this is a tourist city. a destination city. a lot of people live here because of the unique interest that san francisco provides and the entertainment industry and including restaurants provide a lot of that that make living here a joy for so many of us. and people say, what a wonderfully successful restaurant they must be making a lot of money. there is this image that somebody is benefitting at the other end of this commercial restaurant thing. i have to tell you knowing many in the commercial restaurant industry it's a very difficult to make a living if you are the owner or manager. more than think of from 24r point of voy restaurants provide a tremendous benefit to the city. there are a lot of people that have jobs in restaurants. suppliers and contractors have impacts throughout the city. we have to understand that restaurants provide social well being for the city. an economic base, this is an important thing and the department of building and inspection i do our very best to resolve restaurant issues. so that we can move

was extended to st petersburg in seven hundred thirty to sky became unquestionably the city's most important tourist fact. as the city expanded beyond the kremlin moves its first line became a residential area populated by wealthy muchas. heights of the whole town today the national is an architectural and historical landmark in its own right. on. the historical grounds you're an understated elegance and the property makes the national hotel a favorite to see nation ok it is only school but it's a taste of the past you won't see this is it. unless the hotel was built in life and i believe i was on this island in a fall about and. besides art nouveau has their purses and their historians about reconstruction costs a little one billion rubles a huge sum for that time it was the most prestigious accommodation before the revolution after which it was used briefly by many when he moved the possible government here to moscow it was known bad as the house of the soviet residence party officials you can fly me up here we get our journey through one of the most vibrant streets in the world. although most of

a bay area city is hailed as the number one destination spot for tourists. that city is our own city by the bay. damian trujillo is live in san francisco with more on the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura. they are getting ready here for the huge crowds expected on this tuesday morning. not a soul right now. no visitors or tourists right now. it's just the workers here getting the stuff ready so they can come shop, eat and do whatever else you do here in san francisco. u.s.news.com saw what we see in the city. it crowned san francisco as the best summer vacation spot in the world. here is a list. according to u.p.s. news and travel aside from being number one in the world, it's number one in best u.s. destinations. number one in best summer vacations and number three in best romantic get aways in the u.s. number four in the world's best places to visit. u.s. news says san francisco has that big city feel but it maintains a small town charm. all of that combined puts san francisco on top of the world. the ranking is great news for the chamb

police their kids have been stacked deck corners throughout the city, tourists who would hope to capture the iconic view of the victorian homes known as the painted ladies on hay street hill were forced to view them foreground. many of the 55,000 runners who actually registered in showed up this afternoon to collect their running numbers have been veterans of the race for years. we love to run every year. >> we tried to keep upper but it doesn't happen. >> those visiting celebrate the 100 the bay to breakers, marveled at how the city now deals with as many as 100,000 miners. >> i'm sure they thought 100 was a lot but then when i heard if they got to 1000 it was too big and out of control. now it's 55,000. >> i've been running since i was 13, the 100th anniversary if i'm ever going to run this would be the year. >> this will be the hundreds bay to breakers in you don't get too many chances to the hundreds of anything. >> both of our birthday's today. 50 years old. >>jeff: optimistic crowd are discounting a chance of rain. whether or not the rain appears they have already stacked plenty of

city in the u.s. and over 40 million tourists visit the city every year. the 1.3 billion gallons of water required every day are delivered by a system of extraordinary scale and complex engineering. man: water is essential to the economic viability of new york city. reliable infrastructure and reliable delivery of water is a must. you have to reinvest in the infrastructure every single minute to keep it current. hurwitz: we have the stock exchange, we have the united nations -- failure can have a dramatic impact on the nation, and even internationally. so there's a really keen awareness that you always have to be fixing the system. things corrode, they rust. they get to where you turn them on and nothing happens. but it is so totally used in every nook and cranny, that making any accommodation to shut it down, to do something to it, is very difficult. narrator: two massive underground tunnels, called simply tunnel 1 and tunnel 2, provide most of the city's water supply. they run hundreds of feet below manhattan, far deeper than the subways. built at the be

