item #3 was a purchase of permanent subsidies and easements. we had some different ownership levels in their, split by those parcels. the combined purchase price was $174,000 representing fair market value and are discounted value from fee land ownership. probably more than you ever wanted to know about real estate, hopefully addressing the questions you had about these easements. project managers are here to take you through any program question they might have. >> thank you for your presentation. we will hear from the budget analyst and if there are questions we will go on to those. >> members of the committee, real estate has represented all of these easement acquisition prices are representative of fair market value. on page 6 of our report we have a series of recommendations, the first is to amend the title, 100688 to include the rat -- reference of permanent subsurface easement, included in the body of the resolution and excluded from the title. the second recommendation is that we recommend that you approve all 10 as amended. we also rec

a permanent exemption of the tax cuts? >> the deficit would be larger, but the top priority has to be on growth. >> the state extending a tax cuts would provide some stimulus to the economy. can you elaborate on how much stimulus it will provide? does a tax cuts stimulate the economy more than a dollar of spending? >> i do not have specific numbers in front of me. extending unemployment insurance -- various tax exemption syrup lower on the list. >> the amount of stimulus would be greater if it was extended on a permanent basis rather than a year or so. explain why that would be slow. how would that go to something permanent versus something temporary? >> people will perceive the money would be consistent in something they can spend. it is a temporary tax rebate. and some positive supply-side -- you could see those as well. cutting and splicing -- the supply side story is how they will encourage saving and investment. -- that argument does not work very well. if you are making an investment for saving decision, you have to

but the program itself would us a tenseably be permanent. so she would decide what it is and load it into the sign. >> ok. what i'm asking is by the wording. is the wording going to be permanent, the wording message is it going to change from time to time? >> it would probably be about 10 hours of different content. does that answer the question? >> and when would the different languages come in? >> probably sbir mitt ently. so she might use to represent one author in a variety of languages. she may represent one author in one language and move to the next author in another language. the led will tie the sign's brightness. this feature will extend the led life span and produce energy con summingts by en-- consumption. the currently proposed technology is modular and it's been designed with ease of maintenance in mind. if it were to burn out after sustained use, the led bar containing the -- it can be replaced with a fresh bar. this process can be performed by maintenance staff rather than an l.e.d. technician. so we'll end by showing you the

but if it's not permanent, now what? >>> have you ever wondered who decides if after all this gulf seafood is safe for the rest of us to eat? tonight, we'll meet them. >>> damage control. the boss answers the big tion today. will apple recall the iphone 4 to address that dropped call problem? >>> and making a difference for people and their beloved animals who have fallen on hard times. people and their beloved animals who have fallen on hard times. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. reports from the gulf of mexico haven't really been optimistic in any way for going on three months. but tonight, the prognosis is being described as muted optimism as the tests on that well have been going on now for more than 24 hours and so far no leaks, no rupture, no new oil on top of the ton they are already dealing with. just the sight of it turned off has a lot of folks in the region already worried that the media, the cameras, the concern will begin to go away. they know what a

in the aftermath of the earthquake to receive permanent residencey immediately. this helps future american citizen who was already suffered much but who will have bright futures in the united states. i'm going to yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. fortenberry, the sponsor of this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. fortenberry: i thank the gentleman from texas for the time. i'd like to add that as we heard, more than 1,000 haitian orphans already in the process of being adopted by american families prior to the earthquake that struck haiti last january stand today in legal limbo and as mentioned by chairwoman lofgren, in the tragic earthquake aftermath, these orphans were evacuated by the u.s. department of homeland security for humanitarian reasons and with the haitian government's permission to american soil. catastrophic circumstances prompted the evacuation of the children to the united states before their adoptions could be finalized in haitian court. happily in my home state of nebraska and th

