominated society how do you think the me too movement has impacted how people talk about sexual assault and abuse in south korea. well definitely it has it has helped the women that speak up about this violence because in this highly kneel down amid confusion society it's really it's really been a taboo for any victim of sexual violence assault to come up in public and say that they been victimized so many of these instances that these women are bringing up their five ten years old and they've actually been keeping that silent because of this social taboo and even now there are many victims across this nation who are in fear of revealing their experiences because they need might get labeled and and not be able to with any further in this highly confused psyche but since this being a prosecutor asserted on t.v. in january th

ms. sanders: we have to see concrete and verifiable actions take place. >> isn't the president giving kim jong-un exactly what he wants? which is respect and stature on the international stage? ms. sanders: i think the president is getting exactly what he wants. he is getting the opportunity to have the north koreans denuclearize. you have to remember nothing is changing from the united state'' position. we are going to continue the maximum pressure campaign. we are going to continue working with our allies and partners to do that. and we're going to continue to ask them to step up and do more. nothing is changing from our side when it comes to this conversation. >> will this be any more than a photo op? kim jong-un gets his equal footing in his view on the world stage. with the leader of the free world. ms. sanders: i don't think the president is getting nothing. when we have said many times, since walking here in the last 10 minutes, that the president will not have the meeting without seeing concrete steps and concrete action take place by north korea. the president would beginning --

kim for supporting this proposal. district 6 is a very, very big and complicated district getting more complicated every single day as ms. jane kim knows, there is so much variety in this district. it needs extra support, more than any other district in san francisco. it's the last vestige of development by the way, folks. get ready. so, please, please, make sure that you give the money to cleaning up district 6 streets. all together it will help not only our district which is huge with many different people living in it, but also we have people that visit san francisco and they walk around the district 6 because the san francisco giants play there. and they love to be there. but if they're going to walk around and find dirty streets, they're not going to come back to san francisco. -- the numbers that supervisor kim have shared around this issue are staggering but i want to share additional ones not in the city stats and those are the ones that we collect on a monthly basis. between 1,700 and 2,500 every 30 days and 30,000 pounds of garbage and that's what we collect and on these 30 blocks it's more populated by childr

. >> does the president think that kim jong-un is sincere about talking about denuclearization? ms. sanders: the president is hopeful that we can make continued progress with what we know is a maximum pressure campaign. it has been effective and we know it has put a tremendous amount of pressure on north korea. they have made some of major promises, promises to denuclearize. they have made promises to us -- stop nuclear and missile

kim: okay. thank you very much. hi, ms. morgan. >> hello, supervisors. i'm here on behalf of the van ness neighborhood corridor coalition. and several months ago we wrote a letter in support. i will not speak to the tenants' issues, because there are some things that are going on there that you will want to deal with, but we feel it has incredible value for the corridor. we support enhancing the performance arts district and bringing students -- having student housing there. we would like to see more student housing around universities. that's a great thing. we're excited about a performance arts high school going in there. it's a nexus for students to find work and internship where they live and not having to commute long distances. and we think that the way that the conservatory integrates on the ground floor and top floor be rehearsal spaces so the public can watch the students perform. it's an integrated project. it enhances the performing arts district. we support it and hope there's a good outcome for the tenants. >> supervisor kim: thank you, ms.

, peter madsen, goes on trial this morning over the death of swedish journalist kim wall aboard his homemade submarine. msling the reporter. train passengers will be able to claim compensation more easily for the knock—on costs of delays, as part of changes to ticket terms and conditions. rail companies are removing a clause which says they won't accept any liability for indirect effects, such as commuters having to pay for taxis and hotels. the consumer group which had previously accused firms of misleading the public. lawmakers in florida have approved a bill to strengthen gun control, three weeks after 17 people were killed in a shooting at a local school. the bill raises the legal age for buying rifles, imposes a three—day waiting period on all firearms sales and will also allow the arming of some school staff. it now requires the approval of the state's governor. we've all seen the horror films where machines get a mind of their own. well, now some people say their amazon "alexa" has been been letting out an unprompted, creepy cackle. take a listen. the laugh, described by some as "witch like," is re

president trump agrees to unprecented talks with north korean leader kim jong-un, but the white hoe insists there will be conditions. ms. sanders: the president will not have the meeting without concrete steps andon cete action take place by north korea. jane: tit for tat on trade -- how harley davidson could be caught in the crosshairs of retaliation over tariffs. and the american aviator whodi ppeared without a trace. do we finally know what happened to amelia earhart? jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. it is perhapthe most startling announcement from president trump so far. he has agreed to meet north korean leader kim jong-un after months of tension and name-calling. it will be the first time a sitting u.s. president has ever met with a north korean leader. but already there are mixed messages coming from the white house about whatonditions need to be met before the meeting can take place. our north america correspondent nick bryant starts our coverage. nick: like the kid who couldn't quite keep the secret, donaldtr ump slipped into the white house press room and told

