this nurse complained, "we work nights, weekends, public holidays. we do not get a chance to rest." that was the news, that pension reform was threatening the french way of life. >> people who work a very, very long time will have to work a longer time. >> we cannot work for eternity. i cannot work night shifts until 6465. >> 2.5 million people were on the streets. the government says the number but theser to 1 million, not number is growing, and the unions will claim the majority is with them. all european countries are facing higher retirement ages, but some have had disruption. eventually, it was suspended. back on the streets, it was noticeable that families had joined the day of protest. one reason this matter is so much is that later this month, the president is expected to announce spending cuts, and if he struggles to get his pension reform through, he may also have to go through with his austerity package. they will have to find up to 35 billion pounds in savings, but the french people are not likely to accept cuts. >> taxes, yes. some little spending cuts, why not? but the

this nurse complained, we worked nights, weekends, public holidays. we do not get a chance to rest. that was the mood of the marches. that pension reform was threatening the french way of life. >> we were of very long time. we have to work along dirt time, and that is completely unfair. >> i lead by example. i go to night shift until 6:55. >> at the union said to let -- the union said 2.5 billion were on the streets. the government said it was closer to 1 million. unrest is growing. in french parliament, the government claimed all european countries are facing higher retirement ages. disrupted the recession, and eventually it was suspended. back on the street, it was noticeable that families had joined the day of protest. one reason the struggle of a retirement matters so much is that presidents are cozy is expected to announce spending cuts. if he struggles to get pension reform group, he may also have trouble with his austerity package. people know that presidents are cozy will need to find 35 billion pounds in savings -- president sarkozy whinney to find 35 billion pounds in savi

public holidays took some of the steam out of the markets this week according to the director of international equity sales at critter that is a half russia still primarily driven by events coming out from the states coming or going out from continental europe japan china there are very few suffer specifically russia that hasn't been driving russia stocks this week for quite a few names and i'm sure there's after hours for us telecom preferred just based on local news primarily the size that we're seeing sort of the market a little bit sideways again although to be honest with you there is a potential momentum gaining place we probably going to see some substantial rise and i saw the weeks because there is a new money coming into the fall so. global. energy market funds are getting some in follows as our stories this week by you can always find more on our website that's our to dot com slash business. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations are on the day the the be .

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into a full week meanwhile that sounds japan's nikkei is losing its gains trading after monday's public holiday the same three back just under twenty two thousand point level account. here in russia the or tears from from eyes that saw rising calling monday's growth in wall street and overnight claims of asian equity markets after the shares have plunged more than three percent. well it's been decades it's been two decades since russia switched to a market economy business archies been speaking to the men who helped his country through similar changes poland's former finance minister head of the national bank and now a professor there shook his support of the russian government's idea of privatizing large state owned companies as being essential for developing a more than economy even in the worst economy. who were there was a thread to pursue all the states there was privatization remember this is stuck in their seventy's so it was just she started to private and then she was fault. even the french know why because you turn out that in the western countries state ownership is not working the s

markets in japan south korea china and hong kong are closed on thursday for a public holiday to make a finished more than a third of a percent lower on what the state while at hong kong or hank said it was just edging higher. russia's economy shrank by point four percent in august compared to the previous month to seasonal factors were taken into account such as the record drought agriculture accounted for about sixty percent of the decline transport also showed low dynamics according to a report by the economic ministry and an annualized basis gross domestic product grew two point four percent in august. russia is now ranked number five among the world's largest oil producer says a report by the world still organization the country produced five point six million metric tons of steel last month falling one place behind india china japan and the u.s. make up the top three during the financial crisis last year russia over took the u.s. as the world's at number three producer however it hasn't been able to recover as quickly as its competitors. and that's all the businesses for now but

