supervisors and order port authority employees to realign port authority lanes. context, forvate someone to usurp the authority by deception of a taxicab company's dispatcher and order the cabs and the drivers to good go wherever the fraudster pleases. they don't get a free pass simply because baroni worked for the port authority, when the evidence showed that he did not have the power to direct these resources in this way without telling a lie. they don't get a free pass because they are hypothesizing that the legitimate decision might in theory have decided to realign the lanes, when the precise point of their skiing was to take the decisions out of the decision-makers hands and put it into their own hands. they don't get a free pass simply because their motive happens to be political. let me start with the legal argument which was made by kelly's counsel, which seems to be drawing a distinction that you and in public uses. there are two main problems without -- probably three. one is, i don't see where a license for that is in the statute. and the second proble

to empin that it port authority supervisors and order port authority employees to realign port authority lanes or in the private context, for someone to usurp the authority by deception of a taxicab company's dispatcher and order the cabs and the drivers to good wherever the fraudster pleases. they don't get a free pass simply because baroni worked for the port that when the evidence showed he didn't have the power to direct these resources in this way without telling the lie. they don't get a free pass because their hypothesizing that legitimate decisionmakers might in theory have decided to realign the lanes when the precise point of their scheme was to take these resources out of the legitimate decisionmaker's hands and put them some heir own hands. and they don't get a free pass simply because their motive happens to be political. let me start with the legal argument made by kelly's counsel which seems to be drawing a distinction between public uses and private uses and there are two main problems with that -- actually probably three. one is i don't see where license for that is in t

the south carolina ports authority is a powerful economic engine. its container volumes have doubled over the last decade making it the nation's ninth busiest container port, and it's growing. we're now deepening the harbor. once this is completed charleston will have the deepest harbor on the eastern seaboard allowing the huge ships to move even more cargo and containers into and out of our state. the economic growth accompanying this will set even more records. [ applause ] through the two inland ports in greer and dylan, 25% of the port's total volume now moves by rail to and from the marine terminals, doubling volume since 2012. completing the terminal in north charleston will take more traffic off the country bridges and highways and on to barges and trains. i want to thank everybody at the port authority for their hard work. in particular i'd like to recognize chairman bill stern, ceo jim newsome and coo barbara melvin. will you please stand and let us thank you. [ applause ] >> south carolina's bright economic future requires an abundant suppl

technologies for $942.00 when they set up these electric failsafe facilities that will be allowed to the port authority and because it was during the war you can also see these reinforced doors means that could be really could show you but a little their purpose was to protect strategically important facilities such as railway stations that you. would use still in the towers then gradually modernized the light signals the shunting signals and here in the middle where you once had the mechanical signaling center they built a relays station with an electrical control panel those it was the law that it's studied law the control panel was very modern and was therefore soon removed for use elsewhere and it it's great that this. then the but after she was told but it's the last in a letter it's gameplay what we see here today in the signaling center heritage site is actually how it looked in 1942 minutes gathered with a simple word you store took it over the knowledge that it's a device. our journey through bohemian switzerland ended in ditching but the story of the bohemian railway continues thanks also to

potential of port authority citizens and more of the families according to a different level of 70 to 80 per cent of that low income families are that bama leaves that have children and you are well aware of that just as are. quite often when even both parents have jobs which income of such families are surely modest so what we have already done that starting from january of this year and the family of that have led them to subsistence you wages are going to have 4 if your 1st and 2nd children and not up to 1.5 years of age but up to 3 here it's a bit of these children to amount of this way and their fans on this level and raid . in specific region in the average incomes raise more than the $11000.00 roubles a depends on the region as well as you pay for average people and with the support of the federal budget the payments for the 3rd and sequined children by a bridge until the federation now is a kluge all the regions of the euro saib europe and the 4 is and it's a significant support for the families and i've been thinking and i think you will also understand that when that child t

another person who works for the port authority was convicted a similar charges.ginally officials claimed the , reason for the lane closure was a traffic study but really it was revealed the real reason was payback against a local new jersey mayor who refused to endorse governor christie's reelection bid. the supreme court will now here whether the federal government overreached when it used a wire fraud statute to prosecute kelly and baroni for the

