i'm here with unite here local 2 and i'm here to express our continued objection to the lease agreement at sfo by air india. our president of unite here local 2 made a public comment november 2, 2017, regarding the sexist policies of air india. i want to clarify that we're not asking air india to only use union hotels. we're asking them to request the boycott at hyatt fisherman's wharf. san francisco city policy states that contractors will not discriminate against any employees' gender, height, weight and more. air india has enforced stringent weight restrictions on flight attendants, women in particular. i have a handout and -- can i hand this to you? you will be able to see this is air india's eligibility criteria. they state that these requirements of february 5, 2018, this year. the eligibility and criteria state a difference in standard for females. past 22 b.m.i., women are considered overweight. men have an allowance of 25. it is an indignity and contradiction to the equitable practices in the san francisco. i urge you to ask air india representatives to abandon said sexist prac

. >> cynthia gomez, unite here local 2. the planning commission has seven dedicated members who are dedicated public servants, four of whom are up fore appointment. i'm here to speak about two of them in particular, dennis richards and katherin moore. they're >> disappointed there is so little time, but i'm here in support of katherin moore and dennis richards. both of them make up a very important core, which is a core that is dedicated to looking, not only at today but also into the future, looking at community, what are the community needs, what is already needing to be there. i think it's a balanced view of, not just about a building, but about homes and homes for whom. both of them pay close attention to details and ensure the best for the city and we would be totally lost without them. i also appreciate having been at the commendation of katherin moore getting the nobel prize of planning and i appreciate her expertise and dennis, above all, his show and tell, which is a part of teaching, not only his fellow commissione

we have executed agreements with unions regarding the construction of the project and with unite here, local 2, for hotel operations. citizen m purchased the property a year and a half ago and filed applications for the project in the fall of last year. regarding the proposed amendment to have a hotel on a small site we ask that you consider to add language to permit the pipeline projects to move forward. specifically we ask that you include an amendment to carve out hotel projects with ee applications that were accepted by may 10, 2010. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is adi and i'm the director of parks. and we encourage you to recommend the plan for approval along with all associated amendments. we're pleased to see the use of 8073 to have a sustainable district that will bring housing to fruition more quickly. the plan is ground breaking and really important. a place for housing and jobs and sustainable environment. it creates critical new housing and addresses our housing shortage at capacity for jobs and the one place in the region that people take heavy transit and

union representing them commissioned a survey of 500 hotel workers across chicago.karen kent/unite here local 1"58% of the hotel workers we surveyed said they'd experienced sexual harassment by a guest. 49% of all the housekeepers that we surveyed told us they'd seen a guest naked, had a guest expose themselves or had a guest flash them."passed unanimously by city council in october of 2017 and implemented today, chicago becomes just the latest of several cities including, new york, washington dc and seattle with a panic button law on the books. there are over 44,000 hotel rooms in the city of chicago.anna valencia/chicago city clerk "we see you, we hear you, we believe you and we value you." (catherine) that was michelle gallardo reporting. the city will be relying on hotel workers to report any employers not complying with the law and providing the panic buttons. (anchor) taking a live look outside... at the san mateo bridge.(anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: low clouds and fog were more common today as the sea breeze retu

i mean, for instance, because hotels have agreements with unite here and local 2 and give those people w2s instead of 1099s doesn't mean that we shouldn't have a hotel tax to pay for arts and other things in san francisco. so i think if we go down the road that because an organization is using our streets and chooses to have union labor that they become exempt from taxation or fees is a dangerous road to go down and i am hopeful that the provisions that we put in relative to the additional tier at $50 million, which was really designed to address some of the p.v.t. concerns would take care of those issues. with regard to the comment on behalf of the international federation of professional technical engineers, let me say that while i was not on the board when the so-called twitter tax was passed, the reality is that it sunsets in may of 2019 and it seemed to me that we would -- and, yes, i put it in in the beginning but it was really a distraction from the main event which is the tax that is before us and for five months it did not seem to be worth putting into this. that is why i remo

