you may join the council general, and please, the honorable hydra mendoza, president of our board of education, and of course, kyra rodriguez from our filipino channel. please take this problematic -- proclamation declaring this is a filipino-american history month in san francisco. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the highest ranking and only filipino-american elected official in the city and county of san francisco, president of the board of education and education adviser to mayor edwin lee, honorable hydra mendoza. [applause] thank you. it still saddens me when you saw the only in the first filipino ever elected in san francisco, but it is always such an honor to be here with my community, and i want to thank you all for this celebration. we really have so much to celebrate, and i wanted to make sure we acknowledge this month alone and some of the things we have been able to accomplish. as the council general mentioned, ab 199 finally acknowledges the work and the tremendous bravery of our soldiers in world war ii, who will be written into our history books. we'

i would like you to join with me the fantastic group of council generals here. can call up to join me -- the council generals from canada, china, japan, korea -- please join me. please come up. if i may, i would like each share of our apa volunteer committee to please come up and board president david chiu. and our new police chief, please come on up, chief greg suhr. please join us. [applause] >> just take a picture. together -- thank you very much everyone. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> the mayor wants to know if he can keep his hat? [laughter] [unintelligible] thank you very very much. next, someone who represents another first in our city's history. three years ago, district 3 elected the first chinese- american to the board of supervisors, and immediately after he was sworn in, history was made again as he was sworn in as the board president. please welcome supervisor david to come here on behalf of the sentences go board of supervisors -- david chiu. >> aloha. it is an incredible honor to be here with you tonight. afte

the council general says there is a lot of uncertainty now. >> there is the important thing is to keep watch over this development of a situation in north korea. >> and south korea put the military on high alert. the white house says kim jong-il's death has not spur additional concerns about the nuclear ambitions. >> and house of representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill extending the payroll tax cut. the senate passed a bill with strong support from senators and also extends jobless benefits. house leaders say congress should work on a bill lasting a year. >> and idea tax policy could be done two months at a time is a kind of activity we see here in washington. and that is put our economy off the track autos and senate majority leader says the chamber would be happy to talk about an exteengs facebook opened headquarters today. we have first looks inside. and this is a space holding cafes, and break away spaces, glass-walled conference rooms. and by the way employees get their own chalk, there are vending machine that's disperse free computer access riz. this is their work place b

the leadership up here. so again, thank you very much council general. thank you tort dutch team for engaging ourselveses the next two days. i look forward to these recommendations and if i may i'd like to introduce a very, very fine council general who is excited to be here, that will lead the way and begin the discussion. council general, thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. mayor. it's indeed to -- exciting to be here as council general of san francisco in this beautiful city, especially on a day like today. it's really great. you've been in amsterdam. in 1969 i learned and have reason for you to come back to that beautiful city soon. i'd love to work with you on a relationship between amsterdam and san francisco because there's so much in common between the two cities. and a lot of things that san francisco can learn from san francisco and the other way around. and my hope for these two days is that we will have something out of it as well and i'm sure we will have something out of it as well. and you probably will not remember

first of all, let me say salute to the council with generals, supervisors, district attorney, and treasurer. they're all here in the room tonight for this special event. i also want to extend my congratulations to all the awardees here tonight. your story is inspiring. your work in the community is excellent. it is really important for the community, so thank you so much for your great work. tonight, on behalf of wells fargo, we want to celebrate hispanic heritage month. this is not the only event we sponsor throughout the year. just for this month, with wells fargo, you probably get a lot of invitations going to hispanic heritage month or the mariachi festival in san jose. coming up, another event. when macy, mario will hate me if i do not say it correctly. it is the la katrina benefit for the maximum -- mexican and use them, and it is coming up on october 29. we do not only celebrate in this month. we celebrate throughout the year. why we're doing this, one of the reasons that we support events like this is very simple. we know that stronger community makes us successful. as a company as

the human rights council are being discussed here. we expect that will then be referred to the u.n. general assembly and the u.n. security council. it would be for the security council to bring in the international criminal court. that would be the most likely scenario. again, we have those permanent members permanentveto power -- permanent members with veto power, so that might be a stumbling block. there are very credible allegations of crimes against humanity in the report. as you said in the introduction, over 300 children apparently killed since the start of the violence. >> they are very graphic descriptions. thank you very much for joining us from geneva. the international criminal courts chief prosecutor has requested a -- he is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity in darfur in 2003 and 2004. icc has already issued an arrest warrant for the president of sudan. the republican presidential hopeful in the west, herman cain, has admitted given money to a woman who says they had eight affair. he said he repeatedly held to the woman, ginger white, with bills and expenses, but he denies having sex with her. she says she no

the leadership up here. so again, thank you very much council general. ch team for engaging ourselveses the next two days. i look forward to these recommendations and if i may i'd like to introduce a very, very fine council general who very fine council general who is excited to be here, that

there is support from the united nations good offices of the secretary general the security council is watching so it should be possible we believe to move ahead on that issue. between the two parties in two thousand and twelve metallik chuckin russia's ambassador to the u.n. seasonal greetings to you wish you all the best with twenty twelve thank you for being on our all the best all the best to you thank you. ok hope you can stay with this programs continue it's now coming up to five minutes to nine moscow time i'll be back with the news in full five minutes from now. the least explored korea's. touched by money. surrounded by steep long. case paintings on display for thousands of years. beyond the tiger. come on see. it's. just so. pissed smug. wealthy british. margetts why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause reports. russia would be soon which brightened if you knew about songs from phones to freshen. meals for instance on t.v. don't come. it's. a. big pitch.