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on wall street meanwhile solid japan's nikkei is losing its early gains trading up to monday's public holiday hong kong shares extended properties developers all for years has increased exiting a zero point two percent top to twenty two thousand point level. at the benchmark failed to stay up the psychologically important level on monday. and here in russia both a.r.v.'s in the minus six fouls fax line they have the end of the session to close in the fight. for among the main players needing to claim for more than one percent on their arch yet. it's been two decades since russia switched to a market economy business are sticking to the men who helped this country and helped his country for similar changes poland's former finance minister head of the national bank and now professor. that he supported the russian government of privatizing large state owned companies as being essential for developing a more economy. not stop going to come back. we'll have a rally we'll sell lots of beer will see little faith will wear uniforms that will damage is the black man know that but very little damning t

wall street meanwhile that solid japan's nikkei is losing its early games trading up to monday's public holiday hong kong shares extended gains as property developers that produces increased the hang seng of bonds to point two percent topping the twenty two thousand points level again after the benchmark fails to stay the psychologically important level on monday. here in russia the r.t.s. is up and the trade the my six will start trading in a few minutes and the figures that you see on the screen are of monday's close. well it's been two decades since russia switched to a market economy business are speaking of the men who helped his country through similar changes pose former finance minister head of the national bank and now professor paul several of his support of the russian government society of privatizing large state owned companies as being essential for developing a more than economy. even in the western economies. where there was say twenty percent of the states there was privatization remember mrs stature in the seventy's so it was just she started to private and then she was follow

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holiday season. >> so you think public bathrooms are the dirtiest thing people come in contact. with it turns out it is something completely different. researchers have found a typical elevator button harbors nearly 40 time as many germs as a public toilet seat. the study was conducted in hotel, restaurants, offices, banks and an airport. the bacteria included e. coli. they say the level are so high, even the buttons are cleaned on a regular basis. if they are, still. beware. >> beware. wear gloves. >> you notice elevator operators wear gloves. >> yes. >>> so when we come surise r the surprise return to the season premier of "saturday night live." the file on david harmer isn't pretty. a corporate lawyer for a credit card company fined millions, even deceiving seniors. an executive for predatory lenders, as harmer's bank got billions from the wall street bailout. david harmer -- helping corporations rip people off. a record we can't afford. we need jerry mcnerney, small businessman, voting against congressional pay increases and refusing to take them, standing up for what's righ

the piece you were talking about has been and other publications over the holiday weekend. it is called, "obama is shrinking preside's shrinking p" the speech clocked in at 2540 words. the present needs a staff to give him an oval office address unless he has something worthy of the oval office to say. either that or the way things are going, the american people will fire him. these other words of richard cohen. this morning we have open phones. democrats line. please go ahead. caller: mike comment today -- my comment today is about the lady that made the comments about hispanics and other people coming over here and taking over our jobs. i understand where she is coming from, but the thing is a lot of people are not in the respect that the president is coming in behind bush and trying to correct the mistakes that was made that bush left for a lot of the things he is going through now, which a whole lot of people are overlooking. host: joanne on the republican line from south dakota. good morning. caller: i was referring to the speech that the president gave last night. it

public resources. >> a three-year study by san francisco's holiday department found 225 of the worst offenders accountedor more than 1900 ems pick-ups and spent more than 2,000 days in san francisco general. it cost taxpayers $13.5 million a year. >> it's not a good idea. it's bizarre. >> the doctor has worked in the field of addiction medicine for more than who years. >> the best solution would be to have them hospitalized and involuntarily if necessary and detoxified. >> he believes the house allows alcoholics to keep killing themselves. >> the mayor supports the concept. >> at least it gets people through the door. then you can start saying, hey, we're here for you. right now we have people out on the streets and sidewalks. >> seattle says its program saved that city $4 million the first year alone. the supervisor heads to seattle week to get a [ fele announcer ] why settle for plain bread when you can have pillsby grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate layers are like nothing else. add a layer of excitement to your next meal. ♪ rich fudge over a warm, chocolate brownie like nothing

public's expense that is within ready walking distance. our feeling is aside from a few days and a few hours in the holiday season which the sponsor believesal, there is a lot of parking. if someone would like to drive, they can find parking. the way that we deal with this is not on the generation side but what is the impact. the project does what you would expect when you build a garage, this concentrates the impact. the project has impacted fifth and mission. you don't concentrate cars at the site. this might be easier to manage in that location which is fifth and mission. the areas that have one level of parking is somewhere in between. >> i in your example, i think that this is intuitive and not based on data collection.

