here is a picture taken in the south of netherlands. here, the layout is so much that you are really regarded as cyclists that they have made space for you. the cars know that cyclists have priority. this is a common roundabout situation in the netherlands, also in the village where i live. so this shows that you go for the cyclists. go for cyclists and realize when someone is saying we were cramped in space like in san francisco, we say, well, you have never been to any dutch town because your roads are so wide. and then they think, yeah, but all these lanes are needed for car traffic. i'll tell you, if you use this traffic model, you should realize that the capacity of your system is not determined by the amount of lanes and the stretches of roads but by the capacity of intersections an

also this is a common sight in the netherlands, a lady with a skirt on with a full necklace cycling. this is one of the things, i have other pictures for you. this is an important picture. the average daily number of trips, and you see that on average women make one trip by bike on average in the whole population, men about 1.7 trips per day and you see also that boys from 12 to 16 years old take on average nearly seven kilometers per day by bike. so the bike is just a part of your life. so that's the different. in america a lot of people consider themselves bicyclists. in the netherlands hardly anybody considers themselves bicyclists anything more than brat eaters. everyone eats brats, so everyone cycles. there is no discussion about it. you see on distance, men cycle a little bit more and women use the bike more often because they use it for going shopping or the short distances. one other thing is that biking has a high status in the netherlands, so that's also different from a lot of other countries. this i will skip. hardly readable but this shows that bicycling is used in all ki

in the netherlands, people who come to work by bike are more regarded them by car. the people who use the car have to find excuses why they still use the car. they just come and say, i just want to go by car. and the fact is, more and more people -- for instance, in amsterdam, by having this past and so on, 9000 people per day choose not to have their car because there was no more accessibility by car but choose the alternatives. 15% of them stay with the alternatives. they had a car. when they experienced it, it was not so bad commuting by bike or public transport, then there were convinced also. -- then it they were convinced also. if you tell people who drive by cars, and i think american politicians are so afraid they might lose voters, but if you keep telling them the detriment of the effects of using their car every day -- what? but they will not mind losing voters. my friends and the businessmen and area, they don't mind. for the around children, -- for their own children, but is it faster, more convenient, and cheaper? those are the reasons why you will choos

in the netherlands, cycling is inherently more safe than in the u.s.a. because all car drivers are also cyclists. 60% of the people in the netherlands cycle at least three times a week. 80% at least once a week. so all the car drivers are also cyclists and they know as they turn right that there is an 80% chance that they will cut off a cyclist if they don't look. so there is also safety by numbers. one last thing and that is about liability. when i hear about cycling in the u.s., people say, oh, but cycling is so dangerous. and then we say, no, cycling is not dangerous. cyclists hardly ever cause accidents. cars cause accidents. cars cause facilities and in the netherlands we have the philosophy that car drivers should realize that they're in a machine that can kill. and also from that on responsibility in taking liability. if a car drives over a child on a bike, no matter what happens, he is 100% liable for whatever happens. and even in the other cases, when a car goes in the collision with an adult on a bike, still there is at least 50% liability for

also, in the netherlands, we're not so good with racing cyclists. ll the champions from last year are from italy, spain, or your country, never from the netherlands. but cycling is more than racing, it is a way of transport. especially for the first 7 kilometers, in combination with public transport. the last lines are important. for instance, in at the city of amsterdam, 85% of the trips are faster by bike then by car -- then by car. i do everything by bicycle. i am a slow cyclist, and i am still faster through the city. that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike. if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle programs

then we would say in the netherlands, well, you know that's about cycling. so you should reduce your speed when you see the cycling, you just can't drive on with 40 or 45 miles an hour alongside cyclists because there is always the risk that something strange happens so that's important. jurisdiction. there were initiatives to put in a code, but there was large opposition against it, defacto it doesn't make any difference. well, and one of the things is of course and i heard that the system in san francisco of allotting schools to children makes it very difficult, but this is a picture from a primary school, start young so do everything to have children biking. ok. [applause] >> thank you, hans. i see supervisor chiu in the back. we are especially lucky today because supervisor chiu wanted to be here with us and say a few welcoming remarks. he happens to be our own german marshall fellow. honorable davis chiu. [applause] >> good morning. it is a real pleasure for me to be here for a number of reasons. first of all, a couple of years ago i was honored to be pa

