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something on the page right now during the state council session as if she has nothing else to do. with the president's remark as more members of the council join the online exchange the russian leader is known to be a big fan of gadgets and has a twitter account himself his friends include barack obama and the head of apple steve jobs who presented the president with a new i phone four on a recent trip to silicon valley. well police in mexico have arrested a gang facing drug trafficking charges in the united states the group includes a notorious alleged drug lord known as bobby blamed for a vicious tough war featuring. bodies being hung from bridges his real name is ed and he could be extradited to america where he has a two million dollars bounty on his head the rest. of the government about ten percent of the federal police has been sacked all of this is part of a campaign to root out corruption. nato says that a roadside bomb blast has killed four american troops in eastern afghanistan and a fifth u.s. soldier died in an insurgent attack in the south it comes off similar violen

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i will make a motion and to a certain degree i would rely upon what was stated by the council. i move that the appeal be denied. i have to except the appeal and modified on the condition that the permit is modified and a one hour fix window assembly was opaque and this was the class that would be installed. >> the assembly was translucent. >> or opaque glass. >> i think if we add some language to comply with this, that what kind of wrapped everything up. >> this would have to be to protect their future rights. you can add the language for it to be opaque or gas. >> are you ready to call the role? >> to restate the motion to grant the appeal but the permit is upheld, the scope is modified to include a one hour not operable with the with translucent or opaque glass. >> we are setting their appeal that the permit be revised and that the new assembling conforms to the administrative bulletin with a translucent or opaque fire-rated class. >> isn't this transparent? >> with glass that you cannot see through. >> that is pretty scientific. >> do you want to respond to my motion? >> i'm

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they get a grant from the new york state council of the arts. they get a grant from the city of new york. i don't know the numbers today of what they get, but my guess is in total it's less than $400,000, $500,000 a year and their budget is over $12 million. so it's a very modest amount of money from the taxpayer. it's primarily ticket sales, tour fees because they tour so much and then grants, but one of the big changes we made at ailey and i started to learn about arts organizations of color which has become a big interest and passion of mine, white arts organizations typically will get about 60 to 65 percent of their contributions from individual donors and the rest from corporations and foundations and governments. but the vast preponderance comes from individuals, mostly middle class individuals by the way, not the super rich. and arts organizations of color tend to get less than six percent of their contributions from individuals and this was true at ailey, as well and one of the things we did very -- worked very hard on at ailey was to ge

state. the town council is set to discuss the issue at its meet on wednesday. >>> a little more than a week after a man jumped to his death at a concert in saratoga, it doesn't appear security will be beefed up at the venjust. michael pickels of san josi jumped from a roof to the stage at the mount vernon winery amphitheater as the folk rock band, "the swell season" performed. the san josi mercury news is reporting live nation initially said it had no plans to change security measures. paper also reported santa clara county doesn't plan on restricting access to the roof where pickels jump. >>> a team of explorers is using robots, imaging technology and sonar to take thousands of photographs and hours ever video of the titanic. wreck lies roughly two-and-a- half miles, 400 miles north of newfoundland. researchers are going back to the island to wait out the hurricane and will return to work in a few days. >>> it was a celebration of locally-produced food and the last day of the "eat real" festival. thousands came to jack london square. at $5 and under a plate, the festival was a chance to ex

we showed them council members jean quan, council member rebecca kaplan and former state senate president don perrota. quan served on the council for years, kaplan fairly new. coming up in the next hour, you'll hear what commuters had to say who people thought they were, if they knew, and what they would like to see in a leader here in oakland. the deadline to file papers is friday, and voters have until november 2nd to decide. reporting live from oakland, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> all right. we'll follow the run for the new mayor of oakland coming up. >>> two teenage would-be robbers picked on the wrong woman. they tried to take on a federal agent. bob redell is live at marlon court where the shooting took place around midnight. was the suspect armed? >> reporter: that's what we are being told. this was a federal agent who works for the irs. we just confirmed new information, that agent is a woman who lives in this housing development at kirkwood and coral. around midnight, she was off-duty, came out to get something out of her car at this parking lot here, that's when two te

the security council, the united states, the european union, and others have taken strong, unprecedented measures. it is high time. everyone knows the great consequences of policies that would allow iran to continue its nuclear arms race. in any event, it would be a major international political crisis. we will therefore resolutely support sanctions. some said that sanctions do not work or that they lead to war. that is wrong. they fail when they are too weak. sanctions do not work when they do not have a clear objective. ours is simple. our objective is to make iran understand that it's choices come at an increasingly high- cost. the alternative is the start of negotiations. but serious, concrete negotiations should go to the heart of the matter. is iran ready for that? we will see. in september, indiana, mrs. ashton and the six meet the a renegotiations. i want is suitable agreement reached in the coming months, that iran complies with the law. the concerns of iran's neighbors should also be considered. if this cannot be achieved, iran's isolation shall increase considerably. some peop

