about the port as an organization. so what we propose to do is to start off the process with water and land tours walking through tours to acquaint people with the diversity of the properties, to be able to have an opening session where we can invite people's comments about what their thoughts and visions are for the water front so we have an understanding about what's the base from which we are working with. and then using that as a back drop then going sbootd orientation and analysis phase that we show on the slide here, that goes through the various aspects of the port that we think are important to understand in order to be able to make some choices about what the priority should be for the port going forward and what should be incorporated into the water front land use plan. we anticipate having that orientation period take us through the end of this year and into early next year and then further discussions about the policy questions about what we do around these issues and how they should be translated into poss

including the port waterfront line use plan. the port previously sought a development partner for a hotel on the site. the site continues to be recognized as ideal for hotel and entertainment using because of its location's attributes. the board of supervisors adopted a music and cultural sustainability policy in code chapter 98 requiring city departments to undertake all means to use city property to retain cultural and entertainment entitis in san francisco. this policy also promotes creative strategies for theaters. the proposed project meets the policy directives of the administrative code 98. in this requested exemption -- if this requested exemption is approved the port will enter into a exclusive negotiating agreement with the partis and if the partis are able to reach an agreement on deal terms, such terms would be summarized in a term sheet and the term sheet or the proposed lease will be brought back to this board for its consideration and endorsement. authorizing the port to enter negotiations is not an approval of th

it's a lot of information but i also want to thank monique and the port staff because i think the port has become a leader in this space and a role model to other city departments doing such a great job working with local businesses. and i really really appreciate it so thank you all very much. you all deserve a round of applause. (applause). and i really want to thank you for exceeding, you know, the goals in every area and coming up with innovative ways to be able to attract more local businesses. so i really want to thank you for that. and i just wanted to ask regarding the new ordinance changes that came from the board of supervisors, what is the new mentor protege program? and how are we going to implement that here at the port? >> the mentor protege program was actually a concept that came out of the puc and har lan kelly's office. currently when firms submit their lbe paperwork they need to do a number of good faith outreach steps, that is we look at emails, phone contacts, outreach to subcontractors. through the mentor protege program firms would have that provision waived from

behalf of the port commission, all of the port staff, our partners at the san francisco public works department, but also turner construction, catherine mclaughlin, architects and of course numerous other parties including our community advisory committee. march 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of bode gravel which notably got its start in san francisco in concert with the 1915 ex position, which i find really fascinating. concrete was around a hundred years or more before, but they did a number of very large projects right off the bat including some of the significant tunnels arbd the city. and bode gravel has been a partner and a tenant of the port for quite a long time. they were founded by morris bode gravel by henry bode in 1915 and then in 1923 they changed their name to bode gravel. they operated 3 plants which created tunnels in twin peaks and the bose area for streetcar operation and they have been operating first in mission bay and then as a port tenant, i want to say, for about 15 years, i think. in october 2012 they were merged with central concrete whose name they now us

and for your service, to the port. and after all of these years. [ applause ] any other public comment, anyone wishing to speak. >> seeing none, public comment is closed. >> colleagues? >> mr. peoples, i think that it is, and it has been captured very well and i have never seen you without a smile. so you will definitely be missed you have been such a tremendous ambassador to the port. and you are the someone of the face of the port when the people are coming along the water front and it really makes a difference and i always hear good feedback from my friends and i have nothing to do with the port when this say that it is down there and everything seems to work for the port just seems nice and i know that they are referring to you because you are the one that they see and you will definitely be missed and we want to congratulate you on your birthday and wish you a very, very, i am sorry, congratulate you on the retirement and wish you a very, happy birthday and we hope that you will please come back and visit us, ofte

that $2.5 million from the port will be shared 50/50% with bae and the port. the provision for the replacement of dry dock no. 2 as i have indicated before, one of the competitive issues for the shipyard was the presence of dry dock no. 2 which is lifting capacity at 54,000 term. now you have the competitor in the name of vigorous with an 80,000 ton lifting capacity this issue is becoming important to get what i indicated before which may cause the revenue to dip. we put in the lease that between now and the next 10 years both the port and b ae are going to collaborate the funding to replace that dry dock if possible. with the in intention when the lease goes into effect we've the possible solution of the existing dry dock. we equally addresses the issue of the existing side of power assistance. i believe a couple of commission meetings there was a discussion about the benefit of the shoreside assistance in terms of reduce pollution and making the air cleaner. in the new lease from the last time we came here in november we missed some additional information by

