the underground wires, of course, are still right there. there may be other ways to achieve the same idea just using different types of polls -- supervisor mirkarimi: or other poles. commissioner campos: we need to eliminate the city in the nighttime. i am working on legislation, electrical poles that we try to be consistent on, something we are to pursue that is really in the spirits of grow work. supervisor mirkarimi: i think you have some decent feedback that explains our interest in hearing more about the prospects of this program, but with certain guidelines and other issues that are city-wide it because there has been an outstanding frustration with trying to implement the undergrounding of the utility poles which has been slow. knowing that, it would be worthwhile to continue to get more data and see how this might really benefit san francisco. >> we will have more discussions to see if this is even a viable program. >> i think it is important that this continue to be a joint investigation. it would be nice to see some financial part

when you are underground an trapped, it is a terrible feeling, it is a bad feeling to be underground if you are not used to it. >> they are getting the physical support, what about spiritual support, do they know people are praying fothem? >> they do. we got a letter from a miner, 33 bibleshave gone down that 2, there are 2 evangelical believers. we are believing god they are going to save their bodies and souls. >> how should christians be praying for them? >> praying for them to be saved and praying for god to bring them out of the ground with a powerful testimony of what god did. because god is in charge. if they come out of that ground all of them, it is going to be a powerful testimony to god and like for them to give god glory. >> amen. what are the challenges of sharing the gospel with miners? >> it is the most dangerous occupation in the world. historically, heavy drinkers, there is prostitution, drugs around them. all of these things come where the men are. many of them believe when you go below ground that is the devil's territory and above ground is god easter toir. >> wha

they call themselves the underground market. chefs and would be chefs driven underground they say by the high cost of brick and mortar restaurants so. for months they fired up in parking lots. the food waiting for organic barbecues, toco s and ice cream. >> and, sold out with in three hours. >> reporter: what really makes it underground? it's not legal so it's eat at your own risk. >> we had run ins before where in the city the cop says you can't be here but can you just move somewhere else. >> reporter: they hope to blend into a bigger street event but police weren't allowing them to dine and dash tonight calling it illegal so a county health inspector was called out so was the fire marshall. what a tangled web we weave. >> we didn't include this in the information we gave to the city or the county. we just gave an overall sessionsment of the activities, we didn't say this activity. >> kind of get around the law? >> yes. >> reporter: bruce is a producer of the bigger event 01. we got this e-mail from producers. it not only says

you have underground pipes, you have underground valves. they get what they call tuberculin built up. you would compare it to a 100-year-old man that has heavy cholesterol. they could be 6- or 8-inch mains, but being 100 years old, they actually may be 2-inch mains. and they reduce the amount of volume of water that's available to us. johnson: there were a number of things that we have had to do in order to get the system back up to an acceptable standard. replacing mains and valves and fire hydrants and other components of the system to ensure that it operates properly. egan: we consider both the underground infrastructure and the above ground assets to be a part of the critical infrastructure of the city. johnson: and if the infrastructure is not there to actually deliver that water in the volume and the quality that's necessary, then communities simply can't exist. man: infrastructure is vital to the american economy. water, after all, is an essential ingredient in hundreds of thousands of everyday products. narrator: agriculture and ind

how did they keep hope alive 700 meters underground? specialist speak to them every day. >> i believe all the keys for surviving is that they have been able to build a society. they are working as a group. they are coping with the confinements of not being able to simply get out of there as a society. >> are they afraid? >> the youngsters, yes. greatdsters are doing a job of talking and conversing with the youngsters. they are holding on. >> it has been the longest of shifts for these men, still working and sleeping underground in temperatures of 33 degrees plus, and humidity levels of 33%. but daily life is almost normal, with complaints about the food and constant requests for cigarettes. bbc news. >> locals in remote mountain region of georgia state their land is being seized by the government's. this region has remains unspoiled for centuries because it is so isolated. the project is one put forward by president saakashvili. we have this. >> the caucasus mountains, christine and untouched. here on georgia's border with russia, medie