will convene a meeting of the european council by the and of generally beginning of february i convened that meeting after consultation with the president of the european commission the polish prime minister and the danish prime minister the current president of the council and the upcoming president of the council. on the agenda. we will have first of all the implementation of the decisions we have taken in october and in december and of course the most important one these the as you mentioned the fiscal compact and the intergovernmental treaty so the implementation of those decisions will be on our agenda and second point will be. the discussion we couldn't have at the last latest european council on the economy on competitiveness and. employment especially on employment the president of the european commission prepared a report it was already distributed we hadn't had the occasion to discuss it i think in times of stagnation. in times of even because of course i use recession it is very important to have those topics on the agenda and not only speaking on fiscal consolidation so we h

i want to highlight the efforts of the environmental council. they've been very generous with their expertise and help us think about how to make the cruise terminal project and the america's cup event but the overall legacy of the city that becomes greeter than the sum of its parts. today's opportunity to certify the c.i.r. is a way to continue this process and to ward and that brings me to the commitment. the commitment that we want to continue this effort both in engaging our community our partners and other permitting agencies to refine the implementation plans, 11 of them, they all talk about the different as peblingts of how we're going to move this event forward. and put together something that we as san franciscans can be proud of. i've worked at the city for 10 years now. i've had the privilege to look at all the aspects of this effort and it has been unique and people who have contributed to and made better over the course of the last several months. with that i'll step back and obviously we're here to answer your questions. thank you. >> thank you. just two thi

the country. this week cuba allowed the general secretary of national council of churches of christ to meet with grosshe says his health is worsening. he's lost more than 100 pounds his photo shows his changed appearance. >> we have concerns for his health but he's in good spirits and we had a good conversation. >> members of maryland's congressional delegation are urging lawmakers to do more to free gross. they're meeting with members to see what else the u.s. government can do. marry's -- marry, wjz eyewitness news. >> in a statement the senator says if cuba wants to improve their relations with the united states they need to release allen gross now. >> public outcry takes it out of coke's new campaign, consumers complained about if new white can saying they've got it confused. they're scrapping the campaign months earlier. he can support white endangered polar bears. they go back as soon as the white ones sell out. >> a member of the blue angels makes a special stop in baltimore county. the elite fighter jet was on a promotional mission. the blue angel spectacular show will be part of maryland's by

private sector for a number of years and then i went and worked for the city as a deputy city attorney and then became general council of the school district here in san francisco, and through that became involved in politics and at some point decided to run for office. [speaking spanish] >> i think that san francisco really represents the best that this country has to offer. it's a place that welcomes people from all over the world, from all over the country, and it's a place that not only tolerates, but actually embraces diversity, a place that is very forward thinking in terms of how it looks at issues. it always felt like home, and i felt that as a gala tino man that this -- gay la taken no man, that this is a place where i could be happy. now doing the job of a supervisor has been the most rewarding experience. it is really remarkable how amazing our neighborhoods are, how amazing its people are. i have a progressive outlook in terms of how i see things, and by progressive i mean we have to make government and make the city work for everyone, and that means that it's not just those who are doing well, it's also

the council in question, as well as the mayor. so there's a question there as to how serious is this educate cal thing? and i think the attorney generalis case is criticizing the fact that these council members who are also under investigation, they have a problem. and they have not been able to face the ethical question properly. >> and, jim, i think the reason you probably noticed this hesitation among all three of us to answer that is because we have said it before. i mean, that's what's been said on this program every time this issue comes up. here we go again. what is new? you can't police yourself. and it's not just the five. but it's the five who are in leadership position. it's five who are seniors. and i mean have seniority. and they're the ones who are supposed to be really providing the leadership. so when you have your leadership of the council on this, then it really -- for lack of a better phrase, it stinks to high heaven. and i think that's what the attorney general said. >> this is the pressure not coming from the attorney general but also from the hill. remember we talked about the congressman who said he is going to

the man still in prison there. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. cuba allowed the general secretary of the national council of churches of christ to meet with gross yesterday. gross is serving a 15 year sentence in cuba for smuggling illegal communications equipment into the country. gross claims he was only trying to help havana's jewish community communicate. >> he has lost a lot of weight and we have concerns for his health and his family also. >> he also met with relatives of 5 imprisoned on charges of spying. >> he has been in prison on cuba now for two years. >>> today is world aids day and a local effort is seeking to commemorate it by setting a world record. thousands of panchos were handed out. shortly after 11:00 everyone lined up in the shape of a ribbon hoping to be the most ever to do so. as heather reports that is just a small part of what is happening today, 30 years after aids was first identified. >> reporter: young military cadets in southern india rush to hand out flyers in a campaign to work world aids day. hundreds marched through the streets of bangladesh to phrase awareness. this gir