lot of work on this over several years, not just in recent times the signs are that so far, port authorities, ship owners and operators and refiners are generally with some exceptions managed to meet the challenges of the new regulations pretty well we haven't seen explosive increases of prices around the globe. there are some examples of some price. we've always known if you shift to a higher quality fuel, it will cost morning. however, the price environment, overall, that we are seeing in oil currently is perhaps more benign than some thought maybe two or three years ago the industry is aided in making this change that the overall price is more benign we've seen the demand for other types of diesel. that marine gas is a big part of this picture other sources is lower than we first thought. that has helped ease the transition there are other reports of having one or two bottlenecks. so far, the transition seems to have gone perhaps as well as could be expected. it is something we have to keep an eye on, of course >> keep an eye on it, thank you for joining us head of oil and market division

>> i spoke to the head of the british ports authority and the national haulage association.hey really want some sort of a deal, of course. they are talking about all the friction coming about. the government has been quite clear that we are going to get more friction. if you move away from alignment with the eu, things will get more difficult. the political rally is -- the political reality is a different thing. i imagine there would be quite a lot of pressure on their government to get it right. some johnson has used incendiary terms in the past. they will be hoping that is not the kind of attitude that is shown as we go into those talks. taylor: joining us on the ground, bloomberg's sebastian sa lek. the world's richest person just got a lot richer. billion toadded $8 his fortune after shares of amazon posted the best one-day gain since 2018. fourth-quarter results thanks to one-day shipping, prime membership, and growth in the clouds. amazon closed with a 999.9 plan logan dollars.9 market cap. coming up, social media market -- social media companies are trying to stop. ra

its way to washington and the supreme court, that's where the former deputy chief of staff and port authorityating federal fraud statutes. nbc correspondent pete williams joins me. i hear there was a surprise guest in attendance at the court? >> reporter: governor christi was here. normally you prosecute a public official for corruption, it is a classic case of sticking your hand in the till, taking public money, using it for themselves or having the plow for the mayor's house. when these two officials declared three lanes to fort lee closed in retribution for the mayor of fort lee not endorsing chris tee's re-election campaign, they were taking authority to close lanes by claiming it was a traffic study and that was a lie, and that's the government's theory here, that they misappropriated a public resource with a lie. the problem with that of course is that they didn't take anything for themselves. nonetheless, that's the prosecution's theory. i would say the supreme court was skeptical about that today. i think many of the justices feel this would turn the federal fraud statute into as one

news stream and these 2 ports go to sky here and you should since they're private i say even the port authority or at least city it's fish features on the part of your knowing all of this is that the envelope already there for a passport authority headquarters and it will be privatized the day after and this building we've been given to the costco. because costco doesn't recognize unions the doctors feared they will go from being skilled employees with secure jobs to temporary workers with no rights. can you explain of what is the difference between the working conditions if the part of paedos which is still old by the greek state and the parts which is already old they are using a complex system of suffering so there is no direct employment by costco. and precarious employment that means they work. $1215.00 days a month so there is no stable job for them and there is no. skin show for a trained professional trained show that's why there are frequent. action and saying mr we know this may be also this more that we subcontracting expanded to other ports in europe the last 6 years. an experiment

is in port author, texas. that refinery is owned by saudi arabia. >>> breaking moments ago, ukraine is investigating multiple possible causes of tuesday's plane crash including an anti-aircraft missile defense system. 176 passengers and crew members were killed in the crash shortly after take off in tehran. a top investigator says the anti-aircraft lead is being considered since information about fragments of a russian missile fleer the crash site has already appeared on the internet. tensions between the u.s. and iran are complicating the investigation. typically boeing, ge and u.s. transportation officials would be granted access to the crash site, but that's not happening. it's interesting. >> it really is. >>> well, his great escape made headlines around the world. how did carlos ghosn do it, and will he ever face a trial? what he told cnn next. i remember thinking about things i did and wondering if that was the last time i was going to do that thing. coming to the cancer treatment centers of america, the

