the city administrator for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [applause] >> thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> with my artists, eight of them are working in tehran, iran, the capital city, and one is an iranian american based in san francisco. the problem is really a collective exploration in the day and the life in tehran. it is the largest city in the middle east. for the gallery, one of the first pieces you see is one piece which is a laser-cut peace, it taken directly from the map of the city itself -- a laser-cut piece. it represents the geography of the city. it is positioned right next to another work by an artist who took a 77 taxicab runs and let the potholes and the city turns of tehran dictate how the city would be portrayed. >> [singing] >> one of the other pieces that to experience in the one-day exhibition is from another artist, a recording of state radio from tehran, and is played for four speakers. >> [speaking foreign language] . >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> the entire gallery is covered with white vinyl on white walls, really minimalist, and the kind of the merged -- of emerge as

it's darren gersh joining us tonight from the capital city. >> susie: here are the stories in tonight's "n.b.r. newswheel." debt worries in europe take stocks lower-- the dow dropped 46 points, the nasdaq lost 27, the s&p 500 off seven. trading volume moved higher on both the new york stock exchange and the nasdaq. standard and poor's is weighing a downgrade of portugal's investment grade status. the problem-- worries about that government's creditworthiness. still, portugal insists it doesn't need a bailout. u.s. consumers are more optimistic. the conference board's november reading on consumer confidence rose to its highest level in five months. it could be a good omen for holiday shopping. and two million out-of-work americans will run out of jobless benefits at midnight tonight. that's because congress didn't extend an emergency jobless benefit plan. >> tom: still ahead, tonight's "word on the street"-- "dividends," or how to get paid while owning a stock, even if a stock is priced under $10 per share. >> susie: november was the first down month since august for the major market ave

. >> with my artists, eight of them are working in tehran, iran, the capital city, and one is an iranian american based in san francisco. the problem is really a

thousand people just on the software based on body count counts the areas of minister to the center of the city as capital city. in russian blood a kind of caste means ruler of the caucasus and the city is decorated with monuments to its proud military history and its culture past and present. this is going to be my favorite sculpture and. these two gentlemen to play a game of noddy which is the most popular board game in the caucuses so sort of like a cross between backgammon and draw. and it looks like. i knew it was going to have a busy trip and i wanted to make sure that i picked up a few souvenirs before i set off into the mountains all i needed was a couple of local girls to provide some gift inspiration if you think excuse me could you tell me where you bought your shuttles in the shop. in the shop of the ladies pointed me in the direction of the salinas workshop she and her colleagues make handmade a set of. following a design that's been popular here for centuries. and first we examine the museum exhibits and till we alter that all our artists on the basis of what we've got to make the kitchen an

the explosion happened on sunday in the city of san martin, about 90 kilometers east of the capital of mexico city. the national oil company pinex shut down the pipeline and firefighters are on the alert to prevent another explosion. local officials said the explosion and fire destroyed more than 110 houses. >>> let's now look at some of the news we have gathered from broadcasting stations across asia. we begin with this item sent by rtm malaysia. a bus accident in a northern malaysia killed at least 27 people, most of them thai tourists. the accident took place on a mountainous tourist spot when a double decker tourist bus failed to negotiate a downhill curve and crashed into a rock wall. the police official said the vehicle was headed to kuala lumpur. the tourists were believed to be on their way to board a flight from kuala lumpur to bangkok. >>> the curtain fell on the asian paragames in the southern chinese city of gaung joe on saturday. it featured various cultural programs. it was the first of its kind on the continent. more than 2500 physically challenged athletes from 41 count

not only did haiti lose 250,000 people, not only was the capital city wrecked, about two- thirds of the prison population escaped during the quake and was unleashed on a society at its most vulnerable. >> how long did you spend in haiti? >> i spent two months shooting at. and one of the escapees had been recaptured. you have to track people down. there is always a way to find people. >> what has been the impact of "terror in mumbai," the documentary? it has been aired by london and the united states. >> i hesitate to express it like this, but i think it is a historic piece. we have never had the kind of material like these phone calls. it gives you an inside seat. we have never heard terrorists' intimate conversations with their bosses. taken together with the other material, it adds up to something unique, not just an insight into the way the terrorists operate, but it shows the relationship between the controllers and the gunmen. the controllers never shouted. there's never been -- there was never any hysteria, even when the gunmen had been hit and were dying. there was complete calm.

for the people of the venezuela capital city, that is causing the loss that is quite a challenge. there is a housing shortage. >> this skyscraper was supposed to be -- billed as one of the tallest towers in south america, it was never completed after the company that owned it went bust in 1994. now hundreds of poor families have taken it over and they are building their homes inside of the structure. this is the 20th floor and the views are what you expect from and expenses penthouse. this is no such thing. as you can see, the people are using what few resources they have to create simple housing high up from the chaos of the city. one such president is this woman who came to correct this in search of work and education for children. -- who came to caracas the in search of work and education. this is extremely dangerous, especially for her young child. >> it scares me. this is so dangerous and god only knows which could happen. this is so one safe. recently, a little girl fell 18 floors when and neighbor to occur i offer. she felt her death. >> -- a little girl fell 18 floors when