they call themselves the underground market, chefs and would be chefs driven underground they say byhigh cost of brick and mortar restaurants, so, for months, they fired up the burners from parking lots from san francisco to oakland. the foodies even hang over retaining walls waiting for organic barbecue, french tacos and gourmet ice cream cones. >> and sold out within three hours. >> reporter: but what really makes all of this underground is none of it is legal so eat at your own risk. >> we have had run-ins before where in the city the cop says "you can't be here," but can you just move somewhere else. >> reporter: in seems the curbside chefs hope to blend into a bit called zero 1. but police weren't allowing them to dine and, a county health inspector was called out, so was the fire marshal. but oh what a tangled web we we have when, first, we practice to deceive. >> we didn't include 24 in the information we gave to the county. we just gave an overall assessment of the activities, it will include specifically this activity. >> isn't that kind of circumventing the law. >> roof lav

teresa lewis is put to death. 50 days underground. the trapped miners in chile mark a milestone as the operation to get them out gathers momentum. >> it is midday in london and 1:00 p.m. in rome, where the united nations is holding an extraordinary summit after weeks of spiralling food prices. the origins of that spike lie in russia. after drought and wild fires, the russians proposed a ban in exports. now, a two-year high. it has prompted fears of hunger and unrest in some of the world's poorest countries. is there really a shortage, or are profiteers manipulating the market? >> first, there were those parched russian wheat fields. then, a climate emergencies elsewhere. some say this was due to hedge funds. either way, crop specialists tell us the yield swings are here to stay. >> the good news is that a global harvest has been pretty good this year. the united nations food and agricultural organization says it does not see a repetition of the food crisis of three years ago, but it does want collective action to try to reduce turbule

. >> reporter: pleasanton contractor jeff debernardi explains the first step in avoiding underground pipeline damage. dialing eight one one connects you to a national nonprofit group that arranges for utility workers to come out and mark where the underground lines r it's simple. contractors just have to avoid digging where the paint is. when somebody does go wrong -- >> could be contractor error meaning though it might be marked they might not be taking enough care, they might have gotten too close to it, maybe using heavy equipment when maybe they should have been doing more hand digging. >> reporter: the other reason an underground pipe is hit is because the location wasn't marked properly. that can happen especially with older pipes because going back 100 years, maps lose their accuracy. >> we hit a pipe because of that. they did mark the utilities where they thought they were. but because of the age of the utilities that were underground, they didn't have it properly mapped, properly marked. >> reporter: but things are changing. modern construction has better maps plus -- >> whe

how do they keep hope alive 700 meters underground? a specialist speaks to them every day. >> i believe one of the keys for surviving is that they have been able to build a society. they are working as a society, coping with confinement and now being able to get out of there as a society. >> are they afraid? >> the youngsters, yes. the older ones are doing a great job at advising, talking, and conversing with the youngest. they are holding on. >> it has been the longest of ships for these men, still working and sleeping underground in temperatures 30 degrees plus and humidity levels that 85%. but life down here is curiously normal with daily complaints about the being sent down and constant requests for cigarettes. >> the british man who owns a company making be electronic vehicle known as the segway has died after driving one of them off a cliff. this is the self-balancing scooter with a top speed of 12 miles an hour. locals in a remote mountain region of georgia say their land is being seized to build a tourist resort. this project i

workers on the city's underground system plan to walk off the job for 24 hours beginning with today'svening rush hour. the fight focuses on plans to cut about 800 jobs, mainly in station ticket offices. more than three and a half people use the tube daily. >> this morning organizers are calling oakland's first gay pride celebration in six years a success. ♪ >> people danced as musicians played in oakland's uptown district yesterday. the return of the pride celebration is the result of the effort spearheaded by council member and mayoral candidate rebecca kaplan. kaplan identifies herself as a lesbian. they held the celebration until 2004. they hope it's the beginning of the return of the annual tradition. >> analyst wonder whether a move by craig list to pull its adult services category was anything more than a publicity stunt. they continue to dish up ads from people offering sex but now under a category called personal encounters. on friday the san francisco-based website replaced the adult services category with a black bar that simply reads sensored. that decision was made after t

freezer rooms at the underground see bank in sussex. they are gathering samples urgently, knowing how rapidly plans are being wiped out. researchers have gathered nearly 2 billion seeds stored here at -20. it is a race against time. these seeds are from a tree in pakistan that simply no longer exists. the big worry is the sheer speed with which plants are being lost. >> it was kew gardens in london that led this assessment. 4000 species were studded. the results are alarming. >> one in five species are plants that are threatened with extinction, but not everyone of them is going to disappear tomorrow. they are in the chain leading to that outcome if we do not deal with it. that is our challenge. >> another great tree bites the dust. the clearing of tropical rain forest is the single biggest reason why so many species are threatened. the plants from forests have lead to treatments for malaria and dysentery. other potential benefits could be lost before we know about them. >> each plant is potentially a cure for a disease that has not yet

