the greek port of paraders is china's gateway to europe it's the 1st deep sea port that container ships from asia reach after passing through the suez canal china wants to make it the final destination on its new maritime silk road its spending billions to expand the port for greece in its economic desperation selling parathas represents lots of much needed cash investments and jobs and china gets the property and infrastructure at a strategically vital location for an unbeatable price. in 2016 chinese shipping giant costco acquired a majority stake in the port for 370000000 euros since then container shipments have increased more than 10 fold to 4900000 containers since july parade as has been the largest container transfer shipment in the mediterranean now cosco plans to put a further 800000000 euros into expanding the entire port not just the container terminal a huge harbor for cruise ships will be built there complete with 5 star hotels many greeks hope that with china's help the old port of parathas can be returned to its former glory. and not to some of the of a global business s

we have the same authority on the ports project as anything else. i am looking at the schedule for audits to see when this may come up. february 2021, this group of park 2012 park bond will be in our audit sample. so, it's not planned for our construction audit until then. >> okay. >> the authority is the same. >> okay. >> so, i'm telling you guys because you're here that i'm disappointed that the port didn't show up for this, especially as we're heading towards the sea wall bond. i would like to calendar the port specifically for our next meeting and ask them to come in and actually present in more detail about what they have said here. there are no numbers on here. again, you guys are not responsible for them, but they need to understand that if they're going to be part of these bonds, by something you said earlier, around the 2020 bond, i assume they're going to have projects on that one too? >> actually, the port is not going to have any project in that particular bond, according to the 10 year capital plan. >> it's helpful for us if they don't b

on march 26 of this year, the port commission unanimously adopted its own biodiversity resolution that reflects the goals set forth in the city-wide resolution, but also tailored towards the particular ways that the port can implement biodiversity on our property. that is both on land, open space that the port owns, and also in working with our private development partners to see that biodiversity is incorporated into the really extensive, new urban development that we're undertaking to the greatest extent possible. the port has worked to cultivate partnerships with the golden gate society and the department of recreation and parks and lots of local organizations in our southern waterfront area where the primary open spaces are. the natural areas are small and unique in the opportunity they provide to promote public engagement and equitable access to nature, and that's something that our port commissions are really committed to and enthusiastic about working on as we implement the biodiversity resolution at the port thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am here on behalf

as down from the port to knows, this goes back to 2003 when the community gathered with the port and started a community plan. some years later, the planning department stepped in even before the days of john ram and graham and that led to phase i. let's be real, there was a little concern. rodney will remember, back in the days when he had the wax museum, widening of the sidewalks was going to inhibit vehicular transportation here even though we all knew it was going to actually make fisherman 's worth -- wharf keep up. years ago they brought the f. line in here and that was a boom to fisherman's wharf and it is beloved around san francisco and around the world. after that, we expanded the sidewalks. fisherman's worth is the goose that lays the golden egg for san francisco. year in and year out. it is high time that san francisco city government reinvest so that fisherman's wharf will continue to be the envy of the world. $600 million in retail sales, $250 million related to hotels, millions and millions, 16 million people come here every year. thirty-nine is the number one tourist a

that was at the port and the airport and of course the planning department. you'll hear from lisa fisher later. another key part of the resolution was us, the department of environment, me, drafting bachl a way to accumulate data and information from all the different departments. so we sent out basically a form, if you will, to all 15 departments and they sent it back to us. we created a compendium of information about what departments are doing now, what they've done in the past, and what they might propose to do in the future in terms of implementing our biodiversity vision. so i'm going to talk about a few of kind of our current collaborative efforts, and then lisa is going to talk about some of the proposed new initiatives. so this is a list of four among many things that obviously many of our departments do, but we're calling this out specifically because we wanted to highlight these things as collaborations among the departments. so the planning department and the department of environment created this plant finder. it's a way to give the public as wel

