you may join the council general, and please, the honorable hydra mendoza, president of our board of, 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're going t

and if i may, i would like to present the council general this message of hope and our cranes. [applause] >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. thank you, mayor ed lee. actually, this is my second time to take part in the city of hope celebration. i would really like to extend my thanks to reno world fund and the mayor and the people who are coming to join today's celebration. so many things come to mind when we approach the idea of hope. some of the first that strike me our hope during troubled times and hope for the future. and all time hoped-for our societies, for our children, and for the world. everyone of us might have hope that the time of the beginning of this year to see a better world to live in, more peaceful, more prosperous, more cheerful. but as he mentioned, we did have many, many large scale natural disasters this year, starting with the puree -- in penury and in march 11 in japan. here in the united states, we have many tornadoes and flooding and cyclones, wildfires. in bangkok, thailand, again, floodings. to the contrary, in east africa, drought and famine. so

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] >>

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 leadership up here. so again, thank you very much council general. 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

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

the secretary general of the league of arab states is a dear colleague. objected to requests by members of the council to invite general to participate in today's meeting. the report of arab observers was not sent to you as part of the documents that were dispatched from the headquarters of the league of arab states. mr. president, the decision by the league of arab states to go to the council is only an attempt to by past the task of arab observers and attempt to ignore the report. the report, unfortunately, came against the plans by some arab and nonarab parties who falsely claim attachment to the arab rule in settling the syrian crisis at a time when they worked by different means to abort the mission of the observers and they waged a political and media war against it. some arab officials and some europeans have doubted the meaning of the -- the meaningfulness of the mission, including the prime minister of qatar who visited only two weeks after the beginning of the work of the mission, making statements that the continuation of the mission of observers is useless and asked that the syrian issue b

the. supreme council of. the. symbols of the old regime. it is a general. feeling frustration over the smooth change. from the old regime and some members of the supreme council of the. opposition so good people just have a general lack of trust. i believe that the sooner. the better for them nor the book. so far. has been to the letter. but libya is not far behind coming up next hour on our team ons after the fall of gadhafi respected n.g.o.s doctors without borders spends its mission from libya after being forced to treat torture victims were then sent straight back further. but now president obama vowed to reform tax and fight poverty while hailing america's military during his annual state of the union speech much of the focus in this year's address was dedicated to the country struggling economy and the pressing. problem of inequality embodied by the occupy movement obama also praised army advances abroad and the assassination of osama bin ladin the speech is regarded as a pre-election chance for obama to sell his campaign to the public and professor paul sheldon flight from california state univ

the rise. >>> chile council general was kidnapped and shot in the i'm area in november -- in the same area inr. >>> in pakistan a militant leader was killed. 7 people were critically wounded and the explosion took place outside the leader's home in northwest pakistan. the blast was a suicide bomb made of five kilogram of explosives. >>> and mother nature is caused serious damage after a strong quake near capital of peru. this is the southern part of the country. at last count the 6.3 quake injured almost a thousand people and three -- 100 people and three homes were damaged. >>> and another natural disaster in australia an area view of flooding. even more rains are expected through the end of the week. the bureau of meteorology forecast will receive the worst of the weather so far that looks to be right on point and again, aerial footage of flooding coming out of australia. they are warm and snugy but stewed neants school district can't wear -- students in one school district can't wear them to class. the school district says those are banned. also, he pleaded guilty to using paper clips inst

general tom perez. >> quite obviously with a very closely watched presidential election upcoming, most of the chief elections officers will be working very closely with the major parties. we are pleased that general council and director of voter protection at the dnc has come back to the afternoon session here to join us. as state officials, we're particularly interested in hearing about voter outreach and engagement efforts by the dnc, we will also have a representative from the rnc and we are anxious to hear his role in voter protection. >> i thank you secretary miller and thank you all for having us back this afternoon. as i did speak briefly this morning, i will endeavor to be fairly brief this afternoon as well. i do want to say that as we enter the 2012 election, we are facing new rules, many of which have been talked about here today, whether they involve photo id or voter registration, new rules happening in the states, many of these rules, we think the fact is that they will have a disproportionate affect on members of the voting public, who traditionally have been disenfranchiseded. many of them, minorities, either racial or long minorities. to that end, our focus and our goal, one of them anyw