to ensure that the money goes that's collected at our ports goes back to our ports. after working for months with my colleagues we reached a plan to finally put the harbor maintenance trust fund to work and fully utilize it by 2025. but this bill on the floor today fails to follow the law we passed just last year with an overwhelming vote of 404-4. this bill is $36 million behind our target. for our nation to emain globally competitive, we need to fund our port infrastructure. according to the army corps of engineers we need to fully fund our harbor maintenance tax for five years to fully dredge our ports. ports are crucial across this country, americans expect to go to target and have tennis shoes or toys on its shelves. our farmers need efficient ports to export our agriculture products and we cannot let america's infrastructure crumble. that's unacceptable. . the chair: the the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> i recognize congressman from north carolina for as much time as he would like to consume. three minutes are left. mr. rouzer: i encourage my collea

let's have a set of metrics before the port of entry. set of metrics at port of entry.of the set of metrics in maritime domain. something we added this year a set of metrics that measure how effective we are using aviation assets. that is how we do it. we have 28 different metrics hopefully across the 28 different metrics we get better sense where we are and if we're going in the right direction or not. from the hill standpoint when secretary chertoff talked about credibility i think that is really the key issue when it comes to metrics. many members have a deep reservoir of distrust when it comes to the administration. worried about manipulating the numbers. you know, statistics can be manipulated plus or minus. what we built into the legislation this time, look we have to have third party verifiers take a look at numbers. make sure they're accurate. make sure they're statistically valley and make sure they're actually measuring what we want them to measure and not subject to manipulation for better or for worse. that is how we approached border security in the aggrega

we kind of think of that as illegal ports ports of entry information. people have documents, may be coming by airplane. what does that mean between ports of entry in how do you get advance information on people who may be thinking about coming in between the ports. >> two ways. we changed our collection requirements each year them last couple of years we try to identify so we can get from the intelligence community estimates of flows. the other way we reached out to the government of mexico ex-last summer when we started seeing the influx from central americans, help us understand what the flow was for this year and so the government of publics increased their capacity along their southern border and in doing so, we had some border patrol agents working in central america with their law enforcement, training them and helping them understand and identify in advance some of those flows and with the government of mexico telling us when they're setting up checkpoints what the flows are on some routes of travel. what does the train look like cooking across?

port huron is number four. so we are the tip of the spear so to speak when it comes to border control. it's a very important issue for my state, as well as for the industry, and that is why i want to thank senator johnson for his cosponsorship of the amendment that i put forward in their recent budget bill to make sure that we are fully funding our ports of entry to make sure that they have the security that they need and the ability to process trade and travel efficiently and that's why i'm going to make a brief pitch to make sure that we continue to get funding for the international border crossing, particularly with our new bridge that we are constructing between detroit and winsor, and port huron. they do a great deal of traffic and have been promised improvements in that plaza which have not occurred. we need to have those. it is vitally important to our economy. i want to thank all of the panelists today. this is an interesting hearing and you have an extremely difficult job, and the fact that you have du

i guess my question for the port is, i like the proposal. i think that it's a modest proposal that would support the building the teatro. i like that it's a modest hotel and i like that there is going to be ten units that are reserved for artists. i think that is incredibly important. i guess my question is why can't we rfp out this proposal? a proposal that includes the rebuilding of teatro's theater, with hotel and these ten rooms? i can only imagine when it comes back to the budge committee, harvey rose's report saying that we don't know if it's the best deal for the city because it wasn't publicly rfp'd out? >> good afternoon, brad benson, director of special projects with the port and here with ricky in support of the project. this question about competitive bids is something that we grappled with as well at the staff-level. you know, throughout the process we have been focused on relocating teatro on port property. we have the experience with the america's cup of dislocationing a lot of very good port tenants. we are able to relocate t

the port of aden is right there in the port of aden.f this is iran's client state, assume that they will drive ships in there at that port, and it will be a naval base. that strip where the land mass comes together. that leads you to the suez canal. they can put in yemen anti- shipping mines and missiles in the event of a political crisis they would have huge power to leverage and stop the flow of commerce and shipping to the suez canal. this is a huge victory for iran if they control yemen as they are able to do. they are on the way to it. >> and when of this particular water way is under thet we see that in oil prices and that affects our gas prices. there is an immediate affect for that if we are waiting for other things to take place. general king this final question. our navy is the most powerful navy in the world. our presence means something. should we consider a bigger presence? >> two things in reference to our navy and the defense department in general. we cannot continue to do what we are doing. slashing it. it is reckless. i

