and funds for the additional work will come from the ports's operating budget and it will be reimbursed by the forest city as part of the exclusive negotiation agreement. and in conclusion, the port staff requests the authorization to amend the contract with the economic planning systems real estate connection by increasing from $500,000 to $750,000 and by extending the contract termination date from february, 28, 214, to april, 30, 2014. this concludes my presentation. >> motion? >> so moved. >> second. >> is there any public comment? >> commissioners? any comments? >> yes. >> could you please explain a little bit how, we ended up so far, off budget? and or anticipated? >> i think that it is, i know that brad if you want to go into it. i don't think that we ended up off budget, i think that we just had a significant amount of work for them and especially working with the golden state warriors project on this and i think that the team has been working with them on supporting their negotiations and the negotiating the efforts have been and extremely helpful and we want to continue to use them and so we tho

part of the port's 150th anniversary celebration, port staff have been making monthly presentations for the past several months about many of the port's public benefit and contributions to the city and the bay region. this presentation, about port historic sea wall follows the same presentations, the port's sea wall was built in the 1850s and played a key role in the shaping of the san francisco water front from a highly kie chaotic place to the place that you see today.. port's historic sea wall, about four mails from the park in the north to pier 15 in the south as shown in the slide it is located below the sidewalk in front of the port's pier and wharf, the sea wall is one of the most important structures along the city's eastern boundary and within the 7 and a half miles of the port jurisdiction. it provides a structural support to the joining land mass, which in terms supports a large infrastructure, and belonging to the port, and other local agencies such as muni sfpuc and bart. >> on the wall it provides flood protection to the eastern portion of the city which includes the financial district, and with this intro, i would like to turn it over and after his presentation, i

after their boat sank and the vessel believes to be carrying around 500 people set sale from the libyan port city 127 people are confirmed dead but this is expected to rise. it had nearly finished the 400 kilometer journey before it sank. what is the latest? >> the weather conditions are hampering the search and rescue operations. so far we have been talking to the coast guards and they are saying because of the weather conditions they are unable to actually tackle the search and rescue operations as fully as they would like to. they have a boat out and trying to get divers into the structure of the boat that is submerged in the water but they are finding it incredibly difficult to do so so that is slowing things down. it's crucial for them to get those bodies out of there. they have appeared to have noticed some of the bodies which are still on the boat and even on the seabed, so much have been spotted on the seabed. most of those bodys when they have been removed they have been taken to a hanger at the air base here. earlier the day before they got health assistance here that more coffins be br

a boat carrying about 500 people set sail from the port city, and 150 are confirmed dead. this is expected to be rising. son yah, where do things stand right now? >> well, this is still continuing. the search and rescue operations are still continuing. the coast guard's set out earlier on this morning. and what they are concentrating on, and the focus of their search at the moment, is to try to get under the remains of the boat. of course, the island is still very much in shock over yesterday's chaotic event. the mayor who we spoke to a few moments ago also was talking about this sheer chaotic event, an extremely hai harrowing even. >>> a boat carrying hundreds of migrants sank as it tried to reach the italian island of lampa dusa. >> the crew and passengers set fire to a blanket, so they could be seen by passing ships, and that started a fire on board. they panicked causing it to capsize. >> more than 100 people were pulled from the waters and taken to shore. but it's believed 500 people were on board, including pregnant women and children. this incident is one of the dead

> reporter: the fishermen were up and getting ready before daybreak. 13 trawlers head out from the port city of iwaki on the southern coast of fukushima prefecture. they're working under a cloud of uncertainty. the operator of the crippled fukushima daiichi plant has been struggling to stop water tainted with radiation from seeping into the pacific ocean. >> translator: we are 30% hopeful and 70% worried about the contaminated water. we'll do our best, but we're anxious about what consumers will think. >> reporter: the waters off fukushima support all manner of marine life, but fishermen stopped hauling in catches in 2011 after the crisis began at fukushima daiichi. the facility is roughly in the middle of the prefecture's coastline. fishing has resumed around this area in the south. back in 2011, the current was moving south. diation levels and marine life off iwaki were higher than those seen off northern areas. so fishermen started trawl catches in the north. their hauls had been checked for radiation and have been sent to market. this pub in tokyo is now serving octopus from the north. >