the security council, the united states, the european union, if and others have taken strong, unprecedented measures and it is high time that everyone knows the great consequences of a policy that would allow iran to continue its nuclear arms race. it would lead to widespread proliferation in the region, and military intervention would be a major international political crisis. we will therefore resolutely implement the sanctions and i urge all countries to do the same. summit said the sanctions do not work for the reason that may lead to war. that is wrong. they'd fail when they are too weak. sages do not work when they do not have a clear objective. alice is simple -- our objective is to megaron understand that is choices, and the increasingly high costs. -- is to make iran understand that there is a choice, and the increasingly high costs. is are wrong ready for that? we will say. when the six meet the iranian negotiations, i want a good agreement to be reached in the coming months. if the ron complies with a lot -- if iran complies with a lot, they should be consulted on on agreement. i

he was born in haiti but moved to the united states as a boy. the council is due to release a list of those eligible to run. >>> the u.s. has told israel that iran will be a year away from being built. the united states and irsays that iran has had difficulties converting high grade uranium. >>> the number of crimes commitd in san francisco library is on the rise. there were 38 assault and 49 thefts up compared to the year before but the number of drug- related incidents dropped this year from 43 to 33. the library has increased security to keep out repeat offenders. there has been a 10% increase in the number of people using libraries. >> sal is like a lie brayry on traffic. >> we showed you some police cars on 80 eastbound heading up to the freeway. they were going to some police activity where there was an assault that ended up on 80 and el portal. this happened in richmond and then the person pulled over because he was injured at the off ramp. contra costa sheriff are handling it now. the person was taken to the hospital. the vehicle is still there, hav

the council administers the budget for the state courts. it's 27 members are appointed by the chief justice of the state supreme court. the judicial counsel staff is the office of the courts, aoc. a bureaucracy, growing to nearly a thousand state employees you have people making decisions that need to be isolated and removed from the day-to-day working operations of the court. >> the judge from kern county is a founding member of the alliance of california judges and advocates for reforms in the state judiciary. >> these are outrageous costs. and make no sense. >> that is that kind of money tips to the point of insanity. >> michael paul was a senior tech analyst at aoc. part of his job is reviewing cost efts mitts, he says he uncovered fraud, waste and abuse and told superior what's he's finding. >> aoc knowingly used unlicensed contractors to maintain and remodel and renovate court houses state wide. >> the aoc went to the state attorney general, which sued the contractors. paul filed this lawsuit against his employer in early june saying

new york's empire state building could soon be good right after the city council gave the go ahead for a new skyscraper where the owners of the empire state are great but the move calling the plant is an assault on new york city the proposed three hundred sixty to meet a tower on penn plaza. the view from the iconic skyscrapers famous abs tree. as trains rush so does the adrenaline for a growing number of youngsters in russia taking part in the highly dangerous activity of train surfing and raging on the outside of characters. the young people who are willing to risk their lives. some would find these acts jupiter even crazy but for those who take part in what's become internationally known as train surfing is about the adrenaline rush the great involves riding on top or at the side of fast moving trains clinging on with their hands or the aid of a belt the danger of boldness is for many a major attraction but authorities are worried that those taking part are fully aware of the risks running along these cables above me off three thousand volts of electricity if you touch one you most

was able to name two out of three of the top contenders here who are former state senate president pro-tem, don perata, council members, jean quan and kaplan. here is his story, who he likes but why he likes that person is still up in the air. >> i follow politics very closely. i contribute to the community here in oakland. >> do you have a favorite among the three i showed you? >> perata, definitely. >> why? >> well, i'm out of time right now. >> even with face recognition t looks like the candidates may be defining their message over the next few months. there are at least six candidates to choose from. the election is november 2nd. christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> they have three months to know those candidates. >>> san jose mayor chuck reed joined us earlier for an exclusive interview about recent layoffs for the 49 firefighters in san jose. negotiations hit a stalemate when the city flatly rejected a brand new offer from the firefighters. mayor reed said every department needs to make cuts and the firefighters did not make enough concessions. >> in many departments, the unions agreed to 10% reduction

