the city pays 2/3 inches cost. therefore, the expand allowable use of the opposition general obligation bonds could increase the city's expanded allowable use of the proposition that are offered general obligation bonds cost for affordable housing, but it's not expected to impact the city's property tax rate of other two-way 06 property tax rate base budget however, as i understand it the committee is just considered amending that those provisions. we also note according to the mayor's office of housing and community development depending on the additional work required by the proposed program, the mayor's office of housing and community bauman may need to add one additional full-time equivalent staff to administer the program and on page 5 our recommendation consider approval of the proposed resolution and speed is to cement his opposition to the san francisco voters to the policy matter for the board of supervisors >> thank you very much mr. rose. any question for budget analyst at this time? or staff? with that will open up to public comment did anyone wish to comment on items one or two today? seeing none, public

the world saw our city through the lens of the kennedy assassination. through that tragedy modern day dallas was born. a great city. those of us who love the city always knew there was so much more to dallas than what happened on that day in 1963. now the year following that, this oasis, thanksgiving square, was built, begun to come to life. this place is not really a park. it's a piece of our soul of our city. the idea was that we needed a gathering place, a place for you to give people of all backgrounds, of all religions, of all races, a place to say thank you. a place of thankfulness. now just a few weeks ago i was here with many of us, with other community and religious leaders, we gathered for a special service on the anniversary of the mass shootings in charleston, south carolina. that took the lives of nine, nine mother emanuel ame church members. we also mourned, ironically, the lives lost in the mass shooting in orlando, just a few days before. we ask, what could we do to build the bonds of peace and reconciliati reconciliation, today, we find ourselves here again and this time the terror has hit us right here in dow

san jose not the only city for using illegal fireworks. oakland is infamous for its illegal displays. the city is trying to stop it. signs are posted to show people where they can safely fires. >> fireworks are illegal and dangerous. if you're caught with them, you will be fined by the oakland police department. >> you can fine people, ticket people, people are going to do what they want. >> last year they seized $50,000 worth of illegal fireworks. the threat is still out there. check out these ads from craig's list. dozens of people selling illegal fireworks across the bay area. >> many are hoping for a star spangled monday. >> reporter: from the joy of fireworks displays to terrifying explosions, this year's fourth of july follows deadly attacks this month around the world. across the country major airports upping security, uniformed angd undercover officers monitoring train and bus stations. the nypd keeping an eye on the city's famous landmark including times square. officers checking fireworks as the national archives celebrates the 24

the city pays 2/3 inches cost. therefore, the expand allowable use of the opposition general obligation bonds could increase the city's expanded allowable use of the proposition that are offered general obligation bonds cost for affordable housing, but it's not expected to impact the city's property tax rate of other two-way 06 property tax rate base budget however, as i understand it the committee is just considered amending that those provisions. we also note according to the mayor's office of housing and community development depending on the additional work required by the proposed program, the mayor's office of housing and community bauman may need to add one additional full-time equivalent staff to administer the program and on page 5 our recommendation consider approval of the proposed resolution and speed is to cement his opposition to the san francisco voters to the policy matter for the board of supervisors >> thank you very much mr. rose. any question for budget analyst at this time? or staff? with that will open up to public comment did anyone wish to comment on items one or two today? seeing none, public

use. the city's officers asked for the vests the day after the dallas attack. >> it's not something that'sn the repertoire of every small police department. >> reporter: they hope the new body armor will arrive in the next few weeks, but notes there is now a gigantic demand for that type of protection. in pleasantville, i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. >>> two philadelphia officers went above and beyond for a child. take a look at this picture. the two officers are with the second district in the northeast. they went to the store yesterday and used their own money to buy a bike for this child. >>> you know what that music means. we're two weeks away from the 2016 summer olympics in rio. you'll be able to see the games like never before. thanks to the technology from our parent company comcast. there will be a record 4,500 streaming hours of all the competition on nbc olympics.com, and the nbc sports app. you can also personalize your viewing experience on the x-1 system right on your tv. it's going to be so great. >>> help nbc 10 clear the shelters this saturday. there are dogs and plenty o

the city of boston glistening from spectacle island but this wasn't always the case. >> most famously, this island is used as the city of boston's toxic waste site it's transformed thanks to the big dig giving it a new life. >> to me it symbolizes hope to take an island and turn it into a destination for people to re- connect with nature. >> reporter: thousands of take advantage of the life-guarded beaches and hiking trails and views. and programs including concerts, yoga, and play dates for kids, and you can hop a second free ferry and go to three communities that have their own personality, a turn of the century fort; a bird watcher's paradise; and a unique camping destination thanks to these everywhere, food, and maybe a sleeping bag. we have water. we have electricity. we have the beds so you don't have to sleep on the ground. >> reporter: and they have a series of free programs each week, teaching kids to fish, building forts, to sea life. a little something for everyone in the family. one of the other most popular stops is the home to fort warren and the leading mystery of the lady in black. you can