and now fisherman from the port city of iwaki have headed out for test catches of their own. >> translator: we are 30% hopeful and 70% worried about the contaminated water. we'll do our best, but we're anxious about what consumers will think. >> reporter: the fishermen have to stay at least 40 kilometers away from the nuclear plant, and they can only catch 16 kinds of seafood, including octopus, hairy crab, and the local specialty, round green eyes. fishing cooperatives test for radioactivity. they've set their own safety limit, twice as strict as the government standard. if a sample does not meet their criteria, all of the species caught that day will be thrown out. fishermen on friday hauled in more than 1 ton of marine products. they were tested for radioactivity, but no tainted samples were found. the fishermen will ship their catch to markets around the prefecture on saturday morning. nhk world. >>> more rescue workers are headed to the scene of a disaster on an island south of tokyo. 25 people have been confirmed dead after a powerful storm hit izu oshima on wednesday. teams are sear

the british citizen appeared in court in the port city today.ere he and dozens of other environmentalists are in custody. prosecutors charged him with piracy for trying to scale an oil rig in arctic waters last month. >>> more than $60 billion has been given to afghanistan in aid since 2001, but many and where did the money go? many afghans displaced inside their own country due to war continue to live in horrendous conditions, jane ferguson visited one such camel in kabul. >> reporter: a life lived here is one of the toughest in afghanistan. in this camp some of the poorest people in the country struggle to survive. most have fled the fighting in the south. a camp elder says finding help from the government is impossible. >> it has been five years that i have been struggle to go help these people. i have not stopped. for god sake, come here and see the situation of the people. a wealthy person wouldn't even let a dog live in these conditions. >> reporter: as foreign forces move out of afghanistan in a final push, continuing aid money has been p

from the wake in west gate mall, attention exists in this part of the port city. >> let's check in with european now. worker haves found more bodies in the wreck and of that boat which sank off the italian coast with hundreds of migrants. the latest on that with the european. >>>> hello. well the remains of dozens more people have to the rescue center. now despite delays caused by bad weather, he's also said that they have recovered the bodicecs of 181 people killed when the boat caught fire and capsized. others are still missing. bring us up-to-date with what's happened today. >> reporter: they managed to access the wreckage of the sunken boat in the sea 83 now is the number hear the we recovered since the recovery operation closed down on the night on sunday evening. that brings a total of those who died in this tragedy so far with 194. taking a look at that as well. she was at the island this morning to see how the recovery operations were going. she was lost for words at the alleged tragedy. >> it's also emergeed that the rescue operation may actually have been hammered by confusion

billions of dollars worth is export from the port city the nation's third largest city. the city's large middle class is not happy. soaring crime, double digit inflation and restrictions on hard currency has put people in a foul mood. >> the middle class wants dollars to protect our savings from our depreciatating currency. we want to also not live in fear of being robbed or assaulted. >> reporter: this is bad news for the ruling party ahead of sunday's mid elections. >> no one has won an election in argentina without the support of the middle class. their income is dropping but not their aspirations. >> reporter: and it's not just the middle class that's complaining. on the other side of the tracks, rosa is expecting her seventh child and is struggling to feed her family. the government's child subsidies are not enough for one meal a day. my older children want to work and can't find a job, neither can i. >> reporter: her husband is in prison for murder, and crimes are rampant in the slums that circle rosario. in all fairness, argentina was far worse off in 2001 after i

billions of dollars worth is exported from the port city of rosario. yet the nation's middle class is not happy. soaring crime, double digit inflation and harsh restrictions on foreign currency has put lucia in a foul mood. >> the government wants dollars to protect our savings from our depreciating currency. we want to not have fear from being robbed or assaulted. >> this is bad news for the ruling appeared ahead of sunday's mid term elections. >> no one has ever won an election in argentina without the support of the middle class. their income is dropping but not their aspirations. >> and it's not just the middle class that's complaining. on the other side of the tracks, rosa navarro is imp expecting hr seventh child and is struggling to feed her family. >> my older ones are struggling to find a job. >> her husband is in prison for murder, crime is rampant in the slums of rosario, partial because of the abrupt end to the construction boom. in all fairness argentina was far worse off in 2001 after it was forced to declare the world's largest sovereign

