i guess my question for the port is, i like the proposal. i think that it's a modest proposal that would support the building the teatro. i like that it's a modest hotel and i like that there is going to be ten units that are reserved for artists. i think that is incredibly important. i guess my question is why can't we rfp out this proposal? a proposal that includes the rebuilding of teatro's theater, with hotel and these ten rooms? i can only imagine when it comes back to the budge committee, harvey rose's report saying that we don't know if it's the best deal for the city because it wasn't publicly rfp'd out? >> good afternoon, brad benson, director of special projects with

that $2.5 million from the port will be shared 50/50% with bae and the port. the provision for the replacement of dry dock no. 2 as i have indicated before, one of the competitive issues for the shipyard was the presence of dry dock no. 2 which is lifting capacity at 54,000 term. now you have the competitor in the name of vigorous with an 80,000 ton lifting capacity this issue is becoming important to get what i indicated before which may cause the revenue to dip. we put in the lease that between now and the next 10 years both the port and b ae are going to collaborate the funding to replace that dry dock if possible. with the in intention when the lease goes into effect we've the possible solution of the existing dry dock. we equally addresses the issue of the existing side of power assistance. i believe a couple of commission meetings there was a discussion about the benefit of the shoreside assistance in terms of reduce pollution and making the air cleaner. in the new lease from the last time we came here in november we missed some additional information by

about the port as an organization. so what we propose to do is to start off the process with water and land tours walking through tours to acquaint people with the diversity of the properties, to be able to have an opening session where we can invite people's comments about what their thoughts and visions are for the water front so we have an understanding about what's the base from which we are working with. and then using that as a back drop then going sbootd orientation and analysis phase that we show on the slide here, that goes through the various aspects of the port that we think are important to understand in order to be able to make some choices about what the priority should be for the port going forward and what should be incorporated into the water front land use plan. we anticipate having that orientation period take us through the end of this year and into early next year and then further discussions about the policy questions about what we do around these issues and how they should be translated into possi

they were aided in auto desk, which is an tenant here at the port. the artists are jack kalish and they are graduates of new york university's interactive telecommunications program. i want to give tremendous thanks to sean farly who really took this on in addition to his day job. it's not something i think he had ever done before but he really embraced it whole heartedly and to willie adams who gave him a lot of guidance and support and of course to mayor agnos. it was an important moment for all of us and it was a wonderful celebration and i want to thank president p katz for being there as well. i wish commissioner adams was here today to say a few words but i hope when we get to the commissioners report you will say a few words, commissioner katz. at the same night at another spot in san francisco, the cruise ship terminal won a an award in the category of best infrastructure project and that was a really great recognition. i don't think that while there have been port projects that have won awards as best real estate deals of the port, we were ho

fortunately here at the port we're ahead of the curve. we've already been instituting a number of these amendments. in the past year and a half we have exceeded the mayor's proposed aspirational goal of the 40 percent. the amendment that will have the most impact is related to development agreements and projects at pier 70, see wall lot 337 and even at metro cruises at pier 27 we have instituted lbe utilization plans prior to the mandate. the port staff is currently working with other city agencies and the contract monitoring division to implement the new ordinances, rules and regulations. the new legislation will take place, take effect, on july 1st of this year. that concludes my presentation and i'm available to answer any questions you have. >> thank you. is there public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i want to thank commissioner brandon, i know you've been instrumental in making sure we get these reports on how we're doing and want to make sure you were here for this presentation. >> and i thank you for that. boris,

to get to know the port better and we will be going thank to the barn and the team and we will be going out this year sunday from 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and lastly i think that i saw larry peoples come in and would you sit maybe towards the front. we have another retirement, and this one is accommodation for larry peoples who you can see walking forward and come on up front and he is a general laborer, and he is joined the city in 1976 as a general laborer out in the san francisco airport and he worked there for about ten years and you can sit right here next to peter. and then he came to the port in october of 1986. >> so, he got to be here for three blessed years before we had the big earthquake and then he was here ever since. mr. peoples has been at the port for approximately, 28 years, and he is well known up and down the water front because one of his many jobs is to keep it crystal clean, and he can be seen most mornings, mostly before many people arrive at work, coming in and riding the street sweeper to make sure that the sidewalk is clean and pristine and welcoming. and so, he h