the culture back-up in the netherlands and they were able to do that. the graph shows as the amount of bicycling goes down the risk goes down as we saw in the intersections and cities and countries and then also this time series data shows us as the bicycle activity increases the injury risk went down. so, this brings up some key points. i would like everyone to leave with the point your safer walking or bicycling where more people are walking and bicycling. this is a republican mri kabl plausible relationship. this seems to make sense and we'll explore that further. if we triple the amount of walking or biking the total injuries only go up by 50% no. not a factor of three but 50%. that's good news and means if we triple the amount of walking and biking we'll have the risk for you as an individual. that's good news you want to walk or bike in a location where a lot of people are doing that. of course it begs the question what's happening here - what's changing? this pedestrian or bicyclist that changes when mores around. that doesn't seem like lichlt my

two men, as you say, who flew from chicago to amsterdam have been arrested in the netherlands. sources say one of the men had $7,000 in cash and what looked like mock explosive devices in two checked bags. seven cell phones, some of them we're told taped to empty bottles, and watches taped to shampoo bottles. here's the thing. the bags carrying those suspicious items did not go with all soofi on the flight to amsterdam. instead the bags went to de los airport near washington where they were confiscated by u.s. authorities. officials say al soofi who was originally heading through de los to yemen had recently changed his itinerary to the amsterdam flight. two men have been arrested in the netherlands but authorities now tell us they are not linked to one another and the investigation at this hour is focused solely on al soofi. this does not appear to be connected to any terror threat. they don't know if he was trying to test the system. >> smith: i guess that's the thing that looks like trouble. the details are still slim as you say, bob. but it sure seems like one of these guys

we as people from other nations, united kingdom, canada, the netherlands. the design criteria is dramatically different from what we used to do in the past. not only do we have a system we are building today, but higher level reduction throughout the gulf coast. this is truly a state of the art way we have gone about it. we can always learn more. we design for a 50 year rise. this area has a huge record with different rates in different areas. we factor all of that in. we also have different factors of safety to account for different combinations that could overtop the system. host: what has changed in five years in terms of the bedrock? caller: the engineering criteria we have used for the dirt to make the curtain of levees. -- earthen levees. rick are building this over the navigation canal -- we are building this over the navigation canal. have in new structures to give you structural strength. [unintelligible] several new things compared to the way it was designed before. there are areas with stabilization techniques in areas that had difficulties with t

lillian kim has more. >>> muhammad and amarisi are under arrest in the netherlands. rces tell abc news the pair flew from chicago o'hare's airport to amsterdam after having packed mock bombs in their luggage. they found a cellphone taped to a pepto-bismol battle. officials found several watches taped together, a boxcutter and three large knives. >> it seems it was some sort of test in the fact you start to tape together cellphones and you carry cutters in your luggage and things, obviously an attempt to see if this will be picked up. >> the items did raise suspicions among airport screeners in birmingham, alabama where they were boarding connecting flights but none of the items are illegal for checked luggage. he was also carrying $7,000 in cash which also wasn't breaking any law. but when the two boarded a plane to amsterdam after having checked their luggage on a different flight to dulles, u.s. officials decided to step in. they ordered the plane back to the gate and retrieved their luggage. dutch officials detained the two men as soon as they arrived in amsterdam.

the final was in the netherlands -- was spain versus the netherlands.eople in the civic center to witness the event live. we have been doing this all month. the finale was really as good as it gets. that is one of the things that i look back on my first year and i am most proud about it. this is a culmination of a lot of the things we have been talking about, making our parks fun. we have relied on our partners to help us to do what we otherwise have not been able to do. encouraging our kids to get out and play. it was really fantastic. what we thought we would do is sit here who is out there. mark is part of our team and he hadn't own initiative to just start showing up. he put together a small video that we want to share with you say you can get a flavor of what this was about. >> i want to ask anyone standing to find a seat. we don't have an overflow room today so i would like everyone to take a seat if there is an empty seat anywhere in the house. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> you just get a small sense of the joy of that particular day. [applause] we had a number of sp

