government has this hilarious get from the comedy group second city has gone viral so far racking up nearly two and a half million views it's literally i spoke to one of the creators behind the video tyler alexander and i first asked him why he thinks the sketch is so popular. i think people can relate to it and that's you know a big reason the other side of it is that it's really funny and it's just a really great piece of satire so you know that it sort of came to be it's interesting. originally the writer john lewis said a push just an idea you know we work at it and you know we gave him a couple of notes he took those notes turned the script around it you know about two and a half hours at a production just order pretty much for illustrating the production and organizing our crew and everything like that you get your shot produced so. it's actually. i really really enjoyed it you know it's still a tense topic of conversation amidst the serious debate going on in the world right now have you received any backlash from obama supporters from putting out the sketch. that people don't

trillion dollars and on behalf of the us government has this hilarious got from the comedy group second city has gone viral so far racking up nearly two and a half million views literally i spoke to one of the creators behind the video tyler alexander and i first asked him why he thinks the sketch is so popular. i think people can relate to it and that's you know the big reason the other side of it is that it's really funny and it's just a really great piece satire so you know that it sort of came to be it's interesting . originally the writer john lewis said at this just an idea you know we to work at it and you know we gave him a couple of notes he took those notes turned the script around it you know about two and a half hours are at a production just order pretty much for illustrating the production and organizing our crew and everything like that you get your shot produced. it's actually. i really really enjoyed it you know it's still a tense topic of conversation amidst the serious debate going on in the world right now have you received any backlash from obama supporters from putting

we're constantly you know coming up with video ideas along with you know written ideas for the second city. and we're releasing that stuff weekly but yeah i mean definitely employers also. we're excited to do more well we need to laugh about what's going on in order to elicit change taking so much tyler alexander everyone check it out whole areas sketch second city thanks so much. still ahead peter king is a tragic shooting a fear monger against muslims again. the island is so small the burmese it's the center see the center of the universe. on a tiny island the size of a football field in the middle of a lake stands a ruined monastery forty years ago two lovers decided to spend their honeymoon here . they have no idea but the island would change their lives forever but they would change the fate of the island. never seen anything like this before you begin to come in the house. in the fortress of ice is grown in just one hour and it's only the beginning. of the media leave us so we leave that maybe. the scene pushes some two or the other your party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is

we're constantly you know coming up with video ideas alarm with you know written ideas for the second city. and we're releasing that stuff weekly but yeah i mean definitely political stuff is on the table and we're excited to do more well we need to laugh about what's going on in order to elicit change thank you so much tyler xander everyone check it out whole areas sketch second city thanks so much. still ahead peter king is a tragic shooting affair minor against muslims again. or something. that's all i want to. make up something that is quite simply. the place was no way. they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. and sold to the u.s. or turned. over to the west for. the soul the good neighbor of the law i. was saved with great over. they wanted to turn me into a terrorist so it was they wanted me to admit that i was a member of al qaeda the taliban but i fought with them. about time i didn't even know what al-qaeda is nevertheless there are people. who start of fighting. something's going to be done that's going to be done by me i have a short amount of time to do it but it's

we're constantly you know coming up with video ideas along with you know written ideas for the second city. and we're releasing that stuff weekly but yeah i mean definitely political stuff is on the table and we're excited to do more what we need to laugh about what's going on too in order to elicit change taking so much tyler xander everyone check it out whole areas sketch second city thanks so much. still ahead peter king uses a tragic shooting to fear monger against muslims again. listenership the first mistake knology is the name in aviation is the game which is late he still fights takes leaps into the much unknowable tell a soul springs innovation sundstrom don't look around at the night shape looks of the splinter to see i'm danged if you're. listening to. live right close to. the first response you live and i predict future. live on a recorder splitter listens to live live in the live on live live olympic. live. good speech. live. i wish i. lived. slow and good live. play lists. and. come out fine i'm a little. mass violence struck nairobi kenya last weekend when al shabaab militan