> in new york, an apartment building that has become one of the hottest destinations for tourists in new york city. and just in time for memorial day, lower prices at the pump. >> leigh: a terrific day to fly a kite. the wind has really been howling out there. some locations, gusts over 50 miles-per-hour. a lot of sunshine out there, too. we take a look at the seven-day forecast. >> from chicago's world famous united center. the greatest, grandest, most spectacular surprise ever. the two-day farewell event begins. next "oprah." >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> alan: former minnesota governor tim pawlenty announced he will seek the republic ran nomination for president. tonight has announcement came on facebook and comes after g.o.p. indiana governor mitch academies and mike huckabee say will not try to unseat president barack obama. >>> meanwhile, president obama is trying to ease concerns his administration is veering in a pro-palestinan direction. he told a meeting of pro-israel lobbyists that his position has been misrepresented. here's the story from washingto

city across the swollen river, vidalia. dean reynolds reports any sibling rivalry has been set aside in the face of disastrous flooding. >> reporter: natchez, mississippi, occupies a prominent bluff overlooking the big river. a tourist attraction, the city is well off, and mostly dry. just across the water, in the lowlands, lies vidalia, louisiana, a working class town on the edge of a ruinous flood. at least 300 people are out of work there now, its riverfront businesses out of commission. the convention center, hotel, hospital and medical building are inches from inundation and losing as much as a million dollars a month. so it's just empty? >> it's a shell, right. >> reporter: dr. john white, the staff and patients at the medical building were out of business after the makeshift dikes went up and the evacuation orders went out. >> normally, at this time of day, things would be buzzing around here. >> reporter: now, empty halls, empty rooms, empty bed. but that's when a call came in from across the water. >> that's just the way natchez is. we... we want to help in any way we can. it's not an obligation. it's just a need-- a want to help. >> reporter: in no time, white and his colleagues were housed in the natchez

abbottabad is a city tourists used to visit by the thousands. noenl for its beautiful views and the pakistan military academy. but the soldiers here apparently had no clue bin laden was living about 1,000 feet from their base. the compound is only 500 feet behind me, beyond this wall and those trees. but take a look at how close it is to a pakistani army base, which is right there at those trees. it's pakistan's preeminent military institution. and back inside the house, a pantry, where eggs sit neatly on the shelves. enough food to last for weeks. they never had to leave. nick schifrin, abc news, abbottabad, pakistan. >> and our thanks to nick for thatter t terrific reporting fr osama bin laden's last hometown. >>> just ahead, the wife, who was with bin laden during his last stand. his family. and the question -- was he still actively running al qaeda? [ male announcer ] finally. the place they've been searching for. staples. the one place that makes it easy to buy a new laptop. ♪ or get one fixed. ♪ with highly trained tech experts, staples ma

tourists scared off by the violence here. acapulco's tarnished reputation is seriously damaging the city's economy. >> everybody is having problems -- rest of calabar's, even the people selling items on the beach. taxis do not have jobs. >> acapulco not only attracts tourists, but traffickers to use this as part of the route to transport narcotics toward the united states. the city is paying a high price for the violence and there are fears the impact could spread around mexico. but the violence seems far away from downtown mexico city. 35,000 people may have died in the so-called drug war, but the mexican economy keeps growing -- 5.5% in 2010 with similar expectations for this year. we met this businesswoman after dark in a public park. we agreed not to reveal her identity. she told me six months ago she was approached by armed men demanding $4,000 a month for her family -- or her family would be killed. she agreed to pay. >> these people come into your life and you cannot go out into the street because you think they're there. but what hurts most is the authorities -- there is no reason i would make this up. why would i make up

bosphorus and a chance to see the city from the water, with europe on one side and asia on the other. you'll pass massive cruise ships which pour thousands of touristsr a frantic day of sightseeing and shopping. the boat passes homes of wealthy locals who can afford some of the priciest real estate in turkey -- bosphorus waterfront. the dramatic bosphorus bridge was the first bridge ever to span two continents. and the rumeli fortress was built by the ottomans the year before they conquered the city of constantinople. tour boats share the bosphorus with plenty of commercial traffic. the narrow and strategic strait is a bottle neck busy with freighters, including lots of ukrainian and russian ships, since this is the only route from ports on the black sea out to the mediterranean. for more crowds and urban energy, you can join the million commuters who ferry over and back every day from the asian side of istanbul. ferries shuttle in and out from all directions as seas of locals make their daily half-hour intercontinental commute.

