and for them, the return to the land, the redemption of the land, was seen as part of a larger messianic scheme. now here, on the other hand, you have two other religious voices- the ultra-orthodox and anti-zionists- which do not, at least initially, did not see any messianic significance in the state of israel, nor in the redemption of the land. but they said, "that time will come, and we will know when it does come. but it hasn't arrived yet." most of them view themselves as living in exile within the land of israel. as a footnote, it's important to say that there are, though, maybe changes in their worldview, and they have shifted on the issue when- some of them have shifted much closer to the religious zionists. and then you have groups of religious zionists who are completely against- or completely reject a messianic interpretation of the significance of the state of israel- the significance of the state of israel is worldly, not religious. and the jews have a problem with existence anywhere else in the world, and the only place where we can have the dignity of self-defense and the

less than 3% of the holy land's population calls it home. it's more than 10% of the population. 2014 christians live in the west bank. 8% of the population. most are members of the greek orthodox church. 12,000 christians reside in the church. jordan is home to 174,000 christians, only 2% of the population, or half are eastern orthodox while roman catholics make up 45%. pope francis will visit an area that has seen a decline in christianity. muslims make up about two-thirds of the population. what challenges will the pope faes. >> well, the pope is going there for a number of reasons. one is what you are talking about. he wants to bring hope and encouragement to the christians in the middle east, who are being caught in the middle of all the extremism that is going on there. and suffering from violence and other problems. and so he - you know, this is where christianity started. some of these people have families that trace their christian roots back to the apostles, and he wants to be there with them, praying with them, encouraging them in t

in -- confizzation of lands in the west bank. this has raised concern, and they are taking their cases to court, accusing them of stealing land with fake documents. >> reporter: the illegal outpost here was home to 50 families before it was evacuated in 2012. many petitioned the court insisting they bought the land from palestines like this man's father. a claim denied. >> translation: they said the land was sold a palestine middleman, that my father sold him the land, which is not true. they claim they have his sit. >> reporter: he says his father can't sign it, he was illiterate and on that day he was in no condition to sign anything - he was on his death bed. palestinian records show the middleman duds not exist. this is not the only case. this lease in 2003 was declared a forgery by the israeli courts because the palestinian man who sold the land to the settlers died 50 years prior. israeli settlers insist they buy the land legally, and some palestinians take the money but deny the sale later, in order to say face and maybe sa

there's a con vangs agreement between ocii and the navy that allows for transferring of the navy land and prop g the tiffany discussed was approved in 2008, and another one we have to consider. the rec and park transfer agreement that authorizes the process for transferring the stated if ocii to the developer and a series of state and federal armies that's for the street section >> i appreciate you walking us through that a lot of them might say that's really reading this extensive why did it matter the point really is important i'm glad you walked through it it wasn't some willie nil i didn't process but a broad based approval process as you could ever have it should have been this is the largest processing project with the shipyard happening in san francisco with the huge shift and community so it makes sense that's why i think some of us are so concerned that 4 years later for two departments to come forward and say we want to increase the clearance on the road by thirty percent it's has implementation in terms of taking from other uses so thank you for that. >> i'll summarize how

pope francis and his upcoming visit to are are the holy land. 'll be visiting. >> historic visit by pope paul rm eviction. vi. >> ever done international travel. it really opened up the first beginnings of an era in which the papacy would reach out toll world. >> reporter: on that vifs vis, the embrace twin pope paul, other tensions in the region still sim erd. simmered. >> he understood there was a lot of tension between the palestinian cause and the still relatively new israeli nation. it was after the 1948 war, between the two defining conflicts of the israeli-palestinian history. >> on his upcoming trip pope francis will traveling with a rabbi and a muslim leader. >> this is a pope that always walks humbly. the holy land, a place with so much credit emotion, are ax in arm with two friends. >> 40 years ago he visited the holy land but arrived just as the yo yom kippur war erupted. he spent much time why hold up in the hotel before he could safely leave. second pope to visit, making the trip in 2000, the second millennium of the birth of jesus.