the city. anybody thought it was radical until we told them that we were the 154th city in the us to adopt it,d then they realized it was not such leading edge. berkeley led the way. i am delighted that the chamber of commerce is on board, the small business commission, our friends at (unintelligible) and good work president reed. >> thank you. >> chair peskin: other members of the public would like to testify on item number 2? mr. long? i have speaker cards. >> supervisor breed, supervisor peskin. thank you so much for entertaining this ordinance. i spent much of my real life as a professional serial or racing sailboats all around oceans of the world and i can tell you i still sail around the world. the differences between then and now are profound. styrofoam is everywhere. it's covered all of our oceans, beaches, you can find it in any square-mile in any part of the world. so thank you for helping us to reduce that. --- i wanted point out that we do have these green foam alternatives as debbie mentioned. their companies today such as starch tech (sounds like), epi, eco fill, dyna pack (sound

hurt along with us and bring to them, oh god, the wisdom and courage necessary to make the permanent peace we seek. and to those of us who are scared and afraid, angry and confused, in our city, god, heal us as we ask for your healing power to heal us once and forall, from the illness of violence, of hatred and indifference that plagues us every single day. god, you, who must workdayly to make peace throughout the heavens, we ask you this day to give us the courage and strength to help us make peace here on earth for everyone, every single day and together we say, amen. >> amen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator john cornyn. [ applause ] >> i know i speak for everyone here and around the country, expressing my profound gratitude to mayor rawlings, chief brown and the entire dallas and d.a.r.t. police departments. [ applause ] >> we thank you for your strength and the grace you have shown in these trying hours. chief, i particularly like the way you put it yesterday when you said, simply, that dallas loves. it is my solemn privilege to join the people of dallas, all across the state of texas and the entire country in honori

and i believe that because of their example to all of us, the city of dallas shall overcome the evilpeople of dallas before themselves. and in their final moments, serving others, protecting this city, and loving this community as they did. today we join millions across our state and country who continue to lift up these families, friends, and fellow officers in our prayers, as well as those recovering from their wounds. in the aftermath of another lif life-altering event on september 11th, 2001, president george w. bush inspired all of us in speaking of how this nation has always responded to evil with powerful courage and deep concern for one another. and so once again, we gather as one nation under god, yes, to grieve, but then to rise up and continue to fight the good fight, to finish the race, and to keep the faith. ladies and gentlemen, it's my honor to welcome to the podium the 43th president of the united states, part of our texas family, and a man who along with his bride laura proudly call this community their home. president george w. bush. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank

events including parades and fireworks are take >> police say if illegal fireworks continue to be used, the cityblic displays. >> and speaking of public displays, this is what it looked like over the weekend in san francisco as folks were getting ready to put together all the launch sites for the fireworks tonight. they have three barges. tonight's pyrotechnics will use computers to fire shells into the air and sync it up with music. >> it's about 5,000 effects per >> it's about 5,000 effects per location and a total of about 3 this year a crazy showing about the weather. fireworks are going to be launched from peer 39 and akwaut being park, if you're looking for that great spot to see both. >> all right. bart will run longer trains to get people to and from the fourth of july racing. it are if you're it are if you're four four. >>> police in new york believe a home made firework seriously injured an 18-year-old man in central park. he had just climbed on a large he had just climbed on a large rock yesterday when he it divot where there was an explosion? >> at this time we have no evidence this

the city pays 2/3 inches cost. therefore, the expand allowable use of the opposition general obligation bonds could increase the city's expanded allowable use of the proposition that are offered general obligation bonds cost for affordable housing, but it's not expected to impact the city's property tax rate of other two-way 06 property tax rate base budget however, as i understand immittee is just considered amending that those provisions. we also note according to the mayor's office of housing and community development depending on the additional work required by the proposed program, the mayor's office of housing and community bauman may need to add one additional full-time equivalent staff to administer the program and on page 5 our recommendation consider approval of the proposed resolution and speed is to cement his opposition to the san francisco voters to the policy matter for the board of supervisors >> thank you very much mr. rose. any question for budget analyst at this time? or staff? with that will open up to public comment did anyone wish to comment on items one or two today? seeing none, public comment

the city of manbij. a top official says isis used the city to plan external operations. was an entry point for foreign fighters. recapturing that city could give the u.s. some intelligence left behind by isis that could help to destroy the terror group. >>> another key syrian city is aleppo. taking full control of that city would be a major victory for the syrian government. the united states says it is skeptical that humanitarian corridors there would not be used as a strategic means to empty the city. our senior international correspondent has more for us on that. [ explosion ] >> reporter: this is what remains of much of aleppo. once syria's most populus city, now an apocalyptic moonscape. this video released by the syrian army as it celebrates cutting off rebel forces in the eastern part of the city. leaflets have been dropped on the besieged areas, warning residents to leave. syria's president assad says he will offer amnesty to armed rebels who surrender. russia claims humanitarian corridors will be opened. after months of relentless bombardment, many are too afrai

