>> so thank you for coming to the treasure island development authority roll call. >> ford the wednesday, february 10, 2016, san francisco treasure island development authority board meeting call to order director president fei director vice president mazzola director richardson director kositsky supervisor kim we we have quorum great so thank you and welcome all for being here today wale have the next item on the agendas the general public comment item number 2 general public comment to at this time, members of the public may address the commission items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when public comment will be held during each item on the agenda members of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes you will hear a single chime with 30 seconds please state your name. >> any public comment? please come up. >> this is. >> hello my name is matt to online accept a resident residents of san francisco i'm intere

okay trees and native trees and shrubs on top of the island and down the slopes that is looking back from you know the prospective of yerba buena island and cfo and this is a little bit of a sense of the historical environment of the area and probably thought islands as well in that except for the fact not a lot of people living there but sort of the oaks and other things depicted around the cove from the wetlands and the grass and the coast and the redwood efforts on the inland to the dealt and beyond an incredible ecology that's the overview context for which yerba buena island sits and this shows how close the idle is to the two shores about san francisco and the east bay how we're managing the wildlife and planets on yerba buena island we don't know of that in the san francisco but reaching singles we're up against the east bay as well and show the diversifies of the san francisco and yerba buena island there the upper right most we call the price to see sand or dune sands that orient when the sands were there old dunes tens of thousands of yea

china's ownership for the islands see the time at the end of the world war. china needs to approve again these islands in. these are disputed. it does not many much. china will stand firm on its claims to the islands in. and sovereignty with that. that is where they want to go through some of these countries to innocent vice them to come into more and more of an area with china, china is prepared to deal with that. the united states really need to stand and under the consequences in the brent seabrook, and accuse china of being the culprit party in the escalation. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> a woman is being arrested after 30 hours beneath the ruins of the northern province of idlib, doctors without borders says two others were wounded but alive. rescue workers have been searching what is left of the building. it is among two schools that were bombed. russia is rejecting accusations its debts were responsible. turkey says whoever did it could be guilty of war crimes. it has broken international law. syria's ambassador to the u.n. says

as this historic exodus unfolds, fault lines came to find out what the future holds for the island they've left behind. >> we have a good country here >> yeah, it's a beautiful place. >> as puerto rico's crisis deepens, the government is slashing public spending. one of the sectors that's been hardest hit - education. >> yes, in the past two years, the government has shut down 135 schools. >> mercedes martinez is president of the teachers' federation. they've been trying to fight the school closures, but the government is now planning hundreds more. >> well, it's definitely a response from the government, and an attack towards the working class and the-- >> an attack on the working class? >> yes, definitely. there-- >> why on the working class? i mean, are the schools in areas where-- >> yes. all of the schools--that have been shut down have been in areas of impoverished communities. >> we're on our way to the jose melendez ayala school, which was closed just before the school year began. but the community has refused to leave until the secretary of education pays them a visit. >> so this

the clock. >> we've arrived in puerto rico, a us island territory, more than $70 billion in debt. residents are american citizens, but the poverty rate here is 3 times the national average. now, with the economy facing collapse, record numbers are using their american passports to get out. >> i have never been away from home, like this is the first time for a long time. >> why did he choose to go? >> he wanted to go. his choice. >> so, the family is incredibly sad, the son is going away for the very first time, he's 21-year old. he's got a job in orlando, florida, and he thought it was a better opportunity. he's taking a flight right now. >> yeah, i mean all my friends are leaving. a lot of people i know, that i talk to, yeah i'm leaving soon, and maybe might not come back. so, they're like yeah i want to do that too, 'cause it will be a better like life there, and i don't know, you know the economy... it's like, it'll be better over there. >> does it make you sad to leave puerto rico? >> it does. this is my home, my family, my friends. >> more puerto ricans are leaving now than at