finan we have a permanent impact -- then we have a permanent impact, including an estimate of the distribution by industry and occupation as well as total spending in san francisco, and i think this will help answer those questions about permanent employment distribution and employment opportunities we projected by looking at an occupational basis. then we will also have ongoing impact from a new residence fending, spending from stadium events, and then i am going to talk about the property tax base on the project. i am going to start with a one time impact associated with the construction of the project. in sum, development will create thousands of construction jobs and inject billions of dollars into our economy. as shown, costs are estimated between $8.2 billion and $8.8 billion. that includes horizontal infrastructure costs, excludes items such as land are acquisition costs and items such as developer profits that are truly not construction costs. we want to determine what sort of employment would be generated from the sort of investment over 20 years. as you can see, on an annual basis, u

summer program and we will guide the young artists through the process of designing and creating a permanent out door mural in their neighborhood. if you have driven by the 19th and everybodying and the mural at the star bucks or down geary boulevard chances you saw our kid's murals. the residency start with a phone call and meeting to meet with people in the community that are interested in doing a project that involved transforming part of their neighborhood. a couple of years ago i had funding from an oakland based foundation to do a n mosaic project. i had done a project for the school 2 years beforehand. we had the money and i couldn't get the principal to meet with me for a 20 minute meeting. i meet with the principal and some parents and the chosen teachers one or 2 teachers and we will start a project. i had the money. they didn't have to come up with the money. i couldn't get the principal to meet with me. one of my murals was up in their school. i told the secretary said we am lose the opportunity. i got the teacher who sounded like this was dumped in my lap. can you work with 400

>> reporter: the permanent fix they have maintained all along. the relief well that they are drilling. and those have always been believed to be finished in august. that's a little hazy. build relief wells and then you can permanently plug up the damaged part of that well and they would of course take away the pressure. that's always been talked about for being mid-august. we will see. things have been delayed so often in the past month. we will see if they stick to that schedule. >> thank you for the update. >> you're welcome. >>> digging the fourth bore of a tunnel yielding fossils up to 10 million years old. fossilized animals. scientists expect to find more once a giant boring machine starts digging deeper. camels, horses and others. >>> celebrating a project that came in ontime and under budget. the new library opening was today. the 42,000 square foot building cost just under $40 million and that's about $6 million less than the original estimate. among the features of the new library are 90 public computers. a children's area and workspace

president barack obama welcomed the news but warned this is not a permanent solution and an enormous cleanup still lies ahead. >> the undersea flow has been stopped for now. after almost three months, there is no sign of oil leaking out. tests are still under way, but hopes are rising the new metal cap can contain the massive pressure and put an end to the worst spill in u.s. history. >> we will do lots of analysis to make sure it looks like everything is as it should be. i think it is going to be several more days. we need to be cautious right now. it is a great site, but it is far from the finish line. >> president obama warned the cap is not a permanent solution. >> even if a shut-in is not possible, this new cap and the additional equipment being placed in the gulf will be able to contain up to 80,000 barrels per day, which should allow us to capture nearly all the will until the well is killed. >> even if the cap does hold, it is a temporary solution. bp has to seal off the lead permanently, and that will not happen until relief wells are complete in august. millions of liters o

i actually had a chance of becoming a permanent employee somewhere. later, i took the civil test and was notified that i had not only passed the test, but i ranked number nine. [cheers and applause] in june, i interviewed for the eligibility worker position. as of july 12, i am a permanent employee of the city and county of san francisco. [cheers and applause] it has not been an easy task, but if it were not for the jobs now program, i would still be trying to survive. my kids and i have gone full circle, and i am grateful for the jobs now program. i've worked with great people of the human services agency. this has truly been an amazing experience and i feel truly blessed. thank you all. [applause] >> thank you. thanks for your patience. we are almost done. i want you to recognize the employees have gone back to work and the employers who stepped up to hire them. give them a round of applause. [applause] i have to thank you for your enthusiasm, for coming here today. a couple closing remarks, i will bring mayor newsom back up and we will close. thank

