ordinary dance companies that we have assembled dancers from all of these companies to present a united workn 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 >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualifi

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 >> hello, i'm meg, welcome to "culture wire." for this episode, the director of cultural affairs, luis, will take you on a journey through presidio has been tet. -- presidio habitat. >> welcome to "culture wire." today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habi

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 >> good morning. i am proud employee of the department of veteran affairs. i have worked at the va for 23 years. i have been working with homeless veterans for 21 of those years. [applause] my title now is coordinator. that translates to regional homeless coordinator. region 21 encompasses northern nevada, all of northern california, hawaii, and guam. i want to make sure we have enough resources to end homelessness for veterans. i am proud to be here. i want to welcome all of you to our kic

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

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 >> i am the director of visual arts programming at intersection for the arts. intersection for the arts is based in san francisco and has always been an organization that looks at larger social political issues through the lens of practice, and we are here today at our exhibition of "chico and chang." the original inspiration was drawn from a restaurant chain in new york city. half of their menu is -- what struck me was the graphic pictures and a man in a hat on a rig truck carrying take th

another part of a cancer in the body politic is now it's a national or says united working on single payer health care issues as well absolutely it's one of our top priorities we had some of the organizers who are doing the work behind governor shumlin out in california talking about what's happened in fremont we have asked a coalition of us in california have asked governor brown to request a waiver from president obama so we can implement single payer in california that which would save food it would save a fortune probably for you i mean there are lots of little tiny you can so you could solve the fiscal crisis of california if you were to put everyone in a medicare for all type in nationally we did a study that said you could create two point six million jobs if you put everyone in medicare. and we presented that to congress we couldn't get a policy debate on the merits of single payer in congress and it's outrageous and it's a reflection of the same dynamic that wall street kills things that hurt it health insurers kill the reforms that hurt their well in the health insurers of

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 supervisor avalos: good morning. welcome to the city operations and never had services committee. my name is supervisor john avalos, the chair the committee. joined by supervisor eric mar. the other member of the committee will be absent today, supervisor sean elsbernd. can we get a motion to excuse his absence? so done, without objection. we're also joined right now by supervisor david campos. the clerk of the committee is ms. gail johnson. can you share announcements? >> all persons are r

in fact many things united states did did not work so you have to step back and say but yet in spite of all these mistakes is iraq better off today than it was before i think the insurrections goes those united states share that responsibility yes but not alone i mean there are people even today who are attacking a legitimate iraqi government and their institutions because they were the group in power ten years ago and now they're not they also have a responsibility iran has faced and the launch of unfounded accusations recently of a plot to kill a saudi ambassador pushing ahead with reducing nuclear weapons etc thoughts p.r. campaigns a family to war. i we seeing iraq scenario on all their ice and. there's no question that there's a competition going on there's been a competition between iran and the united states ever since the revolution so it's a thirty year competition but there's also a competition between iran and saudi arabia for for regional ascendancy in and around you know the gulf some of this is playing out in syria and so this is playing out directly in the gul

unintended consequences that obama administration didn't recognize coming in not everything the united states did work in fact many things united states did did not work but you have to step back and say what you had in spite of all these mistakes is a rock better off today than it was before i think the answer is yes he does to us united states share that responsibility yes but not alone i mean there are people even today who are attacking a legitimate iraqi government and their institutions because they were the group in power ten years ago and now they're not they also have a responsibility iran has faced and the launching of unfounded accusations recently of a plot thickens saudi ambassador of pristina had with producing nuclear weapons etc that's p.r. campaigns are family to war. i we thing iraq snaring on all the rice and. iran there's no question that there's a competition going on there's been a competition between iran and the united states ever since the revolution so it's a thirty year competition but there's also a competition between iran and saudi arabia you know for for regional ascenda