the. supreme council of the. symbols of the old regime. is a general. feeling of frustration at the small change. from the all do zoom and some members of the supreme council of the force was. only for the opposition through people just have a general lack of trust the words authority i believe that the sooner. the better for them do nor. move much of those and so far the road map has been all through the length of. the beer is not far behind coming up in the next hour in our team months after the fall of gadhafi bigoted n.g.o.s doctors without borders suspends its mission to libya after being forced to treat torture victims and then straight sent straight back for further interrogation. and more and that a little later if we're not in the meantime president obama vowed to reform tax and five poverty while hailing america's military during his annual state of the union speech much of the focus in this year's address was dedicated to the country struggling economy and the pressing problem of inequality embodied by the occupy. movement obama also praised all me advances abroad and the assassination

the detainees and the economic and social council for the league of arab states will be looking into imposing economic sanctions. this resolution was communicated to the secretary general of the united nations and requested him to take actions in accordance in support of the efforts on 27 november, 2011, the league of arab states council adopted halting all flights to syria in a way that would not take the people and read in the meeting and 2011 on the details of the action. it is worth mentioning here that the arab committee continued its meetings aimate following up the developments of the syrian situation they met on 17 november and on cairo on january 2012. despite all of the efforts including contacts with the government and the syrian side resorted to introducing one after another and all kinds of questions. to which the league of arab states did provide answers. this lasted for over a month. it was clear that the objective was to resort and that was in order to evade responsibilities and commitments which reflected a lack of political will once the barrier and they started defending themselves with the acts of military oppression, the syrian government signed th

the supreme council for those. who don't choose to be. the symbols of. the general. feeling of frustration. from the all these even some members of the supreme council. for a position that's people just have a general lack of trust. i believe that the sooner. the better for them you know. much a little and so far. as. to the letter president obama vowed to reform tax and five poverty while helping america's military during his annual state of the union address much of the focus in this here is a speech was dedicated to the country struggling economy and the pressing problem of inequality in body by the occupy movement obama also praised army advances abroad and the assassination of us some of the loddon speech is regarded as a pre-election chance for obama to sell his campaign to the public school professor paul sheldon foot from california state university believes the address clearly demonstrates the policy priorities chosen by obama's administration. he used the cute little code phrase that we're going to have an enduring relationship with death in a stand which means we're going to have

the military knows it's time is running out. all this supreme council of the armed forces. the. symbols of the old regime. and that is a general feeling of. change. from the from the all delusion and some members of the supreme council of the armed forces. to describe. opposition who people just have a general lack of trust the words authority i believe that the sooner. the better for you nor the. very much aware of those and so far the road map has been fall to the letter. when it comes to violence libya isn't far behind coming up in the next hour in our months after the fall of gadhafi respected n.g.o.s doctors without borders suspends its mission to libya after being forced to treat torture victims the event sent straight back for further interrogation. and election campaigning here in russia or its web weapons that are on the front line of the battlefield. has been looking at the cutting edge tactics being used to win hearts and minds but it's about the way it is that is that was that was very. suits and ties and slogans cold out from the poor d.m. are the traditional election season fair but they're no longer considered p

the supreme council of the armed forces. who don't choose to be. symbols of the old regime. and that is the general. feeling of frustration over the smooth change lose from the from the old regime and some members of the supreme council of the armed forces. who just. opposition. people just have a general lack of trust. i believe that the sooner. the better for them you know. and so far. has been to the letter. and the only liberated back in trouble doctors without borders announced its suspending its mission to levy over concerns that it's being made to treat interrogation of victims allegedly tortured by anti say forces and with thousands of cut off your loyalist still behind bars there is growing concern over the intentions of a nato bad government artist maria fish and now reports. doctors without borders known for going do their job in the most dangerous and notorious places around the globe but in n t c iran libya the group has encountered a formidable obstacle they couldn't overcome burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all these evidence of the continued t

the military knows it's time is running out. most egyptians are still weary. of this supreme council of the armed forces and. the trials of the symbols of the old regime. and that is a general feeling of frustration at the small change. from the from the old regime and some members of the supreme council of the armed forces . who describe only for opposition. people just a general lack of trust the words authority i believe that the sooner. the better for them do nor. very much aware of those and so far the road map has been fall to the letter. it appears not far behind coming up in the next hour in our team months after the fall of gadhafi acted n.g.o.s doctors without borders suspends its mission to libya after being forced to treat torture victims through a fence straight sent straight back for further interrogation. and more on that a little later if we hear a lot in the meantime president obama vowed to reform tax and fight poverty while hailing america's military during his annual state of the union speech much of the focus in this year's address was dedicated to the country struggling economy and the pressing problem of inequality bordered by the occupy movement obam