billions of dollars worth is exported from the port city of rosario, the nation's fourth largest. the middle class is not happy. soaring crime, double digit inflation and harsh restrictions on foreign currency has put lucia in a foul mood. >> the middle class wants freedom to buy dollars not holidays as the government claims but to protect savings from our are depreciating currency. we want to be free from being robbed and assaulted. >> this is bad news for the ruling party head of the ruling party elections. >> no one has won an election in argentina without the support of the middle class which continues to be the majority. their income is dropping but not their aspirations. >> and it's not just the middle class that's complaining. on the other side of the traction, rosa navarro is expecting her seventh child and is struggling to feet her family. >> the government subsidy is not enough for more than one meal a day. my older children want a job but can't find one and neither can i. >> her husband i is in prison fr murder. slums in the last decade have grown by 70%, partly because

it happened in the port city, after a rioter set fire to a protestant church. >>> football's governingy as agreed to set up a working body to study whether the timing of the world cup in qatar now be switched to winter. lee wellings is at fifa headquarters in zurich. committ committees love to defer decisions and said was no exception. >> yes, and we have seen this many time from fifa, they will take a position and then try to reez towards a different position. we came to zurich with the expectation that they wanted to push through a winter world cup in qatar, a switch from summer, and then there would be consultation process. instead we don't have confirmation of a winter world cup, instead the earliest it looks like it will come after the world cup in brazil. a perfect excuse not to talk about it by the way. so you are deferring decisions and actually getting to a situation where people want something firmer from fifa. >> you would buy now they chose qatar, there might have been a bit of a clue if they had come to qatar in the summer. they haven't made it easy for themselves, have th

and drew is in the port city in kenya. just heard from peter about that nighttime raid against al shabab. obviously retaliation for the raid and siege at the mall in nairobi, there have been developments on that story. the military has started to name names. what are the details? >> that's right, steven. first of all, the unofficial release through sources firstly through the kenyan media, then others of the video showing the four gunman in a storeroom in the supermarket looking quite casual, at time sharing the time about five hours after the initial attack in most of the killing, no sign of any hostages. now we have names given by the kenyan defense force, it's spokesman giving these names. a somali, and omar neban, known company item from the district here, where he left 16 years of age. sources suggest he left with his uncle to go to somalia. he is a kenyan arab. we understand from the united nations monitoring group that he may well have been related to the most wanted al-qaeda operative in the east african region. he

least for have been killed and four others wounded in clashes between police and protesters in the canyon ports city of mombasa. been set onas also fire. the arrests were sparked by the murder of a muslim cleric on saturday night. earlier we reported on the tragedy in them produce a. made -- pope francis remarks on a pilgrimage to the shrine of his namesake, st. francis. he exhorted the roman catholic church to become a church of the poor. this report has some flash photography. ♪ >> it was a moment of intense devotion. hope frances at the tomb of the pope francis at the tam of the 12th century saint. he is revered by catholics. eight centuries after his death, he is helping reform the roman catholic arch. on the spot where st. francis stripped naked and renounced the wealth of his family to serve called onpope francis the church to strip itself of vanity, arrogance, and pride. >> many of you have been stripped by the savage world, that does not give work, that does not help, that does not care if there are children in the world dying of hunger, does not care so many families have nothing to eat, do

ground floor retail and cafes and under gown car and bicycle parking and increased revenue to the port and cityyes open prop b you want to approve the 8 development site if you vicinity no on prop b i don't want to approve the washington street development project. i'm here with alec the proponent of propose b and c ambassador we're also joined by on opponent of the measure >> i'd like to a start with mr. barb why are you for this as opposed to. >> i'm for the proposition because i cared about the san francisco project & using the waterfront i see this as an opportunity to open up the waterfront by opening up streets that were closed in the dark redevelopment stage when the freeway was here blocked by fence and further made ugly by a parking lot. we need in this 3 blocks open vitality spates housing over retail shops and cafes and restaurants we need to turn those into something that's a benefit for people walking along and enjoying the embarcadero >> why are you against it. >> we're using a no vote on prop b and c. number one it changes the height all along this particle of the waterfront to a