a fight was much more severe than the battle and landings on omaha beach. very good positions. >> i have since found out that the air core knew about it. the british knew about it. everybody knew about it. except us. >> the battery is clear from the study and orders that i have gone over with reports of operations. the maisy battery is clearly in a number of objectives. >> while excavating the site they found something more unexpensive. >> we found a skeleton he died in battle. >> it was from pee significance to position. >> this is what it looked like with the german soldier. a ma zein gun lasting away at army rangers it took five and a half hours to take the whole complex 18 americans killed or injured in the process. >> tpz it was a tough nut to crack. >> if it had been counted earlier unquestionably it will be telling you. >> mk aisy was not mentioned as part of the official history of d-day is because of the intelligence ir or made by the allies. >> it wasn't the target that it was supposed to be. maisy did turn out to be the target that they should hav

and for the lands to be returned to the public in no longer needed. i urge my colleagues to oppose this and prevent this land grab. and i yield back. >> the mr. whitman is recognized for five minute. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would like to speak in favor of the amendment. it's simply this, dod has a tremendously successful record in managing these types of lands. they do it very isefficiently. they do it in a way that they understand what the uses are on the contiguous properties and make sure the usings are compatible with what the uses are there at the naval station. if you look at bureau land management an additional layer of bureaucracy which we would all like to avoid. making sure management that is efficient doing it through a direct process, having dod and the navy in charge is the way to do it. there's a cost factor, it's unnecessary. it includes more bureaucracy, something we'd like to get away from. we'd like to make sure that the direct management of those lands and again, their compatible uses is best in the hands of the navy. and, agai

>> developer. >> yeah, owns the land. but we are in a condition where caltrain uses the entirety of the property and has the right to do so to perpetuity. and anything of the property caltrain is to approve. >> caltrain has leverage, interesting. this is all contingent i take it on caltrain making it downtown. are we studying a revision of the rail yard even if caltrain stops at the rail yard. or is this assuming to be done that caltrain makes it downtown? >> under the current schedule of the six peak hour trains, four will continue to fourth and king and two to ttc. there will still be a stop at fourth and king. and caltrain is currently planning to have dead-head service at fourth and king. >> i think the question was though, if dtx never happens is there independent utility in the other scope elements of what you are looking at? >> one component is dpx and there will be an alternative location. and to understand that the matrix and how it affects everything else is imperative to the project. >> the final question relate

those options. >> and have you evaluated, sort of the ground mounted solar, in the city limits or the land owned by the puc outside of the city? because you must have tremendous rights of way going out sort of to other places? >> yes it is mostly outside of san francisco. and in the ground field areas that we have looked at. but, we most of the opportunities are outside of the city, and frankly, they are more economic outside of the city not just because of the cost of the land but also because of the solar exposure and the solar opportunities are greater and so for the same solar panel located in san francisco and you will get more hours produced in senol than in san francisco. because it makes more sense for us to look at those opportunities as well. do you have from my interest, sort of a back of the envelope number for how much solar could be developed on sort of the city or the puc owned land outside of the city. >> the type line that i mentioned of the development opportunities, includes, if the memory serves me, about 45, mega watts of development opportunities outside of san franci

sh >>> israel's civil administration recently announced the confiscation of palestine land in the occupied west bank, raising concerns among palestinian landowners taking their case to court, accusing jewish settlers of taking their land with fake documents. >> reporter: this outpost was home to 50 israeli families before it was evacuated. many participationed the -- partitioned the court saying they bout the land by this man adds father. a claim he denies. >> translation: they said the land was sold to a palestine middle man, that my father sold them the land. it is not true. they say they have my father's signature. >> reporter: he says his father couldn't sign it, he was illiterate and not in a condition to sign anything, because he was on his death bed. palestine records show a middleman does not exist. this is not the only case. this lease from 2003 was declared a forgery, because the palestinian man who allegedly sold the land to the settlers died 50 years prior. israeli settlers insist they buy the land legally, and some palestinians take the money and deny it later. >> a big part o