my father drove us down in the cab to the port authority. let us out, he goes, you guys sure you got enough toilet paper? later on, i said he must have known what we were doing. why would you ask somebody if you had enough toilet paper if you were only going to a concert? >> did you tell your dad afterwards where you went? >> caller: they saw it on tv. they just yelled out, that's where jeff is, oh my god. >> you say a funny story. go ahead. >> caller: they put us in a u haul van. they had no more buses left. they put us in a u-haul with other people. we had to walk on 17 and had to walk ten miles to the site. on the way we stopped at a grocery store. we got a half a case of beer in bottles. when we walked right down to the middle we were sitting there. all these, quote, adults around us were bugging us for the beer and the wine. we said we just trucked this ten miles. you guys are adults. you should have gotten what you wanted. they tell us they'd give us $5 for one bottle. all of us worked. we weren't hurting for money. they were really bu

ports. chinese authorities say they have reached a critical stage in containment with 17 people now dead and more than 500 infected. we'll be talking to an epidemic expert about how dangerous the spread of the virus could be. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: now, you listen here — he's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy. now go away! tributes have been paid to the monty python star terryjones, who has died at the age of 77. he had been suffering from dementia. he was the most wonderful friend and i was he was the most wonderful friend and iwas in he was the most wonderful friend and i was in the most what if a person to be with. i would not be the only person to say this, he had an enormous number of friends who loved him dearly. the un say they've seen evidence to suggest the saudi crown prince may have hacked a phone belonging to the amazon founder, jeff bezos. day two of president trump's impeachment trial in the us senate. we'll be live in washington for a special programme in half an hour with my colleague katty kay. chinese authorities have admitted the country is now a

that have been onboard some more than 6000 people are on this vessel which is now at a port near rome local authorities say that samples have been taken from a chinese couple and sent for testing one of them had feverish them. while it's going to journalists gupta who's standing by for us in rome so sima what more can you tell us about this chinese couple. well what we do know is a statement that was given to us by the acosta cruises now that's the company that's running the last us miralda cruise ship that we now know he said to a 54 year old woman from but cow is said to have developed soon like symptoms she's supposed to have a fever and as such she has been taken a pots we need from the rest of the people on the cruise as well as her husband that she was traveling with them she was said to have traveled from hong kong to milan arriving in milan on the 25th of january the dent traveled to stillborn not where they then boarded this who ship together with some $300.00 or so at the chinese nationals that there are supposed to be about $751.00 chinese nationals on this ship and the ship did already trav

forces in kenya's long new county on sunday killing 3 americans this footage from ports to show the fiery aftermath authorities say that 5 attackers were also killed in the 1st assault by the al shabaab group on u.s. forces and kenya. police in uganda have detained singer turned presidential hopeful bobby wine as he arrived for a rally they say that the event was illegal though it had been authorized by the electoral commission wind is hoping to run for president next year he has been facing harassment from authorities. and police in northern italy say that a 7th person has died after being hit by a suspected drunk driver on sunday the victims were all german tourists returning to their hotel after a night out the prosecutor's office says that a test showed the level of alcohol in the driver's blood was 4 times the legal limit. now the trial of the former film producer harvey weinstein has begun in new york weinstein is facing charges of rape and sexual assault by 2 women but dozens of other women including top hollywood stars have made sexual misconduct claims against him wine seen since the story 1st emerged

into the country from kuala mala hundreds of migrants began wading through the border port a river there after authorities closed a border gate on a nearby bridge mexico is cracking down on irregular migration following pressure from washington for the country to enforce tougher policy. the quest to reach the u.s. is ending here for many years mexico's national guard forcibly repelled hundreds of migrants trying to storm its southern border. officials also detained several 100 who may face deportation some parents and children reportedly got separated during the crossing. oh wolf most of the migrants are from honduras and say they want to escape rampant poverty and crime. she didn't know it was sort of gay men live i'm scared and i don't want to get back to my country because there's nothing that no one my daughter and i go hungry i think i'm a muslim member of the l.g.b. t. community it's very hard to find a job down in flames yet but i think the majority of us suffer from violence and discrimination that we just don't have the option of staying in our country no not that name was also on this interface.

