films that appeal to critics like "hustle," visitors to universal city walk in los angeles are excitedhead to theaters. >> hunger games, definitely. >> there is better stuff around the holiday season because they hold it for when everybody has time and money. >> makes you want to get to the movies every day if you can. >>> the big question is whether this year's lineup of holiday movies will help the box office surpass last year. it's now lacking but about 2% but has the potential to meet or surpass the 10. 8 billion-dollar growth. which studios will come out on top? "li "lion's gate" is the one to beat and "stars mr. banks" with tom hanks and "frozen" and the "hobbit" follow up, last year "the hobbit, an unexpected journey" grossed the most worldwide this is an important time as they release the film most likely to draw oscar buzz bringing home golden stood fews in february. >> it's a great time for summer movies mixed in with oscar caliber films. >> reporter: for "nightly business report", i'm julia boorstin. >> that is it for this special edition of "nightly business report" for ton

all right joseph chang passer a political science at hong kong city university thank you so much for giving us your perspective on the stray ssion in china and we'll be back with more news right after this break stay with us for. world. technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. the. economic downturn in the final. days of the deal sank night and the rest of that life was going to be taking the lead every week. welcome back here with r.t. now a terrorist attack in the center of damascus has left at least eight people dead according to local media the blast comes a day after international talks to a on the crisis were postponed or just fall asleep you're joins us live now with more. so paula what do we know about these attacks. well the news just in is that at least eight people have been killed and many more injured in the capital city of damascus as a result of an explosion that happened at the entrance to the railway building among those injured are women children and construction workers there is no group that as of yet has come for

of joint ventures silicon valley which represents everything from businesses like google to universities, city government. he joins us from the newsroom what does this do for san jose. >> it's fantastic not only for san jose but the region. 13,000 patents were generated out of silicon valley over the past year. that meant 13,000 trips, people had to go to washington, d.c. this is long overdue. >> they'll do it there at city hall. i think you answered my question question. that is in the electronic age, why do we need the office to physically be there? you have to walk in to deliver your patent? >> it's high-tech futuristic stuff, yet still old school. you have to have reviews, administrative proceedings, hearings. all of this has to be done in person. it will be done right here for the first time. >> good news for san jose. thanks for being with us this morning. >>> watch wall street. shares in yahoo! likely pushing higher after the company said it will more than double its stock buy back. tesla had a great day yesterday, up better than 6%. here's a weird one. campbells soup said its profits f

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the children are restricted to certain schools and can't apply to the city's university. >> we pay taxike beijing people, but we are treated like a second-class people. >> for rural chine e the system peels -- chinese, the systematic feels like part of a con. the government encourages urbanisation but discriminates. >> in cities land and property ownership is established and people can buy, sell and raise money by mortgaging it. but not here. people have plots allocated to them, they can't trade them. this man would like to sell his 700 square metres and recons he'd get about 50,000 if he could. >> i'd use the money to rebuild my house and send my daughter to a better school, to get a better education. allowing people to raise capital could help to raise the economy, putting disposable income in the hands of others. >> translation: if we narrow the gap between earnings in the city and the country it would be a good thing. >> speakulation is that rural aform is a top of the agenda issue for communist party bosses. >> the government is aware of the grievances of rural chinese, including

we'll also talk with transcanada folks, with russell evans, an energy specialist at oklahoma city university. and we'll also be talking with daniel yergen. all of that coming up here. back to 2013 election results. front page of the "new york imes." the first democrat mayor elected to that city in 20 years. and then you have this from the "washington post" this morning about a special election in alabama's first congressional drict -- district. the g.o.p. business wing deals tea party a blow in this runoff. here's the detroit free press. lso the chicago tribune. the denver post this morning. and then the globe and mail this morning. then the richmond times dispatch. here is terry from last night's victory speech. >> the truth is this election was never a choice between democrats and republicans. it was a choice about whether virginia would continue the mainstream bipartisan tradition that has served us so well over the last decade. at a time when washington was often broken, just think about what virginia has been able to accomplish when we work together. under governor mark warner we preser