for more than a decade 360 has operated the treatment one island currently we are held over two hundred people on the 0i8d the affordable health care act has included the challenges 360 has faced in providing the health services but they'll be capped at 90 days right now due to the lack of affordable housing inventory we're ocher discharging the clients into homelessness this bridges the gap when federal dollars cut the residential treatment in half the situations about become for dire we not only wish to maintain our stock of affordable stock but want more tints we've been told by the mayor's office of housing they'll have no money so we'll unsure how to build on parcels we've been promised or how to build additional unit we're hopeful that the work forming 3 resolution will identify feasible options to help fund the 40 affordable housing on treasure island thank you. >> thank you already ladies and gentlemen, why not line up to have a quirk transition. >> good afternoon. i'm sherry from the treasure island known as tihdi i want to thank superviso

wave after wave of desperate migrants make it to the greek islands. the push for those who have helped and embraced them to get the recognition they deserve. >>> show of diversity. the pointed message to the people behind the oscars including why diversity should not a trending topic. "nightly news" begins right now. >> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. reporting tonight from des moines, iowa. >> good evening. everything up until this point has been jockeying for position at the starting gate. tv ads and countless handshakes. but now the real race for the president begins. the iowa caucuses 24 hours from now. a late poll has the democratic race clinton versus sanders as a tossup. as for the republicans, it's trump and then cruz with the rest of the pack needing to make up a lot of ground and getting out the vote is where this first in the nation battle will be won. our team is in the thick of it tonight. let's start with nbc's kristen welker. >> lester, good evening. tonight, both campaigns tell me they're expecting this to be close. there h

we lost the island. we might as well go to the brig right now. >> mchale: yeah, i guess binghamton will be over with those leg irons any minute now. >> chuck: hey, did you guys hear the news? binghamton found the navy another island. >> gruber: hey, all right! >> tinker: you kidding? >> mchale: you sure, chuck? >> chuck: really -- mendora. yeah, he and the admiral are over there right now. made the deal himself. >> mchale: mendora? but that's a coral atoll. hey! hey, everybody, get over there right away, fellas. it's almost high tide. come on! >> oh, i don't know. according to the charts, mendora island should be right -- >> chuck: skip, look! >> binghamton: help! help! save us! >> oh, nice going, binghamton. 4,000 islands and you had to buy this one. help! help! >> mchale: hang on, sir! we'll save you! >> chuck: you got a nice island, captain. looks like you have a little drainage problem, though.

the prident will travel with first lady michelle obama to the island mash 21 for a two day visit. when president cool aj and his wife took ah a battleship to havana i1928. >> the opening to cuba hold out real promise to improve the lives of the cuban people. >> this is really at core of our policy. >> the president plans to meet with dissidents during hi visit. relationships were improved between the two count treatment short term groups of protesters has turned from hundred to a thousand monthly. >> and today america is changing it's relationship with the people o o cuba. >> reporter: the president set this day in motion back in 2014 w4-9 u.s. government reopened ties with cuba. then last year the cuban embassy in washington reopened. the embas in havana also opened it's doors. earlier this weekhe obama administraonti gave approve sphral for a u.s. companyo manufaure tractors the island. south florid politicians are ng thereside planned visit. there is no just ta fa obama make a visito t cuba before any real and sub sta tiff demoaticefcrorm are me by the castro regime and no such

also to manufacture tractors on the island. south florida are clamoring president's planned >> there's no justification for president obama to make a visit to cuba before any real and substantive democratic reforms are made by the castro rege, and no such reforms have happened. >> this is a president that cannot help himself. he cannot help bowing down to the enemies of freedom and the enemies of the united states and the enemies of the u.s. terests. >> the rolling stones are expect tour of cuba when the president is on the island. and the baseball team will play the tampa bay rays the island while the president is this, and it's unclear whether mr. obama will attend the game. >> lynn: and our live team coverage continues now with jessica holly, she's in havana, and the reaction, as you agine, is mixed about the president's visit. >> reporter: that's right, the president has been talking about a visit to cuba, and now he has set a date. and that's firing up some strong opinions about his plan. >> a place where the opinionsp are