public's expense that is within ready walking distance. our feeling is aside from a few days and a few hours in the holiday season which the sponsor believes is critical, there is a lot of parking. if someone would like to drive, they can find parking. the way that we deal with this is not on the generation side but what is the impact. the project does what you would expect when you build a garage, this concentrates the impact. the project has impacted fifth and mission. you don't concentrate cars at the site. this might be easier to manage in that location which is fifth and mission. the areas that have one level of parking is somewhere in between. >> i in your example, i think that this is intuitive and not based on data collection. if he would like to talk about the impact adjacent to this project. if you want to talk about where the impact is, clearly if there is parking on the site, they will drive there. these are for the conclusion of the parking spaces in the project. they're likely to drive the park. more probable -- more people would probably be in the garage. we come up with the limitation of the current methodology that we used

public. a ticket could cost you as much as $65. the only holidays which will be observed for parking meters are thanksgiving, christmas day, and new year's day. >>>thon labor day holiday, there were many streets closed around san francisco. so it could host the annual tradition, the metro san francisco bicycle race. it is san francisco's biggest bike race, the 35th year san francisco has host this had race. the annual race tracts world class cyclists from around the world. originally known as the san francisco grand prix, it's now sfloen known at il jiro which means the tour in italian. >> it was a labor of love for one family this holiday. shaun and shah von case welcomed their baby boy max in walnut creek, born at 2:05 this morning weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces and sporting just a little which is.of hair. >> the last month of pregnancy is typically miserable. you get to a point where you definitely want to have this baby as soon as possible. >> congratulations. what a good-looking baby. >> very cute. >> i'll say. the good old days into it will be a

holiday. but let's take a look at some of the public transit schedules for today.about. trains will start rolling at 8:00 this morning. in san francisco, the muni system running on a sunday schedule. also on the sunday schedule, caltrain and santa clara county vta and ac transit. on the peninsula, it is a holiday schedule for sam trans. most ferries will run on a sunday or holiday schedule. but there is no service on the alameda harbor ferry and labor day means no service for the ace train. most government offices are closed for this labor day which includes post offices and there will be no mail delivery. libraries, schools and banks will also be closed but most retail businesses will be open. gotta have those mattress sales and labor day shoe sales, things like that. while you're watching golf or tennis. >> tennis. >> like that on television. >> the u.s. open. that's on cbs 5, isn't it? >> yes. >> oh, shocking. >> the failure of the blowout preventer allowed millions of barrels of oil to gush into the gulf for nearly three months. tony on what investigators hope

holidays, it is a very limited window. supervisor mirkarimi: there could be revolution by that point. why don't we open this up to publicomment? >> caroline had a discussion about prop. 23. >> at the last meeting, commissioner schmeltzer asked that we look into prop. 23 on the upcoming ballot. i am just going to give a brief overview of what the proposition is. basically, it would suspend the global warming act of 2006 until california's unemployment rate drops below 5.5% for four consecutive quarters. it requires that the greenhouse gas levels get reduced to 1990 levels by 2020. this new proposition would basically suspend that for an amount of time. it is unknown how long it would be suspended for. it was put on the ballot by two texas oil cmopanies. -- compaines. -- companies. they say it hurts business on the brink of recovery while opponents argue that it is just an effort on larger oil companies to roll back environmental regulation. pg&e has come out against the proposition, and a little bit of information about the current unemployment rate, we're at 12.4%. according to the employment development department, the

holiday, within 72 hours of the beginning of the next week day. with these conditions, we are recommending the license for approval. supervisor chu: thank you. members of the publicho wish to speak on item two? seeing none, public comment is closed. is that a motion to approve the item, and we send this out as a committee report? without objection. >> item two, compared to the committee with resolution and set out as committee report would date of august 10, 2010. supervisor chu: thank you very much. item three. >> item 3, resolution authorizing the recreation and park department to retroactively accept and expend a given place valued at $164,760 from the san francisco conservation corps to rehabilitate trails and retaining walls at buena vista park. >> good morning share and supervisors. the item we have before you is an accept and expend of it in place valued at $164,760, stated in the resolution, and this is for work done by the san francisco conservation corps on the southeast slow. the work actually is rehabilitation trails and retaining wall