entered into a complete enigma to the serbian over two thousand college graduates from fifteen university from the city results showed the average expected salary has increased by twenty percent to around three thousand six hundred yuan for less than six hundred us dollars per month graduate school and master's degrees and drop the moat the decline from last year's five thousand four hundred un to validate we forgot us the doctor almost nine hundred us dollars to six hundred if you don't amount to a good cause. the lowering of expectations. the answer can be found in the average talent level. local government. according to government office last year the city's average salary with the three thousand seven hundred u n force six hundred us dollars. eighteen fifty two dollars lower than expected tally of graduate for those willing to get their hands dirty the migrant workers keep driving. gillies dollars for plumbers and carpenters have already increased to three hundred yuan for fifty us dollars per day. many migrant workers helping to blow while in college graduate from left the migrant workers are prob

pits eight teams from places like the city university of new york at the clean energy states alliance against each other to try to find the most efficient ways to reduce the cost of solar installations solar is the future of the future of power good on the department of energy for helping us toward the future the bad guns and ammo magazine the popular firearm magazine created an uproar among conservatives this week when a published an article by contributing editor dick metcalf that embraced gun control any good will with gun control advocates the gun an animated walk itself has now expired that's because the magazine fired did. earlier today and ammos chief editor jim the cat announced the move on line saying that his publications committee member on one of those on wavering. let's be honest though that aspiring to has probably little to do with ideology and everything to do with the pressure guns and ammo faces on the gun industry advertisers and the very very ugly pocatello high school i don't high school fired its girls basketball coach lorraine cooke late last month when he disco

innovative spirit out to pause and suggest that maybe clean tech companies or solar companies or university or a sister city can actually demonstrate this on third street or maybe a corridor on howard street or carr developing value and bring this innovative spirit right to the local spreadsheet. you can have ideas whether it's a university or another klein company to bring it and excite people and have all kinds of good spirits. this is why we have an innovation spirit. this should be a great openness to this idea. i want to thank all the entities for bringing this spirit out for reflecting what we can do what we don't create boundary but invite more people into this. we did this a months ago when i had some san francisco students help me to create something on added 3/printer. they were saying this was a time when it's kind of like all a draft or report for them we're able to make some mistakes but create some things along the way so this spirit can thrive in our city. this is an experiment as dennis and a shawn said and we're allowed to make mistakes but allowed to created things at the same time. it's k

texas a&m university is still the city's main focal point and the largest employer in the city. the university is rich in tradition and history, and due to its supportive fan base, sporting events bring in hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. college station is also the home to the george bush presidential library and museum, one of the region's most popular tourist attractions. college station is a fast growing city with a thriving economy. it has recently been recognized as one of the nation's best places for businesses, jobs, families, and retirees. college station prides itself on having the fifth lowest property tax rate among similar sized communities in the state of texas, and the city was recently ranked number five nationally on the forbes business of best places for businesses and careers. college station is among the safest and most family friendly places in texas, maintaining one of the best safety ratings in the state. college station has also been a community that comes together and shows support when needed. whether it was the collapse of the aggie bonfire

probation department and sheriff's department and the sole he family is represented among the city we have university women from house leader nancy pelosi offices and the l s democratic club and the family violence council is here in the house as well. let's give everybody a round of clauses (clapping) >> and, of course, we thank our director the people who work everyday open those issues who are holding up their signs, please give them a big round of applause so to close the program we'll hear this lady whose performed in tokyo and completely welcome her (clapping). >> thank you. the song i'd like to sing is going out to all of those of you who are in support of this organization and those of you who are still secretly experiencing abuse of relationships beside the 32 programs that san francisco has for abuse of i'd like for you to know that there's somebody who needs this. who made the mountains. who made the trees. tell me who made the rivers. that flows to the sea. and who hung the moon and the stars in the sky. it's somebody bigger. than and i. who made the flowers up and bloom in the frame. tel

spitzer just a year after former governor of new york resigned due to a prostitution scandal city university of new york hired him to teach a political science course in two thousand and nine he only taught one class for forty five hundred dollars while the average adjunct professor was paid three thousand dollars per class and tuition our county is going up three hundred dollars per year another example was in two thousand and eleven the former u.s. secretary of labor and political commentator robert rice was paid two hundred thirty six thousand dollars to teach two classes at the university of california have berkeley the average professor only made one hundred forty nine thousand dollars and tuition was eight percent during that same school year and these are just professors who salaries are public campus reform filed a freedom of information request on several other public universities but we may never know what the private schools are paying these and many more professors this isn't something the colleges and universities should have to hide if they feel that they need to hide this info