to the contract amendment a $20 million contract amendment. i want to credit port commission president kim brandon pushing the team to have a high l.b.e. participation rate in the amendment of 29%. it will fund the port's share of the flood study, almost $10 million of in kind services, adapt and envision and public engagement, advanced ferry building analysis. we are standing up l.b.e. support services and work force development program when we are ready to bid contracts we are welt positioned to -- well positioned to share with the disadvantaged communities and local businesses and project management as well. funding to date for the overall program including the contract and staff is $31.5 million. sources include the city's revolving fund of $9 million loan, port contributed 15-point $5 million including the appropriation. the planning department contributed $2 million with a $5 million state grant. we are teeing up the first bond sale. the litigation is holding it up right now. we had a favorable lower court ruling. we are teeing up arguments in the apple lat c

through the ports in the port of aden it shows the port of aden which is under control of the saudi led coalition within yemen they control this port and the video shows u.s. made military vehicles being unloaded there now so far we have heard from the pentagon which has not confirmed and will not confirm the accuracy of this video this is what we've heard we cannot comment on any potential ongoing investigations of claims of and to use violations. now it's important to note that u.s. law does require end to use monitoring of weapons that are exported by the united states and does not permit for weapons to be used to carry out human rights violations now to be fair saudi arabia has said they do not engage in the killing of civilians in yemen that they are only targeting who the forces who they are at war with however there have been much criticism made of saudi arabia by international bodies many alleging that this man to death mass deaths and civilian casualties have taken place let's review what has taken place in yemen. now there is widespread disapproval of saudi arabi

apparently security forces were trying to disperse the crowds around the port of. about 70 others have been injured this is a breaking news story and of course we will bring you the very latest on that. we have this report from june oh in fact mohammed joins us live even better mohammed what more can you tell us. martin pardon me for my voice martin medical sources and bus or as well as i witness his are telling us that 2 people at least 2 people have been killed as a result of security forces utilizing live 5 to despard disperse protesters that were trying to block the road that would get to the cost of port that's the strategic port that is near basra it's an area that's been very restive in the past few weeks as protesters continue to try to try to disrupt the services of that port now we're also told that at least 7 people at least 70 people have been injured as a as a result of those clashes this of course in addition to what we reported just a couple of hours ago that now we're told by medical sources that at least 3 people have been killed in the southern cit

operations at the gulf port of. painted a complete standstill since wednesday after demonstrators set up concrete blocks and burnt tires iraq relies heavily on imported food and the port receives the vast bulk of the country's grain vegetable oils and sugar joshua name in baghdad has more protests. now in the city of basra it looks like their protests are blocking operations of critical utilities local sources are telling us that protesters and security forces in basra have been fighting in front of the you the hostler port since last evening there was the sit in there and. we understand protesters had been blocking the entrance and halting operations for it to the port for about 6 days security forces came in cleared the sit in and that's when local sources told us about 100 people were injured some of them seriously protesters remain there carrying signs that say iran out of iraq you affairs another one a sign being seen is. the iraqi government made by iran protesters are upset they say that the ports revenue is

project, so that's in the amount of 3.1 million for that final port project. right now, we're just starting to do our work on vetting projects for both the public health and transportation bond to determine what size we will be bringing forward for issuance in the spring and we're evaluating some refinancing opportunities, given the low interest rate environments for our g.o. bonds. >> is the market looking favorably op our bonds? >> most definitely. we still have 2 of our 3 credit ratings are aaa and the next is aa-plus. that's a good thing. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> can i ask something. >> sure, please. >> on the 22b road improvement bond, do we have a scope for that yet, a description? >> i know rochelle is here in the audience. >> he's shaking his head. >> it's something that we're just now selling the bonds last week for the affordable housing and parks. this is our next area of focus and we'll be determining that soon. >> yeah. we're just getting started. we haven't put a financing team together yet. i've been in contact with project managers f

