the scope of the treasure island transportation plans were further refined in the 2011 treasure island transportation implementation plan. it called for the establishment of the timma for management of the [speaker not understood] implementation. and the overall objective is to price automobile usage on the island through parking fees and [speaker not understood] to access the bridge to discourage driving to and from the future development on treasure island. the development program itself calls for 100,000 square feet of office space, 300 space is a [speaker not understood] space, but it's really anchored by 8,000 residential units, 25% of which will be affordable, but also hotels and some retail and historic facilities. the major transportation [speaker not understood] of the development of treasure island is to minimize impacts on the bay bridge corridor, particularly the peak commute hours. and the starting point for our efforts here is the treasure island transportation implementation plan which includes certain guiding principles, the design the island to encourage walking and bi

contamination on treasure island than we previously believed. theavy has now finally, after many, many years of grass roots and public pressure, finally agreed to examine every house on that island for radioactive contamination that they previously claimed was not there. and in light of the growing seriousness of news report after news report showing more and more how this island is in more danger and its resolution debts are in more danger than we thought, it's absolutely vital that you make sure that these appointees are willing to put a moratorium on activities on that island until the navy gets done with its studies and in my opinion until a full clean up to residential standards is done on that island and also --. >> so your time, can you address the item which is the appointment of this particular individual to the board? >> right, so what i'm saying is --. >> no other issues right now. >> we need you to ask these applicants if they are willing to support a moratorium on activities on that island until these things are done and also consider w

we anticipate the clean up the anticipation of the clean up and the transfer to the island to the navy. every now and then he bhaer the negative nusz of treasure island sometimes that's exempted so our goal and the burden we have is to communicate with the public to make sure that the right information the correct information is being disseminated to the public we rely on the stakeholders on the navy and regulatory agencies of which we have the california department of control and the san francisco public health department and the california public health department and all the water board agencies are working in partnership with us to make sure that when the island is transferred we can be readily assured that the clean up is done to the allowable standards by regulators so everything we're documentation on treasure island is transparent and we'll hold public meetings our stakeholders can attend you can look at on the website and we believe in exactly what we're doctoring this is a development that's gone to transcend maybe 20 years when it's done treasure island yerba buena is the ne

we're proud that the treasure island will be for the city and beyond a great benefit.our many partners claiming the treasure island authority and the 0 deprivation and the workforce development have come together it's because of this collaborative effort we're on schedule to make our target will construction date of summer of 2015. i thank you all especially eric and other for their leadership in getting the job done and done well, with sensitivity to the community. those west rams will provide access and improvements and act as a bridge across the bay. we also create jobs. i am proud that we're critiquing prevailing wage jobs with san francisco companies and retained with those investments. i want to recognize the golden gate bridge company and thank them for the 12 percent dbi contempt on this project. thank you all for being here. i'm happy to be working with the transportation staff and my colleagues to make sure we have the fund to go forward and making sure we deliver n this project on time and thank you to all the staff. we're seeing great connections between th

comes to city hall to raise awareness about the immigrant community. sf island is realizing the immigration project the multiple community based project done in accumulation with san francisco and capturing the low income immigrants in san francisco that have been touched by the services by sf island we have a well-informed understanding of what true immigration means it's more than welcoming immigrants. it is a means to supporting immigrant communities and leading a dig if i did lives without fear of culture or linguistic barriers. finally today is the day i've noted earlier we'll be voting on this april as immigrant month in san francisco. i want to thank in advance my supervisors and before i close i want to give you a background of sf island it began in 2006 and because of growing concerns that the immigrant in san francisco had regarding the debate on immigration around the bill. those organizations came together the 13 groups in recognition that working together was really the best way to service the communities. they know that contingent education and leg

where could i go to get the old fashioned cayman islands treatment? >> if you are looking for an off shore jurisdiction where to be perfectly frank you can do whatever you want to do -- thank is the point of wealth. >> i would suggest the cook islands. >> hypothetically let's say i have a business that allows other millionaires to shoot panda bears remotely via skype. >> i think the cook islands probably would accommodate you. >> i like the sound of this. >> there's a reason why the cook islands is known as the crook islands. >> [evil laugh] why aren't you laughing ma high inicly like me? >> we have different morals let's just say that. >> fantastic a master of sheltering money in the cook islands howard rosen unleashes a sales pitch that spoke to the recklessly rich. >> i think we use seatbelts in cars to protect ourselves. why shouldn't we be able to protect our financial resources. >> the cook islands is just a seatbelt to your money doesn't bump it head. >> sure. >> let's say i want to put money in a trust for my current wife and keep my other dumb