ey know they're colorful settlement has been a huge tourist attraction that the city of copenhagen would hate to lose. they warned against attempts to divide christiania. >> the whole big area that you see with houses, there is no security for these people or the houses. people in copenhagen would go to the streets and defended cristiani of. that always starts trouble, and they know this. >> the government has no desire to see for the street battles in copenhagen, especially with parliamentary elections in a few months, but conservative politicians are pushing for law and order. pioneers like willie have fought many battles and won. they cannot imagine it europe's oldest and largest counterculture project becoming just another normal district of copenhagen. >> looks like it isgood bye to christiania, and it is also good buy from us. thank you for being with us. join us next time. until then, have a very good week. good-bye.

. >> san francisco is number want on a list of tourist favorites. they ranked the citythe best spot for a domestic trip and summer travel. tourism is san francisco's biggest industry bringing in an estimated $8.1 billion. >> it is going to be gorgeous out there although some of us may see the first 90-degree reading for the season. take it easy out there. right now blue skies and feeling pretty good. 72 in redwood city. 60s and low 70s in and around santa rosa. our winds are generally lights but a little bit breezy in some area. the winds are variable at this time. that onshore wind is really going to help keep us up as this ridge of high pressure continues migrating east. that system that cooled us down yesterday is now out of the picture appeared behind me is the ridge that will continue to climb into our area. here it will shift a little bit. northwest winds expected to warm our temperatures 10-15 degrees. a north easterly breeze. 70s and for the inland areas widespread 80s and low 90s. 52 expected for tonight. mid-50s as we wake up tomorrow morning. you are afternoo

city. it's packed with tourists. expect more people from across the globe to see for themselves why it's number one in the world. there are businesses that sell sandwiches at 7:00 in the morning and pizza. it could be the hang over crowd according to our photographer. he calls them the hang over crowd or the visitors used to eating on the european and asian time zones. apparently that's not the time now. we have been at fisherman's wharf for 45 minutes or so and not one soul. maybe they get up in a half hour or so to see why san francisco is number one in the world. >> i thought you were going to say it's a bay area treat or something. thanks a lot. tell me when the silver robot guy gets there. >> reporter: you know what? he might be wearing a different deskiz right now. maybe he's the bush man as well. >> watch out behind you. you have to love san francisco. >>> you have to love so many places in the bay area, really. it's so lovely. we are taking you to napa this morning. christina loren is live there. tough assign

are some of the most wonderful tourist at tracks as boys as young as 13 jump from a cliff into the pacific ocean, but they are jumping for smaller crowds these days. this city has found itself in the front line of mexico's battles with the drug cartels. its beaches are looking empty. the tourists scared off by the violence here. ak pack co's tarnish -- ok pack co's tarnished -- acapulco's reputation is varnished. >> people in the bars and even the people selling items on the beach, taxis, they don't have jobs. >> acapulco at tracks tourists and traffickers who traffic drugs towards the united states. this city is paying a high price for the drug violence and there is fears that the impact could spread around mexico. but the violence seems far away in downtown mexico city. 35,000 people may have died in the so-called drugs war, but mexico's economy keeps on growing, 5.5% in 2010, with similar expectations for this year. we met this businesswoman after dark in a public park. we agreed not to reveal her identity. she told me six months ago she was approached by armed men demanding $4,000 a month or her family would be killed. she agreed to pay. >> these people

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looking at the overall benefits of the project, it will enhance the city's reputation as a tourist destination and increased maritime command. recently, the princess cruise lines combined with [unintelligible] to invest in the dry dock facility. cruise ships will be repaired and maintained in san francisco for crews calls, not only for dry docking. each cruise call at the port would generate significant work for members of the international longshoremen, truck drivers, supply companies and service providers, literally thousands of hours of skilled union jobs utilizing different maritime trades. the project will also continue with no. waterfront improvements, which are quite noticeable. serving as a lasting legacy for the america's cup. in conclusion, constructing this terminal is long overdue, two decades in the making. we will construct the project in coordination with the 34th america's cup and there will be considerable benefits of this project. clearly there is an estimated shortfall to face two, 27.5 million for phase one of the project. the port and its commission strongly support the pr

