. >> the so-called under where farmer suddenly at minster trying to blow up a plane over the american cityf detroit on christmas day. -- suddenly admits to trying to blow up a plane over the american city of detroit on christmas day. and the welcoming of the release of about two other political prisoners, although several others remain behind bars. activists say much more needs to be done after five decades of military rule. we are joined by the regional director of this center for humanitarian dialogue. he joins us on the line from bangkok. how significant is this release of these prisoners by the military-backed civilian government? what are they trying to show the world? >> at two things, first, it is significant to show the world that there is, indeed, a move to a calculated, disciplined and opening. but perhaps more internally, this is part of a calibrated and delicate diplomacy between aung san suu kyi and the government to basically bring her more on board with what the government is trying to do, which will therefore be the key to unlocking further aid and, more important, the lift

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and gentlemen, it is an honor for us to be here to celebrate the philippine- american history month. we're honored to have the honorable cityancisco, the president of the board of supervisors, former mayor brown, and other city officials, friends. in celebrating -- this is the second year that we celebrate the filipino-american history month. it is also quite appropriate to announce perhaps that the u.s. senate has passed a senator solution proclaiming october 2011 as philippine-american history month as well. i think it is also appropriate to announce that govern merck -- governor edwin brown announced that he had signed ab 199, school curriculum, social sciences, filipinos in world war ii. i think that all of these events show that the filipino- americans are really coming out of the woodwork and showing themselves as a group that needs to be recognized. as we, this evening, a well recognized quite a number of them. we welcome you tonight. may i also ask you to welcome the honorable mayor edwin lee. [applause] >> well, welcome. welcome to city hall, everyone. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you here to the seventh ann

the so-called underwear bomber suddenly admits trying to blow up an airplane over the american city ofetroit on christmas day two years ago. >> celebrations in a tiny himalayan kingdom of bhutan region that king has married the daughter of an airline pilot. we can bring you some pictures of that ceremony and the marriage. it is a beautiful city, the ancient capital of munaka. she is 10 years younger than him at 21. he is 31. he is an extremely popular figure in his country baton. -- his country bhutan. it is a fairly isolated country of 700,000 people. they are decked out in national dress. the occasion is marked with a dancing, singing, and drinking as well. it has been three days a public holiday. the country had actually banned for television until 1991. it is the only nation in the world whose government pursues a growth national happiness policy as opposed to gdp as most other countries have in place. there is a lot of fanfare going on there with the king and the marriage in batobhutan. the have welcomed the release of about two hundred political prisoners, although several hundre

the beauty of being here in san francisco. it happened to my heritage. it's happened to many, many generations of visitors who come to this city. now it's happening for your generations of arab americanss felt at the board of supervisors that we welcome and celebrate our diversity. we do our best to understand, to dialogue, and to create more understanding. we celebrate that. that is our strength in san francisco. that's why we have these wonderful celebrations. thank you to the ensemble for sharing your music here and creating a cultural connections. [applause] thank you. we have a wonderful city of san francisco. i know that we pride ourselves in being an international city. begins with celebrating all the diverse cultures and making sure everyone is recognized, that we have our education institutions reflect that, our cities, official events, reflected that but i know i have benefited greatly, not only as an attorney, but as someone who has worked in the city to have worked with so many leaders of the arab-american community. the business leaders have done very well here. knowing, also, the challenges that you face -- i also know there are so many examples of arab-american leadersh

so say protesters angry at all street greed and economic depression occupy the streets of american cities but the authorities have been cracking down on the demonstrations despite washington's support for revenue from some of the scenes. twenty three people were killed and one hundred eighty injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police on the streets of cairo the rides for the months of rising tensions as the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians including at times and churches. greek public probably can go continues a boiling point as the athens government gets an ultimatum from the international monetary fund bringing more storage because it's all placed a total collapse. total in the western media reported as being butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria appears on television saying she's alive and well forcing an embarrassing beauty and probably beating around. the headlines all she's sports updates with pages. hello welcome to this force and here are the headlines. top of the world again jenson button wins in japan but sebastian vettel

penetrate the american city called the ring of steel around kabul and that there is no place in afghanistan where they cannot go and now we've had the president president karzai brother was killed the most important military leader in the north or policeman in the north was killed and we had the recent assassination of bernama dean rabbani who is a former president of afghanistan which means in the eyes of every afghan the americans and their allies are not succeeding the place is dangerously low and if i can jump. i mean yes having said all that it has been some of somewhat of a success after all some a bit modern is dead and that was the goal going into this wasn't it. that was our original goal correct but he was in pakistan wasn't he and he was perhaps very closely allied or at least protected by some parts of the afghan made the pakistani military political establishment afghanistan is the key here the united states does not want as i mentioned earlier pakistan to once again as it did under the taliban have afghanistan as a satellite it wants to assure more than anything else that it d

