a day against homophobor and transphobia and calling on officials to lower the united nations flags in united nations plaza for a 24-hour period on may 17, 2012. supervisor campos? supervisor campos: thank you. i wanted to make a couple points on this item. this a resolution that recognizes international day of homophobia and transphobia. it's important to simply note that often here in supervise we take many things for granted. the reality is in most parts of the world, lbgb people are still suffering not only discrimination but in some of these countries you're talking about violence and at times even death and i think it's important for those of us who live in places like san francisco where we don't have to deal with those -- with such a horrible situation that we acknowledge the suffering that other people have and that's what this resolution is about. i think it's important for us to recognize that and i know that other countries like spain, belgium, mexico, costa rica have recognized this day and we are calling upon the city officials and specifically the director of the department of public works t

. >>> dozens of protesters staged a die-in at the united nations plaza in san francisco this morning, demanding an end to the rule of the chinese tibet, today is the anniversary of the uprising, today, they say that they execute anybody who tries to protest the chinese rule. the day long rally ends today at the square. >>> and japan remembering the massive triple disaster that was triggered a year ago tomorrow. an unimaginable 9.0 earthquake, an overwhelming tsunami, and flooding that overwhelmed the area along the coast of japan, and fear throughout the world. 19,000 people died. and 10s of thousands lost their homes. japan has been working hard to re-build. but rescue crews say there are more tough choices to make. >> there is a lot of conflict between some of the local people who want the places built back as they were. the local authority who want to merge some of the smaller hamlets which were pretty much totally wiped off the map. >> the tsunami crossed the pacific, and later reached us here in santa cruz, damaging the harbor. in one of many events tomorrow recalling the disaste

every week we have something else, whether it's the union on united nations plaza this afternoon. i want to thank everyone for constantly contributing to keeping the creative ideas flowing and the commitments that we want to make. it isn't just money, it isn't just public safety. it's all of us working combined. it's having the employees walk these streets and spending their precious dollars on supporting the small businesses. it's making commitments and keeping to those promises, however long they have been made, to make sure we deliver on them. all of the community who's lived here for many, many years, deserve us fulfilling our promises. that's what we all want to continue doing. we made a lot of promises in the past. i'm going to keep fulfilling the old ones that we've always wanted to make. we're going to keep bringing more people down here, keep this lively, keep it safe. i want to thank silvia for being here, all the employees. we're creating jobs. 16 permanent new jobs right here on this street. they signed the papers quickly enough, they'll get the payroll tax exemption.

. >>> dozen of protesters stage a die-in at the united nation plaza in san francisco, demanding an endto chinese rule of tibet. today marks the 53rd anniversary of the tectan uprising. organizers say inside tibet, china arrest or executes anyone who tries to protest chinese rule. >>> it was march 11th last year when japan was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami. when the shaking stopped, some 19,000 people were dead and japan was in the midst of a nuclear crisis. tonight david piper talks to people still struggling a year from that day. >> reporter: a year after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, the physical and mentality scars remain. this shrine stands near the spot where 74 students were last seen alive that fateful day. the children were consumed by the wall of water. one mother whose 12-year-old daughter died is still dumbfounded by that decision. >> why didn't they go up the hill? it's not' day that goes by that i don't think about that. >> reporter: naomi learned how to use an etch cavator to joint agonizing dig to find the bodies. her daughter's was found by fishe

united nations there. on saturday, there will be a rally at freedom plaza in the district. >> three separate attacks on members of d.c.'s glbt community sparked a march against hate tonight. in two attacks victims were target foed for being game. jackie benson spoke to organizers who said it is to for those who are straight to get involved. >> reporter: they marched hundreds strong past the ihop where a 31-year-old man was shot march 11 after an altercation in which the suspect was still at large called him anti-game names. >> enough is enough. these are our neighborhoods. >> time for the straight folks to step up. have kur anythincourage. >> reporter: marchers continued east on georgia avenue where a 29-year-old game man was attacked and savagely beaten march 12. >> everyone stood there watched. no one called the police and just watched it happen. that's what drove me to start this event. >> the d.c. police chief. >> hate crime or bias motivated crimes targeting people perceived as being vulnerable we have to have a zero tolerance approach to that. >> reporter: among the marchers the grieving father of 23-yea

branch of the endnaacp and national black united front will hold a prayer vigil at the big chair on m.l.k. jr. avenue in southeast. tomorrow there is a rally at freedom plaza in the west at 2:00 p.m. 52 degrees outside. >> still ahead, virginia's attorney general is ready to serve in a higher office. details on his new political campaign. >> scooter drivers could be in for tougher laws in maryland. a bill being proposed by the senate. >> on 395 and 27, looks pretty good right now. we will >> happy friday. 5:09. adam caskey in the belfort furniture weather center. 61 in the district, 52 in frederick with a dense fog advisory in frederick county. that is until 10:00 a.m. 82 this afternoon with bright sunshine, well above average. the record is 93. there's a big disturbance in the midsection of the country. and upper level low pressure system will drift our way giving us showers and storms off and on throughout the weekend, especially on saturday, averaging about an inch of rain on saturday. experts>> dcm to 95 northbound remains closed. three vehicles involved in accident. they have to wait for tow truck to pick up the third one. -- dc 295 northbound. south

plaza of allegiance -- may we rise for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flood of the united states of america come into the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. and >> mr. president, i will now call roll. slaughter is excused. you have a quorum. also with us tonight, the chief of police and the director of o.c.c. president mazzucco: thank you very much. welcome to the february 29 at meeting. it is a leap year meeting. i want to welcome you to this meeting. what we normally do is to get to note the commissioners, we will tell you about what we do in our day jobs. this is a part-time jobs, but it really is not. we do have day jobs. i have to tell you, this is the best part of being on the commission, the last wednesday of the month we go out in the community. we go through the city. is a great experience and get a chance to hear and see from the communities. the district captain will do our presentation about the issues in the district. you can make recommendations and thought is up to the captain and chief. the director is here to tell you what her organization can do for you. without fur