including the port waterfront line use plan.he port previously sought a development partner for a hotel on the site. the site continues to be recognized as ideal for hotel and entertainment using because of its location's attributes. the board of supervisor

i also want to say thank you to the port staff who worked on this. it has taken quite a while to get this lease together and agreement on it and that is a testament to their work defending and upholding the port's interest in this as well. so that's all. i just want to say thank you and urge your support of this passage as well. >> i took out of order, i called for public comment before i had a motion. is there a motion on this item? >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. >> next speakers, army morgan. >> i'm army morgan. i'm going to make it up to you and make it short. >> i was going to say make it impactful. >> well, i just want to you know say we are on board with the approval of the lease for bae systems and the shipyard. you know they provide a lot of good union work for a lot of hardworking families in the bay area and like someone said earlier the cost-of-living is only going up in the bay area and we need to maintain these types of jobs. they employee about 60% of minorities and that's a positive as well. we support the bae systems and the en

i want to know can we have a port commission meeting at the new cruise terminal. if we can have it that day, i'm going out to rent a lincoln town car and pick up commissioner whoo-hoo and drive her down to the terminal. >> we will make that happen. >> secondly, when we do adjourn, i would like to adjourn in memory of the plane crash today and the victims. there was a lot of young people. >> thank you, commissioner. >> thank you. >> any other new business? >> seeing none, is there a motion to adjourn in memory of the victims of the german airline plane crash today. >> so moved. >> second. >> all in favor say, "aye". >> aye. >> any opposed? meeting is adjourned. thank you, everyone. [ meeting is adjourned ] >> >> ♪ >> welcome to hamilton recreation and aquatics center. it is the only facility that has an integrated swimming pool and recreation center combined. we have to pools, the city's water slide, for little kids and those of you that are more daring and want to try the rockslide, we have a drop slide. >> exercises for everybody. hi have a great time. the ladies

they worked at the port of entry. they secure the border between the ports of entry. we have area and marine interdiction agencies supporting border patrol and state and local law enforcement. we also have thousands of non-uniformed individuals who manage trade issues, cyber security, and other important facets of the mission. i am a good fed so i will give you more statistics. in a typical day, we process one million people at 328 entries. we screen seven a thousand containers. -- 70,000 containers. we seize more than -- in unreported currency and discover 425 tests and intercept prohibited plant and animal materials. we seize counterfeit products. we apprehend inadmissible people at the port of entry. we identify 548 individuals with suspected national security concerns. we intercept fraudulent documents. we fly 213 enforcement missions. we seize more than five tons of drugs. 15 pounds of heroin to. -- of heroin. 9000 pounds of marijuana. toss in the unexpected. the surge of unaccompanied minors. the surge in ebola required screening. you see no typical day. if i co

foot wall it is no communication that the picture was provided by the sponsor it towers over the la port school and the result of lack and error that occurs in the classrooms that will be a dark canopy minimum how wide a cab is 4 to 6 feet think about how much light will find its way down through the buildings that will be dark okay, however, it provides light and air for itself while leaving the preschool in the dark it only seems fair that all neighbors receive equal treatment our children deserve better thank you for your time and consideration. >> if i've called your name, please come forward i'll call nor names (calling names). >> good afternoon commissioners i'm a parent at la port speaking for my 3-year-old son antonio this is a picture of him in his classroom this is the wall along the property line he is doing work 10 foot or less from the rear property of south here's another one that also gives a sense of what the classroom looks like i boom aware of the proposed building 5 and a half feet from my sons classroom i've worked to come up to speed that is confusing this project am

one is sneaking through the ports of entry coming through an airport or through more often the land port of entry either with false documents or -- and this is more likely by hiding in a truck or train. i remember going through the border ports of entry. amazingly seeing in the dashboard of an suv overall where someone basically had hid themselves in the dashboard to try to sneak in the country. so this is what people think coming over land or by see. they are literally going through a port of entry and trying to get into the country without being detected. the 3rd significant source are overstays people who enter with a visa or whatever lawfully but overstay and don't leave and then often statistics i recall were roughly 40 percent of the people in the united states without authority came as overstays. one of the reasons that is important is because that is not a pathway into the country that is going to be dealt with by lining up people between the ports of entry. in fact, entry. in fact, that is one of the most challenging issues that we deal with the issue of illegal migration becaus