based comedy group second city network is telling them to put their money where their mouths are, through an internet phenomenon known as crowd funding. they placed a fake add asking americans to donate called americans for whatever president obama wants, and are asking for $1.6 trillion. the pitch - help start world war iii has half a million hits. it's the web video of the week. >> hi, i'm steve. >> i'm irene. >> i'm leesa. . >> i'm tom m. >> i'm a graphic designer. . >> college professor. >> i'm like you. . supporter. >> i support pam ax. >> the president needs your help. our president can't launch into a war without you. when we voted this 2008-2012, we promised to support him. together we can do it. >> that's why we here at the americans for whatever president obama wants - did you know he's friends with j zee have launched a kick starter campaign to fund world war iii. millions who need assistance now. we appreciate you spending time with us tonight. >>> up next is the golden age of hollywood going golden but elsewhere. why l.a.'s mayor has declared a state of emergency for the ente

as government forces are battling muslim rebels in a second city in the southern philippines. this is close to the port city where it's scores of people have been held hostage for four days. several have been killed in the latest clashes. >> europe's first clinic to help victims of female genital relations has opened in berlin. >> it offers reconstructive surgery and psychological help. an estimated 150 million girls and women have had their genitals mutilated, mostly in africa. >> many suffer from pain and many long-term convocations. >> this doctor is meeting his new patient from ethiopia. he's the chief surgeon at the new desert flower center. he will carry out reconstructive surgery on her. her genitals were mutilated as a child. >> i want to be a normal person. >> a new medical center is the brainchild of a supermodel turned human rights activist who has campaigned for years against genital relations. a practice she was subjected to at the age of five. >> a human being can do that to another woman, i'd call this the worst type of violence against women. >> the medical tea

. >> we're reporting this is the second city that the fighters moved to. what do we know of the civilian situation -- we just heard a shot in the background. what do we know of the civilian situation as this fighting intensified? >> it is hard to know. all we know is that we have a number -- we have seen a number of evacuees, families that are trapped, they managed to get out just a few moments ago. the filopine government assured the public that they have evacuated, that there is enough food, supplies for those that need it. in fact, in the streets, more and more evacuees are living in the streets, they have barely anything to eat and barely anything to drink. apart from looking at the situation in terms of looking at this, the issue is really the difficult human rights, human rights services are hoping they can open a channel with the mnlf fighters, the commander, and there is a chance they can talk and maybe they would be allowed to go in and if they can bring the help that those people who are in there need it most. it is therefore according to the red

i'll talk a little more about that in a second. city plan is $6.2 million reserve which is actually $1.7 million decrease from this time a year ago, lower utilization with the city plan is now reflecting itself in lower incurred but not reported liabilities at the end of june. and then delta dental, a small decrease to $3.1 million which is about $200,000 less than this time last year. just going a little bit more about blue shield, the expectation when we went into the first year of the flex plan was that utilization would potentially be higher, which would therefore have resulted had we been at the level of utilization we had projected at the beginning of the year, we would have had about a $25 million incurred but not reported liability at the end of june. so, recording the 18.1 million, what that really means is a significant amount of those excess collections will drop into the assets available for future -- for plan benefits. it's not reflective of liability. it's really utilization and cost savings from the blue shield flex plan.

. >> from the nation's second city of gambling, how atlantic city is betting on a new beginning. >> next she's a long distance swimmer who shattered the record for the longest unprotected swim. so night, she can finish her goal of swimming from florida to cuba. ♪ why some critics say the school is setting the kids up for failure. >> an atlantic city competition from legalized gambling in nearby states has come into the city's gaming profit and thinned the crowd on its famous bored walk. the city's strategy for renewal is explained. >> they are truly cathedrals to gambling. >> it is a bless. >> if you win. >> he once worked in the giant casino, but laid off when the economy tanked and now runs a series of ladies shops. the hurricane damaged the store and he was forced to tap into a pension to keep going. >> if i had no i.r.a. and if insurance will not help me, i would never have opened store and i would be in the street. >> he says things are so slow after the hurricane that he and his wife often stay open all night just to try to make ends meet. >> sandy caused damage along the coastline