country let's get more on the situation around syria from very bad men to middle east expert from the american city of washington mr edmund the western powers have criticized russia and china for vetoing the un resolution on syria and he with nato claiming it has no plans to intervene in syria and the draft resolution as well was watered down why have moscow and beijing oppose it do you think how do you assess their position on the matter. i think there are a number of reasons some of them are very clear were clearly stated by your commentator or correspondent i think one of the main things is that russians and the chinese to long with the united states and with the west when it came to pass you know there's a reaction to protect civilians in libya but what happened was. from the perspective of the russians the chinese and not only the russians and the chinese but the indians the brazilians the south africans and others felt that the west went too far but they in fact violated letter as well as the spirit of the other solution and they became party to the conflict in libya took the side of one part

says safe protesters angry at wall street greed and economic disruption multiplying the streets of american cities are the authorities have been cracking down on the dire straits and despite washington support for reminiscence of this is. also nineteen even the killed and one hundred fifty injured as thousands of christians protest in front of the police on the streets of cairo and the brides follow months of rising tension since the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians is nearing a tux such as. the. greek public anger continues a warning to the afghans government grants and optimism from the international monetary fund bringing more austerity counsel phaistos months. and the woman who western media reported as being butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria isn't medicine sales and i've been in well in sync and paris again turned violent in our beds. next and i'll see you find out what's going on in syria plus turn from someone who has the presidency yet as all she talks to his political and press of visor that's coming up next. as they were saying this is the third ti

the city and county of san francisco. an opportunity to reflect on the many, many contributions of african-americans in this city and how each of us has changed the gee graval and cultural landscape of this city. how fitting that we celebrate black history month today, which is also the same as lunar new year and also an opportunity -- opportunity to reflect on the diversity of this city and how happy we are to be in a city which is so inclussive. so without forth delay i would like to welcome you on behalf of mator's office of neighborhood services. mayor lee will be joining us later. with the invocations, we would like to invite pastor stacey kerns. >> good amp. let us pause for a moment to invite the presence of god. shall we pray together? god, our help in ages past, our hope in years to come, we invite your holy presence to bless this celebration of african-american history month. we give up thanks and praise for the legacy, the creativity, the genius and contributions of african-american people everywhere. we pray that you would strengthen this organization and strengthen all organizations that support telling the stor

skeptical about the motives of the city's redevelopment agency and others who pushed for growth in the area. issues of housing affordability, the decline in the city's african-american population, as gentrification and displacement all converge as the city makes plans give parts of district 10 and extreme makeover. >> this city has not been a good city for african-americans in any and every way you can name. >> they have job opportunities away from people out here. they have a way of pushing amount. >> most of the growth that is going to happen in san francisco is going to happen here, so there is a great opportunity for good and well balanced planning. there >> has been gentrification going on. we very well knew that it was going to come this way because it was the only land left. >> my family got moved out of the fillmore into bayview hunters point back when redevelopment was the old redevelopment, and they were proclaiming to do all of us some justice. they were going to tear down the old houses and replace them with new houses, and everybody bought into that dream. does it surprise you that they admit that the whole reality was to get so many black folks out of

come to the few hours so say protesters and great wall street greed on the economic depression bulky prime streets of american cities but the authorities have the backing down on the demonstrations despite ocean to support for revolutions of the scenes. at least twenty three people were killed and one hundred eighty injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police in the streets of cairo while the months of my eyes in turn transcends the country's revolution between radical muslims and christians and creating a toxin churches. also woman western media reported as being a good trick by pressure on assad's regime in syria appears on television sites of mine and well forcing drivers seem to be tired by easing up. on peers over the agreeing to hold spots above easy emergency measures of crossing germany agreeing on a plan to shore obviously european above and try to stabilize the euro and a lot of coverage and good afghans continues adorning point its rise as protests over deep cuts are approved by the government to secure the rest of the brain. operates they are seen as the remains in turmoil after mont

as the protests spread in american cities, the american president weighs in on what the shouting is all about. >>> and don't test. a revolution brewing tonight in medicine. it's about the prostate test we have been told about in so many public service announcements. now this could change everything. now this could change everything. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. since the news arrived from california last night and all day today, we have heard people say steve jobs changed the world. and it's true. we have heard him compared to henry ford, thomas edison, alexander graham bell and it's true. his death was a global event. in his own way, he changed life. and along the way, computing and music. he gave us something to point to with pride. he gave us the icons, fonts, shuffles and swipes of our modern lives. he was relentless, exacting and unique and he was dying of cancer during some of the most productive years of his life. steve jobs was apple and steve jobs was the american innovator of the modern age. he's gone at the age of

