how would north korea respond? >> well, china has said that they support fully united nations sanctions and i talked about some of the signs that the chinese are beginning to take unprecedented action in that direction, signalling to north korea they will pay a price if they don't come around in particular on the nuclear issue. this is why when we talk to the chinese we try to talk about how we can work in concert to bring pressure on tnorth korea in a surgical way. we're going to keep at that because we think increasingly the core chinese interests in stability on the korean peninsula and our core interest in security that these are converging concerns. and we are seeing signs for the first time in decades that the chinese also recognize this that their stability will be affected unless we can address proactively north korea's pursuit of these weapons. so that's where we're concentrating our energy, and we're saying to the chinese there's more you can do. we respect the fact you'll make decisions about how you do it. but we need

how would north korea respond? >> well, china has said that they support fully united nations sanctions and i talked about some of the signs that the chinese are beginning to take unprecedented action in that direction, signalling to north korea they will pay a price if they don't come around in particular on the nuclear issue. this is why when we talk to the chinese we try to talk about how we can work in concert to bring pressure on tnorth korea in a surgical way. we're going to keep at that because we think increasingly the core chinese interests in stability on the korean peninsula and our core interest in security that these are converging concerns. and we are seeing signs for the first time in decades that the chinese also recognize this that their stability will be affected unless we can address proactively north korea's pursuit of these weapons. so that's where we're concentrating our energy, and we're saying to the chinese there's more you can do. we respect the fact you'll make decisions about how you do it. but we need

ever believe, because the japanese, chinese, taiwanese people, et cetera, the best place would be north china -- japan center. japan center. for today, after this meeting i will go to japan center to my lunch counter -- not from benihana today, but instead we'll probably grab a lunch combo and cream soda and spend two hours in front [speaker not understood] to perform my holy friendship missionary work for the people. >> are there any other public comments on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. can we have a motion to forward this committee report to the full board with recommendations? >> so moved. >> with no objection, motion passes, madame clerk is there anything else on the agenda? >> no, that concludes our business >> meeting adjourned. >> good afternoon. welcome to the san francisco full board of supervisors of tuesday, july 29, 2014. madam clerk call roll >> supervisor avalos. supervisor breed. supervisor campos. that president chiu. supervisor cohen. supervisor farrell. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. supervisor tang. supervisor wiener. supervisor yee. mr. president,

china and north korea are notst right now. china was very vocal and active beginning over two years ago when the new third generation of leadership took over there in signaling to the north korean regime that they would not support north korea taking provocative acts. north korea went ahead and did it. in a sense, north korea has not been a good partner of chinas of late. this has triggered, i think, a debate in china about the nature of its relationship with north korea. the chinese have begun to take acts that have somewhat remarkable in the historical scheme of things publically signaling and warning north korea not to engage in strategic provocations. publishing this 900 item control list which is somewhat dramatic. cutting off banking relations with the foreign trade bank premier trade bank of north korea. also, imposing restrictions on custom controls and so forth. so our role in this is to work with the chinese to try to figure out -- this is the top down -- the president has been very engaged in this from the sunny land

north korea doesn't trade with us, doesn't need us. it needs china from which it obtains enormous subsidies. we should be trying to change the behavior of north korea directly and, more importantly, china with a combination of carrots and sticks, even though the north korean government is despicable and political we could all try to outdo each other and who could be more opposed to the government, both carrots and sticks are call for. on the carrot side, we ought to be discussing with north korea a non-aggression pact. they have asked for that in the past. it isn't our usual way of conducting state department business, but it's something they want, something we can give them, and if they ever see that mr. cheney might be vice president again, they might appreciate an official u.s. position against invasion. second somebody we can tell the chinese that even if there is unification, no american military forces will be stationed north of 38th parallel. as to sticks, we have to look at the lopsided trade relationship with china. access to the u.s. market

