ordinary dance companies that we have assembled dancers from all of these companies to present a united work in celebration of the bicentennial. >> dancers from over 20 countries are staunch cultures are participating. >> one of the things that is inspiring is how many are being invited back to their home countries as cultural ambassadors from the u.s.. we are teaching them in committees so that the next generation here in america and back to india or bali or whatever will be able to get enriched by these very beautiful art forms. >> thank you for watching "culture wire." and you can find more information >> welcome to "culture wire." i'm your host meg. for years, free jazz concerts have been providing entertainment in downtown san francisco. people pay local musicians to perform for lunchtime crowds. the goal is not just entertainth. people in plazas are trying to create neighborhoods. what began as a forum for performers who were paid by passing the hat has become a program that provides wide exposure and more than 500 paid gigs annually for local musicians. from july through september, pe

ordinary dance companies that we have assembled dancers from all of these companies to present a united work in celebration of the bicentennial. >> dancers from over 20 countries are staunch cultures are participating. >> one of the things that is inspiring is how many are being invited back to their home countries as cultural ambassadors from the u.s.. we are teaching them in committees so that the next generation here in america and back to india or bali or whatever will be able to get enriched by these very beautiful art forms. >> thank you for watching "culture wire." and you can find more information >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spa

we work with europe and the united states and we work on how europe and the united states can work together on the major world challenges like climate change and economic trade and development, just a number of issues the program i run goes back to the early days in the first 20 years when we were primarily a grantmaker making grants to low-cal practitioners and policymakers. i started this program about four years, five years ago now, i think, time flies, to really bring in members of our marshall memorial fellowship network of which david chiu is one of our alumni. some of our past grantees and also the next crop of practitioners and local civic leaders who are really looking to change their home communities by looking abroad or looking to other cities to see what other cities are doing well and how that might be imported back home or translated back home. so the comparative dom particular policy program works primarily in the 25 cities that doug mentioned, but not exclusively in those cities. we really are looking for some of the best practices in education and workforce development, in

from listening to people on the ground who are in touch with those who bear the brunt of the united states work there i'm talking about the families first loved ones who have been slaughtered i'm talking about families where people are now widow and orphan the united states doesn't learn from listening to the cries in the pleas of people who beg us to stop the killing. that was anti-war campaigner kathy kelly some more news making headlines around the world at this hour. supporters of ivory coast's opposition leader. are calling for a general strike across the country with the backing of the international community he claims to have won the recent presidential election but incumbent leader laurent gbagbo is refusing to leave office at least one hundred seventy people have been killed and fourteen thousand have had to flee the violence following the disputed poll. eight american tourists have died and more than twenty others were injured when their bus collided with a truck in southern egypt they were traveling from the southern city of us want to the ancient temple site of. the bus hit a truck

i have oversight and management of the park patrol unit that works very closely verysfpd. -- with sfpd. you heard us speak of illegal camping here, and we will update you on the efforts. reducing the presence of golden gate park, we are at a point where we have the long-term and very persistent population that we estimate with our cleanup crew experience, the clean-up crew is 7 days a week. eight hours a day. through both of their collective experience, we estimate long- term population of 30-60 -- at least one half of this population is regular recyclers. we have documented it. we also factor in the cleanup crew that experiences the periodic influx of campers. and with the large events throughout the year, we estimate is 50-75% that recycle. this is a significant concern to us, because recycling provides the economic means to continue illegal camping throughout the year in the park. among the reasons we remain so focused is because it is clearly not save -- safe, and it creates a public safety concern for the wider public. for the last 12 months, there have been a number of violent cr

from listening to people on the ground who are in touch with those who bear the brunt of the united states work there i'm talking about the families first loved ones who have been slaughtered i'm talking about families where people are now widow and orphan the united states doesn't learn from listening to the cries in the pleas of people who beg us to stop the killing. the israeli government is uprooting uprooting arab tribes from the desert they lived in for over a century and the jewish state says the better when it's built their homes without permission but local activists say that the crackdown of arab villages aims to replace them with the jewish settlements are supposedly or has more from the negev desert. in the middle of nowhere the remains of a kid village for the third time in two weeks israeli police came with a few visitors and in little more than an hour demolished sixty houses. from a flood no this is my land i have a paper i have a document this is my land i ask this government how do i live and how can i afford to buy the same land elsewhere in israel and i can't what they want