lines to use other ports instead of shanghai.ghai may lose, there's a possibility. so shanghai is trying to use ve means to make sure that in future, shanghai will be the only hub in that area. narrator: but more than rivers were clogged here. shanghai had to use all its muscle to deal with other kinds of congestion, too. xiang ( translated ): dramatic changes have taken place in shanghai in the last few years. however, little or nhing was done about urban services in shanghai. this led to a number of problems. for example, the streets became choked with traffic there was air pollution and a growing shortage of housing. the size of metropolitan shanghai actually is almost exactly the same size as metropolitan atlanta. the difference in population again-- metropolitan atlanta is about four million people and metropolitan shanghai 17 million people. the population of... of the central city of atlanta is about 350,000. in shanghai, the central city is about ten milon people. so it's intensely occupied lan narratore bestlaceo expand

the port like with regard to bart and things like that and so again we work with bart also on these things. the super bowl has been actually a blessing and we will see later on how much of a curse, but right now it is a blessing and that it has the really looking under our own hood and making sure that we have all of our things in order and the best thing that we can have by the cyber crimes, traffic force is the secret service is convening in the fact that they gave us one here and again one of only two in the state is the fact that we are connected and so we are in a room and i believe that we have met twice already and the future meetings to discuss, whatever concerns director moyer and we have since become close friends while she was the lead for security here and systems and emergency preparedness and i had the same roll at the buc and so it is nice when it is greg and sidny and it is on a cell phone and that is the relationship that the port has with the police department. i am happy to go into more detail for this commission, but if i was going to speak to sprefk vonnerbiliti

for us, at least for me to simply equate saying is that the ports of entry between the ports of entry depends on the area of the border family to have methods to an armory judgment on where those redeployment should go. >> first of all, i'm not asking for simplicity here. this is incredibly complex in its sector by dirt and area by area and state-by-state. i realize the border is completely different than the canoe area up in minnesota and lake superior and detroit. this is a vast border and all kinds of differences. i guess what i will ask you let's do a briefing. i want to understand the complexity and exactly what you know about any totally. are they flying small planes? are they catapulting drugs across the border? it is unbelievable. i have delved into this situation. the number of netscape, the ability to avoid detection with the drug cartels blocking off bridges so they can funnel them and put pressure over the system over here so they can divert customs and border patrol so they can local the drugs someplace else. i understand the enormous complexity of the situation, but i do

up next, the history of galveston's port. >> well, the first land grab for galveston came in the 1830s to a game named michele minard and his investors. they had someone come in, lay out the ploths for the city of galveston and sold lots in the 1830s so it's officially founded as a city 1830. it was a natural harbor and it was the only one with between veracruz, mexico, and mobile, alabama. so there was a natural entity to bring in goods and people into galveston that could go into texas and the middle part of the united states. so it was the industry, the availability of the port, the easy access from the gulf of mexico it created a entire community that followed for 100 years. as the 19th century maritime world changed the shapes became larger and their cargo became much larger is what blame particularly important for galveston is that it was bringing in the cotton from the central part of the state and the other states around us and shipping it out of here. as shipping became so important, they needed to get bigger vessels in here and they needed to get them closer into the harbor i

many ports of entry to deploy technology.his is along with the two best nine implementation of the western hemisphere travel initiative requires a passport to enter the united states and allow cbp against law-enforcement terrorist screening databases. we continue to deploy license plate readers, large-scale and small-scale technology as well as a variety of handheld technologies including monitors. dhs and canadian agencies are collaborating news technologies to enhance cross-border operations. as part of the effort we've made significant investments in infrastructure since february 2000 u.s. government has invested $400 million to rebuild and improve 30 ports of entry along the northern border. our northern ports of entry have high trade and travel. features 72 million travelers with canada for us to resound to visit family and friends. many initiatives facilitate travel at the northern border simultaneously increase security. cbp develops efficient security operations designed to contribute not barriers. security measure is