up the fiji islands. it dumps lots of water onto the land and that means crops will be damaged >> winds that have been experienced in some parts of the country was really destructive, especially one of the islands in the northern group. 125 not winds were reported. boats and ships in the path of the cyclone may still be in danger. crews within 550 kilometers of the storm have been told to check in regularly. people living in the largest city had been doing much. frantic preparations were made on other islands as well. >> they have closed up and big queues at at ms. >> reporter: if the winds ease enough on sunday government planes will fly over the island to assess the impact and flying anyone in need to hospital and residents will have to start repairing the damage >>> at least ten people have died in protests over privileges in northern india. the agricultural community want the same offers to other castes. >> reporter: the shoot to kill order has been imposed to control the protests with para military an

limit county, the cape and the islands. the biggest threat for blizzard conditions will be right near the shoreline -- in plymouth county, the cape and the islands. dust is high is 65 miles per hour. down towards nantucket. -- gusts as high as 65 miles per hour. it is a winter storm warning we are talking about for the city of austin out to worcester. about an advisor. -- talking about for the city of boston. i will look at all the computer models because many of you like to see these. this is one of the models i like the best. it is the europ model. forecasting. a 4-6 inch category. if we look at the u.s. model, again, timing and that same ball park it does want to push it further to the west. here' s where the problem comes in. we have another model -- the nam is good when you get 36 hours away from a storm. this morning, this thing was kicking up 10, 12 inches of snow. since then, the afternoon has backed it down but still has a few 8 inch categories. the trend -- is setting it up. which is a short-term model. over the ne

certainly the united states have been calling for militarization of these islands. china says that it isn't. that it is put ago a greater footprint and creating more territory on through the land reclamation work, but it reserves the right to self-defence. china would point at the operation in october by the u.s. navy and another one at the end of january where u.s. warships sailed close to a couple of these disputed islands in an attempt to show that the work of the chinese would not in any way hamper what the u.s. and its allies calls freedom of navigation. we just had a meeting of the asean group of south-east nations in the u.s. in california. as far as president obama was concerned, he again called for a lack of militarization of these and said that the u.s. would continue its overflights and its naval missions to ensure freedom of navigation was not impinged upon >>> ut u.s. showing strength in the region today as a message not only to china but to others. >> reporter: that's right. here in south korea athe u.s. has been putting on a display. four f22 raptohrs

the issue. that is what we've seen previously of woody island. it shows a lot of work going on and that is a runway that has been constructed by the chinese there. woody island, part of the parcels chain of island, also claimed by taiwan and vietnam. beijing said it also owns the spratley islands and others further north all upsetting the philippines and vietnam, all claiming part of it. the red line is the whole area cline in a is claiming, those territorial waters. >> woody island has been in beijing's hands since 1974. in 2012, china formally declared a city on this tiny speck of land, home to more than 1,000 people. according to taiwan, which claims the island along with vietnam, it's also home to two ground to air missile batteries. china blamed news stories but didn't deny that the reports were true. >> as for the limited and necessary self defense facility chew china has built on the island stationed by chinese personnel, this is consistent with serve preservation and protection chinese is entitled to under international law. >> for china w

company to manufacture tractors on the island. slamming the president's planned visit. >> there is no just ta justification for president obama to make a visit to cuba before any real or sub sta tiff democratic reform are made by the castro regime. >> and no such reform have happened. >> the rolling stones are expected to conclude their latin american tour when president o o blap is on the island. cuba's national baseball team will play the familiar bay raise during the president's visit. however t is unclear if he will attend the game. >> last week the two count tree signed a deal on air travel allowing u.s. airline to fly commercialoots between the two count treatment however, tourism is still banned. it will be up to congress to lift the embargo. >> livi in the newsplex. i'm alex diprato. 7 news. >> all right alex. now we have a chance to take live to cuba. reporter patrick ot man covers the island heachtz been there for a long time. live in havana night patrick i'm curis a state run media is people on this end. the u.s. saying