we presented to you last time because we are trying to recapture what the port and city invested in the system which was i believe $5 million, and at that time, the projection was that if bae is able to charge by each kilowatt hours of power used by the vessels that have worked at the shipyard. that rate will help us recapture that investment. but because the utilization rate is not the level of it used to be, that level of power. the next business term that we are recommending in the lease is that more guarantee for utility cap for all utilities, that includes sewer, gas, water utilities including electrical power. because as you know pier 70 is going through redevelopment and there is a need to upgrade the existing utilities and the utilities that are there until they are upgraded will have to be shared by the tenants. because of udi in beginning to renovate the historic buildings, we need to move out of building one and two the current electrical power source that powers the shipyard. that power source that is capacity of 12 mega watts. so we've negotiated with bae that we are limiti

authorizing the port to enter into negotiations with teatro destinani and their project tzk bredway,lc. to develop and lease portland with a boutique hotel and dinner theater. the resolution requests an exemption from the competitive bidding policy set forth in administrative code section for the potential real estate transaction involving port property as seawall lots. i have a map showing the location of the site. it's right there at the corner of broadway and embarcadero. and it consists of just those two parcels. teatro zinzanni is a former tenant, beginning in 2011, it operated as a successful venue, combining dinner and theater at pier 27. during this period it welcomed many performing artists and close to a million customers. and frequently partnered with charities. in 2011, the port asked teatro to determinant the lease for pier 27 and vacate the location at pier 27 to accommodate the america's cup and construction of the [speaker not understood] by state law the port is required to relocate tenants including teatro. after searching widely it became clear that the best locati

the port like with regard to bart and things like that and so again we work with bart also on these things. the super bowl has been actually a blessing and we will see later on how much of a curse, but right now it is a blessing and that it has the really looking under our own hood and making sure that we have all of our things in order and the best thing that we can have by the cyber crimes, traffic force is the secret service is convening in the fact that they gave us one here and again one of only two in the state is the fact that we are connected and so we are in a room and i believe that we have met twice already and the future meetings to discuss, whatever concerns director moyer and we have since become close friends while she was the lead for security here and systems and emergency preparedness and i had the same roll at the buc and so it is nice when it is greg and sidny and it is on a cell phone and that is the relationship that the port has with the police department. i am happy to go into more detail for this commission, but if i was going to speak to sprefk vonnerbilitie

the port has a strategic objective to plan and implement a stable financial future to ensure the best tools are used for professional municipal advisors. these specialized skills include experience with municipal bond and financing district and financing issuance, bond sizing and structuring and bond pricing. our municipal financial advisor also helps staff in formulating financing and strategy and plans and capital planning and development agreements. at the conclusion of my presentation on the contract award process, the ports deputy director of finances and administration will provide additional detail on work and upcoming assignments for this contract. the contract monitoring division set an lbe contract going of 20%. the ports current 2-year operating budget includes $140,000 per year for municipal financial advisory services. any program funding i don't know fiscal year 15-16 is subject to future appropriations and as i said before it's not to exceed $140,000. the contract for 2 years, extending to $420,000 extended to 5 years to $700,000. to provide services through informal so

the committee but i also think that we really need to open it up to all san franciscoans because the port belongs to everyone. so it's great to get different ideas and different opinions so i hope it's a very diverse group that wants to see the waterfront grow at a good rate. too much growth is not good but if we can just come up with a process and hopefully get a lot of people together that really understand the constraints that the waterfront -- that we have in our open space, in our development, in keeping piers or deciding to get rid of them. you know? everything. because the waterfront is so diverse. >> it is diverse. >> so i think it would just be great to have a good group, a good working group, of all citizens reflecting san francisco. >> that is the intent, including regional interests as well. >> yes. and bcdc and state lands. >> but even we have regional stake holders kind of tagged within the working group as well. >> thank you. well, i have a lot of comments and first of all i want to thank you for taking a lot of my comments that i made to you individually that you have refl