in and all for a second city chief he. was sworn into office at a grand ceremony attended by president putin however all position activists alexina valley is refusing to concede defeat he's found a lawsuit demanding a recount of the vote claiming the election was rigged the valley came in second with almost a third of the ballots thousands showed up for a pace for a rally in support of the opposition leader last monday. around the corner for you to be echoes from the past later we travel to a community near the south african capital puts oriya where the ghost of apartheid still store that's just ahead for you in the meantime it's artie's business show venture capital katie building. new york london. the whole world is. a feature of the original one the one on the end there of the to hang up the court that building at the end of the street another one the more transparent society gets the money or the pot the tears become real see military and state unfairly full says mobilized against people who blend into the city who inh

year let's get more from what's going on there right now here's alexie your chef ski and russia's second city for us either alexi well although the summit hasn't started officially yet we know that there have been some discussions on the margins and what have you heard what's happening. well we do know of several high level meetings already one of them was between the russian president and his chinese colleague obviously there has been no press statement on the outcome of these talks but we have almost clear certainty as to what was discussed at the table there first of all this was an economic issue the multi-billion dollar oil deal between russia and china which was signed in june but apart from that of course the sides have definitely discussed the syrian conflict which is clearly dominating the agenda here at the summit now the chinese vice finance minister this morning sad that should any strike against syria happen this would seriously damage the world economy as a whole because the rising oil prices will definitely inflict lots of damage on the world economy so china in this particular

this year let's get more from what's going on there right now our teeth alessio is in russia's a second city for us i let's see they've been already some discussions on the margins although the summit hasn't officially kicked off or what have you heard. yes you're absolutely right there the summit itself will kick off in several hours from now but we've already had first a high level meeting that is between the russian president and his chinese counterpart no press statement came as a result of this meeting but we clearly understand that first of all the economy was discussed the particular the major multi-billion dollar oil deal between russia russian oil giant cross nafta and the chinese company which was signed in june but obviously the. most important part of the talks was regarding the syrian conflict and how the country see it it's no secret to anyone that china and russia have been share sharing somewhat of a common stance on the syrian issue and the words of the vice finance minister of china this morning prove the point he said that should any strike against syria happen then this w

in a russia is a second city let's see the some of the hasn't officially kicked off yet but discussions on the margins are already taking place what can you tell us. yes indeed the g twenty summit in st petersburg is yet to kick off and several hours from now but we already expecting the first high level meeting to start any minute now that is between the russian president. chinese counterparts obviously apart from all the economic issues in particular the. billion dollar deal between the russians. and the chinese company which obviously will be discussed between the two leaders the two presidents will talk about politics in particular the syrian conflict now it's no secret to anyone that russia and china have been sharing somewhat of a common stance on the syrian conflict both have been very negative on any kind of military strike against syria at the moment without any evidence on who used chemical weapons in the country the chinese vice finance minister also added that a possible strike on syria might also cause huge economic collapse with oil prices rising and causing economic insta

he's a teacher, a writer, he -- he wrote a book about second city in chicago. so he's well known for that. so he's written a play about william cumfler. >> first amendment. >> yeah, 60s and 70s, chicago seven, thousands of very well known trials. and my -- a friend of mine named jeff mccarthy an amazing actor is playing william, so it's kind of an incestuous group. we're all coming together, a two hander play. it's fascinating. i hope that i'm up to you. >> have you directed before? >> i have directed readings, and i have directed a production of cats for my daughter's school, little school. [laughter]. >> that should be at the top of the list. >> absolutely, if i have to hear memory one more time, i may kill myself. >> that puts you in the same category as the rest of us. >> if [indiscernible] sings it. >> okay. >> i directed a production of love letters. >> this is really something a little bit different. >> it's very different. thank goodness i'm doing it at a lovely space sort of this at hudson space company, it's at pace in briarcliff new york, 30 minutes

expected to see no easy trip for president obama as well geez i see it as as he reports from russia's second city. well as much as everyone wants this to be a summit if you really focused on economic issues that as it has always been clearly that political overtones and statements are unavoidable in this case in the wake of the recent syria developments that the american president is expected to bring what he believes to be the prove of assad using chemical weapons in syria while the russian president will read to rate russia's stance on the issue which he has already outlined in an interview on wednesday that first of all there needs to be evidence substantial proof of the use of chemical weapons by one side or another for any strike to take place secondly that any strike should take place only on the . decision by the u.n. security council which obviously hasn't happened yet and also adding more fuel to the fire here is the report by russian investigators of the chemical attack in aleppo in march this year when twenty six people were killed and russian investigators have found enough evidence t