from listening to people on the ground who are in touch with those who bear the brunt of the united states work there i'm talking about the families whose loved ones have been slaughtered i'm talking about families where people are now widowed and orphan the united states doesn't learn from listening to the cries of the pleas of people who beg us to stop the killing. china says it's taken concrete action to help struggling european economies combat the financial crisis atika nomic forum in beijing china's vice premier praised the efforts to reduce debt the union is china's largest economic partner bot cooperation has been challenged by europe's ailing financial health economist marco pierre probably says regimes support is not a permanent remedy. this extends china's political influence in europe by making a lot of european states dependent on china to buy to buy their debt but it doesn't get away from the fundamental problem in europe europe has a big big sovereign debt crisis and this sees if you like a patch to try and help the situation until the europeans managed to put together some some

reason it's also essential peter for the broader global nonproliferation effort the united states and russia are key to working on problems like north korea iran loose nuclear material the united states and russia with this treaty in force can then try to engage the other nuclear armed countries of the world into a broader dialogue about how to reduce the salience of nuclear weapons the number and to try to work on this more broadly so this treaty is a first step if you will a start toward strengthening the global nonproliferation system and resetting u.s. russian relations in a variety of areas that are critical to both country's security and better bird are people looking at this ratification process and really going after the issues the general just mentioned here nonproliferation because again the united states was pretty lax in its attitude towards nonproliferation over the last decade or so and obama stepped up to the plate and said this is important and it's the transparency issue that's the most important word i think general mentioned in the united states and russia can be very transparent in dealing

playerseo suggested that' and coaches were intentionally lined up to work as the unit. bet he never works for the jets or anyone else in the lead again. -- anyone else in the league again. smith traded to the los angeles lakers. he was attracted to l.a. because it reduces the salary cap and there is a veteran presence. according to numerous reports, either will prove a significant upgrade. nothing like what the phillies accomplished today. cliff lee signed his contract for $120 million. >> i never held any grudges for being traded. i understand it is business and things like that happen, but from the moment i got here, i knew it was something that was special. something that i enjoyed. i was not sure if i would get another opportunity to come back or not some of the way things played out i got the opportunity. here i am. >> the police hold an incredible hand with -- the phillies have an incredible hand with four aces. >> or is a look at what we're working on tonight. we will continue to follow the news report earlier today. a massive fire on the block was not accidental

from listening to people on the ground who are in touch with those who bear the brunt of the united states work there i'm talking about the families first loved ones have been slaughtered i'm talking about families where people are now widow and orphan the united states doesn't learn from listening to the cries in the pleas of people who beg us to stop the killing. and will get more analysis of the american presence in the region from artie's military contributor later this hour. now russia's most famous female agent is now starting a political career as one of the leaders of a youth movement out of shopman became known worldwide after the spy scandal earlier this year between moscow and washington that saw agents from both sides being swapped. to watch that she took on her latest role. it was at this meeting of the young guards organization which was filled with a young audience looking towards a political future in russia that chapman turned up and gave her blessing to them she was elected to the public council of the organization and when she was given the microphone she gave them some words

the county gang unit is working with investigators on this case. >>> was it sewer sabotage?t week have sanitation officials suspicious. that's because these chunks of asphalt, wire and hard hats were discovered nearby. the construction company is denying any negligence and suggested both incidents happened during the heavy rain. the other option is it could be malicious intent and could be considered ecoterrorism. >> there is no good news when there is a sanitary sewer spill. it is bad no matter how you slice it. it is important to note in marin county when you have the type and level of rains we have been having in the last several years, the water quality in the creeks and the bay deteriorate rapidly. >> the district has recovered 110,000 gallons of sewage from 842,000 gallons spilled last week. >>> if you forget to feed your meter in oakland it may not be a happy new year. the fine for an expired parks meter is $58. the mayor elect has been a victim. she recently had to pay an overdue bill in the thousands of dollars. >>> as 2010 cropped up a new set of cyberscams is roll

military that predicts negative or very negative effects on their unit's ability to work together to get the job done is 30%, the percentage for the marine corps is 43%, 48% within the army combat unit and 58% within the marine combat units. if there's any doubt about where the service chiefs stand, here's what they told the other body. general casey, the army chief of staff, said, i think it's important that we're clear about the military risks. implementation of the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" policy would be a major cultural change. it would be implemented by a force and leaders that are already stretched by the cumulative effect of almost a decade of war. and by a force in which substantial numbers of soldiers per receive that repeal will have a negative impact on unit effectiveness, cohesion and morale. and that implementation will be difficult. i believe that the implementation of repeal in the near term will, one, add another level of stress to an already stressed force. two, be more difficult in our combat arms unit. and three, be more difficult for the army than the rep

