. >> the port city, a special police unit has arrested two colonels. the chief investigator learns that the prisoners turn violent and resisting arrest. >> excuse me. you got a problem? >> you've got the problem. >> i don't have any problem. be quiet. >> you'll regret that you a rest of us. >> we got lucky. we have been looking for these two for some time. they are known members of a criminal gang. we only talk them because they were in a traffic accident -- we only caught them. >> they are taken to the police station for interrogation, but the very next day, they are back on the street. the gangs of the western balkans are extensively networked and active throughout europe. these images were taken by surveillance cameras in france and monaco. the gangsters came from serbia and montenegro. in this training exercise, officers are in hot pursuit across bosnia's border with montana grove. the european union is calling for cross-border police cooperation to help break up these crime syndicate networks. suspects will no longer be able to escape into neighbor

the old port is being spruced up and a museum built, but not much is set to change in the city's in northern districts. >> when the soviet union fell apart, lithuania was the first of the republics to formally declare independence. what followed in the 1990's was a turbulent time politically and economically. lithuania had to make the leap to a market economy and develop new sources of income. the koreans that, for instance, was great for tourism, but a legal fight today shows lithuanians still has a long way to go in its attempt to shake off the coast from its post- soviet past. >> a summer paradise could soon become a nightmare. she practices piano as her parents said in a garden. 10 years ago, the family made her lifelong wish come true. they built a summer home on the crony and spit. now, the wood frame house is to be torn down. authorities say it was built illegally. >> we had all the permits when we bought the house. signatures from every relevant authority -- the notaries and the bank checked it all. we had to get a mortgage using our assets as collateral. five years ago, we suddenly

energy to a free zone near the panama canal demonstrators say the plan will take revenues out of the city violated trust as has been rocking the port city of call on for three days now the government argues this sale of london's south america's largest free trade zone will yield greater profit. the family although former cuban leader fidel castro has denied rumors he suffered a massive stroke friday saw several reports citing and then israel and doctors say that castro is in a vegetative state and has weeks to live at best a medical that has made claims of four which later proved to be false saying in april that venezuela's charice was days away from death. the cia has told the white house it will small trends which could see more controversial u.s. missions by the. pakistan side that's despite statistics suggesting eighty percent of those killed in such strikes else opinions and anthony shot up from the center for advanced defiance studies billie's drives actually had intelligence that's what you see is the president the credit president obama white house becoming overreliant on drones one of the things about those that these dron

now separatists in belgium have gained political control of the country's wealth the port city of antwerp the party's leader bob was voted in as mayor and called for more powers of self rule for the wealthy dutch speaking region of flanders in the short term he wants to end fiscal transfers to the poor french speaking wallonia the party's aim is to split belgium which are seen hostility between his two deeply divided communities increased by the euro crisis belgium politician philip class who's the euro m.p. for flanders says the outcome of the election illustrates how supporters breaking away. it's been searching reaching. the idea is gaining ground and it's the most important thing because we are having a lot of problems now in belgium we see that france is the federal government doesn't have. the flemish side in the federal parliament although the flemings make up the majority of the population in belgium the federal government doesn't have a majority in flanders and that's of course is a big problem it's a problem of the credit deficits and this means this government doesn't have a re

mentioned the first pace bond for the city of san francisco the first project to receive qbce interest rates report and the first and unique public, private collaboration between the city, the port, the puc, the lodges the johnson controls and we are very excited to participate in this project. that concludes my report. thank you. >> is there any public comment? >> very well. commissioners? >> i just... i for one am very excited as a big proponent for solar power and energy efficientcy. thank you both for all of the hard work on this. >> ditto. >> yeah, i think that we all feel the same, so thank you very much. >> okay. item 9 d, request authorization to issue a request to proposals to rehab tait and retenant the pier 38 bulkhead building located on delancey street and embarcadero. >> my name is john doll and i promise to be brief. this is a follow up to an information item that was presented two weeks ago. regarding a staff recommendation for a selection process for the pier 38 rehabilitation project. at that time, port commissioners provided input with this selection process. as noted in the staff report, commissioners inquired whether there was a way to rehab and retenant the