safe in the arms of islanders whose compassion is now in line for a global prize. the freezing winter temperatures aren't deterring these people. 50,000 people have come ashore already this month. a quarter of a million in the last three months. many owe their lives to the island people who rescued these men from their sinking boat, and plus who see tragedy too. >> bodies -- >> yes, many >> reporter: they have seen many drown, extreme cold. >> like a war zone we're in. we have had lots of people that have not made it. >> reporter: another rescue, this one a boat load full of children under 12. volunteer medics rush doctors despair of a >> i feel very sad and i'm very angry about this. >> reporter: everyone affected. >> people just walking their dog on the beach don't expect to find the body of an 18-month-old child in walk. it's not good. >> reporter: for their courage and sacrifice, the islanders are now being nominated for the nobel peace prize. >> when they make such lot. >> reporter: but not is celebrating their nomination. >> we need to stop i don't want the pe

to allow more massive resorts like this one to be built on the island. they're huge and fancy, looming large over the small mom and pops that have been around the ocean shore for and now-- the city is just about maxed out with the number of allowed hotel rooms. there are only a few clearwater beach. out, i found out you can also expect big changes on our other pinellas county beaches. the changes coming there and why not everyone is so happy about it. live on clearwater beach, sarah hollenbeck, 10news wtsp this morning, donald trump and hillary clinton have momentum after big victories over the weekend in south carolina and nevada. senators ted cruz and marco rubio are essentially fighting for second place as the republicans turn their attention to the nevada caucuses. both are courting the latino vote. on the democratic side, hillary clinton has gained momentum after a solid victory in saturday's nevada to solidify support in the dozen states that will vote on super tuesday, march first. developing out of syria this morning.. isis is claiming responsibil

then out on the cape and the islands, 5 to 9 inches of snow. again, this will be by early tomorrow morning. this will not be on the ground by noon today or even by 6:00 p.m. tonight. this takes all day and all night to get to these numbers. chris? >> chris: j.r., coastal storm that. means wind and coastal flooding. edgartown already gusting to 57 this morning. rockport at 57. you probably heard some of those wind gusts overnight and early this morning wake you up and rattle the house a little bit as we continue to gust over 40mph from boston down to hyannis. expect the peak gust to be across the cape and the islands. 50 to 60, even localized gusts exceeding 60mph this morning into the early afternoon. now, late in the afternoon and so really peaking with the winds coinciding with high tide. because this has not been a prolonged onshore flow in terms of maybe a couple days building up, pushing on in, we're just dealing with minor pockets of moderate coastal flooding and not something more major. but we have to watch for the possibility and the po

this is an important and very unique opportunity to directly shepherd the mobility program for the island and look at it and study what it means to do congressmen pricing in the city and county of san francisco the major policy was a preliminary town hall policy and the concerns of existing residents of the affordability we know many of the residents on the island are part of affordable housing project either those formally homeless and homeless veterans and families those are part of programs like height 360 and many of the market-rate residents that you are working class and middle-income i appreciate the ways to draft the concerns of the onsite residents and mindful we have high levels of transit service for the neighborhood which we are looking forward to and look at it additional fund support to supplement the funds of the mobility program in other words, to meet the needs of program and looking forward to discussing those and pleased to nominates the transportation authority of long time treasure island residents rebecca through the transportation authority distance advisory committ

off the island all together. it used to just be spring break that we'd see bumper to bumper traffic on the clearwater memorial causeway, but now-- it's a year round nightmare. while its good for beach businesses to see record breaking tourism numbers, for us, it means more crowds the next time you head out to this sugary sand. doreen dipolito, clearwater city council so here's what's being discussed today-- an air cable car or gondola. they have wifi, heat, ac and are pretty just 10-15 minutes from downtown clearwater to the beach. the city also just broke ground on a new 700 space parking garage on the north end of the island. coming up-- these gondolas can't be the only solution. i found out what other solutions will be brought up today to help out traffic on the island. i'll have that for you at 6. sarah hollenbeck, 10news wtsp once again, a synagogue will have to clean up after once again, a synagogue will have to clean up after gasparilla. take a look at the damage to the synagogue along bayshore boulevard. c

