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additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. >> narrator: on the day of the earthquake, the national penitentiary held 4,500 inmates: powerful gang leaders and hundreds of their foot soldiers, men accused of robbery, kidnapping and murder. at 4:50, they were finishing their evening meal. >> narrator: terrified prisoners, packed 300 to a cell, tore down the gates with their bare hands. facing them were the prison guards. >> narrator: as daylight faded, the guards began to panic. >> narrator: even prisoners crushed by falling masonry managed to crawl free. >> narrator: the escaped prisoners melted into the slums of the devastated capital. among them, gangsters who'd once controlled much of port au prince. now the earthquake gave them the chance to do so again. the world promised to help the haitians rebuild a new and better country. with the escaped gangsters still on the loose, those efforts, and the very future of haiti, hang in the balance. mario andresol, haiti's police chief. on t
additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. >> narrator: on the day of the earthquake, the national penitentiary held 4,500 inmates: powerful gang leaders and hundreds of their foot soldiers, men accused of robbery, kidnapping and murder. at 4:50, they were finishing their evening meal. >> narrator: terrified prisoners, packed 300 to a cell, tore down the gates with their...
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additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. >> i didn't even want to come home. you just felt naked and totally vulnerable, unless you were armed. like, i mean, we all carried guns. there would be a huge group of us, and everyone in the group would have a gun. >> narrator: in november 2007, four soldiers back from iraq went out drinking. >> i was a real bad alcoholic. i spent all my savings my first month back just drinking. >> narrator: they had all served together in baghdad during the surge. >> i had, like, a.... i had, like, a total mental breakdown. i lost control. >> narrator: by the next morning, one of them was dead. kevin shields had been shot three times at point blank range and left by the side of the road. two of his fellow soldiers would be convicted of conspiring to murder him. the other, a decorated infantry gunner, would be found guilty of accessory to murder. >> i decided to do some things i shouldn't have been d
additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. >> i didn't even want to come home. you just felt naked and totally vulnerable, unless you were armed. like, i mean, we all carried guns. there would be a huge group of us, and everyone in the group would have a gun. >> narrator: in november 2007, four soldiers back from iraq went out drinking. >> i was a real bad alcoholic....
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additional funding is provided by the park foundation-- committed to raising public awareness. >> i've cut myself. i've ingested things like bed hooks... >> tonight on frontline... >> i swallowed a cassette walkman. >> they are schizophrenic... >> ...my head back, and pushed it down my throat. >> ...out of prison... >> they got a needle, a feather and a rope. >> ...with nowhere to go... >> i became homeless for two years. that was rough. >> ...and no help to cope. >> psychiatric treatment for those that are coming out of incarceration is very poor. >> what would happen if you stopped taking those medications? >> i start hallucinating. >> he can decide to not take the medication anymore. in an instant, all the good can be erased by a relapse. >> many of these mentally ill offenders wind up back in prison again and again. >> going back and forth to jail, back and forth to jail, back and forth to jail. >> i see the whole community mental health system as a huge social failure. a person is going to get a better level of care while incarcerated than they're going to get if they live in the
additional funding is provided by the park foundation-- committed to raising public awareness. >> i've cut myself. i've ingested things like bed hooks... >> tonight on frontline... >> i swallowed a cassette walkman. >> they are schizophrenic... >> ...my head back, and pushed it down my throat. >> ...out of prison... >> they got a needle, a feather and a rope. >> ...with nowhere to go... >> i became homeless for two years. that was rough....
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additional funding is provided by the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. and by the frontline journalism fund. with grants from the from the hagler family and scott nathan and laura debonis. >> it's small town america. it's football games on friday nights. >> everybody gets along, everybody knows everybody. this is a nice country community. >> corsicana is a wonderful place to live, but every town has their bad people in it, and bad things happen in every town. so we're no different from anybody else. >> it was the 23rd of december. "the price is right" was on, that was what i was watching. two or three of the girls went out on the back patio and come running in the house, and said, "mamma, i think sheila's house is on fire." i run to the front and out the door, and that's when i seen todd at his front door, and he started screaming, "my babies. oh, my babies, my babies are burning." >> narrator: their neighbor, 23- year-old cameron todd willingham, was in the house with his three children when the fire started. >> a call came across the scanner. there was
additional funding is provided by the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. and by the frontline journalism fund. with grants from the from the hagler family and scott nathan and laura debonis. >> it's small town america. it's football games on friday nights. >> everybody gets along, everybody knows everybody. this is a nice country community. >> corsicana is a wonderful place to live, but every town has their bad people in it, and bad things happen in every...