coronavirus on board more than $6000.00 people are on this vessel which is now at a port near rome local health authorities say samples have been taken from a chinese couple and sent for testing one of them was showing symptoms of a fever. let's get a round of now of some of the other stories making news around the world police in india have arrested a man who fired a shot during citizen protests in new delhi wounding one person the incident occurred outside a university where protesters have been gathering the new law has sparked widespread demonstrations in india where critics say it discriminates against muslims. the white house is seeking to block the publication of a book by former u.s. national security advisor john bolton saying it contains top secret information the book reportedly alleged that the us president demanded ukraine investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid that could undermine trump's defense in his impeachment trial. and germany's biggest lender deutsche bank has posted a loss of 5700000000 euros for 2019 it's the bank's 5th annual loss in a row and its 2nd worst resu

germany conducts regular checks to prevent these kinds of illegal exports environmental authorities here in the port of hamburg want to determine exactly what's in the cargo it's not always clear cut. what can and cannot be recycled he must take p.t. buckles you see these images of them being sorted by hand made into pellets and they do things like outdoor clothing. but not all plastic waste is as pure as it should be manufacturers aren't careful enough or they just want to make some fast cash those are the criminals. done due to we know. some companies are already working on alternatives to exports in plastic and chip maker and recycling company at an environmental institute have joined forces to build a recycling ship it will anchor in 7 african countries and buy plastic waste from the collectors on the land to be recycled right there on board the vessel. lots of people make a living from selling garbage like here in sierra leone they could make 5 times more money by selling it to the recycling ship on one condition the plastic is pre-selected interesting go varieties around 60 $4000.00 tonnes of

germany conducts regular checks to prevent these kinds of illegal exports environmental authorities here in the port of hamburg want to determine exactly what's in the cargo it's not always clear cut. what cannot come not be recycled p.t. flushed bust take peachy buckles you see these images of them being sorted by hand made into pellets bar and if 2 things like outdoor clothing and it's not all plastic waste as as pure is it should be you know manufacturers aren't careful enough solve or they just want to make some fast cash those are the criminals this does a done to you too we know son companies are ready working on alternative serves to exports ng plastic a ship maker am recycling company aren't an environmental institute have joint forces to build a recycling ship it were anchor instep an african countries and by plastic waste from the collectors on lant to be recycled right there on board the vessel lots of people make a living from selling garbage like here in sierra leone they could make 5 times more money by selling it to the recycling ship on one condition the plastic it's pre-sold hid int

port of entry. mexican authorities discovered the enance tthe tunnel and the n diego tunnel task force began investigatingles into he us extending more than 4,000kfeet from the border. but did not appear to be in use at thtime of the discovery. >>the town did not reach the surface into the united states. >>the tnel task force found hundreds of bagblocking the exit in the u s and although no drugs were ever found they're condent it was used by carts for drug smuggling the task force here sendin a strong message they'll continue to do everything they can to stop drugs from coing into the us, we re naive enough. >>to think the traffiers will continue to y and reach our border. >>6.41 and coming up on the kron 00:0am morning news, a san francisco brewery is betting a 1000 bucks on the big game. what's at stake. for them at a brewery in kansas city.and she became the first woman to coach in the nfl and now she's the fit to make it to the super bowl coming up. we'll hit the gridiron and talk to katie sours. and tems continue to honor and me a legend kobe bryant. and here legend kobe bryant. and here the brookly

ports. well turkey's parliament has passed legislation authorizing a one year deployment of troops to libya turkey supports libya's internationally recognized government in tripoli the motion gives anchorage the green light to send turkish soldiers to the libyan capital it says that the deployment is necessary to defend the government there against forces loyal to the powerful warlord khalifa haftar turkey says that if the government is toppled it would bring further instability to the region. correspondent daryn jones is on the story for us from istanbul good to see dorian how broad was the support in parliament for turkey's military deployment in libya. well the government only had the support of its coalition partner national action party while all the opposition parties voted against although the government is secure the motion of a comes to majority of well over a 100 but in that the but in the debate in parliament it was a pretty feisty debate with the opposition accusing the government of risking what they say was muslim blood for an unnecessary operation they said diplomacy should h

port. i am proud to represent the project team today. the resolution before you authorized a 66 year lease for hotel and theater and public open space. it shows the site at the corner of embarcadero and broadway this brown building would be the future site if approved. a bit background. the existing site is a 60,000 square foot surface lot. proposed is a four story building where we would have 192 hotel rooms, 14,000 square foot open space and 30,000 square foot theater space where we would have the new permanent home for zinzanni. a little about the project layout from left to right north end of the site shown with the 14,000 square foot park. that would be closely bordered by this pedestrian access way. it would be a new way from the street down to the embarcadero. the theater would be right in the center. the hotel at the corner of the site. it is important to stop for a moment. siit is an important theater for more than a decade until 2011. they were moved under agreeable terms to terminate if lease to terminate the mer cuscup and we have been working to find a new perm