i've got a couple of questions to ask you about development on the island. is it ready for a sudden influx of thousands of americans coming to take a look? when we come back on "tiempo," to restore commercial flights. still ahead on "tiempo," help is on the way for familias on long island who need assistance to pay their heating bills. it's a program called project warmth. it's doing just that, and we'll tell you about it when we come >> welcome back to "tiempo." we've been discussing the historic changes in the relations between the u.s. and cuba. the united states and the caribbean nation have resumed commercial air traffic for the first time in 50 years. u.s. officials were down in havana signing the agreement last week. we're joined this morning by ross kenneth urken, personal finance editor of the street -- written extensively about cuba -- and cynthia carris alonso, who is the author and photographer of a fabulous book, "passage to cuba." we'll tell you more about that in a second. we've discussed here on "tiempo" many times before that development seem

in the past turkey was seen as an island of stability in a volatile region. now it seems that this volatility is now encroaching within turkey itself. [ sirens ] >> the scene at the moment is been pointed by an unnamed source in the government towards the pkk. that's not a huge surprise. but just remind us that there was a cease-fire up until last year. what happened, and how did we get to this place. >> there was a cease-fire that lasted for nearly two and a half years. there was also negotiations process going on between the pkk and the turkish. >> we saw that the pkk itself was returning back to violence. >> thank you very much for joining us. i'm sure we'll be talking about this for the rest of the evening. thank you. >> now aid trucks have begun to enter towns and villages in syria loaded with food and humanitarian relief. we're in the city, and we have this report. >> it is a step forward. much needed aid reaching those trapped. it is part of what was agreed on by the u.s. russia and others in munich last week. u.n. trucks filled with supplies entering t

this has hiker, fishermen and water think could escape the island and move to nearby wooded areas on the mainland. the meet willing be held tomorrow to allow residents to ask the division of fisher and wild life questions about the plan. they're endangered and a native one to the state. the rattlesnake has been on the decline for years and conservation is an attempt to save them from dying out all together. >> it is a plan that has a lot of people talking. >> sit over. >> the video is over. you are safe now. it is good to look. >> all right. >> that's an interesting plan right there. crawllies just thinking about it. >> you want to talk about something happy like the forecast. >> the forecast would be an ideal segway. we have lots of sunshine again. we will continue to warm things up the next couple of hours but changes come wednesday. so, if you have the opportunity today, find some time, carve out some time, go out for a little strong because it is absolutely gorgeous out there. starting to see more cloud cover than we have. we are seeing the winds shift just a little bit. more of t

beijing says it owns the spratly islands to the anger of philippine, vietnam, malaysia and brunei. china's claimed territorial waters. >> reporter: woody island, beijing said it had it since 1974. chia formed a city on the plan, home to thousands of people. taiwan claimed the island with vietnam. it's home to two advanced boundaries. china's foreign minister said it was an appetite of creating stories, but didn't deny that the reports were true. >> reporter: as for the limited talk that china has been on the island, stationed by chinese personnel. this is what whina is entitled to under international law. >> reporter: for china, self-defence the united nations sees as nationalization. warships withal few kilometres of islands in controlled by china, but whose sovereignty is disputed. president obama promised more of the same. >> it's part of a trajectory towards china preparing the islands in possible deployment of either military fighters or missiles. and this is a great fear in washington. this would deny the areas of theibility of ships to deploy without the threat of the used fo