in comes after security sources say that five egyptian soldiers have been killed in the northern port city. more than 50 people died in clashes between security thees and supporters of ousted president, mohamed morsi. our correspondent is in cairo. we saw the violence over the weekend and last night. the government says is under control. >> well, it may be under control, in terms of the basics. there are still some attacks going on. the muslim brotherhood would say there is no connection. , it is allernment part of terrorism. there is provincial capital of southern sinai, there was a car bomb attack. security headquarters had two people killed there and 50 people wounded. after, earlier in the day, and attack. , whether on duty or off duty is not clear, were at a checkpoint and came under fire. they were killed. in southern cairo, there is an rpg attack on a communications headquarters. tore were damages international phone calls and a couple people wounded there. a rash of attacks and perhaps more attention being given to the context of the clashes on sunday and sunday evening, in which m

least for have been killed and four others wounded in clashes between police and protesters in the canyon ports city of mombasa. been set onas also fire. the arrests were sparked by the murder of a muslim cleric on saturday night. earlier we reported on the tragedy in them produce a. made -- pope francis remarks on a pilgrimage to the shrine of his namesake, st. francis. he exhorted the roman catholic church to become a church of the poor. this report has some flash photography. ♪ >> it was a moment of intense devotion. hope frances at the tomb of the pope francis at the tam of the 12th century saint. he is revered by catholics. eight centuries after his death, he is helping reform the roman catholic arch. on the spot where st. francis stripped naked and renounced the wealth of his family to serve called onpope francis the church to strip itself of vanity, arrogance, and pride. >> many of you have been stripped by the savage world, that does not give work, that does not help, that does not care if there are children in the world dying of hunger, does not care so many families have nothing to eat, do

spokespersons for the south korean coast guard say the vessel was anchored off the southeastern port city of pohang. strong winds and powerful waves caused it to come loose. smashed against a seawall and sank. 19 chinese and vietnamese crew members were on the panamanian registered vessel. coast guard ships and patrol ships and planes rushed to the site, but rough weather conditions slowed their rescue effort. they were able to save eight crew members once winds subsided. forecasters in south korea later said 10-meter waves created dangerous conditions at the time of the accident. >>> an aircraft with 49 people on board has crashed into the mekong river in laos as it approached landing in the south of the country. the airline says there are no survivors. state-run lao airlines says the plane was on a domestic flight from the capital vientiane to the southern city of pakse when it crashed at around 4:00 p.m. on wednesday local time. the army says there were 49 people onboard including 44 passengers and 5 crew members. 27 passengers carried foreign passports. rescuers are at the accident si

against drilling in the arctic the greenpeace activists are currently in pretrial custody in the russian port city of motor mounts and will stay there for well the next two months their ship was seized by coast guards after they tried to scale a russian already just two weeks ago. let's check out some of the global headlines for you here on r.t. it's time for the world update a new u.n. report says torture and ill treatment often leading to death the wide spread in libyan prisons the means of abuse are said to be the most frequent way to get confessions right after arrest and during the first days of interrogation about eight thousand prisoners are held behind bars without any trial all on suspicion of having fought for the ousted leader more market daffy the u.n. investigation has shown that at least twenty seven people have been tortured to death in the prisons eleven of them just in this year alone all being done by militias that triumphed in the eight month civil war against. the us expelled three venezuelan diplomats from its territory just a day after caracas booted out the same amount of am

and with that, i thought that i would just show how that is illustrated, on the port's, and the port in the city's blue, green way and so here is the water front, between mission creek and candle stick point and here are all of the parks, along the water front in the blue green way. and so these are the jewels in the necklace and the roadways and the walkways and the sidewalks are the one that connect it in the chain. and so that generally what the blue, green way is from the water side, and we have the water landings, and the water trail, that connects the water landings. and all of these combined, equate to what we call the blue green way. so, the blue green way is a series of parks that all have their own unique identity and experience, but are connected along a 13-mile system of open space and linkages. and with that, would i just like to give a brief update on the various blue green way project and starting in the south and in august of last year, we opened up heran's head park the new 50,000 square foot intention of the park and the new entryway which has been enjoyed and received a lot of a