from listening to people on the ground who are in touch with those who bear the brunt of the united states work there i'm talking about the families first loved ones who have been slaughtered i'm talking about families where people are now widow and orphan the united states doesn't learn from listening to the cries in the pleas of people who beg us to stop the killing. kathy kelly a coordinator of voices for creative nonviolence talking to waltz from kabul. now moscow has called the expulsion of one of its diplomats by london an unfriendly move saying the spying accusations against the official were baseless russia's foreign ministry says it's regrettable that such an incident should take place just as the countries are working to reset relations laura emmet has more from london. william hague the foreign secretary wrote a letter to the house of commons explaining what had happened he said that britain had indeed expelled a diplomat from the russian embassy in london they requested that diplomats expulsion on december the tense after what hague is calling clear evidence of russian intelligence

from listening to people on the ground who are in touch with those who bear the brunt of the united states work there i'm talking about the families whose loved ones have been slaughtered i'm talking about families where people are now widow and orphan the united states doesn't learn from listening to the cries in the pleas of people who beg us to stop the killing. and he will come painted kathy kelly speaking to r.t. and later on of the channel we hear from american not war veterans who found themselves fighting their own conscience. they are killing innocent. boys call of course and that's never i am. almost sorry for the skull still with me i think of it every day. before i start trouble to memory. the same time. i was. i was ashamed that i had been. i was ashamed that i had been a. go go. forward. what i was going on was the right thing. that i was a good soldier. but you know most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just as good. i'm not programs on here throughout the day today. yet some will do is a break from good citizens to leave by the political crisis in the african state erup

from listening to people on the ground who are in touch with those who bear the brunt of the united states work there i'm talking about the families first loved ones who have been slaughtered i'm talking about families where people are now widow and orphan the united states doesn't learn from listening to the cries in the pleas of people who beg us to stop the killing. and america's involvement in conflicts over the years says that many u.s. soldiers to die out if this is just cause for their countries into vengeance a special report is coming your way just over twenty minutes but here's a preview. did i kill innocent kids or was it a call of course and that's never a. moment sharpless cosco with me i think of it every day. try to memorise. the so much so that a long time. i was. i was ashamed that i. i was ashamed that i had. my legs. forward. i don't believe what i was doing i was the right thing. that i was a good soldier. but you know most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just. more than a million people have now signed a petition calling for a complete ban on the use of geneticall

from listening to people on the ground who are in touch with those who bear the brunt of the united states work there i'm talking about the families first loved ones who have been slaughtered i'm talking about families where people are now widow and orphan the united states doesn't learn from listening to the cries in the pleas of people who beg us to stop the killing. thoughts there kathy kelly well in about ten minutes time tonight we hear from american war veterans who found themselves fighting their own conscience. they are killing innocent kids or is it a call of course and that's never a. moment sharpless cosco with me are i think of it every day. before i start trouble to memorise and i assume most of the long time i'm just here trying. i was. i was ashamed that i even knew. i was ashamed that i had many. why i go. in the mine. where i went to vietnam pow wows of our courts. and our believe what i was going or words or i think. that i was a good soldier. but you know most soldier on the other side and i think i'm just as good. a person is coming up very shortly for you tonight couple of

marine combat units believe that a repeal of the law would have a negative impact on their units' ability to "work together to get the job done." furthermore, 67% of marine and nearly 58% of army combat units believe the repeal of the law would have negative consequences on unit cohesion and a field environment out at sea. this is supplemented by comments like these, "i believe this is not the time for us to make huge changes in the military. we are at war and our men and women overseas do not need any more destruction -- distraction. this issue should be addressed at the appropriate time and that is not now." i believe that it is demonstrated in the study that the closer we get to service members in combat, the more questions there are about what impact the repeal of don't ask, don't tell would have on the ability of these units to perform their missions. these issues trip not be considered lightly, especially considering how much, that our forces are facing. additionally, i am concerned about the impact of a rush to repeal one even this survey has found such a significant number of our service m

united states. my family is from mexico did my grandfather was recruited to work here in the united states during world war ii. my father emigrated here. i sister and my mother emigrated in 1967. we have very different experiences for all three of those members of my family. in my entire professional life, i was looking back. i've always been around immigration law. i am proud that it has been so. someone asked me if i ever regretted been so focused on that. i said i did not do it on purpose. somebody just told me once to do what you love and everything will work out. i'm pleased to say that it has. we were told to give our perspective a little bit. it's hard not to speak personally about comprehensive immigration reform and what it means. i had the privilege to work on some of the most meaningful cases to me. i know it's the one place in san francisco i always know how to get to. to give you a brief legislative update, one of the things that i said before ever working for a congressperson, if they knew how immigration law worked, they would have never signed the 1996 bill. on my watch, it's very impor