reflecting lightwell and finally installed more windows to guarantee privacy to the children of la port in closing, i think we've designed a beautiful building i know that planet and clark will demolish to the exciting structures and be safe and finally one 50 van ness fulfills the goals of the market octavia plan we're truly fulfilling the well-thought-out planning and goals annunciations over 15 years ago, if there are any questions our major consultants are here we realize that the construction under the department of building inspection but given the concerns of the parents it is important to address those issues in order to provide a degree of comfort to the parent of la port school thank you, very much. >> if the members at least 3 members of the presentation could come forward and 3 members for your presentation? yes >> today? >> the requirement is to have 3 members make a presentation. >> of the organized opposition. >> we're no longer opposing. >> then if you're no longer opposing. >> i'd like to read the statement. >> please go ahead. >> so i'm with vice president with the la

directors at every port. it just wasn't the greatest system so we have a unified border agency as a result of 9/11, the 9/11 commission and the creation of see bp under the department of homeland security and allows us to craft a comprehensive strategy to secure our borders and support our economy. we have 60,000 employees on the ground, water and air. sepias one of the largest law enforcement organizations, the largest law enforcement organization in united states. the primary mission of course is to keep terrorists and their weapons out of the u.s. while facilitating lawful international travel and trade. we enforce 500 laws for 47 federal agencies from the food and drug administration to the consumer product safety commission said this wide array of laws that we have a responsibility for in partnership with all these different organizations, law enforcement ranks include officers customs and border protection officers did you see when you come into a port of entry and agricultural specialists who do those

so for us to just -- at least for me to simplistically say it's at the ports of entry, between the ports of entry, it really depends on the area of the border. and we do have methods to be able to inform our judgments on where those redeployments should go. >> first of all, i'm not asking for simplicity here because i realize it doesn't exist this is incredibly complex and it's sector by sector and area by area and state by state and even beyond that. again, i realize the montana border is completely different than the canoe area up in minnesota and lake superior and detroit. i mean, this is a vast, vast border and all kinds of differences. i guess what i'll ask you, yeah, let's do a briefing. i want to understand the complexity. i want to understand exactly what you do know about anecdotally, have people loaded up canoes, are they flying it in small planes are they cata putting drugs across the border with cannons? it's unbelievable as i've delved into this situation the number of methods the ability to avoid detection, the use of the drug cartels block off the bridges to these kids so

, the ports are still open for business. but experts say the situation sheds light on a much bigger issue. what happens if these drivers succeed in being recognized as company employees? >> if you disallow contractor status then you have much more expensive employees at your hands. you haveassets pay social security tax, medicare tax, withholding, a different situation from a legal label perspee as well as you have to buy the assets they currently buy and maintain. >> reporte strike aside, this debate making its way through californiaou system truck drivers filing misclassification suits since last fall's high profile cases already found in favor of drivers. for "nightly business report,. >>> still ahead, the brand new companies that are cashing in as home remodelling goes dig >>> corinthian college is closing its doors, shutting down remaining 28 campuses and what's believed to be the biggest shutdown in the history of higher education in the united states. corinthian said it is working with other institutions to help the d

and explore opportunities to expand the port's parking capacity as recpbtly brought up. i'd like to have bob come up and i'll get into the more details of the proposal but i'd like to have bob discuss the outreach efforts and the potential partnership structures as well as the industry best practices. . >> president katz, commissioners, director moyer, thank you. i think in terms of the overall outreach that we provided there were some consistent themes that the commission has reported back to us. one is fiscal responsibility as an enterprise department so that the revenue stream continues and grows and the second is a diverse operation that mirrors what our city looks like. and to that end the first part of my outreach was just to get a census, who's out there? who's operating both big and small, whether they be on a list that the port has, the mta, or the mayor's office. so we went out, reviewed all of the companies, invited them in, i went to minority contractor's association meetings, i went to chamber of commerce meetings both with the asian chamber of commerce, the

hopefully we will look at every street on port property because with all of the development and all the growth and just trying to get around now is such a hazardous waste he will. and i can only imagine what it's going to be in the future. >> actually the transportation would be the big exception because that does extend definitely south of china basin all the way down to the southern waterfront. >> right. >> so how many people are you thinking of going to be within this working group? >> well, you know, as we keep on adding, we're probably looking at 30, you know, 30 or more people at this point. there is a time commitment associated with taking on responsibilities here and i think that's actually something that we would be expecting people to take seriously. there are, we will provide information about what the working group responsibilities are, expected time commitments associated with that, you know, we would like to be able to have members that represent organizations and constituents so that we are able to move these members as a means of reaching back out to the community so you