according to the news agency located in the capital city of beijing, this accident happened on an expressway that links the portth the capital of beijing. they also say up to 14 more people were injured in this tour bus crash, but they do not have their nationals or any other details about their conditions. once again, we know at least six people killed in this deadly bus crash. you see the workers there right now cleaning what is left of this wreckage up off that scene. this happening outside of beijing. we're continuing to monitor this story as well. we're working to get some more information on any other victims and hope to have an update either later on in this newscast or online at wjla.com. at the abc 7 live desk jummy olabanji, back to you. >> it's 6:34 right now. taking a look at the day ahead -- it's a really commute for drivers in the district. >> occupy d.c. plans to mark one year since its movement, and they have a protest on k street planned. brianne carter is live with the details. bri, good morning. >> good morning to you natasha. a series of events are planned to mark the anniversary of the occu

burr it is going to involve, in addition to the ports that the city attorney, the state lands commission staff, of course our development partners, again, there will be important coordination that will need to go on there. and infrastructure, financing, we will be working since 2006 and the direction and brad with brad benson's support and developing the financing tools for the public infrastructure. and in particular, the financing districts and the ability to capture tax increment. and to actually put those tools in the play is going to involve working closely with a city's budget and finance department. and departments such as the controller office and the staff such as the public utilities commission. and we believe that with the port staff, already assigned, and the new implementation team that has been described here and also with the direction on the direction of... also the workforce development will be able to address the challenges that we will face in those areas and others. >> the orton group we are working on a term sheet to bring that to you hopefully at your next commissio

while separatists in belgium are hoping to gain control of the country's industrial harbor the wealthy port city of antwerp the flemish nationalist leader is a strong contender for mayor in sunday's local elections the poll seen as a test for a belgian unity but increasing hostility between it's two deeply divided communities since the euro crisis began let's talk now to belgium politician philip quiesce who's the euro m.p. for flanders thank you so much mr quest for joining our team now tell us how strong is the support for independence in flanders and can we eventually see belgium are falling apart. well that's a possibility you'd stiffle to measure the support for the idea of flemish independence but the idea is gaining ground that it's the most important thing because we are having a lot of problems known belgium we see that france is the federal government doesn't have a majority on the flemish side in the federal parliament although flemings make up the majority of the population in belgium the federal government doesn't have a majority in flanders and that's of course is a problem it's a

the director of business development, office of economic workforce development. from the city of oakland, council member, district 5, city administrator, the sick -- the assistant city administrator, the executive director of the port of oakland, and the chair of the port commission. i know i have missed someone. forgive me. if someone wants to send up a card, i will acknowledge your. there it quickly, just have to mention when i have this many people in the room, a few things about the business. we had a great year. everything that is supposed to be up for us is up. hopefully that is a good economic indicator. we are off to a great start in 2012. hopefully you are a subscriber and read our economic forecast. hopefully you received one or more of our free e-mail products. we just launched a weekly call structures commercial real estate. e-mail news. free every thursday. we will give you an early alert to some of the things in our print edition. you can go online and sign up for any of them. on the print edition, we have unique premier content that you have to pay for. we are offering a $15 savings on a full year subscription, full access to premium content, and a book of lists, which was just printed. if you want t

the largest airline air floor is doing its home port city limits around the man's head be dismissed more on this and much more controversial. it's perched atop a jaw and under view from the kremlin stretches as far as the eye can see. for a city that chilled all of siberia for centuries. it lost its economic importance even before it was bypassed but a chance i bear in railway but the balls cremains a spiritual. things like these are a yearly occurrence thousands of also talks worshippers of themselves implicit will to commemorate the baptismal jesus. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslim. surrounded by enemies to balls to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic siberian for was the oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue put the ball scrimmage location help of the east as for the russians the russian crowds who had a revolt against the czar and eight hundred twenty five known as the decembrists will stand there and drove. there they created a replica high s