and they do that through a system of separating the ownership of the land from the ownership of the homes on top. -and so what happened if i were to live in a community land trust of anybody here, you might get a mortgage and buy a home just like anybody else. but you don't own the land underneath your home. who opens the land underneath you're home is a collection of all the residents, surrounding residents, and local leaders, whether they're politicians or church leaders or just people in the neighborhood, like isham, who are always helping. and what that means is that the land is guaranteed for affordable housing, and it takes the speculative nature, the speculation, out of being connected to this land and not only does it keep the homes on top of the land significantly more affordable, but it allows communities to make decisions about what happens in their borders. and imagine a situation in which communities had the ability to make these real decisions about what happened inside them. imagine what effect that would have not just in terms of housing but in terms of local policing, in

bangladesh, the land of rivers. ith nearly 160 million people, it's one of the most densely populated countries in the world. but the battle for resources is causing species to die out. pollution is destroying rivers. and wetlands are drying up. in the last few decades, these areas have undergone a huge transformation. people are beginning to recognize the need to take action to save the environment. 30 years ago, syed azher would see hundreds of dophins on the boral river. today, he needs to be patient if he wants to catch a glimpse of a single one. >> in our village people they call it si-su. actually si-su means child. >> ganges dolphins are often solitary creatures. when the rainy season comes, they move upstream. but that puts them in danger. >> due to climate change and other factors, our important rivers, where the dolphins live are most silted in important areas, so they migrated here and there, and became endangered. >> and people are responsible. dams and locks have wrested as much water as possible from th

they don't know the people of the land. so these are the extremists and they are becoming more and more. 1/3 of the nation are newcomers. newcomers that came during fighting. >> my family lived for many centuries in germany and it was in 1920 when it became impossible for the jews, my mother left for palestine to begin working as a gymnastic teacher in a youth village. she was thinking about the identity of a jew, and she came to her parents and said to them i don't think the germans want us here. i'm looking for another place where we can do something from the beginning. so she came here. i think her motivation saved about 15,000, 20,000 children. and i think it's good that i have some roots here. so this is my home since 1946, and i love the neighborhood. up there on the corner there's a catholic convent with a huge courtyard where it was very easy to learn to go on bikes. this was from 1946, 1947, the last joint palestinian jewish house. we had a very good relationship with the arabs. and then the war started in 1947. >>

to put the drill pad on then the land owner can take them to court. if it's a split estate. if it's not split estate as the article said you'll negotiate that when you negotiate your lease. >> is it a given when i buy property that i'd know if it was a split estate, that somebody already has sold the mineral rights? >> not always. sometimes you have to dig around. whenever someone sells it they think they own more than they actually do. what you want to do is make sure you get a warranty deed that kind of says you say what you own is warranted, in oklahoma, where we have even smaller, the beginning patents were smaller so we have even more fragments, it is even more fractionalized than it is in north dakota. it is not common at all for multiple, multiple owners to own underneath the surface, it is very, very commons. >> professor christine fritz, thank you so much for joining us. >> president obama had the youth vote, but young people were less enthusiastic the second time around. many flocking to ron paul. ali asked him why. >> the jobs, they know som

stick site called the bayview hunters point plan those establish the type of development within the land use district and establish the basic conditions under which the developer what build and to provide another design comes at a time they are one 0 for the shipyard and one for candle stick. the details are for extensive guideline for the impact and walkable neighborhoods within the project site. all proposals for infrastructure or horizon development as we call it and building development is for a carefully proscribed process for the dear death penalty it describes would the developer needs to do the time period and the progress for other city agencies to provide their comments it's in addition to the city approval the subdivision and plan that we will describe further. next, we have the inner agency cooperation between ocii and it sets forth the protocols for the time vertical and horizon applications. the city departments clitsdz the public works, the planning department, mta and the port. under the ic a it contacts e acts as the crossroad review for the application. irk with the dev