the ports are being blocked. the sea ports are being blocked. this is a real humanitarian disaster that the houthis are not addressing and even the international community. it is great that they're evacuating foreign citizens from yemen, yet there are thousands of yemenis who where stuck in places like egypt and airports like jordan and india. we're talking about thousands who were--who left yemen for medical purposes yet got stuck and don't even have the financial means to live or rent a place in egypt or jordan or india. these people are stuck. and no one is helping them. there is a big problem. it seems to me that the concern is about foreign citizens, but not yemenis. and this is a real serious problem. the air drop the saudis were diagnose-- >> let's remember as we speak in new york there is a resolution being discussed in the security council, a russian-sponsored resolution calling for pauses in the bombing to create humanitarian corridors. perhaps those may go some way to answer your concerns. let me move on if i may. >> yes i think that'

. >> and brilliant ideas to transform the ugly buildings into the port authority bus terminal.he perfect location. >> the idea of privatizing transportation. >> the boys and we do something that no one else did. bill: hank, he pitched a story about church buying up tax liens as a way of making money. >> the fountain of life has been snapping up lanes on people's property all over the state. a former member is outraged. >> and non- taxpaying entity that was the sickness of it. >> bill, when a person fails to pay the property taxes they sell there house at auction. the buyer turns as much 18 percent interest. and in legal and brutal practice. >> people don't pay their debt are frequently people have lost employment. are no longer involved in the sales and have tried to return properties to foreclosured appointed individuals. the city tax's office told me today that nine properties are owned by companies using the church's address all were foreclosed recently as february 12th of this year and that's only in trenton. >> i don't know that i have any issue with any entity buying up a

. >> reporter: i am nick clark reporting from the busiest port in scandinavia where they are countdowna mission. >>> the u.n. is warning 8 million people have been affected by the earthquake in nepal. and for those still trapped under the rubble, time is running out. it's now more than 72 hours since the quake hit. that's a crucial period. the government says more than 4,300 bodies have been recovered so far. the death toll they say could more than double. let's cross over to faiz jamil in the historic square in central kathmandu, as i mentioned there the window must be closing on finding any survivors. bring us up to speed with the search through that rubble. >> reporter: well, that's right sammy. the window is closing. there was a search and rescue team from the netherlands here late last night. i spoke to them and they said they didn't believe anyone here was left alive. their sniffer dogs had gone around the whole area and none of them bark which i don't indicate this they found someone living underneath. we have a different scene this morning, if you take a look, these are locals

this was in another southern port town, mukalla. the prison was their target. they initially targeted other buildings, government installations including security buildings. there was a radio station targeted. they were going after a lot of targets but they ended up targeting this present. the fact that you have al qaeda involved just shows how difficult it is to sort this equation out because we are talking about this conflict in broad geopolitical terms as a proxy war between the houthis, who supposedly has iranian backing -- it is unclear how much they are working for themselves and how much they are being helped by iran. and you have the shia side. this is a quest by the saudi-led coalition to check what they see as iran's influence in the region. sunnis versus sheias. there's a fear among the saudi-led coalition of the spread of terrorism. terrorism which could be extremely destabilizing, not just a war and a security threat in yemen but spreading beyond yemen. that borders saudi arabia. into saudi arabia and other gulf monarchies. they do not want to see

the port. over two and a half days they fired more than 19,000 rounds. and knocked out all but two guns on the no, your honor land face. in the meantime general bragg in wilmington has refused to send reinforcements south for the inevitable attack. a very frustrated whiting decides to head down to fort fisher. and when whiting gets there he said land,mb my boy we are to be sacrificed. well, the federals after that massive bombardment launched their assault. attacking the northeast baston pictured here, armed with pistols attacking a position defended by artillery. well, they're easily repulsed however, they give the army an opportunity to gain a foothold inside the port off to the left of the west. and after desperate hand to hand fighting that lasts well into the night in which both whiting and lamb are severely wounded, port fisher falls to general terry. and now lee's lifeline is cut, but in the city of wilmington itself remains in confederate hands and it'll require another campaign to capt