players scoured the island in search of clues. the idea is to show people that this place has more to offer than just beautiful beaches. a player finds a clue inside an old well. the well is an example of a historical site the local officials want tourists to visit. >> translator: you won't find this place in a guidebook. we wouldn't have known about it if it wasn't for the game. >> reporter: officials hope word about the island will spread. >> translator: we're hoping that the participants will post their discoveries on facebook and twitter, and those who read them will visit the island. >> reporter: real-life puzzle games are serious business for many companies and regions. they're getting their game on as they try to raise their public profile. chee tanaka, nhk world. >>> tornadoes plagued the southern united states monday night and more severe weather may be on the way. our meteorologist jonathan oh has the forecast. jonathan? hello, yes, we're continuing to track this particular system that has been plaguing the central easter

is no issue of territorial sovereignty to be resolved over the islands. the number of chinese early warning aircraft and bombers flying over international waters between miyako island and okinawa's main island has also increased since last summer. aircraft were scrambled against russian planes nearly 360 times last year, up about 110 from the previous year. >>> time now for a check of the weather. a cyclone is heading to northeastern australia. our meteorologist robert speta is here with an update. robert? >> yes. we are watching out here as now a very severe and potentially very dangerous or deadly storm system, if people do not take the proper precautions out ahead of this. this is cyclone ita. it's continues to track to the west. now a category 5 on the meteorology scale. this is the highest it goes. take a look at the visible satellite imagery. you can get a little more detail on this storm system. the eye really defined in that center of circulation. here's your eye wall where winds, well, right now about 205 kilometers per hour sustained. put that in

both nations claim the islands. now for the first time, a u.s. president, obama, has sided with japan. ahead of his visit, the president told the japanese newspaper that the islands fall under the u.s., japan mutual security treaty and said quote, the policy of the united states is clear. the islands are administered by japan. we oppose any unilateral attempts to undermine japan's administration of these islands. unquote. >> question, one of the main objectives of president obama's trip to asia, the asian pivot. >> japan is in a conflict with china. japan add administered these islands, china entered a claim for them. this could go to a shooting war. if you go to the philippines and malaysia, both of those places have islands in the south china sea. the philippines are in a conflict with china and they want the american military support behind them. >> in the philippines. >> south korea has a treaty with the united states to defend it against north korea or to fight on its behalf and the japanese and the south koreaens have a conflict over island

basically the next step not only to connect idling island to california and europe but the whole world. we have an irish community in san francisco we believe approximately 4 hundred and 50 thousand people and building it or not lingus makes half of its revenue we call them relatives and family. we have 70 million people worldwide but it's a huge market and that's basically our mission we want to complete the mission every year and this flight to san francisco contributes. we have one hundred and 50 years old we thought of something of our flying equipment it is in 3 o'clock we e 3:30 we took over the north atlantic and the designation is ireland the sf our more importantly all the the aircraft's is called for our crew after 12 hours of work still big miles. >> thank you very much (clapping.) i'd like to ask the crew to remain up front while we had a toast and ask the mayor to come up. a big toast to the air lingus in san francisco welcome san francisco. cheers (clapping.) this means good height and good look. thank you

they came to the island. the atmosphere is a bit chaotic really. our island is small. there's not much room to accommodate people. the community here is doing their very best to host all these people coming from politicians to the parents to the access rescue workers. >> have some of the survivors been brought in there as well? there must have been huge relief for their families if they were on the island. >> they were brought back. from our window yesterday we saw a helicopter and what appeared to be students, those rescued, wrapped in blankets. helicopter landed on our lawn. they transported from there to the meeting place. the joy i can only imagine what the joy must have been. >> what's the reaction to the fact the captain is being questioned about being one of the fist to abandon ship? >> many were furious. from koreans i have spoken to they're very upset with the situation. the general feel is it was his moral only obligation to stay with the ship. teachers and students and other civilians didn't make it. >> thank you for joining us here on "gmt" today. >>> stay w

it covers the pacific coast and the islands of izu and ogasawada. agency officials say the tsunami could reach up to a meter. they're warning people covered by the advisory to stay away from beaches and river mouths. we'll bring you more updates as they come in. do stay with us. >> hello. i'm sumari.