the spirit of a city with a rich jazz history. fast forward six years to march 2011. this time musicians in japan's northeast are struck by disaster. the tsunam pummelled the port and taking away the instruments of the city jazz band. they swing dolphins couldn't swing anymore. a month after the disaster the dolphins were back on stage and playing new instruments most of them donated thanks to the efforts of jazz musicians in new orleans. the o. perry walker high school band never forgot the help they received after katrina. they organized congress serts to raise money for their japanese friends. >> i was in the sam predicament five, six years ago and it gives us the opportunity to help them like they helped us. >> many of us lost our instruments. we were able to play again. i was so excited. >> reporter: these young people relate to one another through music and through the experience they've had dealing with the disaster. >> translator: if we didn't have music, i don't think we could have overcome the disaster. i'm glad i had music in my life. >> translator: there are certain things you wouldn't understand unless you've gone through a disaster. for them to co

the flow of funding? it's been a little bit tricky figuring out how to handle this in the city. at no time will the port touch the money. it is a federal funding to assist us, but it only goes through federal agencies. the director of appropriations wound up with the department of defense. department of defense hoe the administering agency that does community projects, typically not this large, but they do do this kind of thing on the scale. once we got to this point, oea had a decision about how they -- who was going to execute it for them. and they tried hard to get mayor to take t. they talked to the coast guard. they looked at another agency that could grant it to the port directly and let us go out to bud. and after nine months, nobody wanted it. * bid we were fortunate to find a partner in the end in the united states navy. the salvage aerv of the navy which sits in naval sea systems command. it may be referred to in the staff report sue salve, supervisor for all salvage operations of the navy. the navy, then, in order to execute these funds has a previously competitively bid contract with titan s

occupy as something in the rearview mirror, or are you expecting further disruption at the port and elsewhere in the city? >> i think the bay area has a group of anarchists. with the oakland occupiers, two years ago, we had the bank demonstrations in san francisco. i think it is a very similar group. you had a lot of broken windows and demonstrations. everybody was wondering if -- this was after seattle, the international monetary fund meeting. everyone wondered if they would leave there. they came over and seemed to hang out in oakland for a while. i think we have a particular political element in the bay area that other people do not have. people in oakland -- that is the difference. i do not think it is fair to call that the whole occupy movement. there is a general sense in the world and the u.s. that there should be more income equality. there is a broad group of people in oakland -- i think that was one of the hard things for me as mayor, to get the city to have consensus on it, because people were very sensitive to that. there is taxing oil companies, etc.. that is not unique to oakland. occupy in

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the port of oakland. the army left the 366-acre base 13 years ago and it was later divided between the city and the port. > in a razor-thin vote the san jose city council opposes ballot d to raise minimum wage to $10 an hour. some say they need to earn more to live in an expensive city like san jose. opponents are concerned the measure would harm local business. >>> the presidential race now taking on extra urgency in its final two weeks as both inning make candidates scramble -- bow presidential candidates scramble to gain votes in key swing state. president obama will travel 5300 miles today to iowa, colorado, nevada and southern california. meanwhile republican challenger mitt romney also doing some traveling with stops today in reno and iowa. here he is yesterday in colorado. >> look, these are tough times for a lot of americans. and the president's answer to this is another stimulus and more government workers and higher taxes. that hasn't worked. >> i want you to look at our plan. compare it to governor romney's plan. see which man you think is better for -- which plan you think is better for you an