spitzer is the year after former governor of new york resign today to a prostitution scandal city university of new york hired him to teach political science works. in two thousand ninety only taught one class for forty five hundred dollars while the average ad and professor with pe three thousand dollars per class. intuition that kenny and killing of three hundred dollars for your. another example as in two thousand allowed the former us secretary of labor and political commentator robert writes with a two hundred thirty six thousand dollars to teach two classes at the university of california at berkeley the average for faster only mean a hundred forty nine thousand dollars in tuition with ninety eight percent during the same school year and he was professor of his salary their can perform filed freedom of information request on several other universities. we may never know what the private schools are paying these and many more facets. this isn't something that that colleges and university should have to hide if they feel that they need to hide this information then there probably is this

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the ordinance by city council would ban smoking outdoors on california and university avenues two main retail drags in the city. >> it is a good idea. i would prefer the smoke doesn't drift in our store when the doors are open or if i am eating outside to have someone smoking nearby. >> reporter: evidence of nicotine addiction can be found wedged between bricks and lying on top of utility grates all over palo alto streets. >> it is annoying if you are not a smoker. >> reporter: though finding a smoker on camera is tough. earlier, palo alto banned smoking in all parks and of course, smokers were snuffed out of california restaurantbars decades ago and now sidewalk space getting yanked out from under smokers. >> probably some people going to say they don't like it because it is so many places they ban it before and now, in palo alto but i am okay with that. >> reporter: just minutes ago the city council voted 8 to 1 to spend an ordinance to ban smoking, to committee and get more direction from staff to study exactly what that law would look like but ultimately they are looking at banning

i is enjoy g s a it's like my agency you know my history the university that u purchaser and the city administrator you know i love g s a and to hear pittsburgh it's role it refers to our clients as customers. i went through those years trying to recreate those agencies given the opportunity and the high privilege of re13wi7b9 government and making us not only relevant but at the value for everything we must accomplish. i will add to the appreciation of president obama and his stimulus packet. i was here years ago i broke this ground with the architect and we were happy to before a break ground with leader pelosi and we looked at across market street and we saw market street as thirty percent vacancy rate a darkness to it people hurried and look what's happening 3 years later. i'll also reference this is one of our stimulus lettuce projects that's the purpose of that act. we want to demonstrate when you give us a little bit of stimulus we take it all the way in san francisco (laughter) this is so appropriate to have the architect and the artists with us. part of the magic that leader

russell evans is our guest, an economist specializing in energy from oklahoma city university. and we have a fourth line set aside for oklahoma residents. we want to hear from you as well. let me go to indiana, democratic caller. caller: i'm in yin but i'm from -- indiana but i'm from michigan. on july 25, 2010, one of enbridge's aging pipelines ptured and for 17 hours that yielded that nasty fuel, pumped into our cal la ma zoo river. it was sickening. i was up two days later and it was laying on top. it's still laying on our river. this negligent outfit enbridge has not cleaned up yet. for 17 hours that pumped into our river because they were negligent at their control center. they were improperly staffed. they don't know what they're doing with their infrastructure. i don't know, i would like to ask your guest if he knows about marshall, michigan and .2 million gallons that spilled into our precious river? they are putting new pipelines in and won't put the sensors in to monitor it. they're cheap. they're risking our environment to save a few bucks. host: dan, we'll ask our g

russell evans is our guest and economist socialize in energy from oklahoma city university and we have a support line set a line -- set aside for oklahoma residents. (202)585-3883. let it go to dan in indiana, fremont indiana, democratic caller. >> caller: hello greta. thanks for taking my call. i am actually from michigan and on july 25, 20101 of the aging pipelines ruptured and for 17 hours that nasty fuel pumped into our towns system. it was still 90% falling on top and it's still laying in the bottom of kalamazoo river. this negligent criminal outfit enbridge has not cleaned up yet. for 17 hours that pumped into our river because they were negligent and their control center was improperly staffed. he didn't know how to read their monitors. i don't know i would suggest if he knows about marshall michigan and the 1.2 million gallons that spilled into our precious rebrand their fields and what about safety? are they improving at? i don't think so. they are putting new pipelines in and not putting sensors and, the most optimum and sensors to monitor them. they are risking our environme