if you look at the volume of trade that goes across the ports of entry of the top five in the country, detroit is number two. port huron is number four. so we are the tip of the spear so to speak when it comes to border control. it's a very important issue for my state, as well as for the industry, and that is why i want to thank senator johnson for his cosponsorship of the amendment that i put forward in their recent budget bill to make sure that we are fully funding our ports of entry to make sure that they have the security that they need and the ability to process trade and travel efficiently and that's why i'm going to make a brief pitch to make sure that we continue to get funding for the international border crossing, particularly with our new bridge that we are constructing between detroit and winsor, and port huron. they do a great deal of traffic and have been promised improvements in that plaza which have not occurred. we need to have those. it is vitally important to our economy. i want to thank all of the panelists today. this is an interesting hearing and you have an ext

the overall goal of this process was to achieve greater flexibility and diversity in the port's parking lot operations. we believe the request for proposal process as compared to the process traditionally utilized by the port will provide greater flexibility to select an operator that meets the port's objectives as outlined in the report. we also believe through the use of an innovative joint venture partnership that the port will achieve greater diversity and help building future local business enterprises who would operate independently. so just to summarize the objectives of the project, first we've improved the overall performance of parking lots through a net increase in revenue. second, enhance the overall visitor experience, expand the port's diversity in parking lot operators and explore opportunities to expand the port's parking capacity as recpbtly brought up. i'd like to have bob come up and i'll get into the more details of the proposal but i'd like to have bob discuss the outreach efforts and the potential partnership structures as well as the industry best practices. . >>

one is sneaking through the ports of entry coming through an airport or through more often the land port of entry either with false documents or -- and this is more likely by hiding in a truck or train. i remember going through the border ports of entry. amazingly seeing in the dashboard of an suv overall where someone basically had hid themselves in the dashboard to try to sneak in the country. so this is what people think coming over land or by see. they are literally going through a port of entry and trying to get into the country without being detected. the 3rd significant source are overstays people who enter with a visa or whatever lawfully but overstay and don't leave and then often statistics i recall were roughly 40 percent of the people in the united states without authority came as overstays. one of the reasons that is important is because that is not a pathway into the country that is going to be dealt with by lining up people between the ports of entry. in fact, entry. in fact, that is one of the most challenging issues that we deal with the issue of illegal migration becaus

one is coming between the ports of entry. nd that's what usually, when you watch television shows about this, that is what they focus on. people crossing whether it is the mountains or the desert or perhaps coming by boat trying to land on the beach, this is what most people conceptualize or think about as the source of illegal mig graduation into the united states. but in fact there are two other significant pathways as well. one is sneaking through the ports of entry. this is coming through an airport or more off the onen a land port of entry either with false documentation, or more likely way it is accomplished by hiding in, for example a truck or train. i remember going down to some of the border ports ever entry and amazingly seeing in the dashboard of an suv was a like a hole where someone basically hid themselves in the dashboard to try to sneak into the country. so this isn't what people think about as coming over land or by sea between ports of entry. it is literally going through a port of entry trying to get into th

the ports are being blocked. the sea ports are being blocked. this is a real humanitarian disaster that the houthis are not addressing and even the international community. it is great that they're evacuating foreign citizens from yemen, yet there are thousands of yemenis who where stuck in places like egypt and airports like jordan and india. we're talking about thousands who were--who left yemen for medical purposes yet got stuck and don't even have the financial means to live or rent a place in egypt or jordan or india. these people are stuck. and no one is helping them. there is a big problem. it seems to me that the concern is about foreign citizens, but not yemenis. and this is a real serious problem. the air drop the saudis were diagnose-- >> let's remember as we speak in new york there is a resolution being discussed in the security council, a russian-sponsored resolution calling for pauses in the bombing to create humanitarian corridors. perhaps those may go some way to answer your concerns. let me move on if i may. >> yes i think that's

the port of aden is right there in the port of aden. this is iran's client state, assume that they will drive ships in there at that port, and it will be a naval base. that strip where the land mass comes together. that leads you to the suez canal. they can put in yemen anti- shipping mines and missiles in the event of a political crisis they would have huge power to leverage and stop the flow of commerce and shipping to the suez canal. this is a huge victory for iran if they control yemen as they are able to do. they are on the way to it. >> and when of this particular water way is under thet we see that in oil prices and that affects our gas prices. there is an immediate affect for that if we are waiting for other things to take place. general king this final question. our navy is the most powerful navy in the world. our presence means something. should we consider a bigger presence? >> two things in reference to our navy and the defense department in general. we cannot continue to do what we are doing. slashing it. it is reckless. i