normal crowds of spring time touri tourists, common this time year, police from capitol hill to the white house were more visible and on edge, but not shutting down the citys tourists were proud to be in their nation's capit capital. >> i didn't see it until this morning. i was kind of surprised. it was interesting to see we finally got him, but think, that doesn't end anything, right? it's a step along the way. >> i mean, this is not going to be the end of the war on terror, but it definitely puts closure to what happened back in 9/11 almost ten years ago. so it does put closure on that. >> you were outside the white house last night. what did you think? >> we were. it was an amazing time. the happiness and the joy, the american flags and just an am e amazing time to be in washington, d.c. >> coming up at 6:00, coming up at 6:00, was there a small peace demonstration in front of the white house today and they didn't get the best of all receptions. i'm tom sherwood live at lay fayette park, now back to you. >>> in just one hour we had 57 responses to this question, so you've had a chance to sleep on it. would you have rather osama bin laden been caught de

normal crowds of springtime tourists common this time of year, their police from capitol hill to the white house were more visible and on edge and not shutting down the cityere proud to be in their nation's capit capitol? >> i hadn't seen it until this morning it was a surprise. it was interesting to see we finally got him, but that doesn't end anything. it's a step along the way. >> this is not going to be the end of the war on terror, but it definitely puts closure to what happened back on 9/11 almost teb years ago. so it does put closure on that. >> you were outside the white house last night. what did you think? >> we were. it was an amazing time. i'll tell you, the happiness and the joy and the american flags. just an amazing time to be in washington, d.c.. >> tom sherwood, news 4shgs washington. >>> we invite tou to stay with nbc news. "nightly news" with brian williams will have a special hour-long special after this broadcast. >>> a neighbor help red skew a man after a house explosion in triangle, virginia. it happened on wayne drive around 8:00 a. mrchlt. fire fighters say when they arrived there was no fire, but a heavy damage. neighbors say nob

san francisco where police are announcing new details in the case of a german tourist who was killed while visiting the city in august. 50 year-old , who you see in this picture was walking down the street on mason with her has been when she got caught in a gunfight between teenagers who were attending a party. she was killed by a scribble it. kron 4 joins us live with the latest on the new developments today. >>reporter: after your following up on leads and tips, san francisco police are expected to announce several arrest. if we have learned up to five people are now in custody for the murder of 50 year-old german tourist a martial shore. if the news conference starts here at the headquarters, as in his we get that information we will bring it to you. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: millions of dollars worth of drugs received an 36 people with ties to a notorious street gang and rested. it the operation by federal state and local law enforcement was conducted in the east and north bay. kron 4 maureen kelly shows us what was caught in the sting. >>maureen: here's a picture of some of the 135 lbs. of me

travel association's conference to get people to certain american cities, to help them on their tourist industry. it is back in san francisco on may 25 and may 21. the ferry building and pier 39 will be participating. we are expecting 1200 international tour operators, travel wholesalers and agents from almost 70 countries. as well as 400 domestic and international travel journalists. we hope to engage them in our news crew ship -- new cruise ship area. finally, we are working on our planning and design guidelines for the blue green way, which reported on before. the next community meetings are coming up on may 25. there has been another date change, to june 16, at pier 1. these will be community meetings being held. on may 25, our goal is to review revised concept plans for the port blue green way open spaces. project cost, draft prioritization based on available funding. then on june 16, we will review concepts for the blue green way, linking cited for the error and furnishing standards. those will be important steps as we proceed along our planning process. we hope to have a document

city, candi. a group of tourists visited by a seaplane on the route's inaugural flight on sunday. the service is reportedly in great demand among foreign travelers. sri lanka is gradually extending its air taxi network throughout the country. >>> malaysia's booming economy is luring many people from the countryside to seek work in urban areas. these migrant workers often find themselves living on the streets. and homelessness is becoming a pressing social issue. nhk world reports. >> reporter: with its skyscrapers and luxury boutiques, employees among southeast asia's most iconic capitals. the shadow of this economy, the number of homeless is rising. currently estimated at several thousand, many are from the countryside. he leads a volunteer group that provides care to the homeless. every week he roams the street to distribute food. >> we know we have more and more people on the streets to save. >> reporter: last year, justin's group opened a kitchen to provide free food. it's also where justin conducts interviews to identify the reasons why people become homeless. he says many do