up the fiji islands. crops will be damaged from the massive amounts of rain. >> winds in some parts of the country was really destructive, especially one of the islands in the northern group reported 125 not winds. >> reporter: boats and ships in the path of the cyclone may still be in danger. crews within 550 kilometers of the storm have been told to check in regularly. people living in the third largest city had done as much as they could to protect their homes and businesses. >> most of the shops are closed and they have stocked up. there's big queues at the at ms. >> reporter: if the wind eases up on sunday, government planes will fly over the island to assess the impact and conveying anyone needed to hospital. while people fix the damage >>> the police in china are investigating what could be the country's biggest ever financial scandal. 21 people were arrested on suspicion of defrauding many. >> reporter: the online lenders downfall was trumping it on state media. the same broadcaster aired commercia

very sorry. >> his house is not the exception on the island. it's now the norm. people say three people died on this island of 6,000. given the damage, that number seems remarkably low. i came here in 2014 to do a piece on what people thought about fiji's upcoming election. i chose this island, because it was known as one of fiji's prettiest. i stayed in this village, look at it now, complete devastation. >> dusk and then dark hid the damage, but not its consequences. many have nowhere to sleep but outdoors. andrew tomas, al jazeera on the island in fiji. >>> still to come on the program, we are in iran ahead of parliamentary elections there, but are they traditional clerics or new technology more important in mobilizing voters. >> popular clock halt bars being recalled in more than 50 countries. >>> hello. a reminder of the top stories. the u.s. president has given congress his plan to close guantanamo bay. barack obama said the facility is a threat to american security and goes against american values on justice. >>> the international organization for migration

wind chill advisories for the cape and the islands so not as level. we are talking about powerful winds and temperatures that are dropping through the day. we will see a mix of sun and clouds throughout the afternoon. could be one or two flurries out there or a light snow shower. did see some snow showers on the cape and the islands this morning and nantucket was the big ringer with an inch-and-a-half in terms of how much you picked up. that has now ceased. we're looking for just colder for tomorrow morning when we wake up, we're talking about the potential for record lows. in fact, we're going for five below zero in boston and 12 below zero in worcester which is below those records. so we're talking about very cold conditions. and then the winds cranking makes it feel even colder so that by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, it feels like 27 degrees below zero in boston. and through the day, the winds will light up just a touch but still below zero all day long even with some sunshine. in fact, here is the regional wind chill values. by 3:00 today feels like

the south china sea. beijing has placed surface to air missiles on an island in the paracels. ownership of the islands is disputed by taiwan, vietnam and china. >> translation: i think the south china sea is a region that everyone pays close attention to, especially on the issue of the dispute over sovereignty in the south china sea. it is a tense situation. so we call on all sides to stick to the principle of resolving the dispute over the south china sea in a peaceful manner. self restraint is more >>> china's foreign minister say the claims are an attempt by the western media to create new stories. >> translation: i hope that the media everywhere, including those in western countries and australia, will turn your attention more to the lighthouses that we have built on some of the islands that we are using in south china sea which are in operation now and they have been very useful in ensuring the safety of the passing ships in those waters >>> al jazeera's harry faucett has more from seoul. >> reporter: the foreign minister in his statement said that western media was hypin

the british used the island the war of 1812. (nats) and the voices you hear reflect a distant culture from a different time. media2 clip 0075 4644-48 you can get four or five men wound up to talk and you wouldn't understand a word we're sayin.' media 1 clip 0065 2327-32 tangier english (group conversation) media 1 clip 0060 what did he say? its the language of work and survival. tom media2 standup and the life's blood of tangier island--the water of the chesapeake land it helped sustain for centuries. (fade mayor boat nats under last part of standup) mayor james eskridge shows us the effects of erosion and what the army corps of engineers calls relative sea level rise. media 1 clip 0035 938-42 when it gets to your doorstep you pay more attention to it. media 1 clip 0114 5012-5018 tom: and where we're all land to begin with. this was all land where we are now in the boat. than a century ago. (use old photographs under shot) media 1 clip 0097 4029-36 the gravesite is actually in the water, when you get a storm, the bones will actu