>>> everything that we do here in this unit we work. >> he just took it. >> without a struggle? >> he knows everything. he knows the block. who's there. whose doing what. we can get play-by-play right from the block. >> there's our guy right there with the burgundy on. >> you got to be straight with us. >> you said she won't talk to you. >> who is the up and coming guy? >> how loyal is he? >> loyal. >> we always need guys in certain areas. go out there hustling you'll get popped or get paid with us. it's a tough spot, man. >>> you ever work with the police before? >>> 7-17, police helicopter one, we're en route to fort heights. >> over to the curb. pull over to the curb. people out front. people out front. go in the house. much go in the house. police search warrant, open the door. police, search warrant, open the door. walk towards me. walk towards me. walk towards me. right here. stand right here. >> it's another day in chicago's south suburbs where police raids are all too common. >> other than the crack cocaine that's on your dresser is there any more? >> not that i know of.

he is ready to continue working to unite neighborhoods and working to bring jobs to everyone who needs one. >> they want the city to continue the way we have been running it. they top the do more years. what do you think? >>>. >> election night parties necessary full swing in san francisco. 16 mayoral candidates are hoping voters send them to room 200. whoever is selected for san francisco's next mayor is a key player for the entire bay area. >> the national office holders are significant if you look at the governor from the bay area and the senior leadership on the democratic side and the house and senate. >> election night is after weeks of surprises on the campaign trail. the interim mayor pledged not to run and changed his mind, instantly become the front-runner. >> it's one thing to be appointed the first asian mayor, but another thing to be confirmed by all of the members of the city. >> others raised concerns about lee volunteers filling out ballots, calling for an investigation. the secretary of state support monitors to san francisco to keep watch. >> i think basically there i

unit. six months after starting work at this neonatal intensive care unit, sol has been asked by her seniorcare for a baby until it leaves the hospital. the baby's name is daon, 6 weeks old. she was only 990 grams at birth. daon is leaving the hospital soon. starting today, sol plays the role of her mother. the nurses use a baby bottle with a spoon so that daon can suck her mother's breast well before she leaves the hospital, but it looks difficult. sol's senior shows her how to do it. daon is sipping well. it's sol's turn. is it hard for her? daon finally starts to sip. sol looks relieved. this is the eldest sister, seul. she works in the ear, nose and throat department. she enjoyed caring for people, so when she was in high school, she decided to become a nurse. the second eldest, seol, works in the artificial kidney department. she cares for patients undergoing dialysis. when she was a child, she was treated kindly by her nurses, and decided to be a nurse herself. the youngest sister, mil, works in a newborn nursery. at first, mil wanted to be a physical education teacher, but knowing th

high -- rm importance of plaque history months also reminds us of the power of all americans united and workingsus data that's been released people have been spending a lot of time lamenting that the african-american pop lakes is at 3.9% and i am really here to encourage you that our numbers may be diminishing but we are also here, present and we are still strofpblgt we don't need to have huge numbers but we must remain engaged in order to make sure to we remain relevant. the last two years have been a meaningful time for all of us with obama in the administration. i'm personally very proud of the work that he has done, that we have done here in san francisco among a wide array of voters and to be elected by what many consider the last batchtyon of president african-american community in after, it is a special honor to be here today buff. thank you very much. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor mirkarimi is here with us but before he calms -- comes up -- comes up i want to mention ralph lewin, with the california huh-uh -- humanities council here with us also. we have a number of other elected

for antartica. >> i read a story of a woman who was required to the employer to come to the united states to work a fellow country man was not paid for two years, beaten, denied access to her family. how do these kinds of things go on in the united states unnoticed? >> well, sex slavery happens here in the united states and sometimes unnoticed. we are working to uncover a lot of that. and i do think we have laws on the books i disagree that they can't be prosecuted if it happens here in the u.s. if the authorities get ahold of it. what is at issue is an educational campaign and the other countries primarily. here, too, but more so across the seas which is look, to indonesia which is funneling so many of the folks into places like saudi arabia, i mean they are the supply side chain, if you will, they need to know and educating their people don't go there. treaties --. >> there are -- there are -- there are four countries that banned women from traveling to countries where those -- where their fellow countrymen were being abused. i think it included was two african countries and two middle eastern