the netherlands is no stranger to the high cost that water can wreak. we sympathize with the pakistan people and the affected -- affected families to have suffered the loss of loved ones. the impact of this disaster is the unprecedented and almost beyond imagination. the netherlands, like others, stand ready to help a friend in such dire need. secondly, the netherlands and pakistan maintain a longstanding relationship, which is also reflected in a structural development partnership. in response to this disaster, the netherlands decides a special contribution to the european union and contributed 3 million euros for emergency aid. 1 million euros channel to the international federation of the red cross. 2 million euro through the initial flood response plan. i am pleased to be able to announce that the netherlands will contribute another the 3.6 million euros to the response plan to be channeled through the world food program and unicef. this brings the total dutch contribution to 5.6 million euros and a total contribution to 6.6 million euros. almost $9

for a drug dealer. >>> this morning investigators are looking into whether two men arrested in the netherlands were conducting a dry run for a potential terror attack. the two men arrested yesterday in the netherlands after flying from chicago to amsterdam on a united airlines flight. their luggage was kept in chicago that after security workers found a knife, a box cutter and a cell phone taped to a pepto bismol bottle. the two men being questioned are u.s. citizens of yemeni descent. the white house said they are not on a u.s. terror watch list. >>> 6:35. today marks the official end of come bat operations in iraq. vice president joe biden is there to lead ceremonies. he is pushing the iraqis to form a new government. this morning, president obama flies to fort bliss, texas, to speak to iraqi war veterans and then returning to washington to speak to the nation. >> the history of the future of the country will be shaped by iraqis and the president will talk about the change in our combat mission as we focus on rebuilding our nation here at home. >> the new mission is called operation new dawn

while it's as you were in the top ten with world champions spain still winning the roost head of the netherlands brazil germany and argentina in the interim a seventh and future president sepp blatter was in singapore ahead of the inaugural use olympic games has defended feat his decision to stage the international games on wednesday. just days before many of the major european leagues kicked off. funding of all don't play really much to bring you a second or so and. nobody else should do to go the best players or they didn't use is pretty much days to go. to be a good game to give you a chance or you wanted to. know to make it look you know it was a good day i see people you see just not in the national from you. go but i would say understanding and so you know it is. all russia's under twenty one team have moved to step closer to fourteen i said next year's european championships in denmark the group wanting me to speak now and see it to want also the statements and basis bag spartak striker. sporting a chopped meat russia to victory and the next face a pivotal crash was remaining at rest seco

just six minutes for the home side plates tonight scotland are in sweden world cup runners up the netherlands are in ukraine and germany who finished third in south africa to denmark the republic of ireland home to argentina now no longer under the guidance of diego maradona england are up against hungry at wembley not ten minutes france are in norway for their first game to a long long following their core world cup all european champions spain the call to play mexico. well russia haven't played any games in the last thirty days but still climbed one place in the fee for world rankings to walk by sixteenth spot while the u. . it's a top five places to eighteen's falling cheese days to nil defeat to brazil in new jersey but fourteenth place croatia along with russia and switzerland inched up once as you are in the top ten of all champions spain still ruling the roost ahead of the netherlands brazil germany and argentina england remain seventh and fifa president sepp blatter who is in singapore ahead of the inaugural games and in big games has defended faith his decision to stage the internati

in the meantime world cup winners spain and their opponents the netherlands have been fined by fee for that ill discipline final in south africa last month the match set a record for the most calls received in a world cup final there were eight bookings for the dutch and five despite making a total of thirteen seven more than the previous five six yellows shown with argentina be question every three two in the one thousand nine hundred six final the most memorable of the bad challengers from twenty ten was nigel dion's kung fu kick chest english referee howard webb shoot only one red card in the game standing on that joint watching it and spain's one victory. for me no one now michael schumacher says he's sorry after his dangerous move during sunday's sun gehring grand prix the german blocked rubens barrichello pushing the brazilians caught within centimeters of a concrete wall on the budapest track miss eighty's driver will be penalized ten places at the next grand prix in belgium and on his website schumacher admitted his move against barack callow was too hard and was sorry if his f