up next, the history of galveston's port. >> well, the first land grab for galveston came in the 1830s to a game named michele minard and his investors. they had someone come in, lay out the ploths for the city of galveston and sold lots in the 1830s so it's officially founded as a city 1830. it was a natural harbor and it was the only one with between veracruz, mexico, and mobile, alabama. so there was a natural entity to bring in goods and people into galveston that could go into texas and the middle part of the united states. so it was the industry, the availability of the port, the easy access from the gulf of mexico it created a entire community that followed for 100 years. as the 19th century maritime world changed the shapes became larger and their cargo became much larger is what blame particularly important for galveston is that it was bringing in the cotton from the central part of the state and the other states around us and shipping it out of here. as shipping became so important, they needed to get bigger vessels in here and they needed to get them closer into the harbor i

. >> and brilliant ideas to transform the ugly buildings into the port authority bus terminal. e perfect location. >> the idea of privatizing transportation. >> the boys and we do something that no one else did. bill: hank, he pitched a story about church buying up tax liens as a way of making money. >> the fountain of life has been snapping up lanes on people's property all over the state. a former member is outraged. >> and non- taxpaying entity that was the sickness of it. >> bill, when a person fails to pay the property taxes they sell there house at auction. the buyer turns as much 18 percent interest. and in legal and brutal practice. >> people don't pay their debt are frequently people have lost employment. are no longer involved in the sales and have tried to return properties to foreclosured appointed individuals. the city tax's office told me today that nine properties are owned by companies using the church's address all were foreclosed recently as february 12th of this year and that's only in trenton. >> i don't know that i have any issue with any entity buying up a

miss rice: fourth year of studying the charleston port one of the most efficient ports on the east coast and 10 years since we have had dredging funds for the small port of georgetown in our district. our infrastructure continues to deteriorate and the country becomes less competitive and thousands more american jobs are lost. with limited funds it is increasingly difficult for small harbors to compete with larger projects. given this competition for scarce funds, very few small projects makes the president's budget and receives funding. what my amendment does is to remove $4.5 million from the army corps' regulatory budget, which the regulatory division of the army corps of engineers continues to grow and proposal you will debate more regulations that make our country even less competitive such as the expansion of the clean water act that are currently proposed, this would take money from that regulatory division and put it into the operating and maintenance division so that these monies can be used to actually make our ports work again. the bottom line is, our harbors are showing, we n

if you look at the volume of trade that goes across ports of entry of the top five in the country, detroit is number two, and port huron is number four. so we are definitely the tip of the spear, so to speak, when it comes to border control. and so it is a very important issue for my state, as well as for the industry and that's why i certainly want to thank senator johnson for his co-sponsorship of the amendment that i put forward and the recent budget bill to make sure we're fully funding our ports of entry. that's why i'm going to make a brief pitch to make sure that we continue to get funding for the international border crossing, particularly with our new bridge, that we're constructing between detroit and windsor and port huron. they do a great deal of traffic. they have been promised improvements in that customs plaza, which have not occurred. and we need to have those. and it is vitally important to our economy. and i want to thank all of the panelists here. this is -- an interesting hearing and you have an extremely difficult job in the fact that you really have dual purposes, i l

shop for the port. they do everything in relation to the port whether plan review, permits, inspections. they do it all for the port. likewise the sfia, the airport same thing. we have a captain and a lieutenant inspectors down there and they handle all inspections, plan review, et cetera for the airport. schools have to be inspected annually. we have a inspector there. residential care facilities every two years and public education. we have sro's single room occupancies where the owner can request the fire department come down and give safety talks and which we do on a regular basis. our r1 and r2 programs the inspections are conducted by our engine companies. we have approximately 3800 r1 and r2 inspections annually. to date we have completed about 700 and their role is determine the level of fire life safety in the department of building inspection. if they see an. >> >> >> issue that needs attention they call us directly and a that is a sprinkler or system that is down or alarm or exiting and not o