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billions of dollars are exported from the port city of rosario. e city's large middle class is not happy. soaring double digit inflation, and harsh restrictions. >> the middle class wants freedom to buy dollars not for holidays as the government claims but to protect our savings from our depreciate 88thing economy. we also want to live not in fear of being robbed and assaulted. >> this is bad news for the ruling party ahead of the mid federal elections. >> no one has ever won an election in argentina without the support of the middle class which continues to be the majority. their income is dropping but not their aspirations. >> and it's not just the middle class that's complaining. on the other side of the tracks, rosa navarro is expecting her sefneseventh child and struggli. >> my older children want to work but can't find a job and neither can i. >> her husband is in prison for murder, crime is rampant in the slums. slums that in the last decade have grown by 70% partly because of the abrupt end to the construction boom that attracted argentines

the northern russian city. >>> and those other main stories out of europe, now back to david in doha. >> barbara thank you very much indeed. four people have been killed in the kenyan porty. 24 people were arrested. earlier rioters set fire to a protestant church. the violence came after the killing of four people on thursday. among them a man who was accused of having linked to al-shabab. >>> the u.s. president barack obama has now cancelled a trip to asia with the partial shutdown of the government in his country now in it's fourth day. secretary of state john kerry is standing in for many obama at the trade block in indonesia. he is also been in tokyo for security talks. the annual meeting is focusing on regional integration and security. then mr. kerry will head to malaysia and the philippines. indonesia said it, quote, fully understand the decision of the president not to go. mr. obama spoke with the indonesian president and expressed his regret. >>> japan has criticized the operator of the fukushima plant for the way it handled the facility after the disaster. they are still trying and struggling to prevent radioactive water leaks nearly two years after it was dam

migrants messing after the boat went down off the island and carrying 500 people and sailed from the libyan port city vice president told al jazeera it would be irresponsible to shift the 2022 world cup from summer to winter because fifa has talking to do before they can make a decision. a woman has been shot dead after a car chase in the heart of washington d.c. and police say the woman tried to drive through a security check point near the white house. in a few hours time a former i'd jan prime minister berlusconi will learn high school fate and he could be expelled from parliament after his conviction for tax fraud on wednesday and he said he would support the government in a vote, this is after the party denied him the backing he needed to bring down the government. al jazeera's phil joins me now from rome and failed to bring down the government and will he survive the vote? >> well, it looks very, very unlikely to be honest with you. the senate are talking and have been there in an hour and three quarters and it's a sealed process and don't know what is being said and could take a few minutes or

at least seven people have died in the east chinese port city of new boeing a three hundred ton tanker blew up and initially the vessel caught fire during repairs most likely because of so-called hard work like welding or cutting the tankers already been removed from the river and workers at the scene tackling the slick that emerged after the blast and investigation is underway. tower bridge buckingham palace and st paul's cathedral couldn't save london from being named britain's worst town this according to a tongue in cheek guide identifying the u.k.'s fifty least desirable locations are these laura smith talked to one of the authors of the book about the reasons why the capital fared so poorly. if the drizzly dreary day here in london typical of the wet weeks make perfect day for me to tell you that nothing has been the worst area in the u.k. to live in despite the fact that within a mile radius from here to house the column of westminster abbey the london eye and other really famous ones by the good old run down time which named the one they think should be in the u k. and dan this

the nuclear accident in march 2011. they say their catch is safe. dozens of boats came back to a port in the city of soma. the fishermen were busy unloading but seemed happy. they decided to resume catching whitebait after tests showed that hardly any radioactive substances have been detected in the fish. >> translator: we are so glad that we can fish for whitebait again. >> the fishermen tested their catch twice, before and after boiling and processing. they confirmed the radiation readings were far below the safety standard. they plan to sell the whitebait at local markets and at tokyo's tsukiji market. >> many global fans of. japanese cartoons enjoy dressing up like their favorite characters. some businesses in japan have recognized that the interest in this costume play or cost play as it's called translates into profits. their capitalizing on this trend and aim to bring some life back to slumping industries. >> reporter: people might think this is a european living room and this looks like a factory. but cosplayers come here to model their fantasies on camera. young cosplayers in thirteens and twenti

the nuclear accident in march 2011. they say their catch is safe. dozens of boats came back to a port in the city of somea. the fishermen were wuss i unloading but seemed happy. they decided to resume catching whitebait after tests showed that hardly any radioactive substances have been defected in the fish. >> translator: we are so glad that we can fish for whitebait again. >> the fishermen tested their catch twice before and after boiling and processing. they confirmed the radiation readings were far below the safety standard. they plan to sell the whitebait at local markets and in a tokyo market. >>> the 2011 disaster wasn't just hard on fishermen in japan. young people in the north east struggled in the aftermath. they lost homes and places to play. some had to go to new schools. it's been an adjustment. a famous conductor from venezuela is one of the latest foreign visitors to offer support. he led a workshop on the healing power of music. here is his story. >> reporter: the venezuelan conductor is a young maestro renowned on the world scene. at 32, he's already conducted famous orchestras like the be