they are arrested in the netherlands. spicious items that make the government believe those men were part of a terror plot. >> the engine of a plane from sfo blows overnight midflight. we'll hear from some of the passengers coming up. [ male announcer ] when meg whitman arrived at ebay, they had 30 people and an idea. meg's job was to make it happen. it took leadership. focus. and the ability to bring people together. meg whitman delivered. named one of america's best ceo's by harvard business review, she grew ebay 15,000 strong and made small business dreams come true. now meg has a plan to create jobs. fix sacramento. and deliver results. meg whitman. for a new california. good morning... it's tuesday the >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. caption colorado, l.l.c. >>> good morning. it's august 31. i'm sydnie kohara. >> i'm john kessler. >>> a flight for australia didn't get very far. anne makovec is at sfo where the qantas plane made an emergency landing this morning. >> reporter: good morning. you hav

also today, the netherlands pulled the last of 1900 troops out of the country becoming the first nato station to withdraw from afghanistan. >> we are following developing news in the middle east where they say a huge explosion has leveled the home of a senior hamas commander. 17 people have been taken to the hospital. there are reports that two people are dead. this follows several rocket strikes in israel. rockets launched from gaza. one hit a community center but so far no injuries. >> pakistan, 27,000 people are still believed to be trapped by raging floodwaters following days of monsoon rains there. it's being blamed for more than a thousand death. they are having a difficult time reaching survivors because roads are covered with water. today the obama administration announced they are providing $10 million in aid to pakistan. >> they hope to have a large wildfire burning north of los angeles surrounded by tomorrow night. so-called crown fire near the desert city of palmdale is now 87% contained. cooler temperatures helped fire crews get the upper hand this weekend. it charred 22

also want to host the world and there are joint bids from spain and portugal and belgium and the netherlands the twenty twenty finals are planned before russia is the host of both films to be announced on december second because elsewhere it is through to the third round of the cincinnati masters after beating robbie juniper in three sets russia's top man. set rather easily six two then lost the second on a tie break then on the side of six to the next place david ferrer. world number one was found the dial claimed his thirty fifth big three thirty seven matches a see saw off the american taylor dent in the second round the spaniard dominating the first set taking that seeks to break the second he broke back to seven five to defeat the world number eighteen great. djokovic has also successfully through to the next stage of the competition not after knocking out fellows to viktor troicki in straight sets six three seven five most the score. and the big. yes the casualties so far is the eight seed fernando verdasco the spaniard losing his second round match to marty fish stats to tie. in the w

. >>> the netherlands have become the first nato country to end its combat mission in afghanistan, while the departure of the nearly 1900 dutch troops is not expected to have a major impact. it comes at a critical time. violence is on the rise helping to make july the deadliest month of the war for u.s. forces. >>> nasa is planning a pair of space walks at the international space station after its cooling system shut down this weekend. astronauts were forced to power down equipment after alarms went off throughout the outpost. officials say the six occupants were in no danger. >>> and a new son-in-law has been welcomed into the clinton family. this weekend, amid high security, chelsea clinton married her long time boyfriend in upstate new york. in a statement, former president bill clinton and secretary of state hillary clinton said, quote, we could not have asked for a more perfect day. how sweet. >>> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 10,465 after losing 1 point on friday. the s&p went up a fraction and the nasdaq gained three points

bird the second england a string the united states and joined from spain and portugal belgium the netherlands are the competition. but you let me teach them way in which you were very eager to invite the two thousand and eighteen world cup to russia and we're confident in our bid we will do our best to provide the inspection commission with as much information as possible regarding our bid so they can gauge the readiness of our potential hosts to the. senate simply just berghaus their own mission ahead tonight and that's to qualify for the champions league proper the premier league table toppers host exert in their first leg playoff. it's all been going swimmingly for this money by letting his side domestically over halfway through now need to hold a hefty seven point advantage up the league summit but in europe's top club competition they really want to make their mark strengthened by recent signing portuguese international defender the rule out of a is the need to haven't lost a game all season and will enter the game favorites they also enter the match injury free. world zero also finished