people are missing after a mudslide earlier this week destroyed more than 50 homes north of the capital city of bogota. it took rescuers until now to reach the site. >> in washington, d.c., the weather is driving people to stores, but they are not shopping for presents. they are shopping for snow shovels, snow blowers and other supplies. the d.c. area is bracing to get hit this weekend. >> mall madness turns to a board game. 23 million americans are expected to hit the malls and that includes lots of people piling into the toys 'r us where kim berly is right now with the stories. >> we have seen a steady stream of customers over the last couple of hours. right now in the parking lot, it's about 20 cars so the stories by no means are crowded and that's the point of coming in in the overnight and early morning hours. not to mention convenience. this is the first time that all toys 'r us stores will be open 88 hours consecutively in the final countdown. toys 'r us has been open since tuesday at 6:00 a.m. and not close until 10:00 tonight. shoppers say the store is messy from being open for so l

in their arms region located more than two thousand lamas from moscow the main city which shares a name briefly became russia's capital after the nine hundred seventeen revolution and also held the imperial gold reserves but it's got a checkered reputation as. two things in particular it is famous for those are the fate of exiles sent here by the czarist regime along a difficult and dangerous road to get here and prison and forced labor once they arrived the other is a rich military tradition that the city has a military academy established here two hundred years ago has provided very famous officers and generals for the russian and the red armies and it's those themes of examining. on the march under guard these men and women are walking one of the longest and probably the loneliest road in the world they're reacting the march into exile made by thousands and czarist russia. it's a game here is to go there some ways winterreise in thirty years a lot of people died on the way this group in the western siberian region of alms discovered their living on the only surviving stretch of the original nine thousand kilometers

nigerian state television reported it happened in the capital city, abuja in a beer garden as people gathered to celebrate the new year. today's bombing follows a series of christmas eve explosions in central nigeria that killed more than 30 people. officials in new orleans ordered residents of the last remaining fema trailers to move out or face steep fines. only 221 of the trailers are left out of the more than 23,000 that were put in place as temporary homes for hurricane katrina victims. city administrators described the existing trailers as blight, and want them removed by march. a ground beef recall is in effect for possible contamination from e-coli. more than 34,000 pounds of potentially tainted organic ground beef products were distributed in new york, new jersey, north carolina, wisconsin, california and washington state. the company first class foods of hawthorne, california has not yet received any reports of illnesses. freezing temperatures in florida this month cost farmers and citrus growers $273 million. crops of green beans, sweet corn, and eggplant were among the har

takes just three hours fourteen minutes to travel from st petersburg even less to gay from the capital to the city of mission no good and there are plans to link up many more cities to this express railway network should the base be successful but very importantly we've heard much of these infrastructure transportation upgrades happening independently of the bits so regardless of the outcome these will be going ahead and they'll be plenty for it to fans to be looking forward to we are going to continue our coverage of russia has been throughout the day our correspondents placed around the world and the farmer in zurich sorry first in st petersburg and you go in thanks for that. well let's now get some expert analysis on russell's world cup and joining me in the studio is editor in chief of sports stars are you yvonne kalashnikovs thanks very much for being with us be frank to a brief frank with us is the finishing the finishing line of course is close is it too close to call who will win this bit. differently want russia to be the world cup host but as we so do in the presentation england's be ver

five miles from most skate st petersburg hardly any time it's even less time to travel from the capital to the city of mission growth and there are plans to link up cities such as design and many others to this high speed network as well we've also heard public pledge from the heads of avian a fit one of russia's largest airlines. he's promised to provide reliable very cheap transport for the fans so there's plenty of options of course russia not unfamiliar with tasting large sporting competitions we know that in two thousand and eight they had to chuck his league final full value a free cup final in twenty thirty most k. will be hosting the world athletics championships so no stranger to this but more importantly is that these infrastructure plans to the transport in the new builds are going to be going ahead regardless of whether the bid for the twenty eighteen world cup is successful or not so even if that doesn't happen these new bills will be going had to be plenty for fickle fans to russia to look forward to. there would be sarah for thank you very much for the. lotteries alexy has been gaugi

in addition, people had the option to attend aa and na meetings inside the capital building. the denver city and county building was the location of a colorado rally for recovery. citizens gathered at the building to celebrate recovery with a variety of activities and entertainment, including a walk, speakers, celebrity guests, live music, food, and fun. recovery advocates in florida came together to enjoy a full day of activities by attending a ride for recovery and rally at daytona beach. the ride began at destination daytona, with stops along the way for raffles, prizes, and lunch before ending at the bandshell in daytona beach. after the ride, event attendees enjoyed further entertainment, including displays, line dancing, and live music. both washington and oregon kicked off recovery month with ceremonies on each side of the interstate bridge. the events featured stories from people in recovery, elected officials, and a reading of the proclamation from the governor's office. native american drumming groups played as members from the two states joined hands across the bridge and recited

we have looked at the capital plan, which is a 10-year document that contains the city's projected capital spending, and looked at those projects that would be covered by this legislation, legislation that involves state or federal spending would not be covered. that is a significant portion of the plan. approximately 2/3 of the capital plan spending would not be covered. within the amount that is covered, we looked at what are the occupations that contractors would need to hire in order to complete the work that is called for in the capital plan? we looked at how much of that work would be mandated to be undertaken by city workers at a 50% target. so this is a number that is a year six or seven when we get to the 50% target number. it is not an initial number. i would agree with supervisor avalos' comments that the economic issues we see with the legislation don't materialize in the early years. the targets in the early years are quite manageable. the unemployment in the construction industry right now is quite high, and we thick that the city could bear the cost in the short-term without