united states has. but whether we like it not, there is a general feeling around the work -- around the world that the united states has a better chance of cutting back and attracting funds to the tourism market that pretty much any other country. president money -- president obama did say it was his intention to half the budget deficit before too long. >> season's greetings to you at all -- as well. permanent bailout funds for struggling eu economies were accepted by government leaders in brussels. however, the eu members have yet to agree on what those steps might be, including how they work and what it would cost. u.s. officials arrested three technology companies and executives and a widening investigation into insider trading by hedge funds regulators, charged with leaking confidential and for ms. baird one of the men, an employee but the taiwan semiconductor manufacturing, was fired for violating company policy. that is it for business for now. >> thank you very much, indeed. the president of zimbabwe robert mugabe is expected to ask the zanu pf party to back him in elections next year. he also wants t

and the united states work together, the memos make it very clear it's more the british media and chattering classes feeding the idea that the special relationship was fading. the politicians, it seems, were much less jittery. however, a potentially embarrassing picture of senior conservative politicians effectively bending over backwards to please the americans, promising much closer political ties, even offering honesty to keep things sweet. but in the end the men ultimately conclude the special relationship at least have some strategic value for the united states. for that reason, they say it's important that the u.k. public and british government are both made to feel valued. >> president obama has now left the main u.s. air base in afghanistan after an unannounced visit. he had been there to meet the afghan president hamid karzai but the white house said bad weather prevetchted him from traveling to kabul. the two men did talk over a secure telephone link. mr. obama also spoke to of an troops at bagram air base. he thanked them for their service, particularly during the american holiday

when it is provided for the replacement building, you are in an existing units and you get a notice that they are beginning work, construction on a replacement unit, on the project site that ultimately will be moved into. you are a family member or something in that unit and you get a notice. that is a qualification number one. that you are still in that unit when the city issues the first certificate of occupancy for the replacement building, your new unit has received the city's approval for occupancy. if you meet those requirements, you are an existing tenant protected and entitled to all of the rights in this agreement. if there is any dispute der status, his it is not by the developer, but by the rent board. of pay, the next topic. this is a big one. a lot has been said publicly about what will be provided and what may not be provided. i will try to go through that list and i appreciate your patience. every single unit and that is demolished will be replaced. because of the way we have structured this agreement, it is important to note that at any given time, there could be more rent-controlled units on th

hope so i think it bodes well both the new start treaty as well as the european agreement to work with the united states on missile defense and russia's agreement to work with nato on this about bands all bode very well to trying to find a way for the u.s. nato and russia to all cooperate on missile defense in a way that missile defenses against short and medium range threats can proceed but they don't get russia worried that the defenses might be used against them and i think there's there's potential it's not clear yet whether that's going to work but there's certainly potential. all right tom cohen a research director of the arms control association in washington good to talk with you thank you british opposition labor m.p. jeremy corbett a longtime anti-nuclear campaigner says the russian us treaty is a signal for other nations to suspend their atomic activities it's such a huge step and it's one that was predicted to end in failure and so the fact that president obama and president medvedev come to the agreement and got it through both of their problem interest systems is a huge step forward

i think there is concern that the united states does have work to do to get its financial and fiscal house in order, and there may be some medicine to take. however, i also -- getting back to our survey, i think that's tempered by a high degree of optimism. i think in the united states structurally we're in a much better position than perhaps some of the european economies that have labor legislation that makes it very difficult to actually increase the private sector job opportunities, whereas in the united states i think we have more flexibility. we have perhaps a stronger sense of innovative in the labor markets, and i think we have more of a willingness perhaps to change and to retrain. i think if we're going to get out of a 10% unemployment issue in the united states, we're going to have to look at retraining some of that work force to take advantage of the industry sectors that do have a chance to grow. >> steven shipman of grant thornton. thank you. >>> if you or someone you know cheer is in short supply this year. usually this is a time when companies lay people off and don't

units. these will be working people in this hotel. i have done business with sam from 1999-2009. we know blogger have any properties with sam, but i know them very well. -- we no longer have any properties with sam, but i know him very well. he is a great asset to the committee. he invests money in the neighborhood. if i was a neighbor of sam, it would be great. i like property owners who take money and don't give back anything, he is always investing his time. anytime there is a project he says count me in. that is the kind of guy he is. he took the boy hotel, which was a wreck, sued by the city, he took over, left a beautiful project at 41 jones street. this is not an operator that you have to worry about and this is not the core of the poor dealing with drugs. it is this myth that is associated. the fact i hear condition on this, six months, report back, i have not heard that from an apartment building. why do we have that condition with this hotel? i don't get it. the mushy do it with the condominium south of market, i don't think you do. -- unless you do what with the condom

