(speaking spanish) (applause). >> (speaking spanish). >> these are the spanish influences. >> (speaking spanish). >> they adapted to the style of this type of music (applause). >> (speaking spanish). >> these are just simple spoons, kitchen spoons. (applause). >> (speaking spanish). >> and here we have our principle instrument. >> (speaking spanish). >> the name of this instrument is called cajon. >> (speaking spanish). >> in certain places in africa this instrumentality existed. >> (speaking spanish). >> and the percussionist will play with their hands and their feet. >> (speaking spanish). >> with the african slave trade he used to be in the ports. this type of boxes. >> (speaking spanish). >> so they were sit over these big boxes and play over them. >> (speaking spanish). >> but for the blacks these type of instruments were not allowed to be played because they were too loud and for the church they will provoke movement that was not appropriate. >> (speaking spanish). >> they could also work as a form of communication with the drumming patterns. >> (speaking spanish). >> this was wha

. >> (speaking spanish). >> so the communication will be done by sign. >> (speaking spanish). >> they didn't talk but they could communicate each other. >> (speaking spanish). >> and the form of communication and many of the movements were -- they were used in the dances that we have today. >> (speaking spanish). >> this movement -- >> span spanish. >> are >> >> (speaking spanish). >> are here and it means soul. >> (speaking spanish). >> and when we go to move our bodies -- >> (speaking spanish). >> they mean the essence. >> (speaking spanish). >> when they go to work the earth -- >> (speaking spanish). >> is the contact with our mother nature. >>nature -- >> (speaking spanish). >> that will live us food, take care of us and receive us before we die. >> (speaking spanish). >> we also have this and movement of work. >> (speaking spanish). >> or conversation. >> (speaking spanish). >> which is the key to receive love. >> (speaking spanish). >> and all these type of movements were followed by this style of dance with its own co n coring on gravy. >> >> (speaking spanish) (music). (applau

-- >> span spanish. >> are >> >> (speaking spanish). >> are here and it means soul. >> (speaking spanish). >> and when we go to move our bodies -- >> (speaking spanish). >> they mean the essence. >> (speaking spanish). >> when they go to work the earth -- >> (speaking spanish). >> is the contact with our mother nature. >>nature -- >> (speaking spanish). >> that will live us food, take care of us and receive us before we die. >> (speaking spanish). >> we also have this and movement of work. >> (speaking spanish). >> or conversation. >> (speaking spanish). >> which is the key to receive love. >> (speaking spanish). >> and all these type of movements were followed by this style of dance with its own co n coring on gravy. >> >> (speaking spanish) (music). (applause). >> can you play the music please? >> i want to dance with everybody. >> well, he's not there. (music). >> okay do you have any questions? we need to have some minutes and would like to answer some questions. yes? >> (inaudible). >> is it hard to dance? >> (speaking spanish). >> it's not difficult. you just got to put a lot of ef

[speaking spanish] >> my son is in special education. he is in a program where he gets transportation, and they told me he would get the services for special needs if i wanted to. >> [speaking spanish] >> some other people in the school have stopped me and told me i am bad, but i should not say those five things about the principle, but i know because i have seen them. >> [speaking spanish] >> someone approached me, and there are three of us who came to place a complaint, but that person said, i know what you are doing. we are not going to do anything wrong. it looks like we are not going to be able to do anything because they seem to have more influence on mr. positions -- on district positions. >> [speaking spanish] >> my problem right now is my kindergarten girl has been told many times, you do not know nothing, and they take her out of the classroom. they say she is mischievous, and i know kids are mischievous, but they never called to tell me she has been placed in silent lunch. >> [speaking spanish] >> my daughter cries every day.

this is supposed to be a spanish immersion program. when i approached a teacher had asked her why there is only two hours of spanish, she said, let me talk to the principal and get back to you in. i have not heard anything since. another thing i would like to bring up is that they are doing the mediation's at the school. they are a waste of time. they do not working. they tell parents the war -- that of parents that want to work with community and everything, but as soon as the meeting is out, it is the same thing. they do not follow sig, there has been no change since these meetings have been going on. there have been two presently, and i have not seen anything. there was an incident with my son this week and i was not called. they stated in the meeting that the principle is irresponsible -- the principal is responsible for issues with our kids. i did not get a phone call. i stand strong saying that i think the principle should be removed from the school. that is for the community at our school. thank you. president mendoza: thank you