there were bullets that hit the landing craft. he said, keep your head down. we did. >> the area bombardment was a total failure. there was no place to hide once they landed. >> the preinvasion bombing was supposed to make large craters on the beach to act as shelters. >> if there's no craters there, we put everybody back on and reset? we can't. >> they have to execute with what they find. >> there are very few photographs that survived the first wave to document what happened on the beach that morning. >> most of his film got wet and didn't make it out of the developing tank very well. >> he's a curator of arms. >> you've got no place to hide. >> the reason why they wanted to land at low tide was to minimize the effectiveness of the defenses the germans had put on the beaches. >> there were 3,000 obstacles on omaha beach alone. >> guys were dying all over the place. you think you're running fast, but you're carrying about 80 pounds of equipment on. >> one of the worst episodes of d-day happened on omaha beach. >> this was the only national guard unit to go in

>> i think the blm is struggling to balance all the uses of the land. e major change with the way the blm is operating these days has to do with the fact we have a growing population. more people want to enjoy and explore some of these out of the way environments. when we went down there, i was amazed at how beautiful it was. i had never been down there. more people are discovering it. and so that demands more management, more sharing of the land. and as more people get access to the land, more people discover different things that need to be protected or species that deserve to be protected, there are management decisions that are made that are impacting these people. and i think that that involvement is what's changing. >> so how are these ranchers different from the cliven bundy sorts in nevada? >> well, there's some very striking similarities. i think that all of them have this connection to the land that's very strong. i think the way that they make their living and their lifestyle is the same. i think where they part ways, though, is that cliven bu

the land and as someone who talks to the individuals to get them to lease the land in his incredibly good at it. he is just one of the most interesting people you'll ever meet. when you're talking to him, he makes you feel like you're the most interesting person he's ever met. incredibly charismatic. he has this vision. he sees what is going on in fort worth. he says not just tonight going to go into that in chesapeake which he bankrupted a couple years before the bad debt in louisiana, but i am going to go all in. you have to imagine, this is somebody who in 2001 the company had not seen. seven, eight years later the company has 15 million acres. that is the size of kentucky. not just that, but he had written this idea led to it that every well that chesapeake drills to get the little 2.5% splicing. by the time you get to 2008, 2009 that chesapeake is drilling more wells than any other company in the world. he probably owned by oil and natural gas himself than any other american since rockefeller . >> is one seller of the world. >> 70 pages of one void had appetites. he wanted more.

the secondn't have to pray for peace in that land that suffers greatly. u to pray for my visit. >> reporter: the trip is officially a pilgrimage, but in a land still marred by political and religious divisions. every step will be watched closely. one of them will be this man who has lived in italy since 1972. he is one of millions who are not allowed to return home. >> translator: the pope doesn't have an army, but has an exceptional moral and political influence, so every word he says will count and will be listened to by the world's leaders. >> reporter: the trip has sparked controversy before it has even started. the pope will visit the state of palestine, a recognition of the 2012 un resolution that granted [ inaudible ] status. the head of the jewish community in rome said the pope also made concessions to israel. >> translator: for the first time, the pope will lay a reed on the thom -- tomb of the head of zionism. >> reporter: in the weeks leading up to the pope's trips, crimes have increased in israel and the occupied areas. but pope francis has on

at the land use committee supervisor campos established a resolution for the latino culture district the boundary are 22nd street to the north and shaefg to the south and it's the culture center of the latino center and the primarily purchase is to acknowledge the latino history in san francisco and to create a district partially for the displacement of businesses it didn't establish a culture district but support at the hearing supervisor campos stated that the effort is to establish the area oewd the planning department as well as representatives from san francisco architecture heritage and san francisco latino historical society pretty bad at the hearing they took public comments. they want the businesses that keep the mission unique and a discussions on culture diversity and supervisor cowen mentioned she had been approached by her constituents about creating a culture district in the bay area and supervisor wiener expressed the need to go focus on culture and people and with the positive and negatives and to find at that balance. the land use voted unanimously at the board of su