at least six are dead after a powerful cyclone tears through the fiji islands. most of fiji is without power. residents are being urged to stay put in their homes for the second night in a row. winds reached 177 miles an hour from the cyclone. officials are still assessing the damage. explosion at a home in oklahoma city. see the destruction left there. two nearby homes were also damaged on saturday. no one was hurt in the cause of the leak is under investigation. >> anchor: a teen on the run after a brutal attack in tennessee was found dead yesterday. officials say the teen escaped a detention facility saturday after he hit a guard several times with the top of a toilet bowl. he took off with the guard's gun. police say the teen was initially arrested for skipping school. his death is being investigated. >> dallas police looking at new evidence in the case against johnny manziel. police say they've surveillance video of an alleged domestic abuse incident between the nfl star and his former girl friend. she claims manziel hit her and dragged her right into a car

in the disputed spratly islands. one of the airstrips is already in use and can accommodate military aircraft. the reports come just as u.s. president obama called on leaders of southeast asian nations to cooperate in maintaining security in the disputed waters. >> we discussed the need for tangible steps in the south china sea to lower tensions, including a halt to further reclamation, new construction and militarization of the disputed areas. >> leaders reaffirmed the right to operate freely in waters allowed by international law. the u.s. has been sending naval vessels near the chinese-made islands, challenging beijing's restrictions on navigational rights. china claims most of the south china sea, but several asean nations say several areas belong to them. china's foreign minister justified their activity in the region. >> translator: what we do on the islands is construction work that is limited, necessary for the purpose of self-defense. this is based on the rights of self-defense regulated by international laws

the city says that's cheaper and less of a hassle than reconstructing all the streets on the island. swallow. >> it is not like we are using taxpayer's dollars. we'll go out to the private industries and the folks that are building hotels on the beach and the folks that want to see us move safely >> reporter: luckily the solution. the city started building a 700 of the island. one thing is for sure, with a record number of tourists they'll look for those solutions today at a meeting at 1:00 in clearwater. >>> historic morning in st. petersburg today. on this first day of black history month mayor kriseman along with the executive board of the african-american history museum raised the museum flag honoring black history month. >> this is the first time in this nation's history that a black history flag has been risen over any local, state or federal building acknowledging black history in america. we have made history in the city of st. petersburg today. >> this is the 40th anniversary of black history month. >>> world's largest automaker >>> a florida connection to the very important

of the islands.tary of state john kerry appearing with his polish counterpart, said if this deployment of missiles on the island is correct, it would fly in the face of assurances that the chinese president made when he met with president obama here in washington. >> when -- when president xi was here in washington, he stood in the rose garden with president obama and said china will not militarize in the south china sea. but there is every evidence, every day, that there has been an increase of militarization of one kind or another. it's a serious concern. >> reporter: this deployment comes as president obama was meeting with southeast asian leaders in california at that meeting. the president said that he wants to see this dispute resolved through legal means, not through any sort of military means, and it also comes by the way, just a couple of weeks after a u.s. navy destroyer sailed by this same chain of islands to -- to -- what the pentagon calls a freedom of navigation mission. to show that th

coming up-- parking on the island is another big obstacle. why city leaders say after they finish the one parking garage under construction now, their hands are tied. live on clearwater beach, sarah hollenbeck, 10news wtsp new this morning, bill cosby's wife will today to testify against her husband. camille cosby filed an emergency motion to postpone her depotisition, but a judge rejected it. bill cosby is facing defamation charges after several women say he called them liars for accusing the comedian of sexual assault. family needs your help this morning after a freak accident put their loved one in the hospital in columbia. they need donations to get her back to the states for treatment. schuyler arakawa's best friend says she's in peru as part of a fellowship but while visiting columbia for the weekend, she was hit by a boulder. she has a fractured skull, five fractured vertebra, both of her femurs are fractured and a punctured lung. many of you have already helped, donating more than 100-thousand dollars to a go fund me page.. you can fin

