for the port. so today we're here to discuss or to introduce you to this policy addressing employee drone usage at the port. not public drone usage. so, just to clarify that. it's how employees or contractors or staff would use a drone or a u.a.v. to conduct different assessments and i into that in detail. for port usage. so, not public using drones on port property. and as stated in the staff report committee on information and technology adopted a city-wide employee drone policy in may of this past year, 2017. the city being dedicated to embracing technologies that help improve its services and operational efficiency and dedicated to protecting the privacy and safety of its residents and for us for our visitors that come to the port. its intend is to guide officers, employees and contractors in the use of drones and u.a.v. on port property. there are five participating city departments in this programme. the port of san francisco, the san francisco fire department, public utilities, recreation an

members of the public and port staff, i'm elaine forbes, the port's executive director.'d like first to update you all on the resiliency by design challenge. in may of 2017, this challenge, which is called the r.b.d. challenge was kicked off with a call for innovative approaches to climate change. and this was really modeled after what happened in new york in the wake of hurricane sandy. the rockefeller foundation contributed a large amount of money, $4.6 million to this design challenge. the design challenge, as i said, there was a call for innovative solutions from multidisciplinary teams and r.b.d. received 50 submissions. on september 10, 10 teams were selected. those teams are composed of local, national and international experts. for two months, the teams have studied climate change issues. this is a nine-county bay area challenge. so these teams have been looking in the north bay, south bay and bay. on november 1, they were here in san francisco and they toured the city's recommended options for sites which were isla creek and fisherman's what are. -- wharf. the t

ports currently have. receive goods as ships continue to grow in size is a policy, is it a policy issue? is it a funding issue? is it both? if it is a funding issue, how do we go about doing more with less? >> okay, thank you for that question, senator. i'll try to address that. yes, it's certainly a funding issue and a policy issue both. as you heard me say earlier, apa is asking for $66 billion over the next 10 years to address many of those issues that you just spoke to, deepening water site projects such as deepening in order to keep up with the ships that are of course enormous today, as well as some landside projects to ensure that we have the intermodal connections so once that cargo comes off of that ship at a port or moves on to that ship, it can get to that port efficiently from an inland point. so we absolutely need a federal partnership. i would also point out that there is already what i would call a robust public/private partnership in place because our port authorities work very closely with

port activity. yes, we are having success now, but we also have hurdles we need to clear. a pressing need is for double-stack rail clearance in and out of our port. for those of you unfamiliar, double stacked rails is stacking of two international or domestic containers on top of one another on a rail car for transportation into or out of our major port. the ability to do this doubles capacity and creates operating efficiencies in the overall supply chain. the class one railroads do not currently have that ability to handle double stack trains in baltimore. the csx-owned howard street tunnel located in the city of baltimore is a 122-year-old freight tunnel that does not have the required clearances under its current configuration. recently, new engineering technologies were developed that would bring the total project cost for increasing the clearances of the tunnel to less than a $500 million project. the maryland department of transportation and csx agreed to share 290 million of the total $445 mi

and the port needed that lens. and to. step up and look outside of what was the day-to-day and president brandon is right. the sport has transformed itself over the last 20 years. but we are on warp speed right now and that is in large part to your leadership, to president brandon's leadership. you two are fine, fine officers as a new director. thank you so much. i think port staff feels like we come in to our seats and buckle up in the morning because we have a huge plate of projects. a bond measure in november. a ferry project. an r.f.i. end of the waterfront land use plan. the future is very open because of the leadership that you provided, of course the port needs to get a fair deal, earn its economics. but you have said let's build this waterfront for everyone in a way that truly invokes possibility and not just what's come before. thank you so much for windening our lens and pushing us to d.c. and push us to sacramento and all these places because it has been very, very good for us. thank you so much. >> ok.