the attention of a broad scope of individuals including art collectors, and, thus, began to form a permanent collection now consisting of over 14,000 pieces. as the collection grew, so did the number and scope of exhibitions presented to the public. the community has come together to nurture and vision building a resource for the arts and the cultures and a home for generations to come. peter's legacy is closer to realization as the museum board and the arts and redevelopment commission have worked hand in hand with the mayor and board of supervisors to build a permanent home for this wonderful collection in the cultural art of san francisco. peter, this legacy is yours. we thank you for it. congratulations. [applause] >> i'm really honored to be recognized by gavin newsom, who unfortunately can't be here. i hope when he gets back, he'll come and visit me. it's difficult for me to get to and from places right now. i have things that don't allow me to travel very far or fast, but i was given supposedly two minutes to mention something that the museum and there is so many people that is incred

now, as for the leak itself, efforts to permanently plug it back on track now that tropical storm bonnie has fizzled. and workers plan to reconnect a drill rig to the relief tunnel, and that will be used to pump in mud and cement to try to seal the well permanently. drilling could resume in the next few day, the cleanup effort also getting back on track and the coast guard says there are signs that concentrations of oil are getting smaller. >>> some new data shows that the u.s. housing market is still kind of on shaky ground, you might say. sales of new homes jumped last month, nearly 24% to 330,000. and still the second weakest month on record though. and the revised numbers show may was the worst month since record-keeping started back in 1963. and the economists say the lackluster economy has buyers still worried about shopping for homes. >>> well, you click it, and you feel safe. or you should, anyway. and what you could be doing in your car that makes your seatbelt ineffective. >>> and we're seeing sunshine down in san jose. yes, plenty of sunshine down in the south bay. and also co

it's not the permanent fix, we've been told. that can only come when those relief wells break through. but it's been a great relief knowing no new oil, at least, is flowing in on top of the three-month supply that has already ruined parts of the gulf. but then over the last 24 hours came the first hints of trouble, word of other leaks from somewhere down there. the question is, is there a problem with the pressure inside that same well? we begin our reporting tonight with our chief environmental affairs correspondent, anne thompson, in venice, louisiana, again this evening. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. it's been a tense 24 hours for bp engineers and government scientists who have disagreed on how extensively to monitor that cap at the bottom of the sea and just what the test results mean. but tonight they agree that this test will go forward for another 24 hours. what was a picture of hope is now a mystery at the bottom of the sea. the government says almost two miles from the troubled well head there is

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, the deputy city attorney who was advising them told them that they did not have the powers to permanently revoke the license that club swayed had -- club swayed had, and it took hundreds of attorneys to bring a lawsuit to shut the club down, which i thought was appropriate, but i thought many of us believe was appropriate for the injured to a commission or whatever body is responsible for providing permits to be able to take this permits away, said the legislation that i have drafted helps to remedy this situation by adding two additional grounds for the revocation of place of entertainment permits, extended our permits, and onetime event permits. the first is a public safety ground where the operation of the firm poses a substantial risk of harm or injury to individuals. the second round for revocation would be if a public nuisance was being created where the permitee's persistent action or inaction was continuing to cause serious problems that amounted to a public nuisance. this ordinance does not restrict the entertainment commission's suspension options nor require revocation in any p

shift in the global economic order it is a permanent coupling between developed markets and emerging markets although one has to say that not all emerging markets are made equal russia is still very much an option already or dierks already economic recovery and product prices while some mergers markets like turkey are much more of a structural story. the russian government's plans to raise mineral tax may not be as punitive as some companies first feared the state plans to increase gas extraction tax by six percent in two thousand and twelve and five point four percent in two thousand and thirteen this will help to raise an additional one point nine billion dollars during the first year and a further two point two billion the following year the oil sector will also face changes to its tax regime results companies have been objecting to the new plan saying they will need to reduce investment in the sector the finance ministry says it will offer concessions dolls and i would say through no new mechanism should be created to help the worker new fields and provide tax breaks for them the