san francisco lead in resolution that ended up in literally 58 city councils and boards of supervisors in the state of california that joined hands in beating back pg&e. we were outspent. it was 55 million to over -- rallying other governments against the proposition. this is more than was ever seen in the last 20 years. we had practically no money to fight this campaign, but we try to take it to the street, and this is through the media. pg&e was certainly well subsidized. this and i certainly hope that you will be there so we can celebrate and talk about the next steps, but we will not be alone. representatives from around the state will also be there, from otherness a puttees and other regions, cities that aspire to be community choice segregators -- from other communities and other regions. what we were able to demonstrate was some unity and the ability to see something more collectively on how we move our interest in alternative energy, clean-power energy, not as an isolated movements city by city but as a collective movement. that is what are part of the celebration would be, and we look forw

new york's empire state building could see be pushed in the shade or else the city council gave the go ahead for a new skyscraper however the owners of the empire state all enraged by the way if calling the planned high rise and assault on new york city the proposed three hundred sixty. penn plaza would impede the view from the iconic scase cry of his most famous observatory. despite calls discrimination being illegal in india many face harassment and hostility on a daily basis because of their social status while they're choosing to tie the knot with a number of a different cost and can find themselves rejected by both their community and family but as long as these cameras thing reports more and more young people are trying to break with tradition. and have upset their families well into different gods they would expected to marry one of their own but they have broken what is considered. an intercourse marriage is considered a sin here our society wants to continue its traditions that people have been following for centuries her family has a much higher cost than mine this hurt their

well this is the first report the united states has ever made to the human rights council as part of this universal product review process under the bush administration the bush administration refused to even joining him rights council and after obama took office in two thousand and nine u.s. would join now the universal periodic review process is the historic process in every country in the united nations is to undergo review and this review will end in two thousand and eleven u.s. comes up for review in november all the reports mentioned ending slavery in giving women the right to vote is some of the u.s. is accomplishments but this is quite a fallback if you seriousness of this day and age should these even be tempted as accomplishments. well it seems that the obama administration would use this report to say that the united states has a historic commitment to human rights that's why it mentions our history of ending slavery for instance but the report also talks about the united states of commitment to human rights and to engagement with the u.n. process and in that sense this re

nuclear program the tehran declaration was a major step forward that the united states forced a resolution in the u.n. security council basically to destroy any opportunity for resolving the issue and unfortunately russia and china appears the americans and went along with it and at the same time the iranians their position with regard to the united states is that to the two sides should resolve their issues peacefully at the united states and tenuously and constantly makes threats against the iranians and what about international sanctions against iran of course pushed by washington how do they affect every day life for the iranian people. well i don't think so far there hasn't been much of an effect the previous sanctions have had some effect in fact people have died because hospital equipment has have has often been held by european countries in the name of sanctioned dual use technology and therefore some hospitals have had problems when people have died of as a result. of the sanctions are not smart sanctions sure you buy with the americans and europeans say. they are directed at the iranian people the fact that

council voted 7-4 to put a marijuana business tax on the november ballot. if approved that tax could be as high as 10%. giving san jose the highest medical cannabis tax in the state. the tax would apply to all marijuana sold in san jose. the council has discussed different rates for medical and recreational marijuana. >>> still off the tracks. four union pacific freight train cars derailed a mile west of emryville amtrak station forcing amtrak to suspend service in both directions. amtrak at this hour still working to get the cars back on the track so inspectors can look at the damage. no exact word on when the trains will run again. the closure could last until friday. in the interim amtrak is using ferrying passengers on buses around the closure. >>> it is dangerous and deadly. drivers keep making the same mistake. tonight the bay area's most dangerous intersections and why commuters are part of the problem. >>> good evening. i'm jeff ranieri. another mild day. cooler than average temperatures. 79 in san jose and cooler as spring holds on in our seven-day forecast. >>> it is the tough eesttoughese nation, but getting plastic bags could get harder. >> one of ame

state. the city of fairfield and the family and council of garcia. >> a pot tent drug is enjoying popularity in the santa cruz. cheap and easily users and most appealing to its users it's illegal. ken with a warning for users. >> reporter: well, dana, up until a couple of months ago santa cruz didn't know what this was. so they had to train their officers on what to look for. this stuff looks and feels and even smells like tea. but users say it is a potent gateway drug. >> is it done? >> reporter: you are watching video posted on youtube of people who have just smoked salvia. it makes users drool and hallucinate and it turns out it is completely legal. >> it can be really dangerous as well. >> reporter: this teenage recovering addict who didn't want to reveal her identity used to smoke salvia but said she stopped because she felt she was losing control of her life. >> it is dangerous in the fact that you don't know who you are or what you are doing or where you are or how you are acting. >> reporter: it is derived from a plant in mexico has been around for centuries. but anyone over 18 can b