port. i am proud to represent the project team today. the resolution before you authorized a 66 year lease for hotel and theater and public open space. it shows the site at the corner of embarcadero and broadway this brown building would be the future site if approved. a bit background. the existing site is a 60,000 square foot surface lot. proposed is a four story building where we would have 192 hotel rooms, 14,000 square foot open space and 30,000 square foot theater space where we would have the new permanent home for zinzanni. a little about the project layout from left to right north end of the site shown with the 14,000 square foot park. that would be closely bordered by this pedestrian access way. it would be a new way from the street down to the embarcadero. the theater would be right in the center. the hotel at the corner of the site. it is important to stop for a moment. siit is an important theater for more than a decade until 2011. they were moved under agreeable terms to terminate if lease to terminate the mer cuscup and we have been working to find a new perm

authorities are not testing. systematically people who are rife french at ports with the devices at the thought is have answered that question actually saying that you know there is and you keep a incubation period of several days so people need to watch their state of health and then get in touch with authorities people are really scared they they are saying you know we really need to be very careful to maybe stay home for a few days so lots to watch out for a complicated medic medical situation lisa lewis in paris for a 2nd for that. you can find more information on the virus and tips for protecting yourself on our web site that's dot com in turkey at least 22 people were killed and more than 1000 injured by an earthquake in the east of the country the quake struck near the town of synergy about 555 kilometers east of the capital ankara it was followed by dozens of aftershocks some of them as strong as the initial quake rescue teams are now searching for survivors trapped inside collapsed buildings. the sun rose to reveal a picture of devastation exhausted rescue crews are still working their way through the rubbl

funds on controller's reserve subject to the refunding of certain port of san francisco bonds for fy2019-2020. item 7 is a resolution authorizing the issuance of port commission of the city and county of san francisco refunding revenue bonds, series 2020, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $27,000,000 to refund outstanding series 2010a and series 2010b revenue bonds of the port; >> thank you very much. we have catherine patricioni. thank you very much from san francisco port. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm caty patricioni. i'm the chief financial officer for the port, and i'm here this morning to request the committee approve a proposed refunding of revenue bonds for the port of san francisco. the port is proposing to refinance nearly $30 million in outstanding 2010 revenue bonds. we are requesting authority to issue up to $27 million in new bonds, but expect to only issue a little over $24 million. we estimate that this refinancing will realize nearly $12 million of savings, with a net present value of $9.4 million. the bond's maturity date would remain the same. these savings will have no impact on the general

also in today's session a unanimous vote was passed in the general command authorizing beyond forces to disable all airports ports and learn ports under the militias control due to the danger they pose to the country's national security by bringing the colonists to our country. libya's been in a state of war since protests in 2011 and the ousting of the country's leader moammar gadhafi in recent months general belief after the libyan national army have been gaining ground against the un backed government of national accord to request the military aid from ankara last month general have to his forces currently control most of libya's territory including crucial oil and gas resources johnson a founder of viewpoint africa believes that even with turkey's support would be hard for the un backed government to deal with the general after us forces. i'm afraid libya has been a bit of a mess since gadhafi went many people are saying that is very much like syria number 2 mr have to who controls large swathes of the country or protect a period of time has the swing of the pendulum but on the other hand when you have a gove

effect that is that this is going to have is that authorities might delay the issuance of pos ports at cetera but as i said the most important thing for people now is to understand what's really going on and there's still some things that we do not know about this virus so everybody is just now just trying to stay at home as much as they can. tell us more about how all of this has affected daily life in china. i just said the streets are really empty people stay home now is the holiday season the holiday season is quiet of course anyway but we expect this to go on the holidays have been extended people also stocking up on food although that has not really reached an extent where we see empty supermarkets or anything but people are very cautious they are stocking up on mosques on face mosques and. handwash and disinfectants so people here i think you are prepared for this to go on for quite some time all right correspondent he is spending of there reporting in beijing thank you so much well officials in the german state of bavaria have confirmed that a 33 year old german man has been di