but ultimately what will work for the united states' advantage is china bounded by hard powers. it's bounded by india. it's bounded by russia. it's bounded by korea. it's bound by japan. obviously to the south by indonesia. and so it's going to be a very easy sell for the united states to find partners there, to balance off china. it's not going to require i think some huge extraordinary american military presence. we've got a lot of people there who want the united states in that neighborhood and in a funny way china does to, because our presence there assures all the other countries that china can dominate them economically but with america it won't dominate politically and provides for stability. >> it's south asia, so when you talk about asia, asia-pacific, you kind of are including india. >> absolutely. >> and it doesn't fit very well in the other blocks. >> absolutely. >> is india suffering -- i want to take a moment here on india. is india suffering from the lack of a strong government structure, and if it wishes to move say a plant would 20,000 workers and really going t

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

work. she is now one of them, thanks to the united nations program. e works at a school canteen, where she uses culinary skills to provide healthy meals made from basic ingredients, and at a reasonable price. her clientele? hundreds of school girls. >> i like doing stuffed chicken. everyone likes that. also, yogurt soup. >> the job has improved life in many ways for her and her family. >> first, it helped me psychologically, then financially as well. i never used to have an income of my own. we were always dependent on my husband's earnings. >> the food cooked feeds several thousand school children, and it is good, wholesome food. these girls are fit and healthy, and fewer of them are overweight now. in the old days, one in four suffered from anemia, which made them too tired to pay proper attention in class. the problem is largely a thing of the past. the women at the women's center provide meals for more than 1500 schools, which means half a million students profit from the program. >> we are concerned not just about getting enough calories into chil

the unit also works closely with the coast guard and various civil agencies on state missions. >>> americanoops in iraq are pack up as they get ready to leave the country by the end of the year. troops at the largest american military base in military iraq are counting military equipment in preparation for the pull- out. the new york times report that officials are worried about the reemergence of al-qaeda as a potent force in iraq. >> i think that iraq now is a safe and secure environment. it's not as safe and secure as it should be or it will be, but it's progressing very well. >> all, but a handful of the 33,000 american troops are scheduled to leave iraq by the end of the year. both the u.s. and iraq say they are working on how to continue some sort of military partnership. >> in other news of the world in britain seven people are dead following this massive fireball with many vehicles burning. officers say the road was wet and visibility was very poor due to thick fog when the accident happened. there are concerns more bodies may be found in the wreckage. >>> in china today rescue work

we can work with them and some people have to move. we are moving into other units in the building. it is good to have case managers there to help do that and we focus a lot on that. case managers work closely with our property managers and with the outside organization that comes in to do more serious craft and spring. we spent a lot of money on it. when i mention that in the sro task force, at two of the landlord said, you have case managers and i said, you could get case managers, too. you could hire among your association, you could hire two case managers and you would save money. i was met with a stony silence. tavissupervisor mar: next speak. >> for a lot of us we appreciate the opportunity even if it is only to event for a couple of hours. it is a good opportunity for us. overall, we talk about enforcement. we have the policy and everything is in place, it is a matter of good will. but there is not any enforcement. that is actually followed upon. what i wanted to mention is the best way to hear from you -- is a client from meals on wheels. we serve 2600 people a day and many a

workers back to work in the united states of america. and we think that we can do much better than were doing right now. because of our federalist system, sometimes a foreign investor comes in and theyve got to navigate not only federal rules, but theyve also got to navigate state and local governments that may have their own sets of interests. being able to create if not a one-stop shop, then at least no more than a couple of stops for people to be able to come into the united states and make investments, thats something that we want to encourage. >> and im old enough to remember this process around japanese automotive companies, 20 or 30 years ago. and the process moved slowly then, it had some of the similar dynamics, but some of those companies are very, very fine american companies, and have contributed a lot to our economy. >> and, look, these companies can put people back to work. they can have a terrific impact. and it's important for us to make sure that, since we want american companies to be able to invest in other countries,