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additional funding is provided by the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. and by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from scott nathan and laura debonis. >> narrator: in the intensive care unit at mount sinai hospital in new york city, a family gathers. gendolina lara-morillo has been kept alive on a ventilator for the last five days. >> she's not doing well. she's dying. very difficult. we know. >> narrator: with every major organ failing from end-stage liver disease, her family is now faced with taking her off life support. >> we have a decision to make. one of the decisions is whether we should take the tube from the mouth and take it out. does he have thoughts about that? >> say yes. >> okay. so, let me prepare you for what may happen. the icu is at the apex of life and death. we give a little bit of a dose of the sedative to make sure she feels no pain. we have a tremendous amount of technology that prolong life, but ultimately, we can't overcome the patient's illness, in most cases. they have cancer, they have kidney disease, they have end-sta
additional funding is provided by the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. and by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from scott nathan and laura debonis. >> narrator: in the intensive care unit at mount sinai hospital in new york city, a family gathers. gendolina lara-morillo has been kept alive on a ventilator for the last five days. >> she's not doing well. she's dying. very difficult. we know. >> narrator: with every major organ failing from...
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additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. major funding for frontline's expanded broadcast season is provided by the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> narrator: it was just after midnight, september 9, 2001. >> a trooper was doing what a trooper would do. saw a speeder. pulled over the speeder. ( siren wailing ) >> narrator: the maryland state trooper ran the driver's name through the local police database... >> and he gave him a ticket. the driver, from all accounts, was polite. had proper registration, license. there was nothing that the trouper could have done, other than to write the ticket, tell him "have a nice day"... or "have a nice night." that was it. >> narrator: the driver headed to newark. he was meeting friends at the airport. his name was ziad jarrah. >> united flight 93 crashed near johnstown, pennsylvania. >> narrator: his burned passport was found in the wreckage. ziad jarrah, his fellow hijackers, 40 passe
additional funding is provided by the park foundation. dedicated to heightening public awareness of critical issues. and by the frontline journalism fund. major funding for frontline's expanded broadcast season is provided by the bill and melinda gates foundation. >> narrator: it was just after midnight, september 9, 2001. >> a trooper was doing what a trooper would do. saw a speeder. pulled over the speeder. ( siren wailing ) >> narrator: the maryland state trooper ran the...
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additional funding is provided by the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. and by the frontline journalism fund. >> they are the first generation to come of age on the internet. >> you need to have the internet on to talk to your friends because everybody uses it. >> it's just addicting. i can go on for hours. >> they've created their own virtual society. >> when i'm online posting things, i'm completely 100% me. >> i have a whole different persona online. i was only 14; i looked like i >> it's a world largely hidden from parents and teachers. >> you can be more crazy online because there's no one watching to see what you're actually doing. >> in general, it's pretty bad. >> like, if i were a parent and i saw half the things, i would cry, i think. >> my son had these online relationships that were completely invisible to me. >> is a predator looking for your child? >> but while we struggle to keep up, have we allowed our fears for their safety to run wild? >> they don't realize that when they're sharing on that keyboard
additional funding is provided by the park foundation. committed to raising public awareness. and by the frontline journalism fund. >> they are the first generation to come of age on the internet. >> you need to have the internet on to talk to your friends because everybody uses it. >> it's just addicting. i can go on for hours. >> they've created their own virtual society. >> when i'm online posting things, i'm completely 100% me. >> i have a whole different...