certainly not going to stop the russians from coming here and appearing on the world stage with the leader of the united states. so i think the impact of this locally, wolf. >> matthew, stand by. jake, it does bring a whole new element to this summit with putin. >> it brings a whole new element to the summit with putin, provokes questions about whether or not president trump is going to use this indictment as evidence and present it to vladimir putin, demand he tack action, demand he admit what happened. it also creates a whole new fact pattern for republicans in dong, many of whom have been denying what has been long suspected and now we have evidence of, that the russians interfered in the 2016 presidential election. a lot of people have been calling it fake news. a lot of people, because president trump is sensitive about the idea that some people might think he didn't win legitimately, has been besmirching this entire investigation. there's something that rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, said during the press conference today i would like to play and get reaction to. it's where he's talking about and implicitly discussing how the am

local hang out. >> reporter: reggie, we talked to people who said they came here every day. this really unites workers who work in the tourism industry. they're very sad to see it's now customers and scorched. shaking off the day when some of them realized the north beach bar was on fire. >> i was bar tending down stairs and some people outside screaming there was a fire. there was smoke coming out the top and just got everybody out of the building and stood there and watched it burn. >> reporter: some of them made such a fast escape they left their drinks behind. everyone got out okay but the fiddlers green and the buildings on either side have damage. her office is next door to the bar at columbus and beach. firefighters kept it from spreading, but she still had some damage to deal with this morning. >> smells like smoke. there's definitely good damage on the up stairs. they broke windows, broke fire doors. so we're lucky. >> reporter: loyal customers of the fiddlers green stopped by today to survey the damage. >>it's my local joint, hopefully they recover because this is where i was going t

as someone who came from local government, coming here to congress, running one of the biggest local governments in the united states, i'm sympathetic to the purposes of the unfunded mandate reform act and i supported many of those provisions. this goes too far. this isn't just an umra improvement. this is gutting whole sale the regulatory process that provides enormous benefits and we know that from the o.m.b. itself in terms of the benefits versus the costs of rulemaking to protect the public, where we can make improvements, great. but gutting it and giving the regulated industries an inside opportunity to shape or block those regulations before the public even sees them, expanding in a great way the role of the judiciary to second guess and subvert the role of rulemaking agencies and the executive branch i think does raise constitutional issues, as mr. comings said that will have to be addressed. this is a flawed piece of legislation despite the good intentions. i urge all of my colleagues to vote no on something that is simple but wrong. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of hi

the attorney general of the united states with high school students gathered here for a conference, they're all apparently from local political organizations around the country of a conservative bent, and here is what happened when the attorney general was talking to them earlier today. >> too many schools are coddling young people and actively preventing them from scrutinizing the validity of their beliefs and the issues of the day. i like this bunch. i've got to tell you. you're not going to be backing down. go on get 'em. go get 'em. rather than moaning. [ audience chants "lock her up" ] >> lock her up, ha ha ha. so i heard that a long time over the last campaign. >> lock her up, lock her up. carol lee, so far as i know, the only people locked up are paul manafort awaiting trial. nobody has made charges against hillary clinton. it does seem unseemly for the attorney general to be repeating this kind of a campaign riff when it was so grossly political and when we know how many indictments have come from the mueller probe. >> right. setting aside the irony you're referencing, this is the attorney general in his off

here now, they would have the latest information. that will be fed to us either through the navy seal unit or the local government in this part of northernho have been keeping us up to date on developments was the we will leave it there for now. he is at the chiang rai hospital, where at least four boys have now exited that cave system. we believe they have been taken to hospitals. our correspondent is nearly axed exit —— near the exit of the tunnels. what do you know about the numbers? it is difficult to be certain exacting what is going on. we know that an hour ago two ambulances came up that an hour ago two ambulances came up that road, had their flashing light on but were not moving especially quickly, this is a rocky road ina especially quickly, this is a rocky road in a rural location. they were taking the time, travelling carefully, and they headed towards the main road and the hospital nick was outside. we do a favourite taken toa was outside. we do a favourite taken to a helicopter or straight at the hospital. we know that four individuals were taken from the caves. the weakest were removed from the caves first was the that is a