> san francisco police have arrested four gang members charged with killing a german tourist last summer in the city's theater district. >> good morning. beautiful picture of the impending sunrise. port of oakland, downtown san francisco, winds of change are on the way. we will drop 20 degrees between now and mother's day. >> we have a new accident to report to you in oakland, eastbound 580 o at the junction. i'll have details coming up at 6:09. >> i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco with the story of important decision coming tha is coming today that would impact what you pay pg&e. i'll have that story straight ahead. >> thank you for waking up early and joining us. >> i'm kristen sze. >> an amazing survival story for a little dog discovered in the charred remains of an apartment building in san francisco. a massive fire left dozens without homes and injured four firefighters. terry mcsweeney is live at the scene south of market? >> i'm here on folsom street between 6th and 7th. firefighters are still here. they have fire hoses still running into the building. concerned about the possible flare-

most attractive and interesting aspect of the city -- of the orlede parts of the city which we all take for granted but touristso gaga over should be definitely thought of very creatively. they are possible change of use to things like flower shops, assembly, poetry readings and art studios but even housing. example from sutter, from steiner to fillmore, there is such a place, garage was turned into a condo. but you go through this archway and it's all part of the garage. then behind it where you can't see it too well from the street, our housing and there's a beautiful courtyard there, wonderful use of it. i think we miss these garages. they give so. texture to the neighborhood. main thing is they were used -- my great grandmother used to reminisce about the stable boy. they were stables in the 19th century. >> thank you. appreciate it. next speaker. >> my name is zack stewart. as americans we do real well with indulgences like -- like derivatives, automobiles, pensions and not so well with restraints, like not filling the bay. in my experience in williamsburg, stanford, university of california, mt. rainier n

cities. the tourist was in san francisco with her husband to celebrate her 50th birthday and their 25th wedding anniversary. >>> a san francisco man is hoping the city's own crime camera footage will prove that a police officer beat him without cause. kevin woodson is claiming that he raised his hands in surrender fashion. but he says the officer repeatedly hit him with a billy club. it caused a disturbance at a nearby market over a beer. the probe continues. >>> london is on high alert after an irish republican dissident group issued a coded bomb warning today. the warning didn't include a specific time or place but police have increased their security around buckingham palace and other areas in central london. >> the warning comes one day before queen elizabeth heads off to ireland for an official visit, the first for the monarchy since 1911. police say they haven't decided whether the country's terrorism threat level will be increased. >>> 7:37. pg&e will start high-pressure pipeline testing today near the antioch bridge. a similar test document place last week in mountain viewp crews fill t

tourists. we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go

tourists. we are coming up to street to chinatown. since 1957, we are the only city in the world that runs cable cars. these cars right here are part of national parks system. in the early 1960's, they became the first roles monument. the way city spread changed with the invention of the cable car. >> people know in san francisco, first thing they think about is, let's go >> i get really concerned one ip -- hear people say the payroll tax is a job killer. maybe in some industries the payroll tax might be a disincentive on business going forward, but i would not be surprised if we came out of the whole discussion about remaking our tax for next year that it involves a combination of a payroll tax, commercial occupancy tax, and gross receipts tax. all of that could be in a remade form of our business tax structure. >> that is a good question to ask. i will ask this monday. >> i was born in of los angeles. i was in a mexican-american, a chicano town. my dad was a launch your worker. my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old.

in a more qualitative sense, we believe the city benefits by one, enhancing its reputation as a tourist destination. two, it increases demand for maritime businesses as well as maritime employment, particularly with the synergy between the cruise terminal facility and the dry docks at pier 70. it continues and integrates the improvements along the northern waterfront, including the exploratory and project, and finally, it will serve as a lasting legacy for the 34th america's cup, and we hope to use the cachet with the america's cup for future use at pier 27. the next steps -- again, i mentioned a four, we go to the budget and finance committee for fiscal feasibility. we are in the process of selecting a construction manager general contractor. that process is under way. the rfq was issued two weeks ago. there was a previous meeting last friday, and we'll get back to you for consideration for approval of the contractor in the june meeting. the design team is very busy doing the design development drawings. we hope to complete them by july. we will check in with you with regards to that.