we've been talking about universal health care building on a world-class city and this our way to success. we're going to make sure that san francisco is a home for >> so what brought you out here for the bike ride today? >> i grew up in san francisco but i have been living in new york. i wanted to see what san francisco is doing with infrastructure. >> cities are where people are living these days. the bay area is doing a lot with construction and the way to change the world starts here. >> we are about to take a bike ride. we have 30 cyclist. i'm really excited to hit the road and see what the city has in store. >> i definitely recommend it to people. it's a fun afternoon and you learn so many things. >> this is so much fun. i go to parts of the city that i don't come to. this will make the city a more sustapresentation. >> (clapping) welcome to the newly revitalized federal building at the united nations plaza as the new home of the recreational headquarters. it's a great day one we've been waiting for. today's event is the historic corner stone that celebrates the vintage building int

the children are restricted to certain schools and can't ply to the city's universities. >> translation: we pay tax like they do, but because of the system we are treated differently - like we are a second-class people. ? >> reporter: for many the system feels like part of a con. the government requires urbanisation but discriminates once they arrive in the city. for those in the country side the complaint is they don't have the same rites as urban items. land and established. people can buy, sell, raise money by mortgaging it. not here. people have specific plots allocated to them, they can't trade them. this man would like to sellize 700 square metres and reckons he'd get about $50,000 if he could. >> translation: i'd use the money to rebuild my house and send my daughter to a better school to get a better education. >> reporter: allowing people to raise cattle could give them a disposable income. >> translation: people in urban areas learn six times what we do in the country. >> reporter: china's political leaders prosecutor to have heard that message. saying that rural reform is an

showing the state must put more support into community colleges and the california state university system. >> the city attorney is going to court to prevent city college of san francisco from losing their accrued dangerous. the city is asking for an injunction against the community college accrediting commission in northwest he has revoked the college accrued dangerous but the education department has called the actions illegal. the requested injunction would allow the schools' accrued dangerous to remain intact and prevent the commission from taking similar action against other community checks. >> president obama is in los angeles this morning wrapping up the west coast tour. he left bay area yesterday after a whirlwind visit that included a speech on immigration reform. in san francisco in chinatown, that appearance is drawing national attention when a graduate student from san francisco state interrupted the president's speech. >> please, use your executive order to halt deportation of the 11.5 undocumented immigrants right now. >> if i could self all these problems without passing laws in congres

. >> the institutions at universities they maybe based in one city and the students can learn from all over the world. >> that's it. thank you. thank you to our students and wonderful teacher. >> thank you. any other comments or questions from the board. that's it. you're done. short and sweet. we will move on to item n calendar resolution there are none this evening and o vote on the consent calendar. roll call, please. >> thank you (calling names). >> i'm going to be a b abstaini from k-49, k 5, k-7 thank you. (calling names) >> okay item public works consent calendar resolution severed for board resolution i believe one t is severed it's been so long ago k 33. >> thank you. >> so colleagues agency you know this is the extension for the rest of this fiscal year of the contract with the friends of the school the arts to be the fiscal arts for the focus artists. i have questioned this contract every year and had concerns. now, it's been shared by many of you, we need to do this work ourselves. not only do we need to do but we do it for the elementary artists and lots of other people an

government is government, states are governments and cities are renetwork of elected offense like the mayors and the county but union and university all of those different sectors of our city are different portion and they can do amazing things but cities are co- governed i'd like to call a caucus. they put collaboration over conflict and it's the opposite of how washington operates. i think what can unhappy happen in the united states so all they do is quash the energy the positive patriarch energy in the country if we can see metropolitan and metropolitan area and finally their game changers and becoming for conceive and sustainable over time that patriarch will infect states and the national government. because at the end of the day we still have a representative of democracy they represent united states and we want you to act in the service of those transform active innovation. it's not going to happen tomorrow, in fact, tomorrow they may shut down the government (laughter) but it will happen over time. america is the most resistant society and the most innovative economy so folks we will get our act together but this time aro