like to offer the floor to the next rep. >> commander-in-chief, fidel castro, president of the council stateraul castro, representatives, special guests, friends. you, commander, have discussed the need to persuade barack obama and you have given us the inspiration we need for affecting this change. what you have said this morning is you have provided us with a change for renewing our hopes to ensure things can change. i would like to just briefly refer to what happened during the previous people's assembly meeting where comrade alarcon called us to mobilize and we did that. we've received in our e-mail's very quickly and immediate call to action. we received the document passed by the english, french, and spanish and we were able to distribute it to many organizations worldwide. these messages were quickly disseminated. it was a very rapid mobilization and the results were obvious. you, commander, are calling on us to mobilize in order to prevent this nuclear war. that is a call to action and we need to ask ourselves what needs to be done. the three questions depots are very clear. currentl

nuclear program that iran declaration was a major step forward that the united states forced a resolution in the u.n. security council basically to destroy any opportunity for resolving the issue and unfortunately russia and china are peaceful americans and went along with it and at the same time. their position with regard to the united states is that to the two sides should resolve their issues peacefully the united states and tenuously in part certainly makes threats against the iranians. a couple top news stories in brief french politicians and activists have expressed outrage over an online video of police forcibly removing women and children of african descent from a makeshift count these disturbing images show offices scuffling with immigrant squatters in paris and a pregnant woman lying on the ground being carried away another woman is pulled away while carrying a child on her back the police denied there were still violence. rescues in pakistan battling to reach twenty seven thousand people still stranded by the country's worst floods in eighteen years at least eleven hundred have died now and more than half

nuclear program that iran declaration was a major step forward that the united states forced a resolution in the u.n. security council basically to destroy any opportunity for resolving the issue and unfortunately russia and china are key is the americans and went along with it and at the same time. the iranians their position with regard to the united states is that the two sides should resolve their issues peacefully the united states and tenuously in constantly makes threats against the iranians. the region fertile lands of hungary have long made it an enviable source for food production but farmers the now say that since joining the european union in two thousand and four they were losing business not a selection or a jet ski has been hearing about their plight. this is one of the biggest bird farms in hungary more than ten thousand guineas and ducks bring quite a profit for its owner liver goose and duck eggs are in high demand he says his land is perfect for this kind of business only countries in western europe in the us we in hungary keep or birds in open spaces they claim an environment allows that that's wh

schwarzenegger got his biggerest clap from the bay area council when he said the state should be more business friendly run the state government more like a business. >>> following this week's ruling that prop 8 is unconstitutional, the governor has filed a brief with the federal judge who made that decision. he says restoring the right of same-sex couples to marry right away is consistent with california's long history of treating all people and their relationships with equal dignity and respect. judge vaughn walker must decide whether to place a stay on his ruling while the appeals process moves forward. legal briefs from attorneys on both sides of the issue were due today. attorney general jerry brown is also asking the judge to resume same-sex marriages. >> even if this decision is reversed, it doesn't seem like there's going to be any harm to the state. but there is a real harm to people who have a right that's being denied them now. >> the case is now headed to the ninth circuit court of appeals in san francisco. it could be a year or more before the appeal is considered. >>> a

the city council member submitted hurt paper is as if did former state senator don parata there are about a dozen candidates and a full list of the candidates is not yet available but along with them the slate includes city councilwoman rebecca kaplan, a real-estate agent larry jr. and an educator. >>> it was a dismal day on wall street. a widening trade deficit and slow down of industrial growth in china and renewed pessimism about how much they can bolster the economy. the doubt dow dropped 265 points and beat nasdaq fell 68- point. >>> following the closing bell, the company posted quarterly corn at the met earnings but revenues fell short -- quarterly earnings but revenues fell short. >>> they will provide $3 billion of aid to homeowners facing foreclosure helping the unemployed stay in their home and another 1 billion pesetas and four mortgage loans. >>> the autoworkers left jobless got an invitation to the job fair today and we report from the fairgrounds in pleasanton. >> the lines spilled out the door, a hot ticket items, eighth chance to talk with representatives from telsa motor