also tunnel and port arthur rail project. how are we doing in rail access to ports? and why aren't we where we need to be? what have been some of the challenges in getting that rail to the ports? >> okayme. well, i think we made good progress in the last 20 or 30 years or so improving rail access to ports. inter modality or the whole concept of putting container onto a train is not that old a concept. and so many of our ports had to be retrofitted with the kind of rail connections that would be functional for them. the grand daddy of all those would be the alameda corridor project in southern california which consolidated all the rail lines in a cut so as to eliminate grade crossings. and we have seen those sorts of projects on somewhat smaller scale at many of our ports. and i think that's been a good relationship between the ra railroad agencies. but we need more. it's particularly important for exports. we tend to think of containers coming into our ports. but where i am in cleveland we think about exports and we need the strong rail connections from the hin tear

inland port. so anyways, scott, nice to have you here. you have a tremendous background here. you've been at the port of muscogee for 28 years now. with more than 1000 acres of land within the jurisdiction the port is poised to continue its growth and provide several transportation options for oklahoma industries. scott's been active in the waterway communities serving on a variety of related boards and commissions including the national waterways conference, the marine transportation system, national advisory council, arkansas-oklahoma port operators association. so it is great to have you here. you will bring a lot of knowledge to this meeting and i appreciate it. >> thank you very much, senator inhofe for that introduction. good to see you. i could spend my five minutes talking about stories about but i won't do that. >> we'll extend your -- don't feel limited to five minutes if you're going to talk -- but i do want to talk to the all witnesses your full testimony is made part of full hearing r

ports currently have. how do we ensure that ports are effectively distributing and receive goods as ships continue to grow in size, is it policy of funding, policy issues or funding issue, is it both and is it a -- if it is a funding issue, what can we do with how -- how do we go about doing more with less? >> thank you for the question, senator, i will try to address that. yes, it's certainly a funding issue and policy both, you heard me say, epa is asking for 66 billion over the next ten years to address many of those issues that you just spoke to deepening water side projects and keeping up with the ships that are, of course, enormous today as well as some landslide projects and once the cargo comes off of the ship at a port or moves onto that ship it can get to that port efficiently from an inland point, so we absolutely need a federal partnership. i would also point out that there's already what i would call a robust public private partnership in place because our port authorities work very closely wi

is there a way there could be something added for the port if the port so desires to have an agreementnk that we would first need to see if that 15 was exhausted and if we have projections that we'll need more, we'd speak with dpw and contracts administrators and see if we could amend the contract to provide for additional facilities. first, i think we need to see what additional capacity we need. that would be the first -- that would be the first plan before doing our own rfp or rfq for our own agreement. >> that's what i was getting at. if the 15 is meant to cover rec and parks and the whole city so we don't have to do an rfp. >> you mean to do it now instead of thre through a contract amen? you get an additional three yiers and another three years we get an additional option for 15. >> we can discuss this with dpw as i understand the contract is following the rfp process. he'd we'd see what is necessary to add for future capacity. >> maybe a moot point with the 15, but i was trying to anticipate rather than having to come back and do everything all over again. can you talk a little

about security at the ports. you submitted a statement for the record asserting that staffing shortages at the sea ports nationwide are especially acute. i want to thank you for doing that and thank you for your testimony here today. i was pretty -- i was drawn by when i saw reports that the president's proposal had included more money for border patrol agent, but really didn't include any more money for customs officers which i believe the greatest threat from what i've learned in my committee is going to come through sea ports and airports. so i want to applaud the work that you are doing not just at the port of los angeles where i represent the largest port by container volume, but for what your employees do to secure our ports, and i am with you in believing that if we're going to put more money they need to be to help the human assets that we have to increase morale and making sure they're not working 73 hours of overtime which is as you state absolutely unacceptable. thank you. i yield back. >> it is now my

security at the port. he submitted statement showing that these nationwide are especially -- thank you for doing that for your testimony today. i was drawn when i saw reports that the closely included more money for border patrol agents but does not include more money for custom officers and i believe the greatest threat comes from seaports and airports. i want to apply this for your employees and secure ports. i'm with you and if were going to put more money we need to put our assets to increase morale. >> it's my pleasure to recognize the gentleman who has served his country his whole life. you're now recognized for five minutes. >> in order thank you for helping you defend your country. we want to solve the problem and provide long-term situation for daca. we'll have to do it in three years or five years or seven years if we don't find a solution at the border and fix the border. what you say represents the majority of what i'm hearing in our district. i've lived in part of this community for about a mo