authorities. the plan is to get rid of it to make way for a brand new motorway leading to the port. building site has already begun to slowly eroded the coastline. even though the. names are trying to include. following a fisherman strike the authorities recently agreed to keep one end of the beach untouched. but smaller measures like this are failing to keep the peace. in april 29th teen rebels attacked a bus traveling from caracas killing 14. then in may the rebels stormed the hotel and killing 5 people. well diplomats businessmen and officials might enjoy good relations it seems china is yet to win over the hearts and minds of all. but that is the plan as it expands china continues to explore its capital to knowledge and its people's dreams of prosperity chinese president xi jinping has named the belton road initiative the project of the century. but the creation of the new silk road also comes at a human cost. mobile technology. leading the way in the digital revolution. making a difference in the online p.s. to places. this week tackling sexual health in south africa and enginee

executive director for the water emergency transportation authority, the executive director for fisherman's wharf benefit district, the director for the portsreal estate division, the director of california traveling association, senior waterfront planner for the port, president of the local 16, president of san francisco travel, president of the port commission and commissioner of the port commission. thank you all for being here. [applause] >> thank you for braveing weather to be here to join us. it's been my great fortune to work at pier 39 for the past 41 years and i remember the dark days that followed the october 1989 earthquake. visitor traffic on the pier dried up to a trickle in the months following the quake, and they were quite bleak. i remember dan rather leading the evening news for what seemed like weeks on end with images of the collapsed bay bridge and freeway. he certainly did not help the city's recovery efforts. by january the city was busy rebuilding but visitors continued to stay away. it was at this time the pier began receiving complaints about a small group of sea lions. the number of sea lions grew quickly and pier

also in today's session a unanimous vote was passed in the general command authorizing beyond forces to disable all airports ports and ports under the militias control due to the danger they pose to the country's national security by bringing the colonists to our country just somebody libya has been in a state of war since protests in 2011 on the ice thing of the country's leader moammar gadhafi in recent months the u.n. government has been losing ground to me and rival administration in general how leaf a huffed are who leads the libyan national army now the government of national accord formally requested military aid from my last month but general tars forces currently control most of libya's terry training leading crucial oil and gas resources. well joining us live now on the program hoping this is a chance to find her of viewpoint africa good to see you will deploying turkish troops to libya actually help lessen violence in the country or if that's not. what it. well i'm afraid libya has been a bit of a mess since gadhafi went or left the scene and of course we have all these different leaders that have comm

my name is erica peterson and i'm the port manager for the crane project. i'm here to request authorizationo request construction -- sorry. we're here to request authorization to advertise construction contract 2813 which is 19th street extension and georgia street construction, which is part of the overall crane project. in this presentation i will talk about how this contract meets the port's strategic objective, climate change, a bit about the background, discuss the scope, budget and funding, local business enterprise goals, versus v.b.e. goals, and the proposed schedule. this contract supports the goals of the port's strategic plan as follows. the project will extend the blue-greenway by constructing a sidewalk and bike path connecting 20th street to crane co park. it will provide accesses to the main plaza of the pier 70 shipyard. the federal funding for this contract does not allow for local business requirements, but the project promotes living wage jobs by requiring the contractor to participate with disadvantaged business enterprises. i'll talk a little bit more about that. the ov

ports. chinese authorities say they have reached a critical stage in containment with 17 people now dead and

also in today's session a unanimous vote was passed in the general command authorizing be armed forces to disable all airports ports ports under the militias control due to the danger they pose to the country's national security by bringing the colonists to our country. well this comes as the forces of general huff tarr who controls most of the country say they have taken the coastal city of sirte around 450 kilometers east from tripoli the u.n. by cover meant is in charge of the capital along with small pockets of the war torn country it requested military aid from to counter the general's forces last month the country has been in a state of war since protests in 2011 and the ousting of the country's leader moammar gadhafi. viewpoint africa finder believes that even with turkey's support it will be difficult for the un back overman to us that's rival. i'm afraid libya has been a bit of a mess since gadhafi went many people are saying that is very much like syria number 2 is the have to who controls large swathes of the country or protect a period of time has the swing of the pendulum but on the other hand when you