ever believe, because the japanese, chinese, taiwanese people, et cetera, the best place would be north china -- japan center. japan center. for today, after this meeting i will go to japan center to my lunch counter -- not from benihana today, but instead we'll probably grab a lunch combo and cream soda and spend two hours in front [speaker not understood] to perform my

and our friends are right now from north korea and china. north korea is the most immediately pernicious threat including the growing threat from the nuclear missile programs as well as military attacks on south korea. if they are the wolf closest to the sled than -- then china is the 800-pound dragon emerging from the shadows. some of the focus has really been taking our eyes off the ball of these very real threats in asia. both north korea and china also share another characteristic in that oath of them also have an incorrect view of history. particularly their role in the death of hundreds of thousands of south koreans during 1950-1953. during his visit to seoul, president xi jinping said it was a symbol of chinese in south korea sharing interest and defense against the common thread. but he conveniently glossed over the more recent role of china in the 1950-1953 korean war. nor has china or north korea ever apologized with sincerity or otherwise for their actions during the war nor any subsequent incident. north korea has not apologized f

north korea. you can see on their the line of china. above. when you were there, you say in your book you are 29 people there. what do you remember? what is in your minds eye about north korea, and where did you go to? >> going to north korea is not a good way to report about north korea. i went along with a group of about 600 westerners when the new york philharmonic went to pyongyang at the invitation of the government for a special concert. and like almost all western visitors warehouse and a high rise hotel on an island in pyongyang and taken to various places that they want to show off, statues, a simile halls, grand avenues, the subway. and then we were taken to the airplane and left about two and a half days later. so my understanding of north korea based on that trip is, is, that the country is bizarre and full of white concrete and very immaculate address to guards. but that's not the reality of north korea. the way t you find out about the reality of north korea him and it's increasingly easy for a border to do it, is to go to seoul i

involved in domestic eavesdropping, for example, as opposed to documents dealing with north korea or russia or china or whatever. so he didn't say how many documents, but he said there were considerably fewer than the 1.7 million that the n.s.a. has alleged, and that 1.7 million is basically based on the documents he may have at one point seen, but certainly not the documents that he copied and by them missing the clues he left, we

traditionally, north korea was perceived as an area of china. uth korea was a major economic partner and close neighbor of japan. the trend is moving in another direction. visited seoul before pyongyang. japan is talking with north korea about the abductee's from north korea. whethero conviction north korea can actually deliver what japan wants in terms of .ringing back the abductees if they are alive, they should come back. i think there are limits to what north korea can do. , we are imposing sanctions on north korea. the united nations and united states and japan and korea, to o. there is potential concern that takes thismehow opportunity to change its policy toward north korea and changes sanction regime, it could work in a different direction with international sanction resumes -- regimes against north korea. there are limits to what north korea can do. i hope that japan can bring the japan.es back to from a humanitarian viewpoint. that is the best scenario. i wish it can happen. then there might be room for further progress. i do see the li

she fled from north korea to china when she was 22 to try to earn some money to send back home. ent the next ten years living in various places. after realizing it was too dangerous to return to north korea she decided to settle in south korea. the pair talk for 30 minutes and seem to be enjoying each other's company. as the number of unmarried people in south korea continues to increase, match making could be the key to reversing the country's falling fertility rate while offering single men and women some hope of finding a partner and living happily ever after. >>> welg come welcome to "newsline." i'm catherine kobyoshi in tokyo.

she fled from north korea to china when she was 22 to try to earn some money to send back home. ent the next ten years living in various places. after realizing it was too dangerous to return to north korea she decided to settle in south korea. the pair talk for 30 minutes and seem to be enjoying each other's company. as the number of unmarried people in south korea continues to increase, match making could be the key to reversing the country's falling fertility rate while offering single men and women some hope of finding a partner and living happily ever after. >>> hello, and thank you for joining us on this edition of "newsline." >>> representatives from hamas have reportedly agreed to extend a cease-fire in the gaza strip. they have been holding indirect talks with negotiators in israel to try to end a month of fighting and the latest three-day truce was running out. palestinians negotiators say the hamas delegates agreed to extend the cease-fire for another five days. israeli officials have not responded. the two sides were meeting in cairo, though not face-to-face. egyptian