the port is very pleased that it was selected. the city really recommended between three sites -- mission creek, fishererman's wharf and islais creek, but that was our favourite so we're very pleased that it was selected. we will learn january 11 who our design firm will be. when we do, it will be posted on our website. this will be a very collaborative process with local residents and community organisations. these design -- these conceptial designs will be innovative and will allow us to really think about ways in which we can adapt to sea level rise. so we're really looking forward to this. we are a key stakeholder as the landlord of this area, of this location. and we're working closely with the resill -- resiliency by design competition staff. the next item is on pier 70. i'd like to let everyone know that the port has made the decision to reissue the r.f.p. for the shipyard at pier 70 and we have a target of coming to this commission for approval february 27 of the year. so, very soon. as you will recall, we issued an r.f.p.

and tell the port's story.ure we're going to do fine with the rfi because we're doing a great job so far. >> thank you. veronica. >> thank you mr. president. commissioners, veronica sanchez, i speak for myself on this one as a veteran of some political fights on this waterfront. and having been on the receiving end of it during my tenure here, when i was here at the port, i think corrine said something)a2í important about we don't want the political process to take over the waterfront land use process and become one political mess. i've seen a lot of political mess os then waterfront. certainly commissioner brandon, you can attest to that too. my concern is about timing. and about the importance that this port is going to ask the voters of san francisco for their support on a geeio bond measure in november to improve the seawall. i feel like the focus of the port's effort needs to be on getting voter confidence for the bond measure and putting -- and asking the voters. what i worry about if the developer select

be the bigntinue to port for morocco. the port is why the refugees come to casablanca. the port is why americans come to casablanca. before we get to that we need to , have germany invade france. in spring of 1940, germany would invade western europe and march into france. morocco would answer the call and it would send five to fight in france. they would be stationed along this line and they are also in flanders and along the river. france is defeated by mid-june. and we get the rise of the vichy. this was part of the german armistice and the northern part of france including paris which becomes occupied by the germans, the south becomes vichy. it becomes known as vichy because this is where the capital lives. armisticeart of the gets to keep control of the colonies in north africa. that means that the french protectorate of morocco answers to vichy france. --'t have a grave effect that would have a grave effect on its trajectory during war. the german invasion would create a massive refugee crisis in europe and in france and it would cause 6 million and anyone else wh

if it's outside, we would have another port tenant do i. >> got it. just wanted to be clear when it said the maintenance for that. thank you. last question with respect to sea level rise. and then i'm looking to see where i made my notes on that. but the language that we have, i saw -- sorry. in terms of obligation or requirements to be prepared for sort of potential sea level rise. there is different levels. here it is. i'm sorry. it was just on the presentation. so it may not be as detailed as the documents. tenant must implement any required flood protection measures as determined to be necessary by the chief harbour engineer. >> sorry. >> could you clarify that a little bit more? >> yes. if i remember that provision correctly, it is focused on the health and safety per view where the chief harbour engineer, we do foresee, i don't know about at this site, but general sea level rise, we may see place where is we're still operating our typical operations, but there are temporary flooding conditions that would need to be mitigated at that moment or ma

a container giant is on its way to its home port. more than thirteen thousand containers fit on how pad lloyd's newest vessels they're the pride and joy of this long established company and its one hundred and seventeen year history. this hamburg based shipping line is seeking to catch up with the frontrunners and become a global player. but can its plans work out. the enormous cargo ship s n express is one of the company's largest vessels first officer told b s come and started his watch in rotterdam so he's been on board for just twelve hours but as the man in charge of the cargo he has to make sure the visit to the home port of hamburg is as quick as a pit stop. and see a few friends and we have lots of containers for him book where on loading roughly three thousand one hundred all that will be done in forty eight hours it will be a very busy period on board. to illustrate what that means the three thousand one hundred containers on trucks would form a queue around fifty kilometers long the first officers also the boss of the deck