. >> the july and miners trapped underground have -- the chilean miners trapped underground have begun new activities at the drilling site. there is much more activity above ground. >> the mood of quiet confidence in the san jose mine today, we just had figures out showing the progress made by the three drills going behind me. there is one in particular. it is called plan b, and it is just behind that tall structure their witches plan c, and the hill which is called plan a. this is our record year, given the wit of the whole they are drilling. -- this is a record year, given the wind -- width of the hole they are drilling. they are working together. today, the children of some of these families here have been able to go to school for their first school that. school was opened by the minister for education. ever since camp hope sprung up here at the san jose mine, life has been suspended for the families camped out here, waiting for their loved ones to come home. that has affected the handful of children who have lived here alongside their parents as well. the chilean minister for educa

. >> the wife of one of the 33 miners trapped underground in chile has given birth to a baby girl. and asking his wife to name the girl a spanish word for hope. and here at the mine in san jose, and says that the baby has raised the spirits of those trapped underground. >> the reason to raise hope here at the mine, the wife of one of the miners gave birth to a baby girl. the parents changed the name and called her hope in spanish. the birth was filmed and the idea is that the footage of the birth will be sent down to the baby's father who is trapped underground. more reasons to be hopefulful as well, the engineers say they have overcome a major obstacle to reach the men. one of the drills to rescue the men, it had broken and they have mended it and expect to start drilling in the next few days. drill "a" is working, and once drill "b" starts up, there will be two drills to reach the men as soon as possible. however the chilean government is urging caution, because it could be weeks or months. >> here the group with plans of spending so deep that they could go beyond the ability for

underground.re calling the baby girl esperanza, which is spanish for hope. >> that can also mean too wait. he's underground waiting. >> they are both very pertinent names. >> they will watch in the soccer match underground. they got a live feed down there. unbelievable. >> amazing. that will make for good movie someday. 5:53 is the time on this wednesday, 60 degrees. >> "good morning washington" continues after this. stay with us. - thank you. mmmmmm. ( shattering, thud ) mmmmmm. ( crash, shattering ) it's good! ( shattering ) when you add velveeta and rotel tomatoes... and green chilis to chicken and pasta, it's so good... - mmmmmm. - it'll blow 'em away. ( crashing ) man, that's good. man, that's good. velveeta and rotel. man, that's good. super amoled screen. six-axis 3d gaming and access to thousands of free apps. all in one ultra-thin package. you want it, we got it. the samsung fascinate. only at verizon. >>> the nfl story going on right now, running back clinton portis apologizing for comme

on the surface and underground day shift to starting. they're working to help rescue themselves.e three ships a day and to 4:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. to midnight and midnight to 8:00 a.m.. they have eight hours of rest another eight hour work shifts in eight hours to play games, read, write letters job or have a walk because they've access to to a half kilometers of tunnels. time is marked by niels and metals hoovetubes. nus supervising i >> about seven to 40 5:00 a.m. sen the breakfast at 10 a and a milkshake at 12 is in the lunch at 4:00 p.m. another milkshake at around 7:00 p.m. we send in their dinner. >> first job of the day check air quality. by midday paramedic johnny is checked all the minors by the signs and said the data to doctors. quick to do blood and urine test injectors any skin infections. around-the- clock minors help the rescue effort clearing debris from the drills now boring in escape shaft. at 4:00 p.m. day shift ends. minders the games listen to music and were kept on the orders of a personal trainer far above work for rest of the miners spend its day wandering up