china and japan. traditionally, north korea was perceived as a close ally of china. is a close neighbor of japan.now there are new trends moving in a different direction. we know the tension between china and north korea to the presidentof the visiting pyongyang and the president is now talking with .orth korea about returning thate no conviction weathered north korea can actually deliver what japan wants in terms of bringing back the [inaudible] . if they are alive, they should come back and if they are not alive, they should have the remains. i think there are limits to what north korea can do. know, we aree all imposing sanctions on north --ea, the united states and the united nations, the united states and korea, too. concern a potential that if japan somehow takes this opportunity to change his policy toward north korea and change the sanction regime, it could work in a different direction with the current multinational -- international sanction regime of north korea. fundamentally, i think there are limits to what north korea can do. i hope that japan can bring all the ftps back from a huma

from world leadership when it comes to the war on terror but also our other threats with iran, north korea, china russia and different terrorist groups in africa and middle east. >> the language which is nice language, says consensus conclusion of the report is that a growing gap between the strategic objectives of the united states military is expected to achieve and resources required to do so. that seems if we have some objective we're not going to be able to do it. why do we have this problem? do we not have the money? whose responsibility is this? what do we do? >> we need to be -- we need to have a different approach, strategic approach as to what the united states role will be as the world leader not just for freedom but militarily. u.s. when it's strong worldwide is a stability for all of these different groups who want to cause chaos in their neighborhoods and look to us, nato, for example, looks to us to protect our nato allies. what is our plan? what is our strategy? our strategy plans to be now we'll withdraw from world leeldership and let the bad guys, terrorists do what they want to

and our friends are right now from north korea and china.e mostea is immediately pernicious threat including the growing threat from the nuclear missile programs as well as military attacks on south korea. they are the wolf closest to the sled than -- then china is the 800-pound dragon emerging from the shadows. has really focus been taking our eyes off the ball of these very real threats in asia. both north korea and china also share another characteristic in that oath of them also have an incorrect view of history. theicularly their role in death of hundreds of thousands of south koreans during 1950-1953. during his visit to seoul, president xi jinping said it was a symbol of chinese in south korea sharing interest and defense against the common thread. but he conveniently glossed over china inrecent role of the 1950-1953 korean war. koreas china or north ever apologized with sincerity or otherwise for their actions anyng the war nor subsequent incident. north korea has not apologized for their repeated attempts to kill the south korean pr

the decision comes at a time of heightenings tensions over north korea's missile launches and china's stepped up maritime activities. today we look at japan's defense polic japanese officials worry about a number of things as they look out around them. north korean miss l launches, china's maritime activities. china declared an air identification zone over the east china sea that includes the islands in prefecture. >> translator: the new zone is designed to protect china's sovereignty and safety of the territory and air space. >> reporter: china says aircraft in the area had to obey instructions from the chinese defense ministry and the country may use force against aircraft that failed to compile. this has put the japanese government on alert. in may, a chinese war plane flew dangerously close to two japanese self-defense force aircraft need the median line between the two countries. similar incidents occurred in june, as well. a mid the tension, prime minister visited australia and met with his counter part tony abbit in july. they signed a pact to jointly develop defense equipment.