it is like a cheat sheet for nature today we will see the national wild life refuge and other islands we did not visit in to the state park that is far less known and obviously has abundant wildlife alligators, birds and it is the great place to visit in fort myers. we're standing now at the national wildlife refuge and they have identified 238 species and also reptiles and amphibians and a number of mammals that comes through here as well. >> in terms of the island this preserve started the san about wildlife preserve and overtime after darling past the way they did in his honor. he was a cartoonist from des moines i well winning several pulitzer prizes and was very much in to nature and was of follow-through with teddy roosevelt and conservatives being conservative meant being for the conservation of nature and those two words were intertwined so he was into her serving this into perpetuity to 200500 acres of these tidal flats that are right to be kind to me when the tide gets low all the birds come to feed to get to the crustaceans and the crabs. and the love minnows are pooled but

up to 7.5 hours of wind energy powering the island. total to date of 150 hours. >> ironically renewable energy targets have been reached by keeping diesel in the mix, and wasting power. >> traditional problem with wind power is that it's unreliable, not enough, and the rights can go out. too much can be just as bad. a surge can trip the system. the breakthrough is combining two innovations, a generator that only fires up and burns diesel when the power generated by the wind and son drops below demand and a resistor tapping off power when overperforming renewables overwhelm the system. >> what we achieve with technology is evening out the variability in the energy sources. the combination of the technologies is what makes this a winner. >> the screen shows the power mix coming in, and the output demand pulling out. wind power generation is topped up with a little diesel in case a big customer turns on a switch. the resistor pulls out the access and can drain more, if the windmill turns faster. the big hope is that the technology here can

inclusive of the s, nkaku islands and actions to undermind japan of the senkaku islands, will be agreed the legal basis for security is being discussed. >> where regard to regional safety and alliance, and contributing to safety and stability of the region, we are making studies. this is what i explained to president obama. concerning the studies and examinations made in japan, this was welcomed, and this would be supported. that was a position expressed by president obama. >> our position is not new. secretary chuck hagel, our defense secretary when he visited. secretary of state john kerry, when he visited here. they both indicated what has been the consistent position throughout. we don't take a position on final sovereignty determinations with respect to senkaku, but historically they have been administered by japan. and we do not believe that they should be subject of change unilaterally. >> president obama and president abe live in tokyo at the press conference following their summit. they have been discussing trade, security, as you just heard, and really, essentially, reaffirmin

for the total island. tal about 150 hours. >> i roncally, renewable energy targets have been met by keeping diesel in the mix while deliberately wasting power. >> the traditional power with wind power is that it's unreliable. not enough, and the lights can go out. but too much can be just as bad. al surge can trip the system. >> the breakthrough is combining two innovations, a responsive generator that fires up and burns diesel when the power generated by the wind and the sun drops below demand and a resistor which taps off excess power when over performing renewables threaten to over women the system. >> what we achieve is evening out the variability in those sources. the combination of both technologies is what makes this a winner. this screen shows the power mix coming in and the output demand is pulling out. here, wind power generation would cover demands but it's topp topped-off anyway in case a big customer turns on a big switch. the resist or pulls out the current excess and can drain still more if t

the attendance is free phenomenon the past, present treasure island association be there as 10:30. and on sunday checkout you tell rock fair the rock is a giant music lovers dream where people come from all over and the event is one of the biscuit one of its kind so check it out. at the that's the weekly buzz for for information sophday. >> thank you for being here today to welcome air lingus to san francisco international airport i'm john martin the airport director i want to send a welcome to lingus to christofi mueller (clapping) joined by a number of digital tars including the mayor of san francisco mayor ed lee. mr. mayor (clapping) for san francisco and the city of cork the sister city has a relationship we're happy to welcome the deputy mayor laurie king stone raise your hand. and the cork chamber of commerce ceo conner healy. thank you (clapping) also present from the san francisco sister city committee the chairman during mat. thank you (clapping) and the business committee chair jim. (clapping.) and a warm welcome to the consul general of ireland philli