even though cuba ports are much closer to u.s. ports.n congress lifted some of the restrictions on u.s. exports early in the last decade we were excited there would be an opportunity to re-establish cuba as a consistent wheat market for american farmers. for a while that looked like that might happen as wheat exports slowly grew through the decade until they peaked in 2008. exports tanked over the next couple of years eventually dropping to zero. it has nothing to do with economics. it's particularly very difficult for cubans to import wheat grown in kansas and much easier for wheat grown in canada or france. i can put my wheat in an elevator in kansas, send it by rail down the gulf, put it on a ship that's a couple of days away from at that havana harbor. it has to be on a boat two weeks from canada or france. there's rules and laws that make it too expensive to compete. the law is required that they receive cash. selling on credit isn't an option for them. there's also shipping restrictions that generally prohibit docking in the united

they are particularly hard building -- i know it's unusual and may not be the best practice for the port to sole source this contract, i really urge you to allow this to move forward, the partnership between all parties makes the development deal possible and makes it happen in a way good for the community and the extensive outreach that kenwood investments has done over the last three years is unprecedented. i hope you vote to move this forward. thank you. >> thank you very much, flicka. >> good afternoon, teatro zinzanni was my neighbor all the time that they were in san francisco. and of course, we want them to come back. they should have come back a long time ago. they were promised to be able to come back. they were promised a spot and this situation has been dragging on and on and i admire tz eatro zinzanni tz for sticking with it and making it work. all i can say is that red tape and bureaucracy are good friends of mine and it's a frustrating situation to get things done in the city. i think they should be fast-tracked because they offer a lot to san francisco and i think that san

directors at every port. just wasn't the greatest system. so we have a unified border agency as a result of 9/11 the nine lynn commission, and the creation of cpb under the department of homeland security. and it allows us to craft a comprehensive strategy to secure our borders and support our economy. we have 60,000 employees on the ground, on the water, and in the air. both in the united states, and abroad, and cbp is one of the world's largest law enforcement organizations. it's the largest law enforcement organization in the united states. the primary mission of course, is to keep terrorists and their weapons out of the u.s. while facilitating lawful international travel and trade. we enforce nearly 500 laws for 47 different federal agencies from the food and drug administration to the consumer product safety commission. so this wide array of laws that we have responsibility for in partnership with all of these different organizations. law enforcement ranks include officers customs and border protection o

the port of aden is on their list of targets. the coalition has air dropped more weapons and equipment for fighters battles the houthis in aden but so far, it's not been enough. in sanaa, coalition jets carried out more airstrikes lighting up the target. the targets contain the military base and other locations by the houthi rebels and fighters loyal to the former president. this village near the capital city sanaa was also hit. >> four rockets came down on our village and they said they were targeting a militia camp where is the camp? is this a camp? these are sleeping muslims. >> houthi rebels ran sacked several areas. >> these illegal pursuits are our objection to what is being done by the howeuthis. particularly the government of aden. we reject these procedures. there is another potential front. tribunal fighters are showing off their military strength preparing to confront the possible houthi advance on the eastern city of shabwa. they have reportedly regained control of the area taken over by fighters allied to former pres

i am here to speak in favor and in supported the port's request to enter into exclusive negotiating agreement with teatro zinzanni and kenwood investments for proposed theater and hotel, providing new positive activation to the community and acts a gateway to the broadway and greater chinatown area. it will bring locals and visitors alike and utilize an area that has long been underutilized. we urge you to support the resolution before you. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. beverly shuper, joe radner, et cetera. beverly, no? okay, we'll go to joe ratner. >> good afternoon i'm joe ratner. i have only been a resident of san francisco for four years, but my family goes back four generations. my grandfather and mother were born here. and i have a lot of very close ties and a lot of relatives in the city. and when i was visiting, before moving back here, i always -- going to teatro zinzanni was always a highlight of my visit. i think they really fit beautifully into the sort of bohemian history of san francisco, and i'm looking forward to the opportunity for my younger daughters to atte

interestingly the port of visitors have been great. the percentage of the visitors using the internet has increasedover the last 5 years. the mode of arrival has varied over time with automobile use ranging from 33% and 50% of visitors. 96% of customers were satisfied or very satisfied with their visit to pier 39. pier 39 operates with the bay and continues to grow. pier 39 holds dozens of events and with complete week in october and tree lighting in november. these events bring an additional half million visitors each year. pier 39 recognizes the unique asset to control and manage and committed to keeping the property fresh and first time visitors and the others are repeat visitors and creating an enticing environment. pier 39 began it's program for it's operating expenses. we've eliminated hand towels in the restrooms and installed lighting and manage a comprehensive recycling program for our tenants. we are committed to impacting to minimizing the environment that we have been charged with managing. tenant redevelopment is a corner