local autonomy and sovereignty. the united states doesn't invest for political influence, but rather partnerships and economics. and this is a prelude to what i expect in the future. i'm here to say emphatically the trump administration is committed to expanding our economic engagement in the indo-pacific region. we seek to capitalize on opportunities in accordance with the principles of freedom and openness. as president trump said in vietnam last year, the indo-pacific is a beautiful constellation of nations. each its own bright star. satellites to none, and each one, a people, a culture, a way of life, a home. to burn brightest the constellation needs sustainable growth and this is what our indo-pacific strategy will promote. we believe in strategic partnerships, not strategic dependency. as president trump said last year, we want you to be strong, prosperous and self-reliant, rooted in your history, and reaching out toward the future. today, i echo that message. i speak for president trump when i say every nation in business can have confidence that the united states will continue to create the conditions for mutual prosperity in a free and open indo-pacific. it is cle

know this investigation is being run by the metropolitan police, the counterterrorism unit, but the local force hereay the situation is still fluid. now we know that dawn stu rgess is still fluid. now we know that dawn sturgess and charlie rowley probably came into contact with the novichok exposure through some kind of container. the police have said that. but what they are not seeing is what kind of container that is. they say they won't be able to identify that for probably some time, which gives you an indication of how long this investigation is going to go on for. i have been speaking to local people in the area, and a number of people are very concerned. salisbury as a city was just starting to get back on its feet after what had happened with the skripals back in march. now this is another big blow for the city. visit wiltshire have come out today to say it is business as usual, and there will be an advertising campaign in the national newspapers this weekend to try and attract people to the area. our correspondent — charlotte gallagher is in salisbury... we can see behind you that there is

here in the united states legally. >> on the heels that have brutal hate crime new numbers have spi california. nbc bay area's sam brock is where they are taking to take this more serious. >> reporter: anecdotally local groups here say they are getting more complaints, and we reported that you'll remember a few weeks ago about three black construction workers right here who reported seeing racist epithets and nooses at this construction site. hate crimes in california according to this report are up 44% in three years. >> the signs of hate are cropping up all over california. >> racial slurs all over the windows, the toilets. >> reporter: from construction sites to street corners. >> yeah. i think it was more of a hate crime and i'm calling it a hate crime because he knows it's a gay bar. >> you want people to treat you differently, want to be seen differently? >> reporter: sheryl evans davis is not content to sit back and watch. the executive director of san francisco's human rights commission challge dozens of rights nipt and tenth graders to form a plan of action and to demand more from their school and community. >> i think it's a reality check. i think it's what african-americans already know. i

locally here about forty billion dollars car has been given by other countries to help. but that's not nearly enough the united states is paying far too much. other countries are not paying enough especially so so we're going to have a meeting on that and the secretary general is working very hard at that he has said the problem and hopefully we can get a result going on for decades and decades that it's disproportionate and not fair to the taxpayers of the united states and we're going to make it fair and breaking news from afghanistan where at least two people have been killed by a gunman by gunmen i should say who've stormed a government office in general about this is a situation that song going and it is with the afghan special forces armed men entered the office of the education department and set off explosives china says it will retaliate if the u.s. imposes a new wave of terrorists on chinese imports a wednesday washington announce a possible ten percent charge on two hundred billion dollars worth of goods from china beijing called the move unacceptable and warned it would be forced to impose counterm

local to us here. the rest was done by him. he was fantastic, absolutely superb player. i wish we could have longer. united in october down at the league and realised quickly that the guys did not have any waterproofs or heavy jumpers to keep them warm. and suggested that he help us out in some some small way. so he stayed for about an hour some some small way. so he stayed foraboutan hourand some some small way. so he stayed for about an hour and have signing autographs for all the kids. and one thing and another, he made a donation which was kindly accepted. lovely gesture. this is your trophy. ido lovely gesture. this is your trophy. i do not want to tempt fate. can i become the first englishman to lift up become the first englishman to lift up the world cup. even if we do not see at this time, only someone here has picked up the world cup era in england. who knows? come on england. i would not pick up the world cup trophy in this heat. nick is outside for hours. across the uk it is warmer compared to yesterday. in north—west scotland it was a cool day yesterday but temperatures are not. strong sunshine