of civilian life they also share that border a border on the french side that includes the troubled port of calland its problems with migrants and refugees are no shortage of things to talk about in the realm of defense and security the second reason though perhaps as pressing if not more so is that if you are a country like britain facing an exit from the european union at a particularly sensitive time now in negotiations towards that end and you want to make friendships with key members of the e.u. well you simply can't do deals in areas like trade and the economy because brussels controls all of that for individual member states but you can do deals to a much greater extent on defense and security so this is really about looking to the future about relations off the brics it. yes it does seem to be calculated in that sort of direction i think is no coincidence that this is happening right now as the second trickiest phase of negotiations tools breaks it begins trade talks met mr macro and the french president and france is the rising more and more the rising power in europe and britai

ports of entry.re important that any physical structure between the ports of entry. why will the wall not enhance u.s. criminal groups? its farmer crucial dependent on good cooperation with mexico. today mexico turns many undocumented americans, very a forge a people who try to come to the united states, then what is turned the u.s.-mexico border. if mexico drops this cooperation that was very hard to achieve and took long time, many more people would be tempting to cross into the united states. similarly, security against drug trafficking groups, criminal groups very much depends on the united states finally being able to build up good cooperation, intelligence sharing, ability to mount joint coordinated actions and also crucially the capacity of the united states law enforcement institutions to work with their colleagues in mexico to help reduce the corruption and increase efficiency of those law enforcement institutions in mexico. all of that would be lost if the administration resorts to very hos

ports of entry.orts of entry process literally millions of people, cars, trucks and trains every week. it is simply not physically feasible to check all this movement of people and goods, even if improving the quality and speed and efficiency of searches at ports of entry. crucial, far more important that any physical structure between the ports of entry. why will the wall not enhance u.s. security from criminal groups? because security at the end of the day is more crucially dependent on good cooperation with mexico. today, mexico turns many undocumented central americans, often unfortunate people who try to come to the united states, then what is turned at the u.s.-mexico border. if mexico drops this cooperation that was very hard to achieve and took long time, many more people would be attempting to cross into the united states. similarly, security against drug trafficking groups, criminal groups very much depends on the united states finally being able to build up good cooperation, intelligence s

this is our life nandan also coming up in the program united nations calls for yemen's main port to stay open for vital a deliveries inside the restrictions begin again on friday to resume a welcome to britain for talks where she's expected to pledge millions more dollars to strengthen border controls and fraud. and pope francis performs a first airborne papal wedding during flight attendants the chilean. military chiefs are in russia seeking support for their plight attack on a kurdish controlled enclave inside syria turkey is not threatening the main area controlled by the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces in the north east of syria it has said they will attack the enclave around the city of afrin which is in the northeast of the country that although there are friends held by kurdish. dominate the s.d.f. russia also has forces in the area seventy deca reports now from antakya on the turkish side of the border with turkish tanks been massing this week the turkish army is steadily increasing its presence along this stretch of the syrian border president russia has been threatening to

of oakland. >> it is a gateway to 8,000 jobs at the port of oakland.nd we have a real objection to the council going back on its word and signed contracts. >> reporter: today both sides head to federal court in san francisco where a judge will decide whether the developer's lawsuit against the city will move forward at 8:30 a.m. before that hearing, environmentalists, part of the "no coal oakland" coalition, will be demonstrating outside. in oakland, i'm jessica flores. >>> 15 people are dead after mudslides in southern california. this morning, many more are still missing. we see the hardest hit areas. >> reporter: i'm still standing in inches of thick mud this morning and i'm in the hardest hit area under voluntary evacuation orders. home after home hit by this river of mud and debris along hot springs road onto all of mill road just north of the 101. look at the mud line and this how far and high this water came. the lettering on the chimney lets others know it's been cleared. this devastation widespread in montecito, homes swept away or damaged by

largest port by container volume, but for what your employees do to secure our ports. and i'm with you in believing that if we're going to put more money, they need to be to help the human assets that we have, to increase morale, and make sure they are not working 73 hours of overtime. as i state is absolutely just unacceptable. thank you. i yield back. >> now my pleasure to recognize a gentleman who has served his country his entire adult life, the gentleman from nebraska, general bacon, are you recognized for five minutes. mr. bacon: i want to thank all of you for helping defend our country. mr. judd, i think most americans agree, when i look at my district, we want to solve the problem and find a long-term solution for daca. i hear from folks in our district, if you solve the long-term issue for the daca, we have to do it in three years, five years, and seven years if we don't find a solution at the border and fix the border as well as our visa. i think what you're saying represents the majority of what i'm hearing in our district. one of the things that concerns me