holiday they celebrate they also have their own independence child. tourists line. just as this hospital so little ruslan coming into this world in europe public was born on the twentieth of september ninth in line to the local parliament declare itself a city independent from georgia at the time the soviet union was falling apart and independence declarations in the region followed one after the other but georgia didn't want to allow it it cut their look tricity difference the breakaway region and sent in troops liberal goes against his friends day has been hearing blasts and gunshots his friends were mom and lost the georgian army surrounded skin vile at one point people in the city couldn't even bury their dead troops had blocked the road to the cemetery so they had to use the yard of a local school for about a mile and when i was little i used to come here i lived close by and saw this place and even eight of my window i remember how often people cried here when they were burying the dead. to escape don't go in violence response family had to flee to russia as did tens of thousands of a city and. the conflict remain frozen until in august

public notice in a local newspaper. they require it be published 36 hours before any regularly scheduled meeting. the error was not discovered until after the long holidayeekend. >> metropolitan transportation commission meets this morning to decide if it should allocate $20 million in state funds to help pay for a bart connector to oakland international airport. a group of transit advocates held a protest yesterday against bart's plans to link its coliseum station to the oakland airport with a light rail system. organizers of the demonstration claim buses can move passengers to and from the airport faster and cheaper than bart's proposed railway. bart expects the system to cost near $500 million. >> you can take transit this morning, might be a good idea. those windshield wipers might be working. >> this may be a cue. it's time to change them out because the season will feature probably more rain later on alet's get more from mike. >> good morning to you. notice the drizzle is flying under the radar literally this morning but thick enough to be measurable in the east bay valleys and also six hundredths of an inch here in san francisco. that's why our s

public notice was published in a local newspaper. the city requires such a notice be published 36 hours before any regularly-scheduled meeting. the error was not discovered until after the long holiday weekend. >> if you like salmon, see if you like this. the government is close to approving genetically altered salmon saying it poses no threat to the ecosystem or people but environmental groups and consumer advocates are concerned. here's amy hollyfield. >> these fish are the same age. the developer of the bigger fish, aqua bounty technology, says genetically engineered salmon can grow twice as fast as regularly farmed salmon but there is growing conversation among buy ol justs. >> i think it's a horrible idea. >> a variety of interest groups are coming out against genetically modified salmon but consumers are open to it. >> talks, i think i'd be willing to try it. >> and that's what's driving the need to create more faster: the buyers. >> i would try it just to see what it tastes like. don't try it, you never know. >> the staff knows all about the popularity of salmon. it's the restaurant's biggest seller and in the off-season, people ask for it. >> something that is genetically al

holiday weekend. more news after the break. >>> pg&e will defend their smart meters to the public commission today.hen customers say their power bills have skyrocketed. the pg&e says the meters give a more accurate amount of how much the household uses. the meeting is already underway and they will release the report to the public later this afternoon. >>> another new report suggests that bart's airport connector projects are off the rails. according to a study by the transportation planning firm, ridership forecasts for the multi-million dollar project are not accurate meaning the transit agency could be stuck paying millions in subsidies. the plan to bring passengers from the bart coliseum station to oakland near national airport was originally supposed to cost $130 million and carry more than 13,000 passengers a year. a decade later the expected cost is now $484 million a less than 4,500 passerjers. thank you for joining us this morning. "today's style" celebrity looks for less. we've seen celebrity looks we'd like to imitate, but how can we get into the same trend and wear the outfits they do?

public service. >> president obama renewed his call for passage of a series of tax breaks and other benefits directed at small businesses. the president spoke about the latest jobless numbers heading into the labor day holidayeekend. from the rose garden, this is less than 10 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. as we head into labor day weekend i know many people across this country are concerned about what the future hold for themselves, their families, and the economy as a whole. as i said from the start, there is no quick fix for the worst recession we have experienced since the great depression. the hard truth is that it took years to create our current economic problems and will take more time than any of us would like to repair the damage. millions of our neighbors are living with that painfully everyday. i want all americans to remind themselves there are better days ahead. even after this economic crisis, our markets remain the most dynamic in the world. our workers are still the most productive. we remain the global leader in innovation, discovery, and entrepreneurship. we're losing 750,000 jobs a month when i took office. new figures showed the economy produced 67,000 private-sector jobs in augus