they now control parts of the military base and the port. there are reports that tribesmen in the area are mobilizing their forces to drive them out. taking off from a military base in southern saudi arabia, coalition forces become houthi fighters and their allyies. a number of airstrikes, they would leave the presidential palace 4 24 hours after they captured it. those loyal to former president ali abdullah saleh remain strong. and as the fighting intensifies the number of death continues to grow. and the battle for aden and all of yemen could an long one. >> the international red cross has called for an immediate cease-fire in yemen. it says if it is negotiating aid delivery. >> we have not yet been able to get the supplies that they need. so that they reach all the health clinics and those who need it. we've not been able to receive those medal supplies. we're still negotiating and still talking to all those concerned, and we have hopes that it may happen. but as of this date they have not received it yet. >> in syria fighters from the isl

shop for the port. they do everything in relation to the port whether plan review, permits, inspections. they do it all for the port. likewise the sfia, the airport same thing. we have

in fact if you look at the volume of trade that goes across ports of entry of the top five in the country detroit's number two and port huron is number four. so we are definitely the tip of the spear so to speak when it comes to border patrol. it is important issue for my state as well as industry. i want to certainly thank senator johnson for cosponsorship of the amendment i put forward in the recent budget bill to make sure we're fully funding ports of entry that they have security they need and ability to process trade and travel efficiently. that's why i'm going to make a brief pitch to make sure we continue to get funding for the international border crossing, particularly with our new bridge we're constructing between detroit and windsor and port huron. port huron does a great deal of traffic. they have been promised improvements in the customs plaza which have not occurred. we need those and it is vitally important to our economy. i want to thank all the panelists here. this is a interesting hearing. you have a extremely difficult job in the fact that you have dual purpose particul

i am here to speak in favor and in supported the port's request to enter into exclusive negotiating agreement with teatro zinzanni and kenwood investments for proposed theater and hotel, providing new positive activation to the community and acts a gateway to the broadway and greater chinatown area. it will bring locals and visitors alike and utilize an area that has long been underutilized. we urge you to support the resolution before you. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. beverly shuper, joe radner, et cetera. beverly, no? okay, we'll go to joe ratner. >> good afternoon i'm joe ratner. i have only been a resident of san francisco for four years, but my family goes back four generations. my grandfather and mother were born here. and i have a lot of very close ties and a lot of relatives in the city. and when i was visiting, before moving back here, i always -- going to teatro zinzanni was always a highlight of my visit. i think they really fit beautifully into the sort of bohemian history of san francisco, and i'm looking forward to the opportunity for my younger daughters to atte

they are particularly hard building -- i know it's unusual and may not be the best practice for the port to sole source this contract, i really urge you to allow this to move forward, the partnership between all parties makes the development deal possible and makes it happen in a way good for the community and the extensive outreach that kenwood investments has done over the last three years is unprecedented. i hope you vote to move this forward. thank you. >> thank you very much, flicka. >> good afternoon, teatro zinzanni was my neighbor all the time that they were in san francisco. and of course, we want them to come back. they should have come back a long time ago. they were promised to be able to come back. they were promised a spot and this situation has been dragging on and on and i admire tz eatro zinzanni tz for sticking with it and making it work. all i can say is that red tape and bureaucracy are good friends of mine and it's a frustrating situation to get things done in the city. i think they should be fast-tracked because they offer a lot to san francisco and i think that san

interestingly the port of visitors have been great. the percentage of the visitors using the internet has increasedover the last 5 years. the mode of arrival has varied over time with automobile use ranging from 33% and 50% of visitors. 96% of customers were satisfied or very satisfied with their visit to pier 39. pier 39 operates with the bay and continues to grow. pier 39 holds dozens of events and with complete week in october and tree lighting in november. these events bring an additional half million visitors each year. pier 39 recognizes the unique asset to control and manage and committed to keeping the property fresh and first time visitors and the others are repeat visitors and creating an enticing environment. pier 39 began it's program for it's operating expenses. we've eliminated hand towels in the restrooms and installed lighting and manage a comprehensive recycling program for our tenants. we are committed to impacting to minimizing the environment that we have been charged with managing. tenant redevelopment is a corner s