the company has teamed up with a farmer in the ogasawara islands. they have a subtropical climate year round. it is warmer than most of japan but not ideal. to get the optimum temperatures and soil conditions the farmer had to create a tropical environment. after five years he succeeded in cultivating 500 cocoa trees. the product will arrive on store shelves in two years. >> translator: japan has the agricultural technology and skills to create something really delicate. i wa to brinthese tother d create chocola that can win regnition ound the world. >> reporter: japanese eat less chocolate than people in many other developed countries but that all changes on valentine's day. tempted by creativity, sweet lovers just can't get enough. >>> here's a look at some of the other business stories we're following. ♪ >>> nissan motor has posted record net profits for the first nine months of the current fiscal year just shy of $4 billion. cheaper oil boosted sales of vehicles, including suvs in the united states. the strong performance made up for losses from

the north island is the smaller of the main islands, but is far more populated than the south one. with a seemingly winter-free climate that runs from warm to hot, thanks to a steamy geothermal underbelly, which makes this island destination uno for sun lovers, swimmers and divers, and those who catch what they eat. and, amazingly, the island's hot springs provide it with electricity. so, keep the lights on. this power is green. and it's worth going where the lights burn brightest, to auckland, and wellington. coast, is like the tail of the big fish, and this tail has long beaches with iron-laced dark sand, sprawling farmland, and vineyards, and it's also ground zero for extreme sports. to scope out the island, buy a ride on a helicopter. swimmers, surfers, and atvers head to 90 mile beach, one of the 10 longest coastlines in the world, famous for its otherworldly sand dunes as well as its length, which, for the record, is actually 90 kilometers, or about 55 miles long. still, that's a lot of beach. make sure you try sand surfing on it. it's a kick. yeah, there is a lot to do here.

this is an important and very unique opportunity to directly shepherd the mobility program for the island and look at it and study what it means to do congressmen pricing in the city and county of san francisco the major policy was a preliminary town hall policy and the concerns of existing residents of the affordability we know many of the residents on the island are part of affordable housing project either those formally homeless and homeless veterans and families those are part of programs like height 360 and many of the market-rate residents that you are working class and middle-income i appreciate the ways to draft the concerns of the onsite residents and mindful we have high levels of transit service for the neighborhood which we are looking forward to and look at it additional fund support to supplement the funds of the mobility program in other words, to meet the needs of program and looking forward to discussing those and pleased to nominates the transportation authority of long time treasure island residents rebecca through the transportation authority distance advisory committ

you are down on the island last week. you've been at the forefront for quite some time. set the table for us. what's going on and where do things stand in washington? >> thank you for organizing this event today and bringing greater attention to the crisis. very simply this is a question of 3.5 million americans. it's also a puerto rican crisis and one that started as an economic recession developed into a fiscal crisis and is today a liquidity crisis that shows signs of becoming humanitarian. let me give you just a few elements. the commonwealth ran out of cash in june of this year. the only way they've been able to fund operations is to delay payments to suppliers to take the funds including workers compensation funds to borrow from the already depleted pension funds and not to send tax refunds. the revenue forecasts have already fallen short. these actions that are necessary to provide liquidity are forcing the economy into a deeper recession and this is a fragile case. i should remind everyone that 58% of children today live in poverty more than 40% live in poverty.

island. jamie mcintyre live for us at the pentagon, and jamie tell us more about what u.s. cials are now saying. >> reporter: well, del, it's important to differentiate, these islands are real honest to goodness islands as opposed to the land reclamation that has been going on as china has been drudging up soil to make man made islands in some of that area. this is the parasail islands. china has been occupying many of them since the 1970s, and this is a case where the united states is neutral on the question of who these islands should belong to, but it is not neutral on the question of whether or not there should be military equipment and hardware put on them. when chinese president visited washington last year, and met with president obama, the pledged not to militarize the islands in the south china sea and that's something that secretary of state john kerry today sited when he said the u.s. us would be questioning china about what is going on there. here is a little bit of what he said. >> when president xi was here in washington, he stood in the rose garden with presid