the design and construction of that project. this is a $5.7 million project funded by the city and the port. and once it's up and going for a while and we meet electricity usage goal, the puc then will rebate the port $1.5 million. so, the dredging is -- dredging is kind of the unseen -- it is the unseen component of port maintenance. but it has a real effect. it enables our cruise ships to come in, in this particular case, it enables ships to continue to come into the dry dock. this slide, the small illegible numbers are the data that the big white numbers at the bottom are based on. this is the work that would not have been able to come into the dry dock if we had not done the dredging a little over a year ago in 2011. grand total of almost $1.6 million of additional rent that came into the port that we would not have seen, and $48 million worth of projects that the shipyard could not have done without that $2 million worth of dredging. so, the investments over the last few years have really paid off. i'm going to come back to that one. looking at the overall trends, it's been increasing r

trouble that's already spilled outside the borders, which have been in the north, in tripoli, the port cityhere you had sunni and alawat issues. >> we should point out, you know, violence in lebanon can happen at any time in pretty much any place, but the fact that this happened today in a neighborhood that is known to be tolerant in which people of all faiths are welcome, it's predominantly a christian neighborhood, but it is a populous and popular place with kids, with adults. there are schools, churches, malls, coffee shops. it's really considered to be a wonderful place in the heart of beirut, a place that is trying to show how this country had moved on from the sectarian violence that wrought its ugly head in the past. in the north of the country, in places like tripoli, oftentimes you see violence, you see clashes between factions that are with the syrian government and factions that are against the syrian government, so if this is spill-over from the violence in syria happening in the heart of beirut, in a neighborhood as tolerant, a christian neighborhood that is an extremely worryi

time now for a look at other news and brief joint african forces have taken control of the lucrative somalia port city of it was long used as a stronghold by al qaida linked islamist fighters of the group and it took five days of the fierce street by street battles to reclaim key facilities in the area. militants have now been forced from all of somalia's major cities. at least fifteen people have been injured in the bangladesh capital dhaka in clashes between riot police and opposition protesters police fired tear gas shells and used to tolan's against the demonstrators the activists came to the streets to protest the electoral reform under which the incumbent government can oversee the next general election recently the polls were controlled by an independent government. thousands of pieces of junk are floating around the earth and some person. a real danger to research orbiting our planet debris has even threatened the international space station we go now live to our teens sean thomas for the latest sean so tell us what exactly was the danger well in this particular case there was a piece of a def

commission is in the process of diversing the public water supply and looking at recycled water at fulfilling some of the city's water needs and have approached the port at looking at a number of port sites that could potentially where they could build a recycled water plant on the east side of the city. they're looking at other sites as well and barbara is here to give a policy overview of the project, some of the siting considerations, the process -- the public participation process they're in right now and i will talk about next steps so thank you barbara. >> thank you. i am barbara palassos and a project manager with the sfpuc and i am here here'd to give you a introduction about this project of the i will talk about the water portfolio and the water program we're implementing here in san francisco. provide more details for the east side project. the sites we are considering and this project that we think is part of this project being successful and moving forward. as you know we provide drinking water to 2.6 million people in the bay area and includes all of san francisco and the 27 wholesale agencies outside of the city. the water is conveyed th

the euphrates. how could a major inland port or any city, for that matter, survive in the desert so far from water ? stone begins a search for the source of water. for a perspective not possible from the ground, she orders a digital photograph of the area from the french spot satellite. with artificial color, she analyzes the image on the stony brook computers. stone: in this blow-up, you can see the perimeter of the site right here, the two harbors -- one here and one less clear over here, which were fed by two main canals, one here and one here. the whole picture is one of a great deal of water at the site. in this view, you see one large channel here, which must have fed the site, which is located here. tracing the channel upstream, we suddenly found that it had two sources -- one coming here and the other here. the presence of the two channels explains not only how mashkan shapir could have had boat trade with both the tigris and the euphrates systems, but also the large amount of water that was available there. keach: the water flowed through a network of canals, allowing irrigation -- the life