. >> when the man who leads a billion catholics lands in the holy land the faithful fill the stadium. pope francis brought his popularity, pope mobile and pleas for peace to 25,000 christians. [ speaking foreign language ] >> it's a holiday. this is a new starting. with jesus. >> they came from across the middle east. rocky flags. jordanians stay they are treated well. it's not the case for christians and neighbouring countries. >> it's a difficult time. we need it badly from all the leaders. to understand that we belong to god. we have to have the peace because we love peace. >> his omilly, peace was not easy. >> peace is not something that can be bought or sold. it is a gift to be sought patiently. >> pope francis came here to the site where jesus was believed to have been baptized and the message shifted, becoming sombre. >> much of the crowd were iraqi. 20,000 syrian christians fled, including joseph salba. trfferent in the last three years syrians suffered from violence. >> reporter: joseph fled to imam 18 months ago. in syria he and his family live in a city that had been a chri

the state lands are more productive and better run than the adjacent federal land are. wouldn't there be economic incentive for the states to allow commercial buildings, development, whatever it is of these lands in order to fill up their coffers? guest: part of that should have happened already. not every piece of property has development potential. there are areas that need to be conserved and should remain conserved. if you look at what the federal government owns, almost 400 million acres. about 350 are already set aside preservation status. host: everything in red is controlled by the federal government. that is one of every three acres. you cannot find anything similar the side of the soviet union. that is true. in the west, it is one of every two acres controlled by the federal government. you can see how disproportionate it is. host: what about this issue of resources. there is a cost to managing these lands. they have to be managing one way or the other. the state does not have the resources to do that. guest: of course the states have the resources. thetah, you

because they make a living on that federal land and they listen to the rule of the land. >> so the ulterior motive is to make the bureau of land management, the boogeyman here. these people are really upset about any closed trails or any a it tv access issues. >> well, they might be, but there are millions of other acres that they can go to.>> we there are millions of other acres that they can go to.tv ac. >> well, they might be, but there are millions of other acres that they can go to.>> we there are millions of other acres that they can go to. 0% 30% of montana is owned by the government, 80% of nevada. there are places all over the west to rec create. some allow atv, some don't. some allow hunting, some don't. some allow oil development, shall don't. so go to the places that the professionals have decided this is the place for do what it is that you like to do. >> so governor, this seems to be the beginning of standard operating procedure. defy the law and wait for the government to do something. will the government just pick and choose what to do with these malcontents that show up wit

welcome to the board of supervisors san francisco land use & economic development committee. i'm scott wiener the chairman of the committee to my left is cohen and supervisor kim will be joining us shortly and we're joined by supervisor campos. our clerk andrea and i want to thank sfgovtv for broadcasting today's hearing specifically jonathan and jessie railroad madam clerk, any address the commission on matters that are within the commission's jurisdiction and are not on today's agenda. >> okay. we have one item on our agenda madam clerk call item one. >> establishing the latino district. >> and he item one is co-sponsored by mayor ed lee and supervisor campos. thank you and happy monday to everyone. i want to invent by thanking the land use committee for hearing this item and also by recognizing members of the community in the mission who have been working on this for a long time. we're going to hear from some of them and you can imagine this is a very momentous and historic momentum for us and we believe this is something that will not only mean grateful to our community bu