in the case of the current japanese defenders of the islands are two police officers. an argue reasonbly that the placing of these self defense forces on this island is a long overdue step in increasing japan's ability to defend it's own territories. >> due can japan defend it's territories by itself, or is it reliant on the u.s. backing it up. and of course we've got president obama in asia this week. this is going to become a big issue. >> yes, obama's visit is interesting in terms of the atmospherics. it might be, indeed, that this announcement was made prior to president obama's arrival, however, japan's ability to defend itself is a real question that you can debate on for hours and hours and hours, and we don't have that time basically japan is under spent on defense, and has left to the united states a large part of the burden of defending the territories. >> this has been a tit-for-tat dispute for a number of years. how might we expect china to retaliate. >> reporter: china might not retaliate in this instance, but anything that shows moving towards the islands

abe appeared to get that using the japanese name for the islands senkaku. preident obama said america would defend them. >> they have been administered by japan, and we do not believe that they should be subject to change unilaterally. >> translator: any unilateral action to undermine the administration of this senkaku islands will be denied by the united states. we agree on this point. stop the hostile rhetoric and stop provoking china. >> in our discussions i emphasized the importance of resolving this issue peacefully, not escalating the situation. keeping rhetoric low, not taking provocative actions. >> here in japan, president barack obama cannot escape the crisis in ukraine. he was asked how he would respond to violence by russian backed militia in eastern ukraine. mr. obama said he's ready to impose fresh sanctions on russia in days. he accused vladimir putin for not sticking to spirit or letter of the agreement signed last week. bbc news tokyo. >> we'll keep you posted on the president's trip to the far east. let's move on with business. aaron is her

back on the island there is so much grief police made another awful discovery. the 52-year-old vic advice prinl on the school trip and who was rescued from the ferry hanged himself in the gymnasium. tension on display from parents who say the time has come to accept that their children are dead, and others refusing to give up hope. but as the waters rise over the ship those hopes are ebbing away. al jazeera, south korea. >> and confusion for third day in nigeria over the fate of 100 teenage girls kidnapped from their school. the hard line group boko haram are blamed for the abduction. nigeria's military said they found most of the girls but retracted that line after parents disputed that claim. we report now. >> reporter: the confusion over the whereabouts of the girls kidnapped from the school seem to be come from the nigerian military. on wednesday they released a statement saying 129 girls had been kidnapped but they had managed to free 121 of them. and that they had cross checked this number with the school principal who confirmed the girls had been freed. ho

basically the next step not only to connect idling island to california and europe but the whole world. we have an irish community in san francisco we believe approximately 4 hundred and 50 thousand people and building it or not lingus makes half of its revenue we call them relatives and family. we have 70 million people worldwide but it's a huge market and that's basically our mission we want to complete the mission every year and this flight to san francisco contributes. we have one hundred and 50 years old we thought of something of our flying equipment it is in 3 o'clock we e 3:30 we took over the north atlantic and the designation is ireland the sf our more importantly all the

back on the island, police made another awful discovery. e 52-year-old vice principal with 325 of his students had hanged himself near the gymnasium housing the relatives. inside the whole deep eping sadness and tension on display, between parents accepting the fact that their children are dead and ores refusing to give up hope. >>> and another of our correspondent is adrian brown. adrian bring us up to speed on the rescue forts and the investigation into the accident. >> well, the round the clock operation goes on. it is an enormous rescue operation. they are working under giant flood lights at the moment because they are involved in a frantic race against time. it is almost three days since the ferry sank, and the hopes are fading of finding alive anymore people. but the rescuers still believe there is a faint chance there could still be some survivors. they may be trapped in an air pocket or in some sealed room. today the drivers were not able to venture into the center of the vessel, where if there are survivors that's where they think t

arriving in 1524, one of the harbor islands supposedly reminded him of the greek island of rhodes. other's say the name originated with dutch explorer adriaen block. the story goes that he was amazed by the red clay in the soil so he called the area "red island," or as the dutch would say, "roodt eylandt." he also named one of the islands "block island" in honor of himself. >> rhode island is known as little rhody. it's approximately 1,200 square miles, and rhode island was h ofted when roger williams left religious freedom. he had hope that he would find the religious freedom that had led him to come to the new world. >> williams succeeded in establishing a settlement in 1631. thankful for his good fortune, he named it providence. today, providence is the capital of rhode island and "hope" is the state motto. >> so the flag includes "hope," this golden anchor, which is a reference to the coastline of rhode island, and also 13 stars to represent the 13 states -- the original states. >> here's one more interesting fact. although rhode island is our smallest state geographically, it h