it's not a permanent solution. that can only come from those relief wells, but now we are able to visualize at least the day we have been hoping would arrive. we want to begin again tonight with our chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson in venice, louisiana. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. you know, even though this is the day that the people here along the gulf have waited some three months for, reaction is muted tonight because people here are hoping that it's when this test stops that the oil is still not flowing. on day 87, the oil stopped, if only temporarily. bp closed all the valves on its new sealing cap at 3:25 eastern time this afternoon. at last giving a moment's relief to so many people along the gulf coast devastated economically and emotionally by the spill. >> it's finally an end to the groundhog day of waking up and it being the same and oil still spilling. >> we're just happy. finally there is an end in sight. finally a light at tend of the tunnel. >> reporte

the gulf oil spill may be permanently capped sooner than thought. properations for the relief well are ahead of schedule. it is the only permanent solution to ending the spill. >>> shelly sherrod says she is going to sue the blogger who pested an edited version of her making racially charged remarks. the government offered her a new job which she says she is considering. >>> southern california, near palmdale, 7 square miles burned in this wild fire. 1200 homes evacuated. and state route 14 cut off right now, closed. we are following the latest developments. you can look for updates on www.kron.com. rough day for the giants and the a's and the raiders open up camp. changes tomorrow, giants game, date line and kron 4 news at 10:00. presenting the cadillac "summer's best" sales event. a fantastic opportunity to get a great offer on a new cadillac cts sport sedan... ..the most acclaimed vehicle in its class and a car and driver 10 best third year in a row. summer brings out the best in all of us, so now's the perfect time to get behind the wheel of a b

we call it proxy because it is envisioned as a place holder for a more permanent situation. tents, scaffolding, shipping containers, a cohesive project that knits itself into the fabric of the neighborhood. currently, lot k is all parking. atlot k it is bound by hayes on the north edge, octavia and linden. there is zip car parking in daily use parking, so a flat fee, $10. lot l is currently vacant. we are planing to develop the project in two phases. first, that these be occupied by temporary habitations of retail, restaurant, art gallery, and community-based units that add to the richness of the valley. in phase one, it includes the portion of each site with a variety of food vendors. in phase one, they retained the city car parking on lot l while removing the daily parking -- excuse me, on k. phase 2 adds an art gallery on linden alley and a very small temporary housing use it, also on the alley, and it also creates a covered exterior space and a series of pop-up retail spaces that face both octavia and hayes. president maxwell: what is a temporary housing unit? what does

action, the committee took up whether to give the city's entertainment commission the power to permanently revoke the permits of troublesome clubs. >> we're not just being react in. we're trying to be proactive. >> reporter: security called for plans, i.d. card readers a the rear and front of the club. law enforcement officers say monitoring clubs comes at a huge cost. >> roughly, you spend $0,000 by policing clubs so you can add those numbers to what it costs us annually. there's no cost recovery. >> reporter: critics of the entertainment commission says it doesn't need additional power. >> the police need to police itself. >> reporter: police won't out the troublesome amount to less than 1% of the clubs in san francisco. the full board of supervisors is said to take up this process as soon as tomorrow. david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a pennsylvania family is in mourning this evening after their son died while hiking today on the marin coast. the 17-year-old boy fell four -- 400 to 500 feet to his death while walking with miss family on the coastal trail above the beach. >>> a n

the cap is a temporary measure to stop the oil while two relief wells are drilled for a permanent fix. >>> president obama made a brief trip to michigan today. mr. obama spoke at the ground breaking for a factory that will make batteries for electric cars. although government cannot create the jobs that would relate to a renewed economy it can play a role. >> and test new products, for workers to get the training they need for the jobs of the 21st century. >> the plant dedicated today will be built in part with government stimulus money and is expected to employ 300 people. >>> hundreds of bay area golfers will tee off to help raise money for cancer related charities. 306 golfers and 50 corporate sponsors. organizer bob hammer is hoping to raise almost $200,000 this year. he began the tournament as a small event in 2005 after a battle with testicular cancer and a second opinion that steered him away from surgery. >> he suggested i don't have the surgery because if i have the surgery i might not have children. we did not have surgery and we conceived a child later. >> hammer says it is