i remember a friend of mine years ago was telling me a joke about the fact that at the time american cities started to tank all of the african-american mayors started to pop up. things started to get so bad, you can have l.a. tom bradley. you can have chicago, harold washington. you can have newark. you can have cleveland. so what does it say given the turmoil that the newspaper industry is in that now we have the asovepks women and people of color -- ascension of women and people of color to the top. is this a good time or a bad time to be running the new york times? >> it is a good time. our future is very bright both in print and digitly. we have more readers than ever who have subscribed to the newspaper for two years or more and our audience digitally has remained very strong while we have gone to pay a subscription model. tavis: let me talk about a couple of issues. your sense of twhornts "new york times" and the media more broadly. now we have the president selling us we're getting out of iraq at the end of the year. was the media too complacent? did we not ask the questions that wer

the growth of the city. philadelphia, throughout the 19th century, was the major industrial city of the united states. all of these industries used water from this system. and it served as a prototype for many american cities, including pittsburgh and new york. man: new york city went to philadelphia and said, "you know, we're thinking of developing a hudson river water supply -- what do you suggest we do?" and they said, "we've had "a lot of problems on the schuylkill. "don't go to the hudson river. go to the upland and work by gravity." and that's what new york city did. they first went to the hudson highlands, but 150 years later, it went to the delaware highlands. and really diverted the water that normally went to philadelphia to new york city. i don't think they anticipated that. narrator: the majority of new york city's drinking water comes from watersheds in upstate new york. a watershed is the area of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water. mountains act as a funnel to feed rivers and lakes. and in this case, reservoirs. in the new york city system, water is collected and stored in 19 reservoirs, which can hold more than a year's supply -- over 580 bill

the us so sacred terror says i'm grateful street greed and they have an expression of the streets of american cities of the authorities have been cracking down on the demonstrations despite the support of. nineteen people got killed and a hundred fifty injured at thousands of percent protests clashed with police on the streets of cairo funded months some by the tension says the country's revenues. between magical muslims and christians including a. republican group continues at the boiling point as the afghan government gets an ultimatum from the national monitoring fund bringing more austerity cuts a place total comes. to moment in the western media reported as painful triggered by a shot of assad's regime in syria appears on television saying it's alive and well facing an embarrassing u. turn by using. up next one i'll see a massive weekend of support and kate is here with the details. hello welcome to the sports fans here are the headlines. top of the world again jenson button wins in japan but sebastian vettel finishes third to become the youngest ever four wheel one champion to win back to back

the u.s. so say protesters angry at all street greed and economic depression can find streets of american cities but the authorities have been cracking down on the demonstrations despite washington's support for revolutions overseas. also twenty three people were killed and one hundred and eighty injured as thousands of christian protesters clashed with police on the streets of cairo the guy on the run so rising tensions has become trees revolution between radical muslims and christians including at times on churches. greek public anger continues at boiling point as they are this government gets an ultimatum from the international monetary fund bringing more security council phrase terrible crimes. under woman who western media reported as being butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria appears on television saying she is alive and well forcing an embarrassing by losing. those are the headlines up next here on our c s c remains in turmoil after months of unrest and grows as demanding president assad steps down we'll find out the view of a government that as we talk to his political and pres

the middle class in the city. they also discussed no bid contracts. the city's sanctuary policy and the exodus of the city's african-american population. the forum was organized and alan wang moderated alongside univision anchor. ed lee pulled out without an explanation. now for more coverage including interest views -- interviews with all of the candidates go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. we have a lot of information on our site. >>> we have a lot more to bring you. to national politics. republican rivals get tough in las vegas. >> this is one night when i hope what happens in vegas doesn't stay in vegas. >> the issues that electric fie the debate and the fight over herman cain's 9-9 9-9 tax plan. and why apple's profits disappointed investors. and a new study showing a benefit of drinking wine in moderation. stay with us. more to come. and then late other "nightline." >> i'm terry moran. up next, amid historic economic pain with the nation demanding leadership, president obama sits down exclusively with us to talk about where he thinks this about where he thinks this economy is really headed, and so...what do you think?