pope francis on this trip to south korea, the pope opened the door to improved relations with china, north korea and other asian nations at odd with the vatican. speaking to a group of bishops the pope said bishops don't come to asia as conquerers trying to erase national identities, instead, the catholic church wants to walk together with these nations. entering into a dialogue with countries the vatican doesn't enjoy full relationships with could help everyone. he urged the young people to bring the wisdom of the faith to every aspect of their social life and in english, a language he is clearly becoming much more comfortable with, the pope embraced the slogan of the youth day. nation youth, wake up. >> francis began the day with a poignant moment. baptizing the man that lost his son in the ferry disaster earlier this year. he took the name francis as a tribute to the pope. on monday, his final day here in seoul, the pope will celebrate mass of reconciliation for-piece for north and south korea. north korea declined to attend. lester. >>> ann thompson in seoul tonight. when we come back,

the effort to get the sad missiles the ploy, which the koreans believed were deployed against china, not north korea, and the recent effort to prevent korea from joining with china's asian .nfrastructure bank proposals i would like for you to address this. i know that the relationship with china and russia is crucial for getting peace within the peninsula and for longtime economic development. if you could address that side of the issue, please. economictrue that relations between japan and china are getting more important. was an article in the "washington post" with a very high ranking government official in japan. ,nd there was in a sense , in the sense that it was a very simplistic theme. which was, as when there is an increasing economic relationship between europe and russia, and reasons why the country -- the countries are not reacting strongly against russia with you right -- with regard to ukraine. that thea risk relationship can create and that the united states could be undermined. that high government official thatan expression surprised me. i was thinking about it, which must be t

nor korea's missile laun china's stepped up maritime activi today, we take a look at jap defe >> reporter: japanese offici worry about a number of thin as they look out aro. north korean missile launche china's mariti last november, china declare air identification zone over east china sea. it includes the senkaku isla in okinawa prefecture, which japan controls and both chin and taiwan claim. >> translator: the new zone is designed to protect china's sovereignty and the safety o its territory and airspace. >> reporter: china says airc in the area have to obey instructions from the chines defense ministry and the cou may use force against aircra that fail to comply. this has put the japanese government on high alert. in may, a chinese warplane fw dangerously close to two japanese self-defense force aircraft near the median lin between the two countries. similar incidents occurred i june as well. amid the tension, prime mini shinzo abe visited australia a met with his counterpart, to abbott, in july. they signed a pact to jointly develop defense equipment. the two nations plan to hold joint defense drills with th prefecture to strength defen ties. japan's mariti

report card on the state of religious freedoms, you single out countries, going from east asia, china, northorea, soviet republics, middle east and africa. the map shows the worst offender. the next are russia, afghanistan, turkey, cuba. >> you say in the report it's the worst situation in recent memory, how bad are things compared to 10 years ago? >> well thank you for the question. thank you for having me on. with the 2013 report, religious violations in countries are among the worst performers, in places like north korea, iran, syria. we saw rising incidences in new conflict emerge, places like the central african republic, continuing turmoil in the middle east, leading to a whole and larger significance when it comes to rising tide in a worst trend line when it comes to religious freedom. what is different, and we haven't quantified this, but what we'll want to report and what is important it the trend line for last year was bad. >> one of the big concerns in the report is in much of the middle east, the christian presence is becoming - the report says a shadow of its former shelf. hundr

rights committee o the u.n., made up of such wonderful examples of human right champions like north korea, china cuba, and saudi arabia, and they're condemning israel. that's real plus by israel they're being condemned by the idiots at the u.n. >> the reason for israel's response is the discovery of these tunnels and the network. yet not a mention by the u.n. not a mention by much of the press across the world. >> nor a mention of the fact that in three of the sites they whined about, the israelis hit a school, those schools were housingp1j hamas rockets, and wt did they do? when the went through the rubble, they gave the rockets in the school back to hamas. that's why -- really? >> three different occasions. what the president should say is not only are we done with hamas but we are done with the u.n. we're not going waste another time of u.s. taxpayer money on this ridiculous organization. >> might be getting into this is the weekend. >> i'm sure we will. >> look forward to that. a hip guy, very nice guy, and he is -- if he runs for president he says he is telling me first. >> absolutely. >> o