. >> beginning of the case, i was working in the narcotics unit and my brother was in the gang unit. ere working both angles of it. barry came to me one day and said, i've got an idea. do you think this will work? >> he told me he had an informant who had a house that would be used for a drug house. they wanted to wire the house up with video and audio. i said yeah, i think we can make that happen. >> this is where the house was. the house was donated to us. it was scheduled for demolition. it was pretty much disgusting when we got it but they were kind enough to let us do whatever we wanted to do. we parked in this driveway. we carried lots of carpeting and junk inside. >> we chose a location because at the time the targets that we are looking at were looking for an eastside spot. this is near the east side of town in rockford. they were looking for a spot that had alleys that was hidden from the general traffic but could be accessible to somebody that would want to get in and get out. >> it was boarded up. every window, every door was boarded up. inside the carpet was rotten. the fl

that are doing rail work, whether way -- whether they are the engineers, inspectors, they are working as a unit so they develop expertise so they have the ability to work together and share information, and there is consistency as we do real projects as a the example. -- rail projects as an example. one of the things we did was change from an organization where we have the architect in one place, engineers and one place, and construction managers and one place and oriented along of building division and infrastructure division. very much along the lines of organizing and asset management team. one of the differences between the agencies is a much larger and sourced model -- insourced model. the capital programs division within the mta is very small. i think we have a total of five resident engineers who do construction management. for us to break down into different asset classis would be challenging. we need the flexibility -- we do not have been of engineers, construction managers, project managers where we can take folks and dedicate them to work in a team. we necessarily therefore need to m

phillippe grundy is the commissioner general of the united nations relief work agency.t is good to have you with me now. i am very interested in the challenges now. andre has been an -- observed a truce between israel and palestine, but how much has this affected your work? >> since last year, we have been able to bring in materials and restart some of our construction projects. however, first, the procedures are far too cumbersome. we can only do a fraction of what we should be doing, and there's only room -- only one crossing point between gaza and israel left open. second, it is great that materials have been brought in to rebuild the actress, but private industry will never start -- to rebuild factories, but private industry will never start again under these conditions. the blockade should be lifted, which is what we and the united nations as a whole have been calling for. >> described the situation that many palestinian refugees are facing and what you can do to help them. >> refugees in the region, the region that is crossed by currents of freedom, freedom to the

he's a 28 year veteran in the united technology and works on a wide range of domestic and international government and industry groups on behalf. please welcome dave. [applause] >> as you will see from today's events we are not one of those inflection points of washington that comes every four years when political power realigns offering the new debate and new dynamics that come with that process. to provide thoughtful analysis of these events, united technologies proud to underwrite the united technologies national journal congressional connection pool. i think i got that right. every week congress is in session and i assume that means the house or the senate since they hardly ever seen to be here the same time any more, the congressional connection paul asks for opinions of congress with the aim of opening the lines of communication between the main street and pennsylvania avenue to promote a dialogue around the nation's priorities. and each tuesday and wednesday key findings and analysis from the poll were featured in the pages of the national journal daily, and on the national journ

. >> we need a president of the united states working with a congress that sends a clear message to every country. it doesn't make a difference if it is or indyap. foreign aid budget for every country starts at zero dollars. zero dollars. and then we'll have a conversation. and then we'll have a conversation in this country about whether or not a penny of our taxpayer dollars needs to go in those countries. we need to that don't. >> what he said made perfect sense. why would you start every year. giving them seven billion a year and start off in the case of evipt three billion . here's three billion and now i will think start off with wrero and explain to me why i should give you a penny. >> pakistan is a difficult area because they are housing terrorist and al-qaida and other militia dealing with that. i would not agree to pull all foreign aid from pakistan. i would reduce foreign aid to many, many countries. pakistan has a nuclear weapon. >> a lot of pakistan don't back the networks and that causes as much trouble in pakistan as it caused us in afghanistan. we need to work with elements