part in an n anti coup march has been killed 12 others injured including four policemen in the second cityevious tests followed the one-month extension of former president morsi's did h tension. in bahrain an anti government demonstration. protesters were there after police banned a much bigger demonstration that had been planned. the leader of al qaeda is urging his followers to launch small scale attacks inside the united states. in an audio message leased after the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 highjackings, he says further attacks will weaken the u.s. economy. he also urged muslims to boycott american goods and to stop using the u.s. dollar. afghanistan three civilians have been killed nay suicide bombing targeting a u.s. military convey the taliban claims responsibility for the attack on the road between kandahar city and the airport. the convoy was just one kilometer from the scene of the blast. a report by human rights watch has accused south sudan's army of killing civilians from a tribe. they live in the east of south sudan where an armed conflict has been going on since the beginn

city, we will once again be leading the way with the passage of this resolution by becoming the second city in the nation to officially sign on as a kiva trustee. when we have the opportunity to work with private partners who are willing to aide our neighborhoods and broader community, i think we need to jump on the opportunities when they arise. and i'm hopeful that this partnership will lead to the way for additional resoartiones that can help our small business community so we can continue to find our city's priorities inside and outside of our walls again in city hall that create, encourage, and spur he economic development in our small business community. the rest i submit. >> thank you, is supervisor farrell. supervisor mar? ~ >> thank you. colleagues, as our food security task force has annually looked at hunger and food and security in our city, i think a lot of their studies have shown that despite the he economic prosperity food and security is growing for many seniors and low-income people in our city. there are 37,000 people that currently access our so-called snap program, form

. >> reporter: there are clashes in the port city, the second biggest city in the country. we don't know if anybody got hurt yet. generally by evening you'll see protesters across the country. right now we don't know of any disturbance. but we do expect disturbance. that is for sure. >> thank you very much. >>> japan has switched off it's last operating reactor and as a result gone nuclear free no free first time in a year. the reactor was shut down on monday with no date scheduled for a restart. meanwhile a major clean up is underway. workers were forced to dump a thousand tons of rainwater into the ocean. the water is not thought to be contaminated. >>> the ruling rwanda patriotic front leader is widely expected to win. >> rwanda understand security. this is the third parliament election since the genocide. even though that was almost 20 years ago it's legacy still lie at the foot of politics here. a relaxed president cast his vote. his job was not up for election, but much of the front's popularity depends on his leadership. >> a win is a win, so i hope for the win. >> t

but most of the obvious target they would be looking for here in nairobi or the capital and the second cityalong the coast. either way it's very difficult place for the security services to control because kenya shares a long border with somali and it's easy for them to move across that border because there is a well-established somali community who have been living here for many years as well as refugees. we know there are somalis and people inside kenya who are sympathetic to it al-shabab. cracking down on them will be incredibly difficult for the authorities. >> peter, thank you. >>> coming up on al jazeera, some college football players are using their national visibility to seek nb ncaa refo. >> welcome back. in asia two people are dead after the most powerful typhoon of the year hit parts of taiwan in the philippines. typhoon usagi hit with heavy rain and winds. it's expected to weaken to the equivalent of a category one hurricane. this week we've been following storms across the world from hurricanes to typhoons. those storms may sound very different, but dave warren, they're not. >>

while the latest we got is there is clashes in the port city of the second biggest city in the countrylashed with student wing and demonstrators and one police vehicle was burned. we don't know if any physical casualty or anybody was hurt. by evening you will see products across the country and we don't know if any of this as of yet but expect some disturbances that is for sure. >> reporter: votes are being counted since the 1994 genicide. the patriotic will end and peter has been watching the vote from the capitol. >> they understand security. this is the third parliamentary election since the genicide and although that was almost 20 years ago, its legacy is at the heart of politics here. that is why the party that controlled the government since the blood letting ended is almost certain to win an overwhelming majority. a relaxed president cast his vote, his job wasn't up for election but much of the popularity depends on his leadership. >> i don't think there is another win but a win is a win so i just hope for the win. >> reporter: this is one of africa's most dynamic economies but