the united nations human rights council. seaman which again was the former secretary general of the libyan league for human rights and all the libyan ambassador to burn in switzerland on february twenty five he went to the un human rights council to present his organization's allegations of crimes against his office government and that session a decision was taken to freeze livest membership in the council he underlie the number of deaths six thousand including three thousand in tripoli alone when julian asked which a gear how these claims can be verified he pointed to the former rebels now libya's government as his source here where it all got information from the libyan prime minister mr mahmoud of the graphology tribe was on the other side of the national transitional council was the one who gave me these numbers. yet there are still those who defend the libyan intervention like this former french intelligence officer it is very likely that some crimes attributed to their feet in this conflict were farce or exaggerated but we all do because of khadafi for forty years in the put if he was a terrorist. on june twenty sevent

the future of nato. this is just over an hour. >> good morning and welcome. it is a distinct honor to welcome general martin dempsey to the atlantic council for a conversation with my good friend and journalist, author, commentator, david ignatius of the "the washington post." this morning's conversation is important because it features general dempsey in one of his first public appearances, and david, but the combines the atlantic council's longstanding commanders speaker series with the work of our new defense austerity task force. the atlantic council launched the commanders series in 2008 to provide a platform in washington for leading military officials from the united states and important allied and partner countries. we wanted them to help shape the debate on the most important military matters of the day. the series has featured chiefs of defense and allies such as david richards of the u.k., monthly general dempsey has just met recently. it has included many others. the commander series has featured combatant commanders and service chiefs, today is the first time the series has featured the chief of defense of the united states. this is a great honor fo

i am the president of the atlantic council, and welcome to what will be a truly mark advanced for the atlantic council. it is a distinct honor for me to welcome u.s. army generaln dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. a conversation with my good friend and standout journalists, commentator, david ignatius of the "washington post." this morning's conversation is particularly important, not only because it features general dempsey in one of his first public appearances since taking over this hugely important job, at a historic inflection point, and david, but also because it combines the atlantic council's longstanding commanders speakers series with the word of our new defense austerity task force. the atlantic council wants the commanders series to provide a plan for a in washington for leading military officials from the united states and important ally and partner countries. we wanted them to come here and help shape the debate on the most important military matters of the day. the series has featured chiefs' offense of crucial allies such as david richards of the u.k., who i believe general dempsey has just met recently, it has included the french

to a bill that will set up an eighthics panel, prevent felons from serving on the council and allow the d.c. attorney general to go after electedded officials accused of misconduct. the council member harry thomasjurej under federal investigation for using city funds for his personal use. council members can still make changes before second and final vote later this month. >>> some disturbing news out of maryland now where police are investigating a stabbing that left a teenage girl injured. it happened last night during a fight outside of north wood high school in silver spring. north wood's basketball team was playing kennedy high school. police say several girls from kennedy left the game early and started fighting in the parking lot. the teen who was stabbed is hospitalized with serious injuries. meantime teenagers in montgomery county won't be forced to follow curfew laws any time soon. despite several proposals the county council voted 6 to 3 to table a bill to establish a youth curfew. county's police chief says he is disappointed with the decision. >> i'm very disappointed. settlement from the counci

the plans of how they will go to health care. they are talking to each other. they are having those conversations, and san francisco general hospital as part of the council to discuss how we are going to do that. i am being approached to look at how we are going to move closer together. president chiu: if this anisn't addressed in public comment, i would like to look at that. supervisor kim: the are many questions on charity care i had as well, and the feel like most of the questions were predominantly already asked, but specifically to the tenderloin, and you anticipate them setting up competing services in the neighborhood? the you perceive that they will work with existing medical institutions? >> this is one of the discussions we have had, the importance of partnering with another organization. there is a demand ahead of him and the cisco households as a result of the development. is not current from the -- >> thank you, supervisor kim, for that question. our conversation regarding the housing package was based upon the existing regulatory framework imposed by the special use district and also by section 415 a, planning inclusion marry a zoning ordinance. based

david, as you hear all of that and you put together the events of the last couple of days, we heard a general of the ruling military council at first denying there was any violence against protesters. today that same general expressing great regret for attacks on women promising to punish the assailants. did today's march make a difference? is this some indication that change is possible? >> well, i think it is. whenever you see in a world of marshall law, whenever you see the ruling military council bend the way they did tonight and cough up that apology while the women were still in the street, you know they have some kind of power. i have to say over these last few weeks we've seen the military council increasingly move to try to carve out for itself permanent political powers and autonomy in the coming constitution. they want to hold on to power perhaps behind the civilian mask. for a while i thought they were going to get away with it. it's been a violent few weeks here, but it's really made me question whether the egyptian people are willing to go along with that. i think what we're seeing is a very meaningful resist