the top shop here in malaysia but you never really left politics you were still very much a dominant figure within the ruling united malays national organization or noise it's known locally and it's actually been the monopoly holder of government since malaysia gained independence in two thousand and sixteen though you resigned from knowing you set up your own party announcing that you would contest the next elections which you eventually ended up winning surprisingly what is it that made you decide to run again for office at the age of ninety two. when they stepped down in two thousand and three i had no intention of being in politics still but after i stepped down and the new leader takes over. a lot of people came to see me asking me to do something because they were not satisfied with the leadership of the success is my success as. i responded to their the lead try to advise right. but even with the fifth prime minister i had to resign from the by the and i came to have fim. sat down and give it to that. eventually that this. took over but again. people were not happy because of a lot of scandals and involving him a lot of money was lost so again people came to see m

here in northwest coffin, fox 5 local news. >>> the man charg hathit dttack pleaded not guiltyld is facing federal hate crimes, he's the ohio plan accused of driving car into a crowd during the unite the right protests last august killing heather hire and injuringdozens, one of the federal charges he faces carries the death penalty. he is currently being held in a virginia state jail >>> the cityf manassas isil wa weekend. now organizers are eliminating . wavil laced with mat isr callanassas history weekend. the new event will include children's activities, spy game, a scavenger hunting canon demonstrations but not the c w o ventro reenactments >> it' a look at our military history through the ages. we'l have stuff through thear revolution war, world war i, wo ad war ii, veterre coming out. it's a first time event for us and we're excited to share this with the public. >> the city's civil war weekend attracted about 200 people each year. organizers hope new history success.will have the same it scheduled august 24th through theh >>> virginia senators mark warner and tim kane are on a mission to preserve six historic battlefields in virginia listed genetionhtoric sites fornocedore

the top job here in malaysia but you never really left politics you are still very much a dominant figure within the ruling united malays national organization or menorahs it's known locally and it's actually been the monopoly holder of government since malaysia gained independence in two thousand and sixteen though you resigned from when you set up your own party announcing that you would contest the next elections which you eventually ended up winning surprisingly what is it that made you decide to run again for office at the age of ninety two. when they stepped down in two thousand and three i had no intention of being in politics till but after i stepped down then the new new leader takes over. a lot of people came to see me asking me to do something because they were not satisfied with the leadership of the successes my successes. i responded to their the lead tried to advise right. but even with the fifth prime minister i had to resign from the by the and came in to have fim. sat down and give. that to. eventually that the scene. took over but again. people were not happy because of a lot of scandals and involving him a lot of money was lost so again people came to

important programming note for our viewers, i'll be live here in helsinki today now local time, tomorrow if you're on the east coast of the united states, i'll be live from noon eastern to 2:00 p.m., 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. in the situation room covering every angle of this summit. i'll be back. much more of our special coverage coming up. in the meantime let's go back to ana cabrera in new york with more. >> wolf, great coverage there. now ahead of the summit, the face-to-face between trump and russia's vladimir putin, we're going to take a look back at other summits between the leaders of these two countries. what can be learned from them? the weekly presidential brief is next. (vo) what if this didn't have to happen? i didn't see it. (vo) what if we could go back? what if our car... could stop itself? in iihs front-end crash prevention testing, nobody beats the subaru impreza. not toyota. not honda. not ford. the subaru impreza. more than a car, it's a subaru. so lionel, what does 24/5 mean to you?rade well, it means i can trade after the market closes. it's true. so all... evening long. ooh, so close. yes, but also all... night th