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. supreme council of the armed forces. the trials of the symbols of the old regime. and that is a general. feeling of frustration over the smooth change. from the from the old regime and some members of the supreme council of the armed forces who would like to describe any formal opposition that's so good people just have a general lack of trust the words authority i believe that the sooner. the better for them they know that the book is. very much a little theirs and so far the roadmap has been followed to the letter. meanwhile in the bia the national transitional council has reportedly begun amassing forces including truck mounted and aircraft cannon near the rest of town of bani walid the troop buildup comes after deadly clashes in the town earlier this week during which government fighters were forced out the unrest mirrors a growing frustration in the country with manny people fed up with government incompetence and violent power struggles between former rebels doctors without borders has also suspended its libyan mission over concerns that it's being made to treat interrogation.

the secretary general objected to requests by members of this council to invite general dhabi of the arnold league observers to participate in this meeting the reports of the arab observers was not sent to you as part of the documents but were dispatched from the headquarters of the arab league the decision of the arab league to go to the security council is only an attempt to bypass the time of the honorable observers i'm going to attempt to ignore the reports the reports came against the plans of some of the parties. now of course this meeting is taking place right now in new york city following ten months of violent unrest in syria according to the united nations at least fifty four hundred people have been killed and clearly the international community is trying to find the right approach to resolve the violence in syria but not all parties are seeing eye to eye on that approach according to one. being reported those sponsoring this draft resolution may bring it to a vote by thursday and if the text of this resolution does not change we could be sure to see russia possibly castin

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

been checking in with the attorney general's office throughout the evening and as far as we know, that fest thousand dollars payment has not been made yet. you will remember council member thomas signed a civil agreement with the d.c. attorney general in july. that agreement laid out a payment plan. $50,000 on the spot, $50,000 just about every six months until $300,000 is paid. when he signed the agreement, council member thomas didn't admit any wrongdoing, but he agreed to pay back $300,000 he's accused of using for his personal pleasure. including an expensive suv, luxury trips, and meals. remember, there is also a federal investigation underway looking into this by the u.s. attorney. recently, thomas' northeast home was raided by the fbi. several council members have called for council member thomas to step down in the past. monday, we asked council chairman brown if he's ready to do the same quote think there is a legal process that is taking place right now, matt, and allowing the legal process to carry itself out. we're going to focus our energy and continue to make sure that we communicate the work that we're doing and delivering for the residents of the

the neighbors. the general manager did attend this, leadership council meeting a couple of months ago. and the group voted unanimously to support this project. these are among the real grown- ups 11th street. i fully support of their application to expand this entertainment use and i hope you do as well. thank you. >> any additional public comment? >> hello. i am -- i read one of the letters that is in the packet. i live on north fixed-rate something like 200 feet away from the lounge. i have lived there for eight years. i have lived in the city for 15. i wanted to restate i moved to the area at explicitly because of places like the dna lounge. i love being near there. there also a neighbor. when i heard about the combination, that sounded like an awesome thing to me. i have been to other places that are like this, more unified, awful restaurant and performance space. it is a great kind of thing to do. it is also my live around the corner from this. that is all i wanted to say. >> thank you. president fong: any additional public comment? >> commissioner borden: this issue of making sur

the lives of at least six people. >> united nations secretary- general ban ki-moon is calling on the security council to get serious with damascus, saying the situation in syria has become unacceptable. the u.n. estimates that more than 5000 people have been killed in syria during the government's 10-month crackdown. and in the east near the lebanese border, army deserters are fighting back. >> this video reportedly shows ribble surry fighters on patrol in the town of zabadani. the fighters said they belong to the free syrian army, and they are standing guard to protect residents from government troops and president bashar al- assad. >> every day they are destroying homes. they have brought in tanks. they are attacking from all sides. but, god willing, they will not be able to enter this area again, as long as we are breathing. >> many of the fighters in this town deserted the army. they have faced a stiff challenge from the saw's forces, who attacked zabadani again on the weekend. this, despite the arab observer mission in the country, which has been unable to stop the bloodshed. the u.n. secretary-general has sha