what's talk about between the ports. it was actually the economic community that first made to the estimates in 1990. it was part of the effort to measure the impact of the reform and basically the government outsourced the effort to two think tanks and they came up with a very clever way of estimating successful infrom it's based on what the chief mentioned, recidivism analysis. 100 people come to the border and try to sneak across and border patrol captures 60. they put those 60 people on a bus and they're driven across the border and all 60 of them try again and this time 30 are caught. you can estimate just from those apprehensions, 60 the first time, 30 the first time, what the probable of apprehension is, which in this case would be 50%. then you can calculate how many people successfully entered. now, that was done for many years by academics. using either apprehension records or using data from what are called migrant surveys. a big assumption required is that everybody who is caught and is sent back tries again.

of entry along the northern border. our northern portsf entry have high trade and travel. features 72 million travelers with canada for us to resound to visit family and friends. many initiatives facilitate travel at the northern border simultaneously increase security. cbp develops efficient security operations designed to contribute not barriers. security measure is vitally protected tourism from the damaging effects of terrorists and other security incidents. identifying travelers from those who may require additional script is the key element in our efforts to facilitate secure international travel. the volume of trade is equally a significant period in 24 team that combined two-way trade and investment between the u.s. and canada totaled $759 billion. the u.s. and canada are the largest export market with 16% of all u.s. exports and canada. cbp is committed to working with federal private sector canadian partners to facilitate the flow of trade and travel and promote economic growth along the northern border. in 2011 the u.s. and can

they worked at the port of entry. they secure the border between the ports of entry. we have area and marine interdiction agencies supporting border patrol and state and local law enforcement. we also have thousands of non-uniformed individuals who manage trade issues, cyber security, and other important facets of the mission. i am a good fed so i will give you more statistics. in a typical day, we process one million people at 328 entries. we screen seven a thousand containers. -- 70,000 containers. we seize more than -- in unreported currency and discover 425 tests and intercept prohibited plant and animal materials. we seize counterfeit products. we apprehend inadmissible people at the port of entry. we identify 548 individuals with suspected national security concerns. we intercept fraudulent documents. we fly 213 enforcement missions. we seize more than five tons of drugs. 15 pounds of heroin to. -- of heroin. 9000 pounds of marijuana. toss in the unexpected. the surge of unaccompanied minors. the surge in ebola required screening. you see no typical day. if i co

coalition forces led by saudi arabia are carrying out airstrikes on hello advancing on the outskirts of the port city of aden. 12 houthi fighters have been killed. we have the latest. >> the battle is raging. fighters loyal to abd rabbuh mansur hadi are struggling to cope. >> we're the southern youth resistence in aden, and we're blaming the houthi. there must be forces on the ground. the people here are under bombardment. there are deaths. there they arethere, there are families under siege we can't get to them. >> forces loyal to ali abdullah saleh are strong and are fighting back. the saudis may now be using another tactic to confront the houthis. oh local tv station shows pictures of weapons and ammunition dropped by the saudi- saudi-led coalition jets in aden. meanwhile those loyal to hadi are engaged in street battles in the city. coalition jets bomb houthi forces and allies in and around the airport. a number of airstrikes force the rebels to leave the presidential palace a day after they captured it. >> they cannot keep that. they were just on the top of the mountains, and i'm sure they'

as explained by the port authority unions, groups and businesses, the fair-market value process is, in fact, a process designed to protect the city, regardless of the qualification process in the aforementioned case. i propose this risk-mitigation is considered strongly because you never know the risks that you will induce by going through the other process. right now you have a lot of goodwill in the city. forcing a marriage may have a long-term negative impact in terms of the intensity and the sincerity of the low-term bidder who might win the qualification process. i think every party here has shown their diligence, support and clarity in making this project come forward and i highly recommend that you please pass this proposition. thank you. >> thank you very much. are there any other members of the public to speak on item no. 2? seeing none, public comment is closed that the time. [ gavel ] . the matter is back in the hands of the committee. supervisor kim. >> thank you. i want to appreciate all the public comment that came out today and it's really clear that the outreach was ver