bp is in a critical stage in its operation to shut off the leak permanently. if a storm strikes all the vessels in the gulf would have to be pulled into harbor for shelter. that means leaving the cap unattended for perhaps three to four days with all the uncertainty about whether it n canstand the pressure. and meanwhile while a leak 2-1/2 miles below the sea bed, that work may be held up. the coordinator says that the delay could amount to 10-14 days. >> davidshook man. and meanwhile in china with clean-up continuing. since a pipeline exploded the oil has spread 61 square miles and they worry about the threaten to the sea life. the international financial fund has canceled haiti's debt to the fund. they approved a new move to $61 million with help to haiti's reconstructi reconstruction. more "bbc world news," lord black has been freed pending fraud convictions. president obama has signed in a new law. and david cameron spoke about withdrawing troops from afghan. i spoke to barbara in new york, and mr. cameron is packing a lot in his visit to the united states

units, and this would provide a deferral on those by creating a new transfer fee that would be permanently placed on the property, which would generate more revenue for our affordable housing trust fund and the current inclusionary housing fee. the concern is the transition to the new system and how we can find that gap, which we are working with the board of supervisors on, notably supervisor maxwell and others that have expressed concerns. the new financing the supervisor dufty wanted will be a significant piece of legislation to help finance those costs, up front infrastructure responsibilities and fees for new development. we think that is less controversial. i believe we have the votes, so who knows? supervisor dufty feels confident -- he can speak for himself in a moment -- about the prospects of getting at past -- getting that passed. we have again identified 9 specific projects, over 2500 housing units, already in tidal projects, talk about shovel- ready. these things to get going today. they just have a financing gap. this would decrease the ups on costs and reduce the loans and d

s oil showing that even after the cap done is done permanently the environmental damage will take months to clean up. >>> an ambitious program is about to start to create the most detailed map of california coast ever. they plan to use an airborne radar to collect the data and combine at intermission with high resolution botas and will give scientists a base plan to measure things such as freezing ocean levels, flood risks and be rescinded the $3.3 million project will start next month. >> a bill to regulate the growing business of health insurance for pets is nearing a key vote the bill would require companies providing such a surge to disclose a coveted permission to consumers and includes whether pets with pre- existing conditions are excluded. the assembly has approved the bill passed back in april and the appropriations committee will vote on did on august second. >>> there was a massive child pornography sweep in the south bay today. >> these are demeaning photographs and videos. >> lead a multi agency operation and officers arrested 11 people ages 17 to 65 on charges of buying, se

engineers are hoping they can permanently seal the well before the next big storm hits. >> reporter: a flotilla of vessels, one of the largest collections of ships since d-day, has returned to the gulf coast to resume clearing the oil spill. for the past few days workers boarded up buildings and locked up equipment as they prepared for the first major storm of the hurricane season. even booms were coiled up. the only thing left in place were an coars that were to heavy to float away. officials say cleanup may have to be halted from time to time because of the weather. >> we're going to be playing cat and mouse during the hurricane season. >> the stormy weather has delayed work on the relief well, which will be filled with mud and cement to permanently kill the leak. the cap used to plug the wellhead appears to have remained intact, and officials believe it should stay that way. back on land, some gulf coast residents are raising concerns about the slow and complicated process for receiving money from b.p. the administrator of the $20 billion compensation fund told a townhall meeting

it was almost made permanent. now i'm back with my family. it's been great to be with my family.d there is, of course, still with me in my heart. >> i know that you were in miami with the twins, you had a conversation with your husband right before the earthquake struck. how long before you knew he was okay? >> you know, that was the time of uncertainty. it was probably about 38 hours that he was trapped and i got word maybe within 26 hours or something, that he was okay. he was trapped but they could hear him. >> when you look back now, does it feel like you had a miracle? is that how you feel about -- >> it's definitely a miracle for our family. it's -- we are so thankful, so grateful. but at the same time, i carry haiti with me in my heart. it's the place where my husband and i met. i work there, and visited there with my children. some of our most precious memories were there. it's been a tough journey for us moving forward. we continue to support and pray and remember haiti. >> maria bellow is with me in new york. i know you feel like you had a miracle as well. the orphanage