they can see just the tremendous views all along for the different points, and see, that the, our city and our port have focused on providing, quality of life for the people that live here as well. and how important it is to have the greenry and the open spaces and the different uses for all of that and so i guess, again i just want to thank you for this and it is an exciting project and reiterate our or my offer to help in any way that i can to make it move forward. so thank you. >> i too, want to thank david, and monique and every because it is one of the greatest projects that we are doing along the water front and because it is wonderful to see the new open spaces coming into existence from nothing, just a concept and so it is wonderful. and, you know, i am looking forward to the pier 92, grain silo and so did we ever decide if we are just doing one silo or lighting up all of the silos? >> the plan is, and some of those images that i showed are to light up the face of the tallest silos and they are going to hopefully start painting some time in the mid october. or late october and we are going

security officials say the attack came after nightfall, in the syrian port city of latakia after nightfalle target was said to be russian-made, surface-to-air missiles. it's at least the third time this year that israel has carried out air strikes inside syria. syria has met a deadline to destroy all of its declared chemical weapons making equipment. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons verified it today. it's part of syria's agreement with the u.n. to destroy all chemical facilities and weapons by mid-2014. we'll have more on syria, later in the program. china demanded an explanation today after reports that u.s. and australian embassies are being used as hubs for electronic spying. an account in the "sydney morning herald" said the intelligence collection is happening across southeast asia. in beijing, a foreign ministry spokeswoman delivered her government's reaction. we demand they abide by international convention and don't engage in actions that hurt china's national security and interest. >> woodruff: separately, the union representing german journalists advised

. >> let's change countries and join andrew simmons from the kenyan port city of mombasa. andrew, we don't know if this attack on al shabaab is in retaliation for the shopping mall siege, but there are developments, aren't there, on that story and new pictures, indeed? >> reporter: most definitely. there is a large spread of intelligence with the fbi, with u.k. forensic officers, but this releases, unofficial release through security forces of cctv is interesting in that it does show relatively clearly four of the attackers who look quite casual in the way they go about walking through a storeroom. there is no sign of any hostages. the time code of these pictures indicates it's at least five hours after the initial attack and most of the killing, but that's where it ends. we see four of the attackers. we don't actually get to know more about how this building collapsed where the supermarket collapsed. it's indicated that the kenyan defense force used some sort of device, either a very large farm of an rpg or because ok bazookar they could have exploded devices on pillars bu

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

at least seven people dead in the east chinese city port city of new beau when a three hundred ton tanker exploded initially the vessel caught fire during repairs mostly because of hot work like welding or cutting the tankard already been removed from the river and workers at the scene tackling the slick that emerged after the blast investigation is currently underway tower bridge buckingham palace st paul's cathedral all of them couldn't save linda london from being named britain's worst town that's according to at least a tongue in cheek book identifying the u.k.'s fifty least desirable locations the authors of the book about the reasons why the capital fared so badly. it's interesting the dreary day newsy day here in london typical for you the weather which may be the perfect day for me to tell you that nothing has been facing the worst area in the u.k. to live in despite the fact that within a mile radius from here it houses the parliament westminster abbey the london eye and other really famous landmarks it's a book called cracked pounds return which named the fifty worst places to b

idea of talking about location and the last retreat, and it was at our office, or an office city government, office, and maybe passed city government offices and the port and stuff like that. i threw out the idea that at the china town campus at city college, they have a new multiuse facility and thes lead certificated and state of the art, meeting rooms and i happened to bump into the president of the city college board and i mentioned that potential that i was going to float the idea about maybe doing it there in the community, supporting city college, and around the event and it is an open meeting so potential for the community that we want to partner with to engage and so it could be another chance to do some commission business out in the community. >> all right, public comment on this discussion? >> mr. brooks? >> good evening, again, commissioners, sorry but commissioner wald opened up the possibility to comment on this and so i am going to take the opportunity because it is important when you raised the issue of clean power sf i was glad to hear that and i i would add to that to explore what the staff for the staff to work and not only with the