. >> the local management, which is handling the negotiations here, have told us s managementt headquarters in the united states have placed a glass ceiling, which they can operate, so we hope witith these mobilizations, the glass ceiling expands and comes closer to what we're demanding.. amy: and activists and educators have successfully raised enough money to erect a monument to honor famed journalist, abolitionist, and sufuffragist a b. wells.. the fundraising effort was first launched over a decade ago by ida b. wells' great-granddaughter, michelle duster. the $300,000 monument will be designed and built by celebrated african american sculptor richard hunt and installed near ida b. wells' former home in bronzeville, chicago. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show in nicaragua, where the associated press reports three people were killed and dozens were wounded when pro-government f

united states. april ryan is the white house correspondent for american urban radio networks and our political analyst. april, the context here, a localaper in helsinki put up billboards everywhere along the president's route that he could take to the summit. they say, "mr. president, welcome to the land of the free press -- or free press. he obviously saw this billboard. what does it say that a newspaper in helsinki did this? >> it makes a big statement, particularly for a president who wants to stand on foreign policy and it seems to be failing. and this is a president that you've heard this before during this show, this is a president who took an oath of office in 2017, january 21st, 2017 to defend the constitution. and in that first amendment, i mean, it's a broad constitution, but in that first amendment of the constitution, it talks about freedom of the press. and for him to call us an enemy of the american people and call us fake, that is not upholding the free press. you know, the president likes to say it's unpatriotic to go against him. some may question if that is patriotic to do this to the press. >> look, i guess and anyw

local infrastructure. a situation between the united states and russia and we don hear about that exchange from the president about that level of seriousness is sinking into him. >> herethe president on thursday. >> people like to say, oh, crimea. but the fact is they built bridges to crimea. they just opened a big bridge that was started years ago. they built, i think, a submarine port substantially added billions of dollars. so that was on barack obama's watch. that was not on trump's watch. would i have allowed it to happen? no, i would not have allowed it to happen but he did allow it to happen so that was his determination. what will happen with crimea from this point on, that, i can't tell you. >> now, amy, barack obama element aside which is a continuing theme, obviously. another theme we are seeing again is putting this in economic framework, whether it's nato, whether it's the eu, canada, germany. it always comes down to dollars and cents. you heard him mention the port, the bridge, billions of dollars and how the president appears to approach all of these relationships. >> right. he is a businessman at heart and that is what he is trying to do here. he is tr

the top job here in malaysia but you never really left politics you were still very much a dominant figure within the ruling. united malays national organization or noise it's known locally and it's actually been the monopoly holder of government since malaysia gained independence in two thousand and sixteen though you resigned from knowing you set up your own party announcing that you would contest the next elections which you eventually ended up winning surprisingly what is it that made you decide to run again for office at the age of ninety two. when they stepped down in two thousand and three i had no intention of being in politics still but after i stepped down and the new leader takes over. a lot of people came to see me asking me to do something because they were not satisfied with the leadership of the successes my successes. i responded to their the lead tried to advise right. but even with the fifth prime minister i had to resign from the by the and came in to have fim. sat down and give it to that. eventually that this. took over but again. people were not happy because of a lot of scandals and involving him a lot of money was lost so again people came to see

united states through the end of the month. >> paul williams is here with the forecast. >> the dangerous heat is here to stay, at least until midweek. we're looking for locallyegree weather in portions of arizona, southern tip of nevada going into southern california, courtesy of this high pressure system. we're looking for records being challenged. think about this. the heat is just going to build. stifling heat in texas and then for the northwest, we still expect inland heat to be rampant. for the northeast, scattered showers and thunderstorms and a sliver of rain throughout the mid part of the united states. >> about time you earned your keep, paul williams. it's going to be quite busy this week. >> he's going to be mad at you. he didn't have time to comment back. >>> we're going to get to the other news we're following. president trump is involved in a fiery verbal dispute with iran. >> rouhani warned trump that war with iran is the mother of all wars and said stop playing with the lion's tail. the president fired back tweeting never, ever threaten the united states again or you will suffer consequences the likes of which few throughout history have ever