they are supposed to indicate that they had a right to extend it to permanently should they wish to. they had to apply for a conditional use prior to the termination date. that notice did not go out. we are here tonight to ask for the conditional use permit that would have been asked for if the honor at a time have gone unnoticed that they have the right to a conditional use permit. initially, we asked the zoning administrator to give us our conditional use permit hearing because of the mistake. it is an honest one, in the planning department has not had the personnel to send out notices to hundreds if not thousands of locations. the planning department initially said to us, we are not going to give you a conditional use permit. if you disagree, go to the board of supervisors -- i'm sorry, to the board of appeals. the reconsidered, that is quite an effort. i would like to thank the staff for reconsidering, and allowing us to have this opportunity to get a conditional use permit today. i am not going to talk about a lot of subjects. it is getting late. i think kevin has done an excell

the next time you call 9-1-1 1 in the city of very lay hoe it -- the city has permanently closed two much its fire stations. both of those stations are close to schools. >> so what happens with the area over here with all these children? i guess we're going to all burn down. >> it's going to be difficult for us it's just a different way of doing things and we're going to have to make it happen. >> the city now has only four running engines to cover 30 square miles. >>> oil and gas still leaking, but federal officials say they will leave the plug in place for now. bp is doing more to help people and businesses affected by this spill. >> reporter: engineers have been keeping an eye out for any signs of trouble since bp camped it's broken well since last thursday. late sunday, small amounts of oil and gas started leaking from the cap. the government says so far it's no cause for concern. >> those small seepages do not present at this point there is any threat to the well bore. >> they are trying to determine why the pressures is lower than expected. thad allen wants to resume piping oil

and back to that relief well, the operation to permanently seal the leak is expected to begin within the next two to four days. ann? >> i'm curious. what are the odds that bob dudley, the american overseeing bp's cleanup, what are the odds that he would get the top job if hayward is out? >> this is looking very likely. about a year and a half ago, he was candidate to be ceo of bp against tony hayward and hayward won the job. in the meantime, he is expected to take over very soon and a lot of people down here would be happy about that. >> all right. kenneth gibson in mississippi, thank you. >>> well, confusion, chaos and now so many questions. the current death toll from germany's raid stampede and the decision about the future. should it be legalized? we talk pot with san jose's former police chief. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nat sound chaos >>> the death toll from a stampede at a germany raid is up to 19. thousands of festivalgoers were crammed wall to wall at the love parade. some turned desperately to climb out. it's unclear what set off the panic. but witnesses say it started after police cl

latest from louisiana. >> reporter: crews continue to inch closer to the point where they hope to permanently seal the well. >> we continue to make good progression toward the static kill and the bottom relief well. we look to be laying the casing line into the relief well later on this evening, and cementing that, that will set the stage for us to move on with the static kill. >> reporter: during the static kill, thick drilling mud will be drilled through the cap of the well preventer. that will force the mud into the natural petroleum reservoir under the sea bed, and cement will be pumped in to close off the well. the static kill could be finished sometime next week. then teams will move forward with the bottom kill, using the relief well to add more mud and cement. that process could take days and weeks, depending on the progress of the static kill. there's growing concern now over the oil already in the water. streamers of oil and sheen continue to stretch out across the gulf, but not nearly as much as before a temporary cap was put in place over the leaking riser. still, scientists warn,