nowhere is this more apparent than at the ports of perforating us it's already majority owned by costco a chinese state owned shipping company. having just announced a further 600000000 euro cash injection chinese president xi jinping received a warm welcome there. the investment is part of a total of 16 business deals in qt in areas as diverse as agriculture energy and aviation. we're willing to link up to the belt and road initiative with greece's national strategy. will implement cooperation in major aspects by strengthening the port of purveyors as a shipping hub and building up land and sea transport between china and europe will also expand bilateral trade and investment through existing platforms. in 2009 when greece found itself in the grips of a financial crisis some saw a chinese investment as a much needed lifeline. a decade on with the economy experiencing a fragile recovery greece's new conservative government remains keen to lure money from abroad. but not everyone sees these kinds of deals as an agreement between equals in greece and elsewhere in europe there are those wh

probably the most incidence some writers port frame of all a click onto a person and set him on fire in lands on demand is now at me to your hospital in critical condition and the case is under investigation by regional crime unit of new territory solve. a protester is in critical condition after being shot by police during demonstrators attempts to stop traffic going into the city center the footage was broadcast live on facebook it shows an officer drawing is sidearm while attempting to detain a masked man demonstrators have been stopping vehicles rail traffic and blocking roads they say excessive force is being used against them yes collation and violence follows the death of a student on friday he died of his injuries after falling from a building during an earlier protests several opposition legislators were arrested over the weekend let's go live to sarah clarke shoes at the scene in hong kong how's the traffic chaos shaping up now sara. was still major disruptions with regard to the traffic networks both the bus road and the round networks we have more than 20 of the train stat

to stop its program the poorest of concreteness began at the facility in the southern port of british iran insists it is not developing nuclear weapons and that power generated by the plant will save millions of barrels of oil each year tehran has ramped up enrichment of uranium in the last week for the skiving back its commitments under the 25th day nuclear deal which the us pulled out of last year monday marks the 50th anniversary of the death of palestinian leader yasser arafat the nobel peace laureate died in suspicious circumstances after years of work to try to win the conflict between israel and palestine the arafat foundation will hold its annual meeting on sunday to granting the warden his name and encouraging achievements in national work and abraham has more from ramallah. the main thing people talk about here when you bring about a father is his movement to the people they say he was a person will displayed there and he carries about his people's day to day issues we've heard from people who says that he came to their funeral to the son's funerals to pay condolences after

visit is taking place is of course the china ocean shipping companies $2000000000.00 investment in the port of paris that investment has created 2000 new jobs it's going to create 2000 more jobs in the next 5 years and it has raised enormously the container throughput the amount of chinese manufactured goods arriving in container ships to europe come through the port of. pro separatist protesters have from catalonia have dropped a major highway that connects the spanish region with france stopping traffic in both directions hoda abdel-hamid has more from the border this is the 1st act i have 3 days of zyban disobedience campaign across the cadillac region called upon by. the democratic you know me now supporters of all pro independents that they need to pack their bags with. our banks and be ready. to stay on this highway or did you break sure. oh these cars have a spanish license plate but we all own the phrase side of the highway the people here tell you that this is necessary because they one day european union to take a more active role in trying to solve this impasse they want maybe fo

the west why. well you're absolutely right ben and not just this port project this over 4 all this these ties over all between greece and china are being viewed with a critical eye and it is a difficult balancing act for the government here on the one hand it has to heed concerns being surrounded by washington which is concerned about growing strong growing influence of china into the western markets there is concern also among the e.u. of which greece is as a member of. the e.u. is calling for stringent screening of chinese enterprises and is critical about greece. bringing in and providing access to china to the western markets at the same time though greece has to look at its own very interest and it's coming out of a decade of a very brutal financial crisis and the new prime minister here to get this meet that guy is business minded his his legacy is pinned on literally reviving the fortunes of this country jumpstarting the economy getting jobs going so china plays a very very important part in this so and also for example cosco which is china's giant shipping operator has has played an importa