this song is called "en juarez." ♪ ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ [applause] graciasgoing to do a song in english for the non-spanish speakers. this is a happier song. it talks about how if we left greed behind, there would be enough for everybody. this song is called "enough." ♪ ♪ day is so dark cannot seem to find all around so tired we never seem to have enough want to be someone else the sun is so bright there is enough for all of us there is love for all of us the sun is so bright ♪ ♪ ♪ shiny day unovers all smile upon your face every now and then, the light bulb breaks the sun is so bright there is enough for all of us there is enough for both of us there is a lot for all of us long and short yours and mine this color, here it is it sees the light coming down coming down ♪ ♪ ♪ the sky is filled with clouds the rain is coming down the sun went for a walk soon he will be back and i say, the sun is so bright there is enough for all of us the sun is so bright, there is enough for both of us. there is love for all of us. the sun is so bright ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

[applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ [guitar] ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ [applause] >> graciash. i am from juarez, mexico. the next song is one that i wrote about c-torres -- ciudad juarez, a town that has been going through a lot. we know that there is always hope. this song is about the realities of life and hope that we can all have despite any chaos or troubles that we may have. this song is called "en juarez." ♪ ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ ♪ ♪ [singing in spanish] ♪ [applause] gracias, thank you. i am going to do a song in english for the non-spanish speakers. this is a happier song. it talks about how if we left greed behind, there would be enough for everybody. this song is called "enough." ♪ ♪ day is so dark cannot seem to find all around so tired we never seem to have enough want to be someone else the sun is so bright there is enough for all of us there is love for all of us the sun is so bright ♪ ♪ ♪ shiny day unovers all smile upon your face every now and then, the light bulb breaks the sun is so bright there is enough for all of us there is enough for both of us there

when they speak spanish, we do not understand them very well. thank you for your time. >> good evening, everybody. i have three kids at paul revere. i have the same problem that all the parents have. the principal knows that i am here and i'm coming with other parents to let you know that my kids have been traumatized with all of the punishment that he is receiving. the principal is complaining that we do not go to the meetings, but when we go to the meetings, she does not listen to us and sometimes we want to shake her hand and she does not shake our hands. i would ask that you do something about it to resolve this problem, not just for the parents or the teachers, but for the kids. [speaking spanish] i do not think it is fair that she told my kid that if you do not behavior self, you should leave and go somewhere else. we tried to talk to her and make an appointment but we haven't been able to. [speaking spanish] i would like that you do something about it, maybe replace her with somebody else or talk to her or try to resolve the problem. than

learn chinese and spanish. -- be global. learn chinese and spanish.t all the programs. the challenges are to improve all of our communities and make them stronger. every time i have a chance to work with new leaders and department heads like nancy worling o -- working on 311, and get very excited. david campos is walking in now. we have worked together on challenging legislation. we still know we will be united around building our communities. i am very excited to do that on behalf of our great city. it is a city of diversity and strength. i want to present something i have wanted to do for some weeks as we talk about how to really give celebration. i know there are a couple of people that i wanted to help recognize on their behalf. we had a moment earlier this year with the passing of maurice vela. i wanted to recognize him by providing the proclamation to his family who is here today. >> carlos, eddie, rose. [applause] >> thank you. >> carlos, eddie, rose, i want to welcome you to the stage and express our great appreciation for the family of mauric

(speaking spanish) (speaking spanish). >> what he is saying that thanks to the bant. bante he got funding for of the peru vaifian culture and got approved. >> (speaking spanish). >> okay. >> good. (speaking spanish). >> so we have a variety of instruments -- that we're going to be showing you. >> (speaking spanish). >> the name of the instrument is called tale boheha. >> (speaking spanish). >> it was a time in peru when the africans were prohibited from playing or making instruments. >> (speaking spanish). >> so they were forced to make their own instruments. >> (speaking spanish). >> so they use the surroundings and big jars and they used to have water or other type was drinks. >> (speaking spanish). >> covered with leather skin. >> (speaking spanish). >> and they make the drums. >>. >> (speaking spanish). (drums)