port-au prince haiti. and japan the world famous to keiji fish market has held its last pre-dawn new year's auction before closing down for relocation. the highest bidder paid more than three hundred twenty thousand dollars for a giant two now weighing one hundred kilograms to keiji is one of talk is most popular tourist attractions and has been open for eighteen years the fish market will now move to a new location in october. hello again i'm fully back to bo with the headlines on al-jazeera the author of a new book criticizing us present donald trump's administration says he's standing by his work michael wolff spent months in trump's white house he says the u.s. president has quote less credibility than perhaps anybody who's ever walked on earth at this point end of quote wolf has spoken publicly for the first time since the book's only released on friday. they say he is. a moron in the. there's a competition to sort of get to the bottom line here of who this man is let's remember this man does not read

it was all driven by the port. when they did this in 1912 and france got the lower three fourths of morocco, they were kind of annoyed because what they're really what it was tangier. this was the most important port on the atlantic in africa. it was a massive trade hub, not so glamorous, this was a jewel of morocco, they didn't get it. so instead, they decided to turn casablanca into the largest port on the atlantic in africa and that is precisely what they did over a. of 30 years. in 1942,s the port this is the aerial shot, you can see how big it is. they built it out so they can accept massive traffic, more shipping traffic, they improve this fishing facility, they also a campaign from which there are a lot of lovely posters. i'm trying to encourage people to come to casablanca instead of tangier. people would get off in casablanca and showing that there was a new life city, it didn't have the talk -- term of tangier. tangier would continue to be the big tour support for morocco. is why the refugees come to casa

are we talking about the port fire inspector? >> correct. they had given some fire prevention workload that they had. they had requested if we could fund additional fire inspector position at the port starting essentially immediately a few months ago, so working with the chief and his staff, we were able to assign an additional person to the port via a work order, and with our last discussions with them, their plan was to permanently implement that in their budget, but yes, that's currently funded by the port of san francisco. >> and there's currently a person in that position. >> yes. >> and where is this person located? >> pier one. >> pier one. >> thank you very much, chief. >> director corso, page 11. i understand the lack of budget flexiblity, the balance reduction with increasing requests or demands for service. prop f is always in our budget? >> correct. >> all the mayors since prop f have passed have completely supported funding it fully. >> and i as well as a commissioner. page 12, i think that graph is a good graph. i think it just

. >> this weekend, c-span takes us to new port rhode island and we'll explore new ports rich literarye and history. saturday at noon on book tv we'll visit the redwood library the oldest working library and peter kiernan on his book american mojo about restoring america's shrinking middle class. the middle class has been the centerpiece. it's our dna. it literally has become our central nervous system and when it prosper, the whole rest of the economy prospers and when it doesn't, what it tends to do is create sort of a bar bell effect where the two uncertainties are. a few people get really, really rich and the poor get really, really poor, and the balance between these two, the key sort of fulcrum position is the middle class. >> on sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv, hear about new port's history as the largest slave trading port in north america. >> settled in 1639 over the crossover next 100 years, newport and rhode island would grow to become not only one of the most active ports in british north america, but it also became the most active slave port. between 1705 and 18

calls for yemen's main port to stay open for vital aid deliveries when saudi restrictions begin again on friday and that deadly storm sweeps across northern europe killing at least six and leaving tens of thousands without power. u.k. prime minister to resign may and french president manuel de corps have pledged to maintain their nation's close relationship and cooperate on security issues this fight the u.k.'s upcoming exit from the european union across the u.k. for talks with the british leader be meeting at sandhurst military academy west of london with border controls high on the agenda france will also get more funding from london to help deal with the number of people gathering in ports like cali to try to reach the u.k. while the british prime minister to resign may says the u.k. remains committed to playing a full role in the security of europe post brics while this summit takes place is the u.k. prepares to leave the e.u. we are and will remain a steadfast partner to our friends. and a strong and deep relationship between the united kingdom and france remains in both our int