instead of working diplomatically for almost nothing. everybody knows that the united states has the biggest military in the world. we less of us know that we also have the biggest diplomatic court. we have some of the most experienced diplomats in the entire world working in peace process is all over the world. so the playing people, the playing our development assistance in our humanitarian assistance in ways that can prevent the next rwanda is what i think is part and parcel to what we want to see. secretary of right and the former senator : work cochairs of a process of the commission on genocide prevention that created a set of recommendations at the end of last year and the year before last that are now being up rationalized within the obama administration. the demonstration named director in the national security council against war crimes and crimes against humanity. he is helping along with cements the power, catalyzing efforts within the united states government to organize the system around how we prevent these things from happening. building the constituenc

unit's ability to perform in combat? >> right. and people who do clerical work at the pentagon may have a view that's not going to affect me. but the combat troops are the ones who matter. in the army, combat troops, the marines and the infantry, and the marine corps, combat troops in general, 67%, 57% opposed. those troops said there would be a negative effect. for anyone to say it's okay to make military life more difficult and more dangerous, i don't think that's fair. it's like putting stones in someone's rucksack. and saying you're going to march the same length of time. and you can do it because you're such a good soldier. >> let's break this down. let's break this down. number one, you said that those surveyed were the administrative types in the pentagon. whereas, i understood -- >> i'm a combat veteran for starters. all my men and women i went to war with, that i got shot at with, during the mehdi uprising, would go back to war with me any day. and they would say so on this program. and these include combat-hardened veterans. >> and the survey shows tha

he was transferred to another county office to continue to work out his service for the united states department of agriculture and they gave him a big party. a big retirement party. so i can tell you that this discrimination is real and i invite mr. king to walk in my shoes, and other black farmers' shoes in this country before he pass judgment and refer to them as johnny or someone that has a drug problem. and i'll tell you that, anderson, these farmers have proven their case and they deserve to have their cases heard based on its merit.

if don't ask, don't tell is repealed, how would it affect how service members in your immediate unit workher to get the job down? how would it affect how you trust each other and pull together as a team, how would your job performance and personal morale be affected? here's a good one, if assigned a bathroom facility with an open bay shower that someone you believe to be a gay or lesbian service member used, what are you most likely to do? i don't know how you can get more specific about their views than if you're showering with a gay guy without maybe giving the name of the actual gay guy they would be showering with. oh, oh, how about this? would you be okay with roy? what about jim? >>> oh, a little politics from "the lady show" last night. always a good time with jon stewart. >>> two republicans fighting for a senate seat go before a judge. our senior political editor mark preston joins us now from the cnnpolitics.com desk with that story. hey, mark. >> hey, don. happy friday to you. this senate race up in alaska still is unresolved but there will be a court date set for next wednesda

the united states and others we've done a lot of work on this. there have been negotiations in the past that enable us -- will inform the negotiations should we get parties back together again. you know, through this negotiation, that's how you got it to a viable palestinian state. if there are no negotiations, them or not going to see a palestinian state emerge. >> one last question related -- can i just had one last on this? >> all right. all right. i tried. >> in the state of hebron, which is home to 220,000 palestinians and 600 settlers, there is an area called the martyr streak, but is completely closed to palestinians. are you or the situation like this? is this something you had raised the israeli government to sort of relate the hardship of the palestinians and hebron? >> that's one of the reasons why we have been the strong supporters of building institutions of the palestinian authority. and through this institutions and web dramatic changes on the ground that are occurring, you know, we can see the israelis, you know, adaptive posture.

jointly with the partners, including the united states of america, we've been working closely as regards to the settlement of the north korean peninsula having to do with the nuclear programs and settlement regarding the direction and relations between the two parties involved and at different stages of this effort. this work provided us with different outcomes. sometimes very positive and impressive results. and i count a lot that we'll resume this positive trend of action. >> larry: china has proposed sitting down now, six-party talk, the two korea, china, united states, russia and japan, sitting down now. do you support that? >> translator: well, the president is in charge of our foreign policies and this question should primarily be addressed to him. generally speaking, russia is interested in the continuation of that dialogue. >> larry: do you think china should do more? it has a lot of influence in north korea. to rein in north korea? >> translator: well, you know, this position taken by the state department of the united states. but basically speaking, we all need to do whatever i