of the teams and america's cups to port cities around the globe. the america's cup world series will be a tremendous need of an promotional vehicle to the america's cup final, here in san francisco. the world series will kick off in portugal in just eight weeks, then it moves to plymouth in the u.k. in september. i can also announced today we have the dates confirmed for the san diego regatta, the third stop in the world series. that will take place from the 12th to the 20th of november. you will be happy to hear it will be over before thanksgiving. we are looking forward to an exciting c eight -- season of sailing the ac 45's and then for two more seasons in the america's cup events. there is also a bidding process under way. we know five of the six cities that they will be stumping on. we will be determining how all of the 11 locations. the first few are expected to be announced soon for those remaining 11 cities. finally, i would like to pay a real tribute to the incredible amounts of work that is being done to make the america's cup events over

cup on the 34 -- for the america's cup 34. but it is at the water basin a little to the south of pier 32- 38. whose phone is ringing? that is where the key vessels will be brought during the match. the second place is the open water basin at the rincon park. the proposal is spectator yachts would be berthed in that open water basin. it the special area plan limits mooring to non-commercial vessels. the items will be held at the commission meeting on july 7, in the port commission room, in this building. there will be a staff report available, june 24. at this time, staff is only recommending an allowance for the brannon street wharf open water basin and not the rincon point open water base. at some more to come on where the super yachts will be berthed. and finally, i'd like to propose the port commission adjourned its meeting today in honor of the fallen san francisco firefighters, lieutenant vincent perez and firefighter paramedic anthony valerio, two college to we have lost 10 days -- two of our colleagues that we have lost.

i shows because the top box is the america's cup cord nation committee. hey basically meet on a regular basis at this time, and over the prior month to talk about the next steps so people do not realize with the other pieces are doing. it would take each half of that organization -- organizational structure, showing the inter- agency task force. these are the partners at all local and state level. and also the public safety agencies. you have local governments from the bay area, with the issues that would like to see addressed. we have the federal agency coronation team, the public safety team that includes law enforcement and fire, and emergency medical planning, and the transportation team as well as freight transportation agencies to develop a plan to move people around. part of the city that is obviously very beautiful but constricted with options for transportation. this has been a major effort to that was spearheaded. we have specific partners at the court venues, parks and recreation and the waterfront. this is a place where they can talk about the

and in time for the america's cup. and this is an aerial view of the pier 27 and you see a long pier shed, a 1,200 feet long shed. the apron is about an even 1/4 mile long and that is the site of the proposed cruise terminal to remove that long shed and build a terminal and associated public spaces around it. and what i just clicked on now is the line of the historic bulkhead buildings along that area, a very important factor in planning for this and that is how the public tends to view the historic district in the northern matter front and the presence of the buildings although the pierce and pier sheds are also included within the district. and with the pier shed removed and to the right with a 2 1/2 acre public space and at the end of the pier a big open space to use provisioning of the cruise terminal and that is what i will be talking about briefly here. in the cruise vehicle and how the different ships line up and the location of the doors and the short side power connections and where exactly the terminal should

we have the chairman of the america's cup event authority. the ceo and regatta director of the america's cup race management. and we have our mayor, and when -- edwin m. lee. please, a round of applause for our special guest today. [applause] we also have representatives from the various teams, the competitors for the 34th america's cup. today, we will introduce you to each one of the teams. we will take a sneak peek into the preparations over the next few months. competitors will be preparing for the first america's cup world series in portugal, and this week, enabled us to get our first glimpses into the future. i'm sure you all saw the video yesterday, did you not? the brief video? really, the america's cup boats are going to light up our waterfront with raw power and speed and show us things that we have never seen in these waters in our day before. so if you did not get to see some of the action yesterday on the water, here is a little taste of what the bay area has to come, some video of what happened on the water yesterday. >> wow. not

and we view in general support the america's cup coming to san francisco and the sustainable development of the port and waterfront and that is why we're here. there are a few things i wanted to bring to the attention of a planning commission and a number of things that will probably be addressed in the ceqa document. we appreciate working with city staff on it to advance some of our concerns. one of my primary concerns because i spent a number of years working with city and the port on various cruise terminal plans and as manager of the cruise ship environmental committee that was ongoing for a few years, we achieved power in san francisco for cruise ships which was a significant accomplishment and a $5 billion publicly funded project. and i am very concerned for a period of years for the america's cup and when the pier 27 is being constructed that this publicly funded air quality installation is going to be essentially shutdown. the infrastructure is going to be staying there, but we will be losing for a period of one, two, or three years -- i'm not sure yet -- the emissions reductions