north korea on a long unresolved issue. the former ministers of asean will meet in myanmar from friday and their counterparts from japan, china, the united states and north korea will attend the asean regional forum on sunday to discuss security concerns. the chairman's proposed statement from the forum says the diplomats welcome the progress on discovering the fate of japanese citizens abducted by north korean acts decades ago. the two nations recently had talks on the long, unresolved issue. the draft statement also expresses concern over north korea's recent missile test firings. diplomats are considering mentions tensions in the south china sea in the statement. this would include the recent standoff between chinese and vietnamese vessels over a chinese oil rig temporarily installed near disputed islands. but chinese official are said to be opposed to putting territorial disputes on the security conference agenda. >>> cambodians who lived through a reign of terror have waited decades for justice. next year. crown prince maha vajiralongkorn joined the inauguration. he said members of the assembly are all assuming important

countries, and we have to take december cautions those same precautions as if we were operating in china, north, tehran. [no audio] they focus on violations abroad and now they have gotten very focused on the u.s., which i think is really illuminating. they are starting a campaign called the right to report where they will be [no audio] these are the kinds of problems that we at reuters see everywhere in the world. -- there is way more issues in turkey, tehran, everywhere else. that we are now thinking about the u.s. in the same category as troubling. -- is rather troubling. >> and on a practical level, when you pick up your phone at the ap offices do you now , wonder? >> sure. we should all wonder if we were in the office or any other journalism shop. >> i'd like the reaction of the other two panelists. when you heard about this case, what was your reaction? >> i find this case more troublesome than the risen case, the most troublesome. for two reasons, first the sheer audacity and scope of the efforts of the investigation. but secondly, as he said, the fact that it's sort of did not even have

. >> i have a group in town down and china town and the north tunnel. [inaudible] the graffiti we abate everything is coming up to the areas now. >> i'm willing to take it on. i think -- >> you are telling me you are ready for this? >> i think so. >> okay. >> there you go. >> all right. >> all right. >> ready to do it. let's go. >> want to get the gray signses this over here and the garbage can and normally we don't do private property since it's on the corridor route you can come with me we will use black. >> we had a lot of changes in the graffiti unit. we do private property if someone moved we remove it and send it to the attorney's office and they take appropriate action. >> damage their property there. it's important to write the color in case they want to say what part of our house you abated the graffiti on. >> using your safety glasses the gloves. >> you got it. >> you know some places we gashi, people appreciate that. you know, a lot of timeses they say, thank you. >> the time where it's visible. a lot of people put it on the ground. >> i like

it called for improved relations with china and north korea. he even invited north korea to mass, but they declined. >>> in wisconsin, a woman loves giraffes. she went to the zoo. hopped a fence and went right up to one. the giraffe licked her face and then kicked her in the head. she's okay but she'll have to pay an almost $700 fine. >>> breaking this morning, wikileaks founder julian assange will leave he can what for. >>> our country faces a far greater threat than before 9/11, what one person says. e with a d. that's not the coffee talkin'. [ female announcer ] start your day with kellogg's frosted mini wheats cereal. it's a delicious way to get the nutrition you want. >>> now here's your first look at your monday morning dish of scrambled politics. wikileaks founder julian assange announced he will be leaving the ecuadorian embassy in london soon but add no further details. he confirmed reports his health suffered two years living in the embassy. >>> a new report by der spiegel says kerry was spied on. the german spy agency recorded a call

south beach china basin, that is our largest subarea, and it spans a large area, largely because the mission bay planning that was in place at the time, bridges both sides, north and south of china basin channel and yet, i think that the improvements where mission bay has really come into its own, are starting to create their own subidentities where open space and the balpark, and those have been the things that have really changed the face and the public's relationship with this part of the water front, and at&t really awakened people that you can walk along and have a good time and not worry about driving and look at alternative transportation and i think that has really been helpful in our discussions and collaboration with sfmta, on the transportation improvements. and i mentioned before, that the improvements for the brandon street, wharf that met the fill removal subjects that we have with bcdc and now we are extending open space interest through the green way and through the channel through the improvements that you have seen so far with the bay, and the park that is now proposed as part of the sea wall lot, 337 development. and the mission bay, walkway