million people who live in damascus and around damascus the absolute majority of them are sunni and many of those sunni supporters that in jeem. port. city the city the city million people alipore as a province five point five million people many in aleppo also support of the regime and they are sunni sectarian character of this conflict has been made by the opposition by hijacking of people on their idea. back a ground. back around or sectarian back around and killing them for more as a result than being christian or being underweight in the in very very ugly and barbados but on the journey here almost out of time and i want to give my year the last time the last word on the program could we see syria partitioned as one of the outcome. my i think though i think the fact that the syrian government is arming the kurdish rebels in northern syria on the border with turkey is creating a de facto state kurdish state in that part of the part of the country and if asada falls a thing we're going to see the kurdish people probably declare independence so i have some kind of a kurdish regional government like there is in northern iraq i think tha

the deep end with our taste buds. and today we head to chile for some empanadas. coquimbo is a port city on the pacific coast.has one of the most popular fish markets in chile. people come here not only to shop, but more than anything to enjoy the fresh and delicious fast food. fish and seafood are turned into tasty snacks right on the premises. there are small restaurants and snack bars in every corner of the market, like this one run by alejandro fernÁndez. his speciality is a chilean classic -- empanadas de marisco. >> aqui vamos, aqui vamos! >> these are crispy pastries with a savory filling. alejandro's been selling them for more than twenty years. >> we've always enjoyed eating empanadas here in coquimbo. people like to eat them after a stroll on the seaside. empanadas filled with seafood are a tradition in chile. a mixture of fish, crab meat and shellfish is wrapped in thinly rolled-out wheat dough and then deep fried for 3 to 4 minutes. and voila! the empanada is ready to serve. this tasty snack costs 1000 pesos -- around one euro sixty. alejandro sells hundreds of them a day -- and he has lots of reg

. >> panama, rioters hurl stones at cops and set fire to blockades in the streets of a major port citythe rally against a new law that let's the government sell off state-owned land near the panama canal. demonstrators claim it will end up hurting the local economy. a 10-year-old boy died last week in a riot over the same law. >> india. a massive fire ripped through several warehouses in the northwest. flames and plumes of thick smoke poured from the building's roof tops. officials evacuated students from a nearby school. at last word, nobody hurt. >> dominican republic, narcotics officers seized more than a ton of cocaine bound for holland in what they call their biggest drug best this year. he they raided residential areas around the capital city of santa doe mingo as well as a nearby tourist reasoning. -- region. authorities arrested seven suspected members of a drug gang. united kingdom the british grand prix of lawn mower racing in southeast you think gland. competitors raced on a field in front of a pub. the grand prix followed days of rain. the soggy course had some racers calli

the port of oakland. army left the 366-acre base 13 years ago. it was later divided between the cityt. >>> contra costa county fire protection district plans to close up to 11 stations in the coming years if voters don't pass a tax measure, measure q calling for a $75 annual parcel tax in the district there. if the measure fails in november, the "contra costa times" says 4 of the closures will happen this coming january with as many as 6 more by the year 2015. >>> another u.s. senate candidate is creating waves over a comment about rape. during a debate last night indiana republican richard mourdock was talking about abortion which he feels should only be allowed if it is to save the life of the mother. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> his democratic opponent joe donnelly called mourdock's remarks shocking and disrespectful to survivors of rape. >>> presidential race taking on extra urgency in the final two- week stretch as both major candidates scramble to gain votes in swing states. today alone, listen

take a look at this scene from the port authority in new york city. this is from a surveillance camera at the path subway station in hoboken, new jersey. that happened shortly before 9:30 tonight. you can see the water gushing in there. >> and we've heard reports that it might take days, four days, five days or more to pump all of that water out of all of those stations in new york and in new jersey. >>> this storm slammed into new jersey earlier tonight. and coming up, we're going to have an update on the conditions >>> on the coast in maryland and delaware was pretty wild for a few hours. but they seem to be getting a break there now. wendy is live in rehobeth beach where things are looking different. wendy, still all calm? >> reporter: yes, it is calm. the thing that we noticed now is the temperature is really starting to plunge a bit. it is getting noticeably cold here now. we're at low tide, so the ocean has receded back. we have our beach back and you can -- it's just looking like sort of a stormy night here. the wind is still a bit blustery. we