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additional funding is provided by the park foundation. committed toaisi public awareness. >> narrator: the upper east side is one of the most affluent and powerful neighborhoods in america. even to new yorkers, it seems special-- a world apart of privilege and security. one day, walking across park and madison avenues, i reflected on how far away the country's economic troubles seemed to be from these streets. then i arrived at my hair salon, a place i've been going to for many years. ( telephone ringing ) >> deborah hair designs. can i help you? okay, when do you want an appointment for? >> narrator: i shared my thoughts with deborah. she gave me a wry smile. "you might see things differently," she said, "if you stay here with me and listen." >> how's the boyfriend? >> we actually... we broke up. >> oh. >> yeah, because... >> is that because he couldn't find work and had to go home? >> he couldn't find work and he had to go home. yeah, it doesn't seem real, you know. >> it's not supposed to happen that way. >> i know it, i know it. >> so
additional funding is provided by the park foundation. committed toaisi public awareness. >> narrator: the upper east side is one of the most affluent and powerful neighborhoods in america. even to new yorkers, it seems special-- a world apart of privilege and security. one day, walking across park and madison avenues, i reflected on how far away the country's economic troubles seemed to be from these streets. then i arrived at my hair salon, a place i've been going to for many years. (...
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authorities but i do like park east and i think pakistan is a very intelligent well read people and i think they know the history of their country much better than the heritage foundation does and probably better than i do. i think that park is here and deserves justice. if i may just finished speaking if that is permitted by the heritage foundation robert deserves justice in thank you i think it deserves justice. and i think that the history of afghanistan particularly with darren law in which you will all about motorman daryn was the man who threw the frontier between what is now pakistan and what is now afghanistan. i think that there is a great sorrow and i think that many people in pakistan who are pushed through now . i would feel that they are also asked and you know the story of the dunes are in fact. i think that your story that you are telling us is very good but i don't go telling the whole story and i think that. russian listeners would understand it very well all i will say is that i think that . pakistan is not treated fairly and we should treat it and we must do so and talk a corruption and so on which is completely correct of course corrupt is totally c
authorities but i do like park east and i think pakistan is a very intelligent well read people and i think they know the history of their country much better than the heritage foundation does and probably better than i do. i think that park is here and deserves justice. if i may just finished speaking if that is permitted by the heritage foundation robert deserves justice in thank you i think it deserves justice. and i think that the history of afghanistan particularly with darren law in which...
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foundation side and approve it each year. we have similar arrangements for some of our parking garages, our parking garage leases. it is a similar story, where my office will be responsible
foundation side and approve it each year. we have similar arrangements for some of our parking garages, our parking garage leases. it is a similar story, where my office will be responsible
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anthony foundation across the street at 150 golden gate avenue. no off street parking exists on the proposed project site. commissioners, the project -- excuse me, the planning department prepared an e.i.r. for this project is -- because it would have a significant impact on the environment. e.i.r. found that the existing building is considered a historic resource because of its important contributions to the cultural history of san francisco. it is associated with st. anthonys services to the city's poor and with father alfred, the pastor of the church who founded the dining hall that continues to feed thousands daily. in addition the building constructed in 1912 is a contributor to the uptown tenderloin district. demolition of the historic resource is considered a significant environmental impact. the draft e.i.r. notes that a full preservation alternative that conforms to the secretary of the interior standards could only accommodate a small vertical addition and would not meet the programs objectives. it evaluates a partial preservation alternative that would meet
anthony foundation across the street at 150 golden gate avenue. no off street parking exists on the proposed project site. commissioners, the project -- excuse me, the planning department prepared an e.i.r. for this project is -- because it would have a significant impact on the environment. e.i.r. found that the existing building is considered a historic resource because of its important contributions to the cultural history of san francisco. it is associated with st. anthonys services to the...
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foundation side and approve it each year. we have similar arrangements for some of our parking garages, our parking garage leases. it is a similar story, where my office will be responsible for reviewing the annual budget every year and approving it. supervisor mirkarimi: because this was a voter-blessed in its creation and interfaced well with the city, have audits tracked this particular direction are unfolding -- or unfolding of the museum's predicament? >> i am not aware of anything by the board of the asian art museum in the past decade. supervisor mirkarimi: how is that, based on process, considering that we go through a healthy rotation of audits usually? >> it is a good question. i would have to get back to you about the last time it was touched on. as you know, the agreement here requires a consulting review that will take place in the next six months. it will in essence be a performance audit of the organization. the thing i think is important to remember here is that a lot of this is attributable to the financial market changes that happened in 2008. the municipal bond -- markets crashed. the endowment
foundation side and approve it each year. we have similar arrangements for some of our parking garages, our parking garage leases. it is a similar story, where my office will be responsible for reviewing the annual budget every year and approving it. supervisor mirkarimi: because this was a voter-blessed in its creation and interfaced well with the city, have audits tracked this particular direction are unfolding -- or unfolding of the museum's predicament? >> i am not aware of anything...