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calls for yemen's main port to stay open for vital aid deliveries when saddam restrictions begin again on friday and up to ten years in the air how the world's largest aircraft has been saved and salacious. the u.s. state department has urged the turkey not to take military action against the kurdish controlled enclave inside syria there due to launch an operation in the town of three in the kurdish controlled district in the north of the country. we would call on certainly on the turks to not take any actions of that sort we want everyone there to keep their eye on go back to something i said we were talking about iraq in the referendum to keep their eye on the ball and the focus needs to be on isis so we don't want them to gauge and violence but we want them to keep focused on isis. well turkey is not threatening the main area controlled by the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces in the north east of the country but it has said it will attack the clave around the city of a free well a frame is held by kurdish why fighters who dominates the syrian democratic forces russia also has fo

these are required for the approval of the port of san francisco. each highlights the scope of work undertaken by the developer relative to the disposition and development agreement that was entered into by the board of supervisors. the phase one submittal includes the rehabilitation of building 2 and 12, infrastructure, construction of 3.4 acres of new park and open space. and preparation of the development paths for new residential and commercial development. this concludes my presentation. i'm available for any questions, along with david book from the port. >> good afternoon, commissioners, and president wolfram. happy 2018. may 2018 be a prove in the right direction for everybody. sorry. >> i think we fixed that mike earlier. [laughter] >> probably was fixed lower. >> how much time do you need for your presentation? 5 minutes? >> i was thinking 15, 20. kidding. >> 5 is okay? >> we'll see. i haven't timed myself on this. >> good practice. [laughter] >> it is. so what i would like to do is, the phases, as was described to you all in the planning

only one of the most active ports but also the most active slave port. between 1705 and 1805, new port merchants and bristol mur chants were responsible for nearly 1,000 slaving voyages from rhode island to the west indies and back to rhode island. they transported about 100,000 africans during that period. >> watch c-span cities tour on book tv on c-span2 and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore

aid to continue on tuesday the saudi led coalition authorized the opening of the port. saturday marks one year since president donald trump took the oath of office becoming the forty fifth president of the united states it's being riddled with scandals investigations and foreign policy mishaps looks at how his presidency has impacted the middle east. it was the first time that saudi arabia had been chosen by a u.s. president for his dip you overseas trip donald trump. the saudi leadership wanted to reset relations is strange to under the obama administration particularly over iran the u.s. and the saudis are traditional allies but it's clearly a new relationship that he has closely a brace but haven't been so bad in saudi arabia and he has literally tweeted that. a trade prince of saudi arabia enjoys his twenty two co-defendants so he has essentially given them a diplomatic blank check and that is why many believe saudi arabia along with the united arab emirates battering in egypt miscalculated when they imposed an air sea and land blockade on qatar seven months ago qat

far from the front lines and the ports it's a life of increasing challenges for so many yemenis bound by a feeling that they've been forgotten well. our life is miserable with the war raging for years i lost my job too we cannot afford a daily meal if we have a meal we're not sure if we're going to have the next one a house in salem says his family circumstances are unraveling in a way he never thought possible a lost job then a lost home and now uncertainty over how much worse things could get wound up and. we're left with nothing only god is our rock the nearby who died out port is no longer a source of employment or humanitarian aid since november the saudi led coalition has either blocked or limited access to ports of entry in yemen citing security concerns that a coalition claims to have reopened a court on december twentieth we are in the first week of january and the coalition is still misleading the public fabricating excuses to continue see jean and starving the yemeni people. the interruption in the flow of aid is adding to what is already described as the world's worst huma

only one of the most active ports but also the most active slave port. between 1705 and 1805, new port merchants and bristol mur chants were responsible for nearly 1,000 slaving voyages from rhode island to the west indies and back to rhode island. they transported about 100,000 africans during that period. >> watch c-span cities tour on book tv on c-span2 and sunday at 2:00 p.m. on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable affiliates as we explore america. >> and now the georgia governor nathan deal talks about economic development, education, and transportation investment. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you all. thank you all. >> thank you for that kind introduction. oh, my goodness. thank you. lieutenant governor kagl, speaker ralston, speaker protem jones, members of the general assembly, constitutional officers, members of our judiciary, and my fellow georgians, this marks the eighth and final time i come before you to report on the state of the state. in preparing to do so, i thought back about all the challenges that we have faced