the people on yonaguni island protest the moving, saying it will increase tensions. china and other nations say it may increase ownership. >> michael is a research associate at the mit center for international studies. >> china may choose not to retaliate. anything that in any way shows movement towards the islands will lead to some sort of response by the chinese side, even know what is happening is japan is building on its own territory. just a listening post basically. it's not making offensive action towards china. anything having to do with it is problematic. >> owning a mobile phone in myanmar used to be a luxury. people made good money renting out their phones. the economy has prospered. some of the old ways of doing business struggled to keep up. we have more. >> they are setting up shop. they put their phone out and wait. this is the best time of the day. the streets are full of people heading home after work. some may need to make a phone call. the phone rental service. fewer people seem to need his services. my business has become useless. i'm sitting as a

the unmarked aircraft fell as the two countries commented artillery fire. residents on several islands were forced to seek shelter. south korea responded by scrambling jets. the artillery took place on the same day south koreans held large exercises. >> officials say batteries in the black box of the malaysian airliner will likely run out of power by the end of the ship. an australian ship with the u.s. navy's blackbox detect tore has joined the search. >> a pakistani court is considering a request from the former president to leave. pervez musharraf was charged with high treason. the former leader and army chief wants to visit his mother and get medical treatment in the u.s. he was charged with unlawfully disobeying the constitution. he was one of pakistan's longest serving leader and military ruler to be indicted. >> a controversial decision in the trial of the heir to the du pont family fortune, why a judge is suspending his sentence despite an unspeakable crime. >> what a governor is doing to outrage residents. >> the u.n. giving a dire warning over the fall out from climate change

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despite all its charms not many of those who come here are aware of the island's history. the original inhabitants of this island, the increasing commercial development drove them from their home and for decades they have stayed like this, poor and uneducated and marginalized. the government has awarded two hectors of land. it is one of the most extensive and south after properties in the country. and real estate developers have long wanted it. that's why they're worried for their safety. the leader of the tribe was gunned down in broad daylight just over a year ago. he was fighting for the rights of his people. the case is pending in the courts and tension in the islands is high. >> it is awful for us because we're here first, yet we have been left behind while others have progressed we have nothing at all. >> they say local governments here have not given them enough protection often favoring the establishments the office of the mayor is unavailable for comment. the move to put the area on the tourism map is now being pushed. >> we're very grateful that the government has

the winds of change. how a small island becomes the prototype for power. >> morning to you, welcome back to al jazeera america. let's look at where the snow and the rain may fall with meteorologist eboni deon. we are going to see a little of both. some areas are feeling like june with the warmth we are experiencing in the east. elsewhere we have the return of wintry weather. we'll see it spilling south into the plain, the southern plains, as we get into the rest of the afternoon, as far as the rain, we have been watching it across minnesota, blowing up over wisconsin into michigan, and now we are seeing a few more showers across northern areas of missouri, where there is a warning. >> a wind farm done under could set the standard for how power is generated in remote communities, andrew thomas shows us how this projects is merging old and new energy sources. >> it's hardly a pumping metropolis. australia's king island between the mainland and tasmania has more cows than people, but it's becoming a prototype for how islands c

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anything that in any way shows most towards the islands will lead to some sort of response by the chinese side. even know what is happening is a - japan is building on its own territory, definitely its own territory, it's a listening most. it's not making an offensive action towards china at all. nevertheless, anything to do with the it is problem attic. >> owning a mobile phone in myanmar used to be a luxury. people made good money from renting out their phones from road side shops. the economy prospered. some of the old ways of doing business struggled to keep up. >> the sun is going down. this man is setting up shop. he puts his phone out and waits. this is the best time of day, when the streets are full of people, heading out after work. someone needs to make a phone call. fewer people seem to need services these days. >> translation: my business is useless. i'm a man at this table. the man can be used as pocket money, i'm no longer making profit. >> the mobile phone shop, in contrast, does a prisoning trade. customers and and outside. asking for the latest things for the older, cheap