and honour are the same. >>> pope francis will visit the holy land on saturday, travelling with a rabbi and muslim leader. we'll bring you more in "the week ahead", at 8:30, 5:30 pacific. >>> america's amazing infrastructure. you heard how bad bridges and roads are. what about dams? >>> plus, what a group of scientists hope to do with a satellite in space. vé >>> president obama urged congress to authorise funding to repair the nation's infrastructure. roads and bridges are in node of upgrades. the president didn't include america's dams this his address. le average aim. -- the average age of the country's 84,000 vans is 52 years - many need repairs. allen schauffler went to find out what is wrong with one dam, and what it will take to fix it. >> reporter: there's trouble at this dam, deep in the concrete of a pier, there's a crack. >> you can tell something is wrong. >> reporter: engineers believe improperly cured concrete and mathematical areas during construction willed to weak possess in the spill way, cracking on a seam because of the pressure o

>> security will be an issue in the holy land. st. john paul ii said the only place he had concerns was in front of the papal departments. when he prepared for the 2000 trip. pope francis took the name. will st. francis go with a bullet-proof vest on. >> thank you for getting up early and discussing this journey with the pope with us. >> a federal judge says a u.s. military can force feed a detainee so he does not die, but urged authorities to consider alternatives and turn over video about how the man was treated. for the past year, lawyers have been trying to stop the feeding of gitmo prisoners against their will, many on hunger strike to protest their detentions >>> in 1995 drug possession landed a father from florida in prison for life. he spent 19 years being locked up. this case is one of many raising concerns about mandatory assistancing. >>> ricky patterson was 25 when sentenced to life in prison for a crime with no violence or victim. >> to know people did worser crimes than me, got lesser time than me was hurtful. >> his crim

originally we bought it because of the land. u could dump stuff if you paid the fee. >> running this huge ranch, how is it different from running $20 billion hedge funds? >> i can tell you how it is the same and how it is incredibly different. it's the same in that you think it looks like an asset, but it is actually dramatically changed by the people who run it. that's exactly like every organization i have been in, which is having great people at the top. it is unbelievably significant and powerful, and that's where the comparison is. >> how many have you put into this? >> i try never to ask this question. we have put every building. raising grass fed cattle or something that would be a good thing to do and a fun thing to do. >> tomkat ranch has a staff of 15, including scientists studying economically friendly ways to raise cattle. >> you move the animal from place to place. that is how you have big herds of animals that have moved across the plains of the earth. at this point what we would think of as real success is if it tu

. >> good afternoon and welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors land use and economic development committee. i am scott wiener the chairman of the committee. to my right is supervisor kim the vice chair and to my left is supervisor cohen and we are broadcast today by sfgtv. madam clerk are there any announcements? >> please turn off any electronic devices and please turn in cards and documented part of the file should be submitted to the clerk. the items will appear on a future agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you and public comment is two minutes for public comment and this are cards in the front of the room. madam clerk will you call item one. >> item one is a resolution approving the acquisition of 28 avigation easements for the noise insulation program. >> and number one was sent to the land use and economic development committee. it's for the budget and finance committee and my motion after public comment to refer the bottom to the budget and finance committee. if there are no comments we will open it up for public comment. any public comment on item one? seeing none

they tried to manually get the landing gear to come down. in this moment we are watching the come in with that partially deployed. you see that plane come in across the desert. this craft went 5,000 feet from the run way going through the dessert. keep watching, watch how quickly they get out of this aircraft. there were 103 people onboard. no one was injured in the crash. very lucky. what a great job by the eye lots to land it safely to get everybody on the ground alive. >> it is a new week and we have a new ipad mini. you will need the buzz word and a twitter account. remember you have to be at least 18 years old and a us resident to senter. stand by. as scary as sharks may seem, the idea that they could be they are magnificent animals of the sea and nobody knows that more and appreciates that more. she is a 20 year old australian and she has taken it upon herself to make sure that people know how beautiful sharks really are. madison grew up near the great barrier reef and love hed them and dreamed of growing up and living among the sharks