. >> it's actually much safer than if this were driven underground.nd, of course, it is now going to be driven underground. >> prosecutors insist craigslist wasn't doing enough to deter prostitution and child trafficking. craigslist faced increasing pressure after high lesson publicized incidents like the murder of a masseuse by customers she met on the site. >> a 20-year-old man in columbia has officially become the world's shortest man. hernandez has been certified by begin necessary world records as the shortest male. he weighs 22 pounds. his mother says edward stopped growing at the age of two. he has an 11-year-old brother who's short for his age but three other brothers are of normal height. >> a rare california fox that was thought to be exstink that's now been spotted. he hadn't been seen in 20 years. now released photos of the animal taken last month. they were snapped by a motion-activated camera at a ranger station in the humble national forest. it shows a fox biting a bag of chicken scraps. u.c. davis used dna testing on the saliva to conf

the baby's father is one of the 33 miners underground for 40 days. they were found alive weeks after the mine collapsed. but they have been told they could stay there not be freed until sometime around christmas. >>> hears something to tweet before about, the new look on the popular social networking site. >>> did you know that fall officially arrives next week? so what does the last weekend of summer hold for the bay area? we'll take a look. i got your weekend forecast coming up. [ male announcer ] jerry brown's good old days. but what really happened? cnn -- not me -- cnn says his assertion about his tax record was "just plain wrong." jerry brown went out there and took credit for the fact that the people of california voted for proposition 13, which lowered taxes, which he opposed. and now he's going around taking credit for it. he raised taxes as governor of california. he had a surplus when he took office and a deficit when he left. he doesn't tell the people the truth. >>> today is a good day to celebrate -- what are you doing? [ indiscernible

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going underground will cost 5 times that much.alifornia high-speed rail authority officials are leaning towards the above ground option. san jose official want to make sure the rail structure will look good. >> this could either be another embarcadero freeway running right through our downtown neighborhoods or it could be an iconic on the try way for san jose's grand central station but we have one opportunity to get it right. >> reporter: for san jose, it's like shopping with someone else's credit card. the city wants as much input as possible on how the above ground structure would look even if it costs more. and, of course, it would be on the state's dime. >> cost differences are not really my problem. that's the a problem high-speed rail authority. i think we would make our best judgment based on what's best for san jose. and high-speed rail of course doesn't have to listen to us. they are going to make their own decision. >> reporter: tooling through downtown presents some problem. soil and water conditions make it trickier.

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they have been trapped underground for nearly two months.eir plight has attracted worldwide attention. the 33 chilean miners are said to be coping with their ordeal well. they're waiting for the rescue that could happen within the next month. they are being helped by a military adviser specializing in battlefield psychology. we report from the scene. >> day and night, the drilling continues. it is day 53. the men who have spent longer trapped underground than any other miners in history appeared rusty attempts at such depths are another world's first -- in history. rusty at times -- rescue attempts at such depths are another world's first. how do they keep hope alive? andres ilarena speaks to them everyday. >> i believe one of the keys to surviving is that they have been able to build a society today are working as a society. they are coping with the confinement and not being able to get out of there as a society. the youngsters -- the older are doing-- ones a great job of conversing with the younger. they are holding on. >> it is been the l

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. >>> dozens of miners in northern spain are entering their 10th day underground as part of a protest against unpaid wages. an estimated 10,000 families depend on one of the mines and valencia, one of the few areas in the country where coal is mined. >> a strike with a difference. deep underground, these are some of the 50 spanish-refusing to come up until they are paid their wages. it is dark, dusty, and damp, but the men are determined. >> we have good morale. we have been here nine days already and we have had many problems, especially physical. but not in terms of morale. in that sense, we are on how to% fine. they will not be able to break us. -- we are 100% fine. >> above ground, protests took a more traditional form. the fights are more about -- are about more than just pay, it is about greener alternatives. >> the name of the demonstrations is not only to get salaries but also to fulfill the world decree. >> spanish coal producers say with foreign coal diluting their prices and without government aid, they cannot afford to always pay wages. until the issue is definitively reso

. >> reporter: pleasanton contractor jeff debernardi explains the first step in avoiding underground pipeline damage. dialing 811 connects you to a national nonprofit group that arranges for utility workers to come out and mark where the underground lines r it's simple. contractors just have to avoid digging where the paint is. >> could be contractor error meaning though it might be marked they might not be taking enough care, they might have gotten too close to it, maybe using heavy equipment when maybe they should have been doing more hand digging. >> reporter: the other reason an underground pipe is hit is because the location wasn't marked properly. that can happen especially with older pipes because going back 100 years, maps lose their accuracy. >> we hit a pipe because of that. they did mark the utilities where they thought they were. but because of the age of the utilities that were underground, they didn't have it properly mapped, properly marked. >> reporter: but things are changing. modern construction has better maps plus -- >> when we're running the newer plastic gas lin