also want to host the world cup and there are joint bids from spain and portugal and belgium and the netherlands the twenty twenty five from russia the hopes of both tournament be announced in december the second. is through to the third round of the cincinnati masters after beating robbie jr pretty in three sets russia's top man took the opening set rather easily sticks to you then lost the second under tie break but then on the side of six take place a better. world number one rafael nadal claimed his third and fifth victory in thirty seven matches as he's. off american taylor dent in the second round the spaniard dominating the first set taking that six take it now will break in the second set right back when the seventy five to defeat the world number eighty three . like you're also successfully through to the next stage of the competition not after beating the fellow said big detroit in straight sets six three seven by the score there. and the biggest casualty so far is the eight c. and under the desk over spaniard leading the second round match against mardy fish in three states both went

angry and australia the united states and joined bands from spain and portugal and belgium at the netherlands all the competition. but meets the way yes there she was very eager to invite the two thousand and eighteen world cup to russia and we're confident in our bid we will do our best to provide the inspection commission with as much information as possible regarding our bid so they can gauge the readiness of our potential host cities which will stay with football and the scandal which engulfed the french national team by the world cup in south africa looks to finally have come to closure the presumed culprit solve the team's strike against a van coach i'm on dominic facing a final battle say a disciplinary hearing held by the french football federation in paris the number one rebel nicoleta on the cost of spending for eighteen games for his conflict with dominic scape up a trace of raw got five frankly very three and jeremy too along just one. remember the entire team refused to train at one stage while on the call was sandho ever all was then seen all going with the fitness coach as the

the economy in the netherlands is also picking up speed. preliminary estimates pegged the country's second quarter gdp growth at 0.9%. the spanish economy is still struggling, growing only 0.2% between april and june. >> thank you, peter. more flooding is expected in pakistan as monsoon rains continue and dams threaten to burst. authitiesa the ollen river will continue to rise as it passes through punta of province. more than 400,000 people have been evacuated from a town ahead of expected flooding. many residents refuse to leave their homes, concerned about abandoning their possessions. normally, pakistan would be getting ready to celebrate its independence day tomorrow. the government has cancelled celebrations in deference to the suffering of 14 million flood victims. aid agencies in pakistan say many are in grave danger of contracting waterborne diseases such as cholera and malaria. under is also a drastic. the price of food has soared. >> doctors have their hands full, but few means at their disposal. many victims are being cared for in

and dutch cake belgium and the netherlands present joined it for the twenty eighteen and twenty twenty two football world cups we head to the tennis courts first where nicola divident has crashed out of the. third round loss to frenchman jeremy chardy few predicted that six double decker would be troubled by his less accomplished opponent but the russian suffered a rare day unable to thaw on his usual route and consistency punishing toronto heat charging six three six two victory. the next opponent for charlie second signal just made it through with this straight sets win over and many of its ins because he needed ninety minutes or six three six four victory as he strolled into the snow. of the season. thanks. to the next stage of to be to make sure the draw france this former world number one trailed one four in the six game of the first set then managed to win it break in the second set to. take it suits them claiming the match is placed next to each of the i. lost in the last two times in my. he was match point and then. we move in the couple of weeks ago and i'm excited getting ano

tickets passport control instead russia will be up against england spain and portugal belgium in the netherlands on the united states for the twenty eight. twenty twenty two finals are planned be for the country with the hosts of both tournaments to be announced on december the second of the senior because. there's a new kid in town over at real madrid mesut ozil joins the club for fifteen million euros from vertebrae men price not really comparable to the one hundred fifty five million it took to lure ronaldo and cock out to the bernabéu but the midfielder could turn out to be just as important the twenty one year old girl. man has had a stellar career to date culminating in a semi final appearance at the world cup in south africa he'll meet up with his international team mates summit could derail who signed for reale last month from stockyard also is juicy when he was sick signing of the summer because you're up to trying clinch their first commercially good crying in three years following barcelona some recent dominance. another player whose star rose in south africa was mexico's havea hernan