water on what is going to be a tremendous efrvent but the scheduling is probably determined by the america's cup authorities or do we have any input when to schedule the actual competition? >> there is a lot of leeway under the host and venue agreement and things to do to work with them to point fout there are conflicts or things to work around, but generally in their control. commissioner antonini: and the competition in the past and there have been times they haven't competed because of weather conditions and days when they don't race and we can probably do the same thing because of the fog conditions here which may be sometimes fairly prevalent in july. i wondered sometimes the period from may and june are windy, occasionally rain, more rain this year than most and the period from july 15 to labor day is the heaviest fog usually, typically, and september is a pretty good month. october probably gets a little still. you may not have enough wind to do it, not that i am a sailor or know anything about it, but same things you notice from everyday. >> part of why san francisco was selected is

the public spaces and the finishing off the structure would occur after the america's cup is completed in 2013 and also contingent upon funding that we are seeking at this point in time. and if you are standing at the tip of pier 27, this is what you will see. you have to strain your eyes almost to see the cruise terminal building. it is a little on the left. on the right is the newly finished pier 29 shed done in a manner consistent with the quality of the status structure. and with the appropriate way to approve this and for public usage and you can see the existing shed is much larger than the other shed. and it's somewhat offscale according to the historic structures along the waterfront. and here is the cruise terminal and we are here to take any questions you may have. thank you. >> thank you. i would like to open it up for public comment at this time. we have a couple of speaker cards. terry shore and jennifer cleary. >> i amgener if cleary and -- i am jennifer cleary and even though i have been tracking the project quite heavifavilheavily a lot of new information. i have been w

army school of the americas use the words interrogate next portion assassinate the allies. commonly start it all the way it's. graduates from the school of the americas have been implicated in massacres and torture throughout the hemisphere have been more than sixty thousand soldiers and police have graduated ten thousand of them have been colombia has been the largest of the americas i don't think is an accident or. abuse of human rights and it was the eighth amendment to the us constitution forbids torture and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment as has the geneva convention but if that happens there's no question that in our country. and torture it sort of taught others how to do it we also render people we also sent people to prisons in other countries where they were in fact tortured there although congress demanded more oversight of military training programs and internal investigation by the government accountability office so that school of the americas manuals advocated using quote torture truth serum blackmail and execution the pentagon said it didn't know

likewise, with the america's cup, listed as an event. it the event authority has their own pr people. the city has been working very much with all of the affected departments, but we thought it might be useful as we move forward with our obligations to have somebody on call to do that. we're not looking to have a retainer. we are looking to have specific on-call services from time to time, and we hope that it is enough, but we have never done this before. >> but as the director state id this would be on an as needed basis. we're hopeful that it would be a contract to the private sector. >> as this relates to the america's cup, is there an overall public relations media plan that the port would be a component of? in addition to these other areas, the 150th anniversary, and whatever other unforeseeable things, i am not debating that you need to have these resources and help. i have a stand there's a lot of pressure, but it is just -- i am just wondering how the $600,000 is estimated. if i boiled it down in a typical way, it did not seem lik

the america cup protocol was signed that detailed the rules bringing the 34 america's cup for work. the host agreement is the america's cup organizing committee. that is a locally-formed non- profit corporate group. they are mainly charged with partnering with the aca in bringing forward corporate partnerships and other funding mechanisms for the partnership and local fund raising, a philanthropic efforts to cover $34 million of public cost of putting on the events. as i mentioned, there is a memo that describes in more detail the city obligations that are called for under the host venue agreement. i think the key backbone of the city's obligation of the ball around three things -- revolved around three things. completing the ceqa process. completing the plant, which i described earlier in will explain further as we move forward, and secure federal and state permits for authorizations. also, the event activities themselves on the event days. a little background on the proposed event timeline. there will be an initial series of what are being called the america's cup world series even

then in september would be the america's cup final, the defender against the challenger for the america's cup and a set of best of nine races. this diagram depicts the race. that has been proposed. -- this diagram depicts the race area that has been proposed. this is generally the box they are looking at. i think actually based on the kind of racing action they are looking for, the races themselves will be confined to a much smaller area, which obviously has benefits in terms of facilitating traffic around the races while they are happening. as you can see, they will be close proximity to the north and water in san francisco and islands of the north bay, which obviously accords spectator experience that has not been seen at the america's cup in pass defense. -- in past events. the shows the proposed locations for the 2013 events, which include facilities a log the port waterfront starting at the south at pier 80. pierce 30, 32 were proposed to be improved to be the team of bases where the boats would be serviced, taken in and out of the water. moving north from their, you would have poten

we have the america's cup coming, with billions of visitors coming to the city.but this concerns itself with certain neighborhoods, much more than they did the entire city, even though this was a major drop. this is not just a neighborhood, this is a jewel of san francisco and the city. we have to look at this a little bit differently in my mind and a little bit more seriously. it is major in that aspect. what we do with this will be around with us for the next hundred years. they have mentioned to the transportation which is absolutely important. this is a failure, in my estimation. it does not work. i have not been an expert on transportation and i am and not about to tell them how to fix this. at the moment, transportation is not working. we are at the farmers' market 7:30 every saturday morning. they have elevated the parking but the underpinning is so bad that it has become this dangerous. that has been this way for a couple of years. validation in the parking lot and information about their availability, that is about it. the coordination is extremely poor.