representative ophelia or tagea civil war ezz. >> commander and chief, fidel castro, president of the council statepresentative special guests, friends, you, commander, have discussed the need to persuade barack obama and you have given us the inspiration we need for effecting this change. what you said this morning, you've provided us with a change for renewing our hopes to ensure that things can change. i would like to just briefly refer to what happened during the previous people's assembly meeting where comrad ar la con called upon us to mobilize urgently for her ardo and we did that. we received in our e-mails very quickly almost an immediate call to action. we received the document that was passed by the congress in english, french, and spanish and we were able to distribute that to many organizations worldwide. these messages were quickly disseminated. it was a very rapid mobileation and the results were obvious. you, commander, are calling upon us to mobilize in order to prevent this nuclear war. that is the called to action. and we need to ask ourselves what needs to be done. i think those

joined the convention and take her seat on the council, the council will perhaps be able to send it to some corrupt regimes, but not if the united statescil. look at this wonderful way of aid to other developing countries. not just 2% to 4% son will go to them, but everybody else's extended continental shelf where the united states of america will have a veto. but only if the united states of america is a party. i might also add that this is a provision in which the industry does pay. the industry was the group that actually developed a formula they develop -- developed that formula. this is actually the group that developed it for our delegation and is quite happy with that provision. let's go to the member argument. this is actually a little more extraordinary. there are 159 other members that are parties to this treaty. only 193 countries in the world. this is an overwhelming amount of the international community. steven says that because there are some bad actors out there, we should not join this treaty. that is an argument that the united states should never be able to enter into. there might be, in any kind of multilateral agree

state as a member of the as c.e.o. and this yesterday was a session of the collective security council took place and really the eighth this year in moscow and the position of all the heads of the six bluesy states became being clear that they declassified what happened in that case and on as an unconstitutional cooling i think that's the one cleared up a lot of them was that it was a harsh statement and they did became clear afterwards it was a mistake that was made by the kid gives government what if they showed up or were tired its relations with the one strategic partners rather than with their former schools that was honestly asters not do so was a huge mistake on the part of the interim government headed by mr than by a lot of pride but it you mentioned the relationship between the sketch and washington and do you believe that it should continue to develop in the same direction or should the priorities be shifted somewhat of his which you're closer puzzler so there is a good kid gibbs saying you don't have to be an academicians you don't have to be appointed an ambassador three times to be great diplomat of some

state building. tonight, despite considerable controversy, the new york city council has voted almost unanimously to let the giant project move forward. >>> this is the one-year anniversary of the death of ted kennedy, the man remembered as the liberal lion of the senate, the massachusetts democrat who died of brain cancer a year ago. he was remembered today at a family mass at a church on kennedy's beloved cape cod. >>> when "nightly news" continues in just a moment, from dire cancer prognosis to a new lease on life for some. is this new cancer discovery really a game changer? >>> later, technology plus kids plus friends equals sleep-deprived little zombies in a lot of american homes. how parents can try to stop it. . about how fusion is projected to hold its resale value better than camry. and has better quality than accord. as a matter of fact, people like what we're saying so much, ford fusion is now the 2010 motor trend car of the year. the fusion, from ford. get in...and drive one. [ but aleve can last 12 hours. tylenol 8 hour lasts 8 hours. and aleve was proven to work better on pain than tyl

watsonville is getting hit by a citation from the state for failing to put fluoride in the water. seven months ago the city council put off signing a contract for a $2 million grant to pay for fluoridation system. they will have until august 29 to provide the state with a plan for flouridating the drinking water. fines up to $1,000 day are described in the citation for failure to comply. >>> don't plan on getting much done at any state office today. furlough fridays are back. anne makovec joins us from san mateo at one of the offices that's closed today. good morning, anne. >> reporter: bad news for anybody who wants to do business at the dmv here in san mateo. these dates are going to be locked all day. it's a furlough friday and the office is closed for about 144,000 state workers. it's a mandatory day off without pay. the on-again, off-again furlough fridays were back on as of wednesday when the state supreme court said they could resume while the court reviews whether governors have the authority to mandate these unpaid days off. the governor said the furloughs will end when the legislature passes a budget. th

. >>> and the empire state building is on its way to face some competition just two blocks away. yesterday the new york city council voted in favor of plans for a nearly 1,200-foot tower about 200 feet shorter than the manhattan icon. it was passed despite rejections from the empire state building's owner, who says the tower would ruin the view of the landmark. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,060 after gaining 19 points yesterday. the s&p added three points. the nasdaq rose 17. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo, the nikkei jumped 61 points, but in hong kong, the hang seng lost 22. >>> bargain hunting investors helped markets bounce back yesterday, despite another blow to the economy. americans bought new homes at the slowest pace in nearly half a century last month, sending the dow in a downward spiral early in the day. but stocks recovered later on with the health care sector leading the way. meanwhile, toll brothers reported its first quarterly profit in three years, giving homebuilders a much-needed boost. apple helped the nasd