. >> [speaking spanish] >> thank you for having me. it is an important point to say that you have spent money harassing used for the police. this program would cost less than what you are currently planning -- currently paying the police department. >> [speaking spanish] >> i think it is more important for you to provide funding so that youth can get to school with freedom and get their education rather than be criminalize or punished by police. >> [speaking spanish] >> if you think with love and a sense of humanity, then you know that it is important for youth. they are our future. all of the mothers are here organized wanting this to happen. for their youth. chariman nolan: thank you. i see that supervisor avalos has joined us. we will extend the same courtesy to you that we did to supervisor campos and allow you to say word. supervisor avalos: good afternoon. thank you for having me. i want to think the public for giving me the space to jump the line, so to speak. as you know, the board of supervisors just approved a resolution urgi

[speaking spanish] [applause] chairman nolan:

[speaking spanish] so i would like to know what kind of answers you can give me. i am very concerned. thank you. >> hello, my name is john flanagan. i live in the missing -- mission district. i'm here to bring attention to your -- a traffic situation in mission. at the beginning of the school year, the school emerged with a horseman to occupy the school where horseman was. at that time, no plan was put in place for a drop-off zone and pick-up zone. there has been concern from the neighbors, dangerous cars pulling up and parking in the middle of the street, leaving their cars. this is at night time when it is dark. double parking without any sort of warning. it is matt chaos, to put it politely. the neighbors all long are blocked banded together -- along our block banded together. shortly after, a drop of the zone was put in place. there is no enforcement of the drop-off zone and it continues to be a mess. to quote a parent, it is a nightmare. what i'm here to do, i am speaking for a number of residents. i am asking for some sort of short-term -- >> go ahead and fi

i could identify my spanish half because the spanish half spoke spanish, was roman catholic and so forth. but what was my indian half since i didn't speak the language of the indian? >> right. >> what you have given me in "1491" is this idea that what the european discovered here was, in fact, that there was something here, that there were aqueducts, that there were dams, that there was a civilization here and that -- >> [inaudible] >> and it was not, as we've always portrayed it to be, a virgin land filled with people who were merely passed. >> but who act like people nowhere from the world. there's a wilderness, the implication is that these people lived here for thousands and thousands of years and didn't do anything. they were the most boring people on earth. >> that's right. [laughter] >> and it just doesn't fit. people are interesting. these are really dullards in this picture. and, of course, the instant you think about this, you say, well, that can't possibly be the case. the people just sat there like tourists going, oh, look at the trees. [laughter] look at the beach. and so th

i answered it and this voice says, ( speaking in spanish).it was one of the garbage dump women. >> hinojosa: calling you from a cell phone... >> from a cell phone... >> hinojosa: ...that she has... >> from the dumpe, because they can buy, you know, throw away pre-paid telephones. >> hinojosa: well, this is something that people might not know, which is that after you wrote across the wire, you spent... you developed a relationship with the pepenadores-- is what they're called in mexico. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: the people who basically sift through the garbage. >> yeah. >> hinojosa: and you now have an active relationship with them, on your web site you're doing updates about the pepenadores. >> oh, yeah, i've always... you know, i always... i always tell people, "you know, i'm probably the only writer you'll meet out on book tour who got his start washing the feet of garbage pickers in the tijuana garbage dump." and i try to do my writing career as though i were still working there. >> hinojosa: in honor of them-- i think you said that. >> well

she has written several children's books as well as some teenage books in spanish.onferences, does lectures, and teachers throughout northern california. she's a big fan and participant of dia de los ninos in san francisco. we're honored to present an award to marisol tonight. and juan martine dennis from kqed is here to present this award. i have to say that when she joined dia de los ninos about nine years ago, they help to promote this event to such a degree that we have had the celebration grow over the years. it has been at delores' part the last sunday of april. we have had up to 2,000 families get free books in multiple languages. she has been the and see of it. thank you. [applause] our next honoree is the latino heritage art award. this will be presented by the city librarian. please join us that the's abbottabad award goes to jose leon and chiles, chiles, chiles. [cheers and applause] jose is a san francisco native, born and raised in the mission district. he has worked in the nonprofit community for almost 30 years and is well known and respected for his