[laughter] mayor lee: by the way, we do intend to keep the america's cup here. [laughter] mayor lee: ok. thank you, everybody. >> thank you. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a month. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a new layer of asphalt. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the a

garrett the player was an instructor there i was very much in favor of the school of the americas the in the cold war era but major blair says he was horrified with what his former students did with their intake communist training in their own country the classified. the army school the american use of the words terror again next door assassinate to. come in line. with all the waits for. graduates from the school of the americas have been implicated in massacres and torture throughout the hemisphere and the more than sixty thousand soldiers and police to have graduated ten thousand of them have been colombia has been the largest user of this school of the americas i don't think it's an. abuser of human rights and it was sometimes for the eighth amendment to the us constitution forbids torture and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment as as the geneva convention but they did happen there's no question that in our country not only in games and torture and so taught others how to do it we also render people we also sent people to prisons in other countries where they were in fact o

the first phase is the destruction of the terminal to be used by the america's cup. 2013 to help host the main event at pier 27. once they terminate their occupation of the new building, our team will complete the structure, which will include adding facilities and maritime e equipment and the construction of the plaza, so one of the other key ingredients is the identification of key project staff, demonstration to meet new certification, and meeting local hiring goals. based on interviews, the staff have determined that turner construction co. is lowest bidder on the project. the public management team would move to roughly from the terminal two projects to our work. i think they just completed a $333 million project. i talked to the project manager, who was very happy with her work. they brought about in ahead of schedule, and we would like to see that in our product. i would like to introduce the project manager, and he will introduce cindy mcgill, who works under him. i will take any questions. >> good afternoon. miguel was really the project manager. she was scheduled to be on ju

commissioner moore: with respect to one of commissioner antonini 's questions about the america's cup, i think the environmental report has to be based on baseline conditions that exist today, if i am not mistaken. so anything in the future is not taken into consideration, is that correct? >> good afternoon, sarah jones with the planning department. we do need to take into consideration the environmental review cumulative projects, which the america's cup is a reasonably foreseeable project at this time, because we have all of our applications in and we are reviewing it. we did, and you'll see in your packet, add some language to the text of the negative declaration regarding the america's cup. clearly, the america's cup will result in some significant environmental impacts, but this project is not a sufficient size to contribute in any considerable way to many cumulative impacts from that. commissioner antonini: maybe you can answer my first question regarding the noticing period. it seems to me that being on highway 101 would require a longer noticing period. it was only 20 days, ap

for the leadership's efforts to keep the currency. america. rising up over the u.s. training and exporting brutal interrogators while preaching human rights to the rest of the world. fifteen minutes time we'll have a sports update with. russia's north. hello and welcome to the program i was at the sheriff from st petersburg we'll be exploring it celeste allows the never ever i'm very small to transport also known as the venice of the north the waterways of the focal points of the city during the summer months are a great way to see that. many of simply displaced churches cathedrals museums are visible from the canal trip of the stone to staying in the city may be an ideal way of deciding to join a visit. peter the great grand vision of the city is to create a window to your. promise one piece scarcely populated reaching the area became a fine european capital. spend another expensive construction of lavish palaces on the banks of the countless channels cutting through the city such great architects as risk truly. helps bring the dream to life centuries later as you c

finally, i would like to read to you the city's host and a new agreement of the america's cup. the city will use all lawful means to restrict noise and debris generating activities on public works and large private construction projects in areas reasonably approximate to the event during the america's cup. this is ground zero for the america's cup not covered in the eir at all. thank you. commissioner miguel: thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. i live on polks street -- pulled -- polk street. i am sending you some views that were part of the original planning of the golden gate way. my objection -- i find the draft eir and adequate in that it does not address how the significant use of coit tower and san francisco are going to be acquitted. they are very important for tourists to orient themselves by. this is a huge mass of a building. it is like bringing back the embarcadero freeway. it has that kind of impact. also, they have begun planning beginning with the demolition of the produce market. here is the first version of the golden gate way, and you can see that there