tony hayward is being permanently replaced and could be gone as early as tomorrow. hayward has been a pr disaster for bp. early on, he said, quote, he wanted his life back, while speaking to families whose loved ones who died in the original explosion on that rig. a few weeks ago, the was criticized for going to an exclusive yacht race in england while oil was washing up on gulf shores. bp has not yet confirmed hayward is stepping down meantime crews and equipment are back at the spill site. >>> next week will be preps, making sure everything is ready to go. the weekend of the 1st of august is when we attempt to do the static kill and move back and do the top kill. >> completing the relief well is seen as the best chance to permanently fix that leak. >>> in arizona today, immigrant rights supporters called on major league baseball to move next year's all-star game out of that state. the demonstration is just a taste of what's to come later this week when arizona's controversial immigration law takes effect to check the status of anyone they suspect could be undocume

in the well because of testing over the last seven days. >> reporter: the evacuation delays the permanent fix up to a week officials defended their decision. >> we are going to be playing a cat-and-mouse game for the remainder of the hurricane season. >> reporter: bonnie pushed back the schedule but it may also help push the oil apart. >> we expect bonnie should help dissipate and weather the oil at the surface. it will spread the surface slick out and thereby lower oil concentrations. >> reporter: for many the storm is leaving little to worry about. and any inconvenience expected to be just a memory for most by the morning. so as we speak, those ships are hooking back up at the well site. officials say the so-called top kill could come within the next three to five days with a bottom kill through the relief well within the next week or two. in new orleans kristen dahlgren. >>> in afghanistan a search is under way for two army service mbers. the two ere spottedt a bazaar two hours south of kabul a yesterday. he fears the two may have been killed or captured by the taliban. elsewhere in th

is leaving it alone and now working on a permanent solution. >> reporter: b.p. has decided not to mess with success and not make any changes until a permanent well is in place next month. >> we are hopeful that if the encouraging signs continue we will leave it. >> reporter: it rests with the government though which could still choose to pipe the oil to ships on the surface. that option would relieve pressure on the broken well but could also lead to millions of gallons of oil spilling back into the gulf. both sides downplayed the apparent contradiction in plans. >> reporter: with no oil flowing for the first time crews are cleaning up more crude that is being released. even though the beaches aren't as crowded as they usually are more people did turn out to get away from the week. >> reporter: in louisiana, fishermen were back now that recreational waters are open again. in mississippi where far less oil washed up on shore families waited and played in the warm water. >> i was concerned. i haven't been out to this kind of water and i thought the brown might be

>> reporter: the ultimate goal is to land permanent employment. men on the side of the road offers training in several construction skills and occasionally to bring out other talents for several months in this tiny capetown factory workers have meticulously hand-painted world cup fan helmets called makarabas. conrad marima and shonn mukungwa were placed here by men on the side of the road and it has fueled dreams of a better future. the soft-spoken 25-year-olds now want to go into business for themselves . >> he would like to be an art businessman . >> yeah. >> the more urgent need is to keep these jobs and many others that will naturally end with the world cup. every one is racing for tougher times including men on the side of the road which placed 6,000 casual workers last year, a drop in the bucket but one that will be a struggle to maintain. >> well, our goal is actually for 2010 is just to try and maintain that level. >> reporter: because the economy is so bad. >> because things are much tougher, yeah. >> reporter: and even when the economy t

and i really appreciate it. >> the project has four sites, multipurpose center, a men's shuttler permanentousing with mental health issues and transitional housing for women. >> 24 single women and three moms and their kids live here with access to everything from meals to health care to counseling. >> what was your goal be for your employment? >> my own business. >> they operate on a $3 million budget of federal, state and local money. then there is the kindness of community volunteers like these employees from the bayer company. they found it rewarding to spruce up the shelters the past few years. >> just the appreciation for the work we've done. >> over four decades the program has fed thousands and found shelter for thousands more. 3500 have been permanently housed in three years. this year a celebration to are reflect on that history and rededication to moving forward. >> that 40th anniversary celebration is in november. >> don't go away, 7 on your side is next. >> a zero percent credit card offer that did not work out as planned. i'm michael finney, 7 on your the kincaids live here.