ms. sanders: i'm not sure. reporter: this administration's now imposed sanctions on north korea after concluding that kim jong-un's government assassinated his half brother. now we have authorities in britain announced a nerve agent was used to try to kill a former russian double agent and his wife. obviously moscow, the prime suspect. what does this administration have to say about this attempted assassination in the u.k. and are sanctions against russia likely as they were in the case of the north koreans? ms. sanders: this is currently under review and i'll keep you posted as we have further information and developments. reporter: quick clarifying question on the cha tweet. is there any chance that it if china did respond on that reduction plan that that could aswadge or effect the shaping of the tariff plan? in other words, is china's piece of this tariff thing negotiable? or are we only talking about canada and mexico and e.u. countries? ms. sanders: let me address that. the president's been clear that he wants to address the trade imbalances and unfair practices. and certainly we would take anything into con

inventor peter madsen admits dismembering kim wall's body and throwing it out to sea, but denies killing her. msn when she went missing last august. our correspondent maddie savage is following the case in copenhagen. a packed pressroom, more than 100 journalists from all over the world and, injust the journalists from all over the world and, in just the first couple of hours, prosecutors have presented a wide range of pieces of dark and grim evidence that they hope will see peter madsen convicted of the swedish journalist kim wall's murder. some of this may be a difficult listen. we've been showing video of police divers going to the sea bed to retrieve one of kim wall's arms, which had been cut from the body. we've been shown a photo of her underwear, discovered on board peter madsen's submarine, and various pictures of straps found in a bag of kim wall's clothes that had been dumped. prosecutors say they match straps used by peter madsen and found on his submarine and in his workshop. they've also found out that peter madsen used his mobile phone 16 hours before contacting kim wall to google

inventor peter madsen admits dismembering kim wall's body, and throwing it out to sea, but denies killing her. msbout madsen when she went missing last august. 0ur reporter maddy savage is in court — she gave us the background to the case. it isa it is a bleak‘s winters day in copenhagen, but it has not stopped crowds of journalists from copenhagen, but it has not stopped crowds ofjournalists from around the world turning up to mark the start of this high profile trial. the background to this case, a warm august summer night when the swedish freelance journalist kim wall who had reported for the guardian and others, she went to the dockside, a 50 minute drive from here, to go on—board peter madsen‘s submarine. she did not return alive after interviewing him. parts of her body we re interviewing him. parts of her body were found on the beach and at the bottom of the ocean in the weeks and months that followed. peter madsen has changed his story a number of times about what happened. initially said he dropped her off safely, the then said he died when a hatch fell on her head and he's latest story

kim? supervisor yee? >> supervisor yee: thank you, president breed, for your words about ms. hewitt. i think you probably said it best, better than i can. your description of her is spot-on. she pulls no punches and so over the years, when i was running my organization, i was able to have the opportunity to work with sharon on a few projects. whatever project she put her mind to, it would be successful. i remember getting to know her, i said, we have centers in certain areas and a couple of end centers in the tenderloin in which we have mixed cultural families. and i went to her and said, you know something, i really want to open up a center in which i could serve not only the chinese americans there, but also the african-americans and trying to bring groups together. because to me, the best way to start it is at early ages in preschool. and i said, i don't know where to start with that. i know i could get the resources to help the families, but i don't have a center. and what she did was not something that i was expecting. i said, i know how to do this. let's go to the housing autho

inventor peter madsen admits dismembering kim wall's body, and throwing it out to sea, but denies killing her. msmissing last august. our correspondent maddie savage is in copenhagen. bring us up—to—date with what has been happening in the courts. obviously huge media attention around this case. more than 100 journalists from all around the world here and the prosecutors have put forward dark and grim evidence that they hope will see peter madsen convicted of kim wall's murder. some of this might be quite difficult to hearjust to warn you. divers went down to retrieve one of her arms and we we re down to retrieve one of her arms and we were shown a photo of her underwear that was discovered on boards peter madsen's submarines and various pictures of straps found in a bag of kim wall's clothes matched up a bag of kim wall's clothes matched up with straps used by him in his workshop. we also found out that he used his mobile phonejust 16 hours before contacting kim wall to google a video of a woman having her head cut off slowly. kim wall is a respected freelance journalist and she worked media inc