[speaking spanish] much, much better. my name is anna. i work at the department of public health and i operate the school program and i am proud to say marshall is one of our stellar schools to show everybody how we can walk or bike to school. thank you for coming to such a sunny beautiful day to marshall, walking to marshall. [applause] so here's a man that i want to say absolutely needs no introduction, mr. peter avila. >> that wasn't loud enough! [applause] >> i'm not running for mayor so i will not give a campaign speech. i would be number 55 i think. so i live in oakland so it rules me out. thank you so much, everyone, for coming on walk-to-school day. how much kids walk to school every day here? we are one of the schools in the district, i think we might have the highest percentage of walkers to school. now it's real important walk-to-school day is let us know how you are when you walk to school. because you need to let us know, and then we will let this man know if you don't feel safe walking to school. because it is safe walking t

the spanish auction named a disaster. spain has to pay more than 6.9% for its 10-year bonds. these reports really shocked some traders, leading to turmoil on the bond market. this storm will also lead to falling share prices. it the dax went down 1%. there has been some good news that helped lift shares from the lowest levels today, especially job market data from the u.s. helping a lot. >> looking at the numbers come starting in frankfurt, the dax index finished thursday at 1% lower. the euro stoxx 50 also down. in new york, the dow jones industrials finished lower, 11,740. >>> but that of the united states surpassed $15 trillion, during the country's annual gdp. a bipartisan committee is open to reach agreement on deficit reduction measures prior to next wednesday's deadline. a minimum target as 1.2 trillion dollars. the parties have been squabbling over the size and types of cuts, and democrats insist on higher taxes for the wealthy. >>> in new york, thousands of demonstrators have been marking the two-month anniversar

there is an amazing spanish, -- not spanish, chinese explore, a muslim eunuch who let these huge armadas, one of them may be the largest ever, 300 some ships, from southeast china and then across the indian ocean, and just sort of throw china's weight around and scares the pants of everybody visited with his enormous flotilla. and they know that they went all the way to the southern part of africa. and this book which is by this retired summering captain says that the fleet split up and went to the united states and to the caribbean and europe, and when basically around the world. and that's a big part of it they landed in america before columbus. and i should say that the great bulk of, actually have never encountered a historian who believes this. so it's a distinctly minority viewpoint, and i actually very much enjoyed the book but i have a terrible weakness for nautical stuff. you know, he's a retired submarine captain. it's like poop deck in it. so i'm just a total sucker for this kind of stuff. so i read it with great pleasure. at one point he says that the proof that they discharg

. >> my name is lupe, and i speak spanish as my primary language, but i am a citizen. i appreciate from this commission that there is an interpreter. i think as a spanish-speaking person, as a mexican and american, what i would like from this commission for me to really respect you, and for me and thousands of other immigrants, but i am going to speak for the spanish-speaking community, for us to feel that you are really here, and you mean what you say, it is beyond interpretation and intention. it is engagement, but it is also to stand up. i am going to give you a couple of examples. the new police chief just passed a law that if you don't have a driver's license, which is one of the main issues for latino undocumented people, that they are going to give you 20 minutes, they will take your car and pay a fee. but they are going to take your car. you are going to go into another debt for $1,000. you can say we support this. put an ad in the chronicle or announce it. that is one. the one, the chronicle and other english papers, i think because they have new reporters tha

but they're very typically spanish.heir goros. >> something that adds a little color to the segment, you're married to a bull fighter. >> yes. >> is he a big celebrity in this country? >> he is. he's a fourth generation bull fighter but he's retired now. so he doesn't, i don't go through the, my husband -- >> what was that like? were you married while he was actually -- >> no. >> i don't know how a wife goes through that. >> i wasn't, i met him the day he retired. i was at his last bull fight. >> did he retire for you? >> i wish. >> that's not the way it happened. >> no. >> do you miss new york at all? you spent a lot of time in your childhood and -- we lost some abinicos. do you miss new york at all? >> i do, i go every other month and i love spain. i'm happy here and my children are here. >> pleasure to see my old neighbor from new york city. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. >>> when we come back a clue for day three of where in the world but first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ >>> all right, we're back here in plaza mayor

. ♪ [speaking spanish] spur spanish.speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] >> host: okay. we can see the lead story there was about the pope, but if you would explain that story to us, we'll keep watching the video here a little bit. >> guest: sure. i can explain the show. i can't remember exactly the news piece. >> host: sure. >> guest: the show is, we're providing the news of 30 days -- of seven days and 30 minutes. and this xx mat is very -- format is very appealable because in 30 minutes they can know what's going on in seven days, and there's a lot of stuff going on in cuba, i mean, you have to eat every day. how are you going to feed your family. so this is very convenient. in 30 minutes they can get, as you can see, good production values, a good show, and we keep you up-to-date on what's going on in the world. >> host: so it's a little different than voa or, perhaps, alhurra which broadcasts events about the u.s. into these other countries. you're broadcasting news about cuba into cuba, is that c