for more now on that study and the wider picture and what it's going to do to the l.a. port is critical to the u.s. economy, let's bring in the executive director gene seroca who joins us exclusively now from washington. the president is going to be speaking at noon today in new york. at the economic club of new york. he's going to talk about trade. what would you like to hear him say? >> that we've rescinded all tariffs in the transpacific theater with china and we're moving ahead in the business community to give them certainty. guy: do you think he's going to say that and if he doesn't say that, kind of walk out of a 2020 anticipating, what do you think the current situation is going to look like going forward from here? do you think it's going to get worse or better? gene: three questions there, i don't think he'll say that today. never in our history have we been in a 360-degree negotiating posture. we've not heard much in our deliberation with the e.u. since last august. we continue to batter along with respect to the usmca with our greatest trading partners canada and

that is iraq's main port for oil and food and at least 6 protesters dead in the capital baghdad today. using live ammunition demonstrators are angry at the lack of public services and want a political natasha good name has. her square. this very day. is really.

small peaceful marches are taking place in dozens of neighborhoods in the chilean port city by. the mood here is quite festive it's a stark contrast from the unrest that's gripped this community in recent weeks and these marches served to lighten the mood but they also had the effect of bringing neighbors out of their homes to discuss and debate the country's ongoing social crisis. in many cases the meetings are highly organized and include working groups where people discuss different ways to change the country's social agenda i meant that in the past we would see unrest in different sectors health education university students workers women but today the demands from this whoops had been unified because there is no solution within the current system and within the constitution to address these problems and. these public gatherings are called there are sort of exercise in democracy building and there taking place all over. these debates are also widely seen as one of the most viable solutions to the country's ongoing social crisis of the 2 things go hand in hand. social in new s

the connection upstream of that is to a substation that's owned and operated by the port of oakland. and then that substation is interconnected upstream with pg&e facilities. so when -- when oaboth islands were out and we conducted initial troubleshooting, we realized the problem was on the oakland side, and we followed a protocol to working with treasure island development authority to transfer the island to generator power, both refresh island and -- treasure island and yerba buena island. we have a protocol where power will be out longer than six hours. and the protocol is we go to generators. troubleshooting and repairs continued. the equipment needed to complete repairs was procured. we -- whi we while were on generators, however, had a problem with fuel. the city fuel vendor could not commit to deliver additional fuels on time to avoid another outage, so we made the call to shutdown the treasure island generator -- not the yerba buena generator, but the treasure island generator from midnight just to conserve the fuels. then, we got on a fuel schedule, and we thought we were in

the world's largest cruise ships and turn the ports empty warehouses into 4 and 5 star hotels costco has increased piracy contain a business sevenfold during the decade that it's been managing it there's no arguing with the numbers costco has invested $2000000000.00 here over the past decade and created 2000 direct new jobs and it plans to invest almost another $1000000000.00 in the next 5 years to create another 2000 jobs such growth would be unimaginable under greek state control the question is what are the political ramifications of such as to teach chinese state investment in greece the 3 month old conservative government here has reaffirmed the country's ties to the e.u. and us but greece and china commercially important to each other the institute for international and economic studies estimates that paris is now the entry point for 10 percent of china's exports to europe that's worth as much as 50000000000 dollars to the chinese economy but many say greece isn't reaping the full benefits i think that the greek side may not be gaining more than one percent of the overall benefi

the 2nd time in a matter of days he will also visit her rights the mediterranean sea port controlled by china's state and shipping company cosco it's estimated that 10 percent of china's exports to europe go through courageous. less has more. stomach these blackouts has no doubts about the benefits of china's presence and greece's largest port his crew 3 paints ships but during greece's economic crisis they lost most of their work now that's changed now. the work has increased 5 fold the chinese reported because they came as a large entity with money and customers trust large companies. like us and his crew are going to repaint this 50000 ton tanker the paris port authorities shipyard couldn't normally have handled such a large ship but 3 years ago the state owned china ocean shipping company cosco bought a controlling stake in the port and last year it brought 2 floating docks to expand its ship repair business costco has big plans it's going to build berths for the world's largest cruise ships and turn the ports empty warehouses into 4 and 5 star hotels costco has increased piracy c