the u.n. security council meeting. so far bill we have heard members that some members of the arab league speaking to the security council on their plan for syria specifically it was the secretary general of the arab league and the prime minister of qatar that in the i dress the international body indicating that they say they tried very hard to decide to solve the problem in syria before the issue before the security council but they underscored the fact that they are calling for a ceasefire from both sides that are in a conflict that's one month but that's waging in syria and they're calling for national dialogue those that just the security council specifically the prime minister of qatar said that this plan does not call for any foreign intervention the arab league does not want to. carry intervention into syria instead they say this is a syrian crisis doubt will be approached in the in the context of the arab of the here's a little bit of what the prime minister of this hall had to say. we're going to the program calling for military intervention. if you can immigration that will bring the syrian regime to understand that you can do it would be to the demands on its people of the

the u.n. security council to help address the crisis in syria and the threat that it poses to the stability of their region. and the secretary general has come here and urged us not to let the syrian people down in their plight. members of the council have often called for arab leadership in the past and that should be respected now, by all nations of the world. can any member of the council today claim to have a better -- be in a better position to judge how best to support peace and stability in syria, than these arab nations themselves? the resolution does not propotion imposing change on syria from outside. it calls for the syrian people to be allowed to make their choices for themselves. it does not call for military action and could not be used to authorize it. indeed, the secretary general has stressed the plan of the arab league specifically does not include any outside intervention. it does not contain coerrive ur chapter 7 resolution. but in our -- it should, in our view, put the leaders of syria on notice that measures will be considered by this council. immd to the violence and if the arab league plan continues to be ign

for have been demonstrating for since the supreme council of the armed forces took power from mubarak last february because to them they say that the ruling generals have been actually representing the old regime something they've been fighting against and something actually their revolution has been designed to gets rid of but over in today we have many signs indicating that the islamists in this new poll and the muslim brotherhood as well as salafist the second body that. they see a vote actually go in most likely to cooperate with scoff and that's why many people have been able to speak to here in pa wrote saying they feel a little bit strange. tracking the latest developments of all of us in cairo or bear in mind you can check out our to twitter feed as well as more years of personal one of the latest on egypt first a parliamentary session under growing frustration in the region as you can see in one of the latest tweets she says that people keep calling for the ruling generals to step down all the details are standing by for you now twenty four hours a day online on our look at. the leader of libya's national transitional council says the cou

recommend in the rules committee meeting wednesday to put the matter on the february 14th council agenda. the pot clubs generateundreds of thousands in pot tax for the city. live in san jose. damian trujillo, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. a big time vote could come today in sacramento over control of the state's courts. the state assembly considering a bill that would take away budget control from the courts and turn it over to the legislature. at stake here, $3 billion split among california's trial courts controlled by a central bureaucracy. if the bill does not get a vote today, it will die. >> 6:49. governor brown's tax plan is getting the backing of one of the state's most powerful unions, the california teefrpers association agreed to sport the multi-billion-dollar plan. according to the "sacramento bee." governor brown wants voters to decide whether to raise the state sales tax and hike income taxes on high wage earners. if the hikes fail, schools would face $2.4 billion in cuts. >> 6:50 now. admission of guilt, oakland police say 15-year-old boy admitted to killing his foster parents. poli

the county. >> how many people are getting tickets? how much revenue is it generating? what are they doing with it. >> reporter: those are the questions county council members want answers to before they approve a contract with the traffic camera company operating the county speed cameras and 8 red light cameras. this october report from the maryland public interest research group warns governments to review those traffic camera contracts with a critical eye. police haven't said where the 7 new speed cameras and red light cameras will go but say the cameras in place are making school zones safer. >> in several of the locations the cameras have radically reduced speeding and changed motorists behavior. >> the county council is expected to review the contracts tomorrow, but a vote isn't scheduled until january 17th. >> the police would remain in charge of determining where the cameras are needed the most. >>> gasoline prices start off 2012 with the highest numbers posted across the country. the price of regular rose $0.08 in the past week alone. the climb may continue through the end of the summer. >> reporter: as fireworks marked the new year by goin

country is expected to increase consumption all the laundry after the cited to reduce nuclear power generation gas from has one council on the us as a market for many but it had to start looking for alternatives following a spike in the us the mass of production. that's all we have time for this hour for more stories head to our web site r c dot com slash business. sure is that so much of. which are called you and it will be. the biggest and most expensive elections money can buy this is how many americans see what are called political action committees or super pacs. nine thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines are serious slams the arab league plan to solve the country's crisis that required president assad to step down damascus says the initiative was an interference in its internal affairs that attack on the country's sovereignty. you would die. unprecedented sanctions against iran that include a complete with oil embargo a move targeting terror on the nuclear program russia calls the sanctions a mistake that undermines diplomatic efforts to solve a crisis adding the embargo won't make iran change policies. for

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