it will stay out over the ocean not really impacting land. another thing that is happening, the meter showers shaping up. it could be a big one with 200 meteors an hour. you need the rain over the southern plain. and it could be over the midwest, great lakes and up into canada. skies will be clear. clouds to the south and north the details could be 200 meteors per hour. you want to look north between the north star and the big dipper. there is an app for that. >> there is an app for that? very good. all right, appreciate it. thank you. i'll need that. >>> wall street ended the week on a positive note. good news from the housing market. checking the big board for you, 63 points on the day. nasdaq rose 31.5 points. and s&p close above 1900. >>> new parties have emerged across the continent, nowhere is that trend more pronounced than in greece which is struggling to get out from a mountain of debt. al jazeera's lawrence lee reports from athens. >> you know the country has a problem when even the rich aren't happy in this luxury car dealership is

the opa travels with the land. so each time you sell property from starts with the master developer and in this case they sold it to alexandria real estate and the master developer retains the parks and other infrastructure. and then those development rights transfer along. so sales force is now selling to ucsf. the reason we're doing the release is that the opa states that if you are going to sell the property, you need to comply with certain obligations. and so sales force wants to make sure because we're doing the owner participation agreement and because we're allowing ucsf to be exempt from opa, and be subject to mou, sales force wants to make sure that they are covered and that they have a document that recognizes that we as an agency focil as the master developer and everyone on the same page that they are basically out of deal. that is more a technical legal term, but the short answer that they will basically be released from everything. ucsf will take on certain obligations through the mou and the master de

that's the landing ramp. i thought that was the launching ramp. >> on the landing ramp. >> i'm sure it is not his first night doing this. >> this guy is 24-year-old canaan billza. he was critically injured. you can also see in this video, the motorcycle rider flies his bike -- he reportedly only suffered minor injuries. check out the same accident from another angle. in between the ramp and the landing area, you see him walk around toward the ramp. and we can only assume he must have thought the jumps were over. >> not just when he got hit, but also the fall from the ramp to the ground. >> that's a tough fall. from this angle it looks more severe. reports say he's still in the intensive care unit at a local hospital and this incident is under investigation by police. >>> everybody, remember christie bacon from about a year ago, we showed this video of this piglet born without the use of its hind legs so the owners outfitted it with toy wheels to get around? guess what, there is another piglet gaining fame for

that private road has been locked by the billionaire land owner. nbc bay area's mark lan drewes is there. the gate has been locked. >> they've listened as lawyers for the surf rider foundation say that closing this gate and cutting off public access actually require as permit from the california coastal commission. they asked the judge to come down today and have a look. superior court judge barbara malick walked down the cove that is martin's beach. along with attorneys on both sides of the case. for close to the past 100 years it has been open to the public. this man bought it and two years later he ordered the gates closed. guards arrested several trespassing surfers and that's when the surf rider foundation decided to sue. >> he is arguing in court that he does not need a permit from the coastal commission to close this road. that's what he's arguing. it's really very simple. this is not a rocket science case. >> reporter: his attorneys have arguing no permit is required to close a gate that has been in place for decades. >> we wanted the judge

. >>> coming up on al jazeera america, make history in the holy land, the pope preparing for his tripthe middle east. >> great man. very brave. did a wonderful job and ultimately sacrificed everything for his country and the mission he was pursuing. >> reporter: and hon forking american's men and women who died defending this country. >>> well tomorrow the pope will be going to the holy land. he pope saying his trip will be strictly religious, but he says he will also be praying to peace in the middle east. claudia has more from rome. >> reporter: waving the vatican good-bye before his trip to the holy land. he departs on the 15th anniversary of the meeting of the first between the heads of the catholic and orthodox churches in nine centuries. >> translator: on saturday i will go to the holy land. the land of jesus. it will be a strictly religious visit. firstly to meet with my brother to mark the 50th anniversary of the peting between paul and andrea. paul and andrea will meet another time and this is really beautiful. the second reason is to pray for peace in that land that suffers