the city economy. >>> hello, everyone. >> we begin with breaking news. >> one of america's top tech companies announces it's coming to baltimore. amazon.com will create a thousand local jobs at its new distribution center at the port. monique griego has more. >> reporter: all these jobs are full time with benefits and city and state leaders hope the center draws more big business to this area. on line retail giant amazon had be bringing major jobs to baltimore. the fortune 500 company says it picked charm city as the location for one of its new distribution centers. >> we talk about jobs, jobs, jobs. great thing for the city. >> reporter: the 1 million square foot facility had be going up in the port of baltimore. the warehouse is expected to create 1,000 full-time jobs, all with benefits that include 401(k), healthcare, and prepaid tuition for college. >> it's critical, i think, for any kind of employers to bring that kind of business and jobs to the area. >> i think it's important especially for folks who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford those kinds of opportunities. >> reporter: employees at the distribution center will pack and ship various goods to consumers. it is one of eight new warehouses planned nati

port. a 30 centimeter wave was seen in ishinomaki. and a 20 sent mytory in the city in iwate prefecture. officials say they lifted the tsunami advisory because sea level fluctuations became smaller. tohoku power company observed a 55 centimeter tsunami just after 3:00 a.m. japan time at a port near the plant in miyagi prefecture. >> translator: the tsunami advisory has been lifted. we think slight fluctuations in sea level will continue for about half a day. we want people on or near the coast to exercise caution. >>> officials have lifted a tsunami advisory for the country's east coast. they issued that a few hours ago after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck. >>> the prime minister says it's vital that the diet pass two bills. he was speaking in a plenary session of the lower house. he says a national securit council would strengthen the command functions of the prime minister's office. he says this is important at a time when the security environment is getting more severe. abe also says that for the new security body to function effectively, legal and other systems must be in place to

the video emerged after a day of rioting after kenya's port city of mombasa, and police used live rounds as demonstration at a mosque turned into a riot. protestors hurling stones. some casualty have been shot while others took to hospital with stab wounds. the protest followed an attack on a muslim cleric. sheik ibrahim of having links to al shabaab, the somali group that said it carried out the westgate mall attack. but the police deny having any hand in his murder. that's dismissed by the onlookers here. >> sherbrahim used to give lectures. sheik abrudogo was killed just a few kilometers that way. >> the security forces say they have a situation under control. but many community leaders are still accusing the police of extra judicial killings. there is anger in the air. andrew simmons al jazeera mombasa. >> egypt's religious leaders have been in public in cairo. the army chief interim prime minister and president all attended the ceremony. the president is expected to give a speech later on saturday. >>> egyptian security forces prevented protesters from gathering in tahrir square on

typical site and we worked closely with many of the people both on architecture and construction and people in the city government and people at the port. everybody was wonderful. it's making up it seems like months ago it was a crazy idea and now it is already people have peeked in and seen is it. it's what everything wants. we're really excited about it. for in developing our software so groups include the structurally group and it distributes the work and we have the tools to make what people want to make but also our advanced research group. so we have an advanced group here looking at the future of manufacturing. so we're happy to are participate and it's my pleasure to be here. under were so many people that contributed. i'll just tell you there's nothing for fun i've been working on a go-cart and trying out the equipment and a calibrating the machines but there's nothing more fun than the tourists coming walking down and be looking in and get to watch you use the equipment 80 to make stuff. it's really a great location in being not only in the center of the city. there's so many things that hearsay a hands on place but this is t

the world cup. people are upset over a big city. it's way up there in northern brazil in the middle of the amazon. there is nothing near. >> it's actually a pretty big city it tease main port city on the amazon. it has a couple million people in that area and the problem is that they are building a massive stadium and have people like the big former soccer star saying the plan is on serb and there lab couple games there and who will go? it's an absolute waste of time and money. . >> i know their sports teams are not the best. can they find something to deal with the that stadium. >> one of the things they wanting to use it after the world skup cup is using it as a prison. the biggest protest in three decades in brazil took place because of the white elephants which is a stadiums that really have no use value after they're built. this particular stadium that you are referencing is coming in at $40 million-dollars over budget it' being built in the middle of what is described as the lungs of the world. amazon rain forest. i think anyone out there should have a problem with the stadium being built there. >> it's biggest city within hundreds of miles back in 1896, a big theate