ports., the president wants to take money away from the coast guard from other institutions such as border patrol and devote to physical structure. and significant element of border security. violent crime in the u.s. is not in any significant way linked to legal or illegal immigration into the united states although, the president trump repeatedly reigned against the crime in u.s. cities, other all u.s. violent crime has gone substantially down. we are far lower than at any point since 1991 with the exception of 2015 when three cities experienced significant spikes in homicides, driving homicides increased in the entire homicide inkrecreases in the entire coun, baltmore, chicago and washington, d.c. washington, d.c., has since improve and chicago he has slightly improved and baltimore this year has the highest per capita murder rate than it has in a long time. but for those cities, whether it is documented or the undocumented immigrants that drove the violent crime, but rather what the thre

those are port of entry we should be spending money on. every person that's come into my committee will tell you that any kind of a wall is like a speed bump. it's not going to solve the problem. it's really i think a waste of dollars. could there be discussion about adding some border security measures? sure. we do thatit all the time in e homeland. it's not a new topic. it's become more politicized with the s president in his antii' anti-immigration. >> what's acceptable for you, what can you vote on? >> i'm notha looking to even stt there. this -- we have the support for a dream act. that's theon real starting poin. why don't we put this thing to a vote? if we did, i don't think you would even have to go down that road. there should be a conversation that's part of comprehensive immigration reform. i think that's the appropriate place to have it. we forul a moment got a little glimpse from the president who said he was willing to do that. which i think would be the more appropriate way too, go. t we know he put out aat tweet. this is th

saudi arabia finally succumbed to international pressure last month to temporary reopen a key port in yemen to allow in supplies food and fuel the blockade had been seen as worsening what the u.n. calls the world's biggest humanitarian crisis but as far as locals are concerned little has changed since the port reopened. the summit is the blockade isn't lifted we won't be able even to imagine its consequences humanitarian organizations have already warned of the worst catastrophe in the history of the yemeni people. that we don't know where to get livelihoods we are on the brink of begging for food people die from starvation i have nothing else to say it's cheaper to die and that's better than living like this. ok let's get the thoughts now of. the middle east and north africa communications director for human rights watch has been kind enough to join us this afternoon welcome to r.t. what is human rights position here human rights watch position on the fact that this blockade has been temporarily lifted. well this is a progress i mean up until that decision was taken commercial goods

look up the bay the waterfront is boosting for activities boosting over 25 visitors every year the port of san francisco manages 7 may have million dollars of waterfront from hyde street and fisherman's wharf to the cargo terminals and name shoreline the architecture like pier 70 and the ferry building is here for the embarcadero and a national treasure the port also supports 10 different maritime industries alongside with the recreational attractions making san francisco one of the most viable working waterfronts in the world but did you think that our waterfront faces serious challenges if earthquake to damage the seawall and the embarcadero roadway rising seawalls will cause flooding at high tides and major repairs to a safe many of the piers the port is at a critically turnl point time to plan for the future of san francisco's waterfront this year the port is updating it's marts plan the plan working group to invite a wide variety of poichdz from the city and bayview and other advisory teams to share their expertise if intense and maritime operations the waterfront land use plan has

this concludes my presentation, planning and port staff.we're available for questions and the city is here to present the phase submittal. >> president hillis: thank you. welcome. >> good afternoon, president hillis, and staff. happy 2018. so, out of respect for your time, i know you have a busy schedule. i'll try to go through high level overview of the first phase of the project quickly. i think the exciting thing to mention is given the conversation you were just having about the time frames for the master plan projects, we're hopefully going to be under construction in the next 2-3 months, which i don't know, i haven't gone back and looked back in the record, but it's possible that it could be the fastest from project approval to beginning of construction for a project master plan development project. what i want to do is walk through the principles of the phasing that in particular the first phase. i'm going to focus on the first phase. if you have questions on that, i'm happy to go into that after i conclude. there is obviously alread