moves in over the possible phone hacking of nine eleven victims. americas to face torture tactics rising uproar over the u.s. training at a sporting brule interrogators while preaching human rights to the rest of the world. and the e.u. scrambles to cut spending as the debt hole sweeping the block threatens to sink italy as the greatest task yet for the leadership's efforts to keep the wavering currency alive. more on the eurozone debt drain acts to speed up the valley asks his guest whether the e.u. has enough financial firepower to save it from ruin. if you. want to. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle a currency in crisis european finance ministers central bankers and politicians remain at odds on how to rescue the euro as pressure mounts for another greek bailout and investors worry about italy is the euro a dysfunctional currency and who will ultimately foot the bill. came. across not the eurozone crisis i'm joined by dennis gartman in virginia he is editor of the government letter in single part we go to jim rogers he's an author and fin

the country. thank you very much. god bless americaist country of hungary. it's not that it was very bad living under communist government. but now that we know how different another life, another side is, it was very bad. ♪ >> under communist government, you had one choice, to get a russian-made car. you had to pay half of it up-front, and then a quarter. you haven't even had a chance to pick for a color. you hated a yellow car, but by the time you're supposed to pick up your car, if there was only a yellow car on the lot, you had to take it, otherwise your number thrown back for three years ago. so for the rest of your life you saved up your money for a car and you hated a yellow car, but you're going to have to drive a yellow car because that was the only car available. ♪ oh beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain ♪ ♪ for purple mountains majesty above the fruited plain ♪ ♪ america, america, god shed his grace on thee ♪ >> if you agree, say i do. >> i do. >> welcome. [ applause ] ♪ from sea to shining sea >> congratul

use third largest economy spurring italy's lawmakers to dior multi-billion dollar blow to the spanish. and americas to face torture tactics rising uproar over the u.s. training and exporting brutal interrogators while preaching human rights to the rest of the world. this is r.t. having to live from moscow i'm reading joshie rupert murdoch has taken us wyatt at his media rivals labeling accusations against news corp as total lies and only minor mistakes have been made and a phone hacking probe will now have to answer before britain's parliament across the atlantic the r.b.i. is looking into claims that a voice mails of nine eleven victims were intercepted but as usual or am it reports while he fights to save his media titan the vultures are circling. put every media outlet in town t.v. radio in the sky right when a lot imitates life a long running simpsons takes the show to its own no rupert murdoch aka gomery by. in an episode broadcast apparently coincidentally this week. but it's not the only old piece of timing in the extraordinary phone hacking case it seems to get more scandalous every day the

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the f.b.i. moves in over a possible phone hacking of nine eleven victims. and america's two faced torture tactics rising uproar over the u.s. training and exporting growing terror years while preaching human rights to the rest of the world. in our business bill isn't russia's largest lenders burbank is mulling its biggest acquisition abroad ever it's to purchase banks eastern european units for up to one billion dollars more in twenty minutes. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r.t. drastic spending cuts are on the way to italy as parliament desperately tries to fan off a spiraling debt crisis and all bodes badly for the euro italy's finance minister even comparing the currencies troubles to the titanic but as r.t. sarah first reports there is only so much that can be done. people take power into their own hands. as the clouds gather. and the bad. times ahead. as for the future if you think countries like italy looking on increasingly unstable grounds can the year i write out this financial still this is really something quite frightening if italy really go

graduates from the school of the americas have been implicated in massacres and torture throughout the hemisphere of the more than sixty thousand soldiers and police to have graduated ten thousand of them have been colombia has been the largest user of the school of the americas i don't think it's an accident. abuser of human rights in that with some hemisphere the eighth amendment to the us constitution forbids torture and other forms of cruel and unusual punishment as does the geneva convention but they did happen there's no question that our country. tortured so taught others how to do it we also rendered people also sent people to prisons in other countries where they were in fact torture there although congress demanded more oversight of military training programs and inter. an investigation by the government accountability office showed that school of the americas manuals advocated using quote torture truth serum blackmail and execution the pentagon said it didn't know what the manuals contain because its staff advisors assigned to review them didn't speak spanish united nations

the worry is that which in the past has extradited people to america with a minimum of fuss when they were asked was seen as a possible you know but thought to carry much water weight him in the us is this. he's a criminal you have to be. put on trial for well used earlier a notorious neo conservative group help the swedish prime minister friedrich reinfeldt win reelection last year and there's another glaring link in the shape of lawyer thomas bold stroke his firm's representing the two women bringing the sex charges against us in two thousand and one he was minister of justice and is alleged to have helped handover two asylum seekers suspected by the cia of terror they were sent to egypt and allegedly tortured he might well want to stop wiki leaks from functioning the questions of a quality became even even clearer thanks to some of the documents from exactly wiki leaks there is. a willingness to. do the ariens of the united states over many years from. questions of. making asylum seekers in sweden. to the cia for pennies is particularly strong now with a right leaning government in