the first time. japanese commanders are taking three vessels on a worldwide training tour. they have docked at a port near myanmar's largest city as the 17-9-of 18 stops. rear admiral kitagawa suggested a joint drill could happened in myanmar commanders are interested. >> translator: this port call marks the start of a new level of defense exchange between japan and myanmar. >> myanmar's former regime maintains strong economic and military links with china. leaders have pursued other relationships since the 2011 transition toward civilian rule. myanmar forces in february observed for the first time the u.s. and thai-hosted annual military exercises, code named cobra gold. leaders have also worked to strengthen security links with europe and other asean members. >>> the operators of the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant have resumed the use of radioactive materials from the water. it says human error caused the suspension last week. workers at tokyo electric power company on monday resumed the test run of the advanced liquid processing system or a.l.p.s. it's designed to eliminate materials from the water. they suspended operation

the port of oakland. today they shared they're demands in a rally outside the city hall. the drives claim their pay per load has not increased for ten years, while their costs have skyrocketed. truckers want port operators to pay them to offset some of the higher costs. that includes $50 a month for going green. >> what we're trying to do is just to put in pressure on the port, the steamship line, to come back to the table. they already said no. you're not getting this, you're not getting this or this. we're sorry. >> some truckers fear the higher costs of new emission standards will drive them right off the road. the port of oakland has not responded to our request for comment. >>> we have developing news in oakland. police are on the scene of a shooting and a traffic accident at international boulevard and 73rd avenue. as you can see there, officers are examining a car that was hit by at least one shot. there's no word on any injuries. investigators are also checking out another crime scene four blocks away at 73rd and weld street. it's not clear if the two are connected

he was arrested as he entered a port city near the border with china. he was sentenced to 15 years hard labor with for so-called accident the state. his health deteriorated. he was moved to a hospital with diabetes and an enlarged heart. his mother now fears his son will be sent back to the labor cap and his body may not be able to adore it. she has been speaking to my colleagues, lucy williamson. >> it was heavenly to see him an d hold him and comfort him altogether. we are very emotional at that moment. and contain to cry ourselves, but my heart was aching when i saw him in a hospital garment confined in a small space. very hard have been for you to leave him there at the end of your visit. >> it was really hard. i describe my heart aches? behind as a prisoner over there. yeah, i try to not cry. him.t to be strong for but i could not help myself. when can i see him again ? >> do you have any hope he will be the least assume? that is really uncertain. because, as a family, you don't have any power -- you feel really helpless. governmenty wish our thing

the police but they don't trust the police in the wake of westgate mall, the tension persists in this part of kenya's port city. andrew simmons al jazeera mombasa. interthey're known as rat holes, india'india's dangerous and unse mines. tens of thousands of children are exploited by the industry in the northwestern state. from there mig alayer sends us this report. >> 17-year-old starts another day by crawling into this mine to dig for coal. but just a few minutes in he realizes, there's something wrong. a heavy rock has collapsed on another pipeliner crushing his legs. the workers manage to free him but natesh is clearly shaken. >> sometimes i have to work alone so that's when i'm really scared. i just feel like getting out of there. >> natesh has been working in coal pits since he was 15. local activists believe around 70,000 children like him work in these so-called rat holes because adults are usually too big. the conditions in these mines are absolutely horrific. i'm standing on a temporary wooden platform and there's a drop beneath me. as you can see there are cabins around here and the children climb in

the port of oakland. today they shared they're demands in a rally outside the city hall. the drives claim their pay per load has not increased for ten years, while their costs have skyrocketed. truckers want port operators to pay them to offset some of the higher costs. that includes $50 a month for going green. >> what we're trying to do is just to put in pressure on the port, the steamship line, to come back to the table. they already said no. you're not getting this, you're not getting this or this. we're sorry. >> some truckers fear the higher costs of new emission standards will drive them right off the road. the port of oakland has not responded to our request for comment. >>> we have developing news in oakland. police are on the scene of a shooting and a traffic accident at international boulevard and 73rd avenue. as you can see there, officers are examining a car that was hit by at least one shot. there's no word on any injuries. investigators are also checking out another crime scene four blocks away at 73rd and weld street. it's not clear if the two are connected