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being celebrated at an event this morning held by the san francisco recreation and parks department and the maybeck foundationprivate group that partnered with the city on the $21 million restoration project. the monument, built for the 1915 panama-pacific international exposition, has required a few restorations over the decades, including the most recent one that started in 2004. crews repaired the palace's dome, restored the nearby lagoon, seismically upgraded the site, and added new entrances and pathways, among other improvements. there will be a ceremony at 10:00 a.m.. >> as lucas' films should pay $1.2 million in attorney fees, to a woman who won a pregnancy bias lawsuit against the company. the attorneys were entitled to much of the money demanded. the company will appeal the ruling of its stance. a jury awarded $114,000 in damages in june. after ruling they do with through her job offer when they learned she was pregnant. >> a quick break will have the latest on whether traffic coming up. the bay bridge toll plaza friday light it especially these last two hours. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't
being celebrated at an event this morning held by the san francisco recreation and parks department and the maybeck foundationprivate group that partnered with the city on the $21 million restoration project. the monument, built for the 1915 panama-pacific international exposition, has required a few restorations over the decades, including the most recent one that started in 2004. crews repaired the palace's dome, restored the nearby lagoon, seismically upgraded the site, and added new...
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park as a whole. i was on the task force that developed the framework, and my past job was that a foundation. i can tell you that you are always going to learn things. you have seven very worthy projects that are going to make positive changes. i am also committed to helping the department improve the process for route to -- round two. if there is ever an opportunity, we are happy to help. i wanted to thank the department for their hard work had for the selection committee for taking it very seriously. we think it will result in some great improvements. >> i am from the geneva a community garden. i wanted to say that our community is so excited about the project and we are delighted to be included in the first round of this funding. it has been some hopeful since we started working on this. -- so helpful since we started this. jake has been very helpful. marvin yee has been helpful with budgets, drawings, and really great support advise. and also, this is my third time here to get approval, and we are excited about this going forward. >> linda? >> i am here representing the advisory members.
park as a whole. i was on the task force that developed the framework, and my past job was that a foundation. i can tell you that you are always going to learn things. you have seven very worthy projects that are going to make positive changes. i am also committed to helping the department improve the process for route to -- round two. if there is ever an opportunity, we are happy to help. i wanted to thank the department for their hard work had for the selection committee for taking it very...
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the in the rooms foundation, along with informed families, hosted the first ever south florida rally for recovery at beautiful bicentennial park in miami, florida. the expo started off with a 5k walk before returning back to the park for a full day of fun that included raffles, live music, food, and other fun activities for the entire family. a&e television network hosted the second annual recovery rally in new york city to celebrate national alcohol and drug addiction recovery month. thousands of people turned out for this event, joining together and forming a human bridge of recovery on the brooklyn bridge, to draw national media attention to the fact that addiction is a treatable disease and recovery is possible. to commemorate recovery month, the substance treatment and recidivism reduction program hosted an art display in the lobby of the durham county detention facility in north carolina. incarcerated inmates who are part of this chemical dependency treatment program participated in making the celebrate recovery collage posters that are featured in the exhibit. (music) my life was like- before entering treatment, nothing
the in the rooms foundation, along with informed families, hosted the first ever south florida rally for recovery at beautiful bicentennial park in miami, florida. the expo started off with a 5k walk before returning back to the park for a full day of fun that included raffles, live music, food, and other fun activities for the entire family. a&e television network hosted the second annual recovery rally in new york city to celebrate national alcohol and drug addiction recovery month....
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foundation for the arts and the luggage store gallery. to learn more about the artery project, visit sf i'm the president of friends of mclaren park.t is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took from 1928 to 1957 to buy up all the parcels of land that ended up in t
foundation for the arts and the luggage store gallery. to learn more about the artery project, visit sf i'm the president of friends of mclaren park.t is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very...