united states.rugby fans from all over the globe flew here to watch. stephanie martin, rugby world cup sevens organizer// "in addition to all these fans coming internationally we also have a great fan base locally so all the 28 countries are really represented locally so it's a great melting pot." the women's finals are on saturday and the men's finals are held on sunday. three day passes have sold out but single day tickets are still available. and if you can't make it to at&t park, you can check out how your favorite teams are doing on the r-w-c sevens app . tonight at 10 we'll hear from fans both from san francisco and abroad.live in the newsroom ella sogomonian kron 4 news. (grant) the re-opening of julius' castle.....one of san francisco's oldest restaurant..... has been delayed by a lawsuit. kron4''s maureen kelly talked to people on all sides of the legal battle. after being closed for 10 years....the historic restaurant perched high on telegraph hill had been inching closer to reopening.....until this new legal setback. the planning commission allowed the new owner of nearly 100 year old hot spot an exemption so he could skip getting an enviromental review....that move brought a lawsuit

ambassador to the united states, he was briefly in moscow to attend a meeting here in the russian capital, said that there have been concrete agreements on eastern ukraine. and local reports have spoken about how vladimir putin, again, the russian president, has spoken to ambassadors about the possibility of holding a referendum in eastern ukraine to decide the future of that sort of war-torn region. and so, you know, that's the kind of, you know, revelation that we've had come to us via, bleakle from russian officials but no firm read yout of the kind we'd expect. >> it's fascinating that vladimir putin made this offer about mueller's team going to mosc moscow, and then russian intelligence agents coming here and being able to sb interview u.s. fiofficials, interrogate u. officials that the president, apparently, i assume in one-on-one meetings and publicly talking about sounded like a great idea, sounded like really interesting or something to really seriously be considered, when most russians out of hand said that would never -- that should never happen. and now the white house has walked that back saying, well, the president doesn't think it's a good idea. >>

united states with its vast wealth and power could soon follow suit. >> george, we won't have to wait long to find out because president trump and his wife arrive here tomorrow night on sunday night local time. and they will be meeting on monday morning. the finnish president before having that one-on-one summit with president trump where they will discuss we understand a range of issues. and after several hours, we're expecting a joint press conference, news conference, with the two leaders. although there may be something that stops short of that. so we'll see what happens. >> juxtaposing preparation with progress. fascinating report. thank you so much. >>> pakistan gears up for a general election as the country faces an uptick of violent attacks. we are live there ahead. you don't want to live with mom and dad forever, do you? i'm making smoothies! how do i check my credit score? credit karma. don't worry, it's free. credit karma. give yourself some credit. >>> live pictures this hour from the streets of the french capital, the celebrations there under way for bastille day in paris. the french president on hand leading the occasion. earlier angela merkel waved to the crowds from a m

student of a local philharmonic here in san francisco and i truly believe that culture and arts have the power to shape a person's character as well as their outlook on life. this community has united, again, to support this comprehensive measure and i ask that you please support it. thank you very much. >> hello. my name is kevin seaman. i'm a querr artist and cultural worker that moved to san francisco 14 years ago to participate in the vibrant arts and lgbtq community. i'm here today to tell you that many of the communities are in crisis and we need your help. from 2012 to 2017, 15% of total audiences attending national queer arts festival were displaced, moving from san francisco to alameda county. 2015 study found 600 -- out of 600 artists, 70% had been displaced from their home or workplace the proposed amendment will protect our communities and livelihood by ensuring that working artists like me have the resources to remain living and working in san francisco. as an individual artist representative participating in the hotel tax allocation coalition, i'm proud to have contributed to an inclusive and community-wide process that has been in dialogue with our two funding agenci

the of the united sta we don't have a voting representation here in this congress that every day passes laws that affect us and affect our future. the lack of a democratic government at the local level s also due to the congress passing promesa in 2017. this lack of full participation in the federal government that enacts the laws and rules that puerto rico lives under combined with the absolute power of the u.s. congress under article 4, section 3, clause 2 of our constitution, to treat us equally under those laws has proven to be a fundamental limitation on the fulfillment of our potential as people. the combination of these inequities which were further exacerbated by last year's historic hurricanes led to arbitrary federal policies that limited the island's opportunities to maximize our full economic potential. i'm certain that not even one of my stateside colleagues in this congress will accept a territorial status like puerto rico for their own constituents. it is my hope that then all of them who recognize and respect that the people of puerto rico are no longer willing to accept it either. i also trust that my colleagues will credit puerto rico for aspiring to have the