to show how ridiculous the support of the anointed one is second city put together a hilarious video,ident can't launch into another war without you. when we voted for him in 2008 and 2012, we promised to support him -- no t matter what. >> together we can do it. >> that's why we at the americans for whatever barack obama wants -- did you know he's frind fren friends with jay-z -- have signed a petition to launch world war iii. >> that's where you come in. >> even a small donation makes the difference. >> world war iii is a very important, progressive war obama tells me is important. so it must be. >> when i first saw the president speak in 2008 in a youtube clip posted to my facebook page i knew-going to be right all the time. so i support world war iii, and four, and any moon war the president may want to start. >> i mean, there is no way he or the cabal of corporate interests, shadow bankers who tell him to do would mislead us. >> here, the co-host of the. welcome to you both. >> good to see you. >> two-thirds of americans now back putin's plan, bob, over the president. what does t

component in decreasing crime rates including 40 percent looiksz reduction in homicides in our great city. second in san francisco we welcome development as part of a partnership between the city and argue contractors and aeblths payroll the plans i showed this morning show providing development with vitality public infrastructure. we've asked for help from our development community in paying for development housing, new parks and save streets and you've responded well. whether it's paul or alison donating the park or the trans formation of the ymca or any vermz who have agreed to help the districts. we'll keep asking for the papering partnership and i'm confident you'll come through. i know the city hadn't made it easy to build things but i've made it easier to streamline permits. and, yes, we're working with the fire department as well. we've at 25 planners example dictionary b i court staff and made a meaningless full start of sequa reform. well, now that our new vision of san francisco is becoming a realtor we should look at the developments to come. we've got plans that will reshape downtown

. >> the striking demand dominates the second city, once it's manufacturing heart land.al rings pay homage to birminghams past, but inside, it is filled with the digital technology of the future. it may be a twenty-first century library, but it's still filled with books. >> young people are born digital, they want to get their information from electronic sources they want to read books on kindles or ipads or tablet devices. that doesn't mean that the book doesn't have a role. opening the library whose love of books almost cost her her life. and new life. >> without books it's like a body -- and i say, a city without books and a city without libraries is like a graveyard. >> at the libraries heart they are x.ing three. visitor as year. >> this new library cost over $280 million all of it public money. it was approved in 27 just months before the financial crisis, and all the cuts that have followed it. so in other words, the people of birmingham got their money for this new lie prayer, just in time. >> elsewhere, up to 400 public libraries face closure, changing technolog

it's actually in their cities that banyan and the candidate of the opposition are the scene of wildly who are the real arrivals in this bolton is another one is hoping for a second round however according to the several opinion polls conducted earlier it's more likely that cities i've been in will be the winner of this election in the first round whatever the outcome would be though it looks you know one has already received the green light from the authorities to stage a rally to meet with his supporters on monday in moscow. is quite a controversial figure partially due to his links with the russian nationalists then he became one of the leaders of the opposition during last year's wave of mass protests he's also known because of his online and to corruption projects but in july you found himself in the center of a criminal case was found guilty of embezzlement and received five years behind bars but was of the least on bail and many analysts say didn't only allow him to continue campaigning and take part in the election but also provided him with additional blissett he and mr nominee is expected to appeal the sentence after the vote to ensure the transparency

explosion rocks benghazi's second biggest city. >>> nice and clear over the golden gate bridge for now. expecting quite a bit of fog and coastal drizzle. we have a cooler day headed our way. >> even as i spoke to you, we are having to clear the coliseum. i'll explain what's going on for 880 north and southbound coming up >>> a live look outside. isn't that picturesque? >> lovely. from the bay area, from the bay bridge. you made it to wednesday. halfway through your workweek, september 11th. this is "today in the bay." >>> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you and thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. we begin with breaking news now. overseas, benghazi, now, dealing with yet another attack. >> a government building was rocked by an explosion early this morning. "today in the bay's" marla tallez joins us now. this comes one year to the day after we lost bay area