charity doctors without borders said that a ship carrying two and a half tons of aid has docked at the port of aden, and supplies have made it to a hospital there despite clashes in the city. houthi rebels are continuing. meanwhile, iran's state immediate says two iranian warships have been sent to the gulf of aden, but they're there as part of an anti-piracy operation. >> reporter: warplanes strike houthi positions in positions positions in the capital of sanaa. the saudi-led coalition has stepped up its military campaign to prevent outy fighters were capturing the port city of aden. last week battles showed no signs of stopping. forces loyal to president abd rabbuh mansur hadi are trying to repel a push by houthi fight tours control the city. but the houthies backed by army units loyal to former president ali abdullah sale hold ground. saudis have said their military campaign won't stop until houthis disband. in the meantime u saudi arabia accuses iran of delivering weapons to the houthis to destabilize the region. but for tehran, the ships are part of an anti-piracy campaign and diplomac

the owners of sinbad's filed a suit against the port of san francisco asking a judge to intercede. g to the examiner the port lied about the restaurant falling behind on rent and spilling sewage into the bay and sinbad's was ordered to close by march 21. the port is looking to re-develop the pier they occupy. >> a scary scene and mess in oakland after a home collapses with a man inside. it happened yesterday on 46th where a director was renovating the home. despite the terrible damage our reporter shows us how the man inside survived without a scratch. >> i was sleeping right there where you see. >> 68-year-old was sleeping in the sun room of the house when it collapsed at 11 o'clock and this blanket is marking where he was lying. >> i improved him and he was like, i am all right, and i am like no, let he help. >> he is homeless but the contractor let him sleep in the vacant house while it was under construction. he said an old tv and some luck kept the call from crushing hill. >> yesterday i was bit by a pill bull today a house fell on me. >> the next door neighbor's car was damage

the pakistani navy helped many from the port. the ship arrived in karachi with pakistani and foreign nationals on board. >> there's no people to really guide us or government. we were requested to move to the port and evacuation is going on from aiden and another port. i think post will reach the port. a few are there. >> as far as the action was concerned, we are away from the action. it's time for the guys to go it was a possibility of an attack. we travelled from road about 100km. it was the local tribes that got us there safely. they knew the check points to get us through and take the proper troops >>> pakistan's parliament is due to resume a debate on whether to join a military campaign against the houthis. the iranian foreign minister is expected in pakistan. yemen is likely to top the agenda. let's bring in kamal hyder from islamabad. a big decision from pakistan. the debate going into a third day. >> indeed. it is a big decision and for the last few days all the focus is on the crisis in yemen. yesterday the pakistani pri

in the port. >> reporter: their stores don't import but all of their suppliers do and that is a problem. >> strollers. car seats. clothes. i still have to -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the biggest problem, cribs and basinets. 4-5 month wait. [ indiscernible ] >> saying i am sorry we cannot deliver. >> reporter: they are working their way through a huge back log of containers, blamed continuing delays on the port of los angeles and long beach. >> 5-10 ships a day delayed in southern california. those ships have to come to oakland after they leave los angeles and long beach. when cargo arrives from southern california it is getting delayed in the marine terminal. >> reporter: all of that stuff is expected to last for another month or sos a they play catch up. little has been done to prevent a similar slow down when the contract expires in four years. reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> another crash and grab in san francisco. >> just trying to clean up my mess and start all over. >> what the thieves got away with and a look at the surveillance video that could lead to arre

some of the worst fighting has taken place in the port of aiden. here is our report. >> we took to open seas to reach yemen. this was our only way in. after a voyage of 21 hours, we approached the southern port of aiden. the now and accept president stairs down over -- stares down over the harbor. what happens here could decide the future of yemen. we are now finally coming ashore. we have been told there were air strikes just a few hours before we arrived. we have always been warned not to stay any longer than is necessary because there is always a risk of kidnap by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> around the port, stars of the recent conflict, and locals desperate for help. >> we lost everything. no food. no water. no electricity. no life. no life here. >> the streets look like a battlefield. few here venture out if they can avoid it. apart from local fighters loyal to the president, many still in their teens, they say they will stop the rebel advance. this group was manning the door at a local hospital. inside some new arrivals. on average,