the collective voices of american dissent has manifested into a movement impossible to ignore occupy wall street began in the world's financial capital but this week protests have blazed dozens of cities nationwide. in the big apple up to fifteen thousand americans flooded lower manhattan labor unions transport workers teachers nurses and u.s. veterans standing shoulder to shoulder with young activists spearheading a fight against us wealth inequality and corporate greed young people right now. i just want to see a more just society young people coming up and all of the emergency right now are suffering because. this seems to be revolutionary to me and. the spirit of revolution is here and so i need to be a part of what you already know to breed to be arrested any more the whole entire control of the police state disappears when that happens there are credible possibilities that are open to us and certainly you can imagine a different world if you believe you can be an agent of change the occupy movement has gained such momentum even the president who promised change was forced to address the issue i think people are frustrated and. the protestors are. giving voice to a more broad bas

the middle class in the city. they also discussed no bid contracts. the city's sanctuary policy and the exodus of the city's african-american population. the forum was organized and alan wang moderated alongside univision anchor. ed lee pulled out without an explanation. now for more coverage including interest views -- interviews with all of the candidates go to abc7news.com and click on see it on tv. we have a lot of information on our site. >>> we have a lot more to bring you. to national politics. republican rivals get tough in las vegas. >> this is one night when i hope what happens in vegas doesn't stay in vegas. >> the issues that electric fie the debate and the fight over herman cain's 9-9 9-9 tax plan. and why apple's profits disappointed investors. and a new study showing a benefit of drinking wine in moderation. stay with us. more to come. and then late other "nightline." >> i'm terry moran. up next, amid historic economic pain with the nation demanding leadership, president obama sits down exclusively with us to talk about where he thinks this economy is really headed, and how lo >>> to presidential politics, the gloves cam

the cities. this year, the san francisco manila sister city committee represents -- celebrates its 50 year, marking five decades of service to our people. the san francisco bay area filipino american community salutes this milestone, a legacy of goodwill and true filipino american pride. >> representing the san francisco manila sister city committee, are defective chairman -- our de facto chairman. [applause] >> if i may, i'd like to call up some very key members of the committee. i cannot call all 100-plus people up here, but some very key members. first filipino elected in san francisco, who has been with the sister city committee from day one, and partners in making sure that the cultural links have to do with education. nancy and dan harrington, please join us here. they have sent 13 million books to impoverished children over the years. we thank you all for this honor. we have enjoyed tremendously the ability to link with the philippines. we have generated thousands of jobs, both in the philippines and in san francisco. we have donated thousands of dollars to various events, such as the cleanup of the river, the symphony of the philippine cultural center, and the list goes on

says say pretenses and revolt street greed and economic depression occupying the streets of american cities are built torches had been cracking down on the demonstrations despite washington still going to. have a stranger three people killed and one hundred eighty eight hundred thousands of christian protesters clashed with police in the streets of cairo the riots follow months of rising tensions as the country's revolution between classical muslims and christians included constant church. call to take. back ground to. help. on the tensions really been rising greek public anger continues at a boiling point as the athens government gets an ultimatum from the international monetary fund bringing more storage occur it's also based total protestant. on the woman a western media reported as being a butchered by bashar al assad's regime in syria is a television saying this is alive and drought forcing an embarrassing determined by easing of their. own welcome to our seas it weekly review i mean you dash for valor and we start in the us where the occupy wall street protest movement is gaining mome

reaping the benefits and the rewards and the common american always you know suffering the consequences. right the thousands out on the streets of american cities are fed up with breaking the box wall street corporations growth on the profits however the cold and the big bang mentality seems to be falling on deaf ears certainly in the white house that's gone and reports washington isn't ready to turn its back on old friends. investing in politics has proved to be good business in america just a few million dollars in contributions and some lobbying can bring your company billions in bailout loan guarantees tax refunds and other stimulus all of the expense of the every american taxpayer it's both in the election system and it's in the ongoing lobbying and service influence industry these are powerful powerful businesses their whole business model is around using influence to break the rules of the game in their favor so far u.s. corporations have been successful in ensuring that the loss introduced to regulate wall street after the financial meltdown of two thousand and eight don't function those measures were effectively scuppered by u.s. lawma

as that strategic shipment point so my question is how real is the threat of the cartes of the american cities and what other cities are the mexican drug cartels operating out of >> congressman is very real. as you know atlanta is the hub for the business in the southeast, and the mexican cartel is recognized for a lot of the same reasons. you go from the southwest border to atlanta in about 1100 miles a 15 hour trip and then from there we would see those cartels push up loads of cocaine for example all the way up the eastern seaboard and in the bill also use the house in dallas and atlanta and other places to collect thatmoney and then push it back down to the cartel leadership so the of strategically identified locations because it is a good business model for them. surely it is a good business models for the companies like fedex and others where they use the hub to distribute certain things and if we know that they are using atlanta and dallas and phoenix and some of those areas would that make it easier to crack down on? >> we have to the many are we in places like a plant of or the other