labor tensions revived at the nation's busiest ports. this dispute is different. >>> and not on the menu. what chipotle did that no other national restaurant chain has ever done before. all that and more tonight on "nightly business re for monday april 27th. good evening, everyone. and welcome. i'm tyler mathisen. sue herera has the night off. well apple did it again. the most valuable publicly traded u.s. company reported a blowout quarter selling more than 61 million iphones in just the first three months of the year. proving to investors that its smartphone sales are still going very strong. here are the numbers and there are a lot of them. apple reported a 33% increase in its quarterly profit over a year ago. it pulled in $2.33 a share, that was 17 cents better than estimates. e up 27%. coming in at an astonishing $58 billion, easily surpassing expectations there and apple is going to give back more to shareholders increasing its dividend 11%. boosting its share repurchase program by $50 billion to a total of $140 billion and pledging

have been killed in air attacks and street battles. >>> much of the fighting is taking place in the portity of aden. jamal has more. >> reporter: on the offensive and pushing forward, fighters loyal to yemen's president hadi continued to make gains in the port city of aden. they managed to capture a tank used by houthis, destroyed another, and reportedly killed at least ten fighters on wednesday. the gains made have also lead to the defection and surrender of 50 soldiers formally allied with former president saleh. video has also emerged of residential areas being targeted. homes in an area of aden were destroyed. the saudi arabia lead coalition continues to pound the houthis and their allies from the air. among their targets a metal factory allegedly used as a base reduced to rubble within seconds. although the coalition has limited its attacks to air strikes, al jazeera has been told a ground offensive is being considered. >> the [ inaudible ] where the time would be appropriate, and we find that we have the necessity, the necessity to go to the next step. >> reporter: it appears that

we're talking about areas where you still have fighting flaring up particularly in the port city of adentors have been complaining about shortages of medical supplies people lining up for clean water. there's also fuel shortages. very, very dire situation in the country, and people are asking for continued massive international support to be able to cope with the humanitarian situation on the ground. >> okay. hashem ahelbarra thanks very much for the time being for that update there. >>> iran's foreign minister is in pakistan. he said the two countries must work together to solve the crisis in yemen. is also expected to urge islamabad to reject saudi request for military help. some pakistani politicians are also opposed to the country joining the campaign. >>> we'll have more on the conflict in yemen a little later in the program when the saudi-lead coalition holds its daily briefing. we'll bring you that as soon as it starts. ♪ >>> twin car bombs have killed at least 50 people in syrian's northern province of aleppo. activists have blamed isil for attacking fighters from a rebel group.

the port. over two and a half days they fired more than 19,000 rounds. and knocked out all but two guns on the no, your honor land face. in the meantime general bragg in wilmington has refused to send reinforcements south for the inevitable attack. a very frustrated whiting decides to head down to fort fisher. and when whiting gets there he said land,mb my boy we are to be sacrificed. well, the federals after that massive bombardment launched their assault. attacking the northeast baston pictured here, armed with pistols attacking a position defended by artillery. well, they're easily repulsed however, they give the army an opportunity to gain a foothold inside the port off to the left of the west. and after desperate hand to hand fighting that lasts well into the night in which both whiting and lamb are severely wounded, port fisher falls to general terry. and now lee's lifeline is cut, but in the city of wilmington itself remains in confederate hands and it'll require another campaign to captu

>> well, the port is divided in aden from the beginning of the aden port where all the fighting is now happening the houthis are bombarding the city with tank cannon. this is making life a living hell for people there. a lot of children are getting killed inside these tall buildings. people are existing as best they could in aden. the houthis have advanced to the beginning of the port. now, the danger is that they're at the other end the prince of wales peer, there are a lot of people waiting for ships to evacuate them, including foreign errs and some yemenese, as well. we don't know what the situation is going to be in the next hours. >> a lot of people waiting for evacuation as you said, no doubt the humanitarian situation is deteriorating. tell us what life is like for civilians there. >> people are running out of food. there's no water no power supply. all the pharmacies have been cleared out and there are no medicines. it's a daily battle now to survive, water and food especially for children. now you will see a lot of people digging the old wells in aden which are providing black