the city's contract with our internet vender. this provides us an -- it includes reducing fees and reasonable risk to the city's as set. this legislation has a convenience fee to cover our cost of bringing the collection in-house. without this fee, the city would have to absorb these cost. the proposed rates will be continually monitored as interchange rate fees vary on the specific credit card being used. the rates in the ordinances are structured as no greater than, so they can be modified if wanted without returning for legislative change, however, the initial fee will be left from the cap. the office of the tax collector will calculate and adjust the rates in consultation with effected departments. and we expect a net savings foremost users making payments on the websites. thank you for your consideration. >> thank you mrs. free. any questions. we'll move onto public comment. anybody wish to comment on item number 4. seeing none. public comment is closed. mr. rose, there's no budget analyst reports on any of these two items, right? >> there's

the shooting. police o information to make their city safer. you can count on us to continue to bring you the latest on the recent violence in baton rouge. follow along with us here and on the web at wjla dot com. up next on good morning washington -- --national convention kicks off the republican tomorrow-- and security is tight as protestors against donald trunmp stand firm. and the day will start off nice but the heat is coming and don't get rid of that umbrella just yet. eileen whelan, back with your work-week forcast and jamie sullivan, watching the roads and the rails to keep your commute on track. it's xx and time for a check of the weather. today: hot and breezy. pm storms possible. some strong over western md. highs: 94-97 feels: 98-100 winds: sw 5-15 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. isolated shower. lows: 70-76 winds: w 5 mph tuesday: partly sunny late. slight chance of storms, mainly sw. highs: 89-93 winds: nw 5 mph good morning on this accident on suitland parkway westbound near naylor rd. all evening, they've had all lanes blocked. should reopen these lane

the downtown plan. it also brought us other policies and voter initiatives like the park shadows ordinance pm which provides an annual limit on office growth in the city. as well as the was a ordinance passed by the voters mandated waterfront land use plan. this is the killing of the industrialization of the northern waterfront and what became of that. so, then after that there was a hiatus terms of land-use planning in the city for a good 15 years. really starting in the late 90s throughout the 90s we did have a transportation side, we had great successes. muni metro expended in the first anchor mental expansion with market in the next fourth and king and the construction of the light rail. at the same time at the federal level we had tea-21 words but a focus on transit oriented development to plan for transit oriented. becker cited in a perfect storm with the.com boom and the live-work phenomena we had a lot of scattershot housing being thrown all run our industrial districts around the city and a lot of concern about our rebuilding the neighbors. i was serving him with transit and parks and everything. so with these two movements in hand the prime

the city. we need to pivot to using one of the other lesser used powers of government, bringing people together, to convene, possibly to regulate and make sure that the price of entry into our city is that you need to serve them equitably. i will give one example, we recently executed, the mayor executed a data sharing agreement with wave. one in four drivers is using wave to get around the city. with positives and potentially negative impacts. the way we have been using it, bringing the data into our system, using the data streams we have to make our system even smarter. we saved los angeles drivers 40 hours every year because we have a smart transportation signal system. that is the tip of the iceberg and it points to the other big challenge, we do not have the skill set inside government, i do not have a civil service classification for data scientists in the city of los angeles and we desperately need those kind of skill sets inside of government, so that we can really come to the table as an equal partner. sen. booker: i appreciate that. that is what the white house is finding out, that is

our office requested that the city attorney requested two ballot issues for us as a way to increase the general funds to fund bo -- potential issues to make san francisco better and i introduced legislation to do this very thing and generate funding to make san francisco the first city in the nation to make credit classes at city college free for all san francisco residents. it was important to me as we move forward that this proposal not unfunded mandate but have all the componentses for success. one ordinance of the intent to make community college free in san francisco, two revenue generating measure to make sure those profit or have profit friday changing san francisco and contributed to our luxury housing market may a little bit more to help project and improve our city and third, create an accountability measure that will create the financial vessel into we can place what we're calling our mansion tax ballot measure dollars with provisions that funds are respond responsibly and intended to make city college free as it was in 1983. the intent resolution today expresses the board's

from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, megan thompson. >> thompson: good evening, and thanks for joining us. authorities in dallas, texas, say the man who shot a dozen of the city's police officers, killing five, acted alone in carrying out his attack, and that he used the same style of assault rifle used in recent mass shootings in an orlando, florida, night club; a newtown, connecticut, elementary school; and an aurora, colorado, movie theater. joining us now from dallas with the latest on the investigation is our hari sreenivasan. hari? >> sreenivasan: hello, megan. while officials say the sniper, who was killed in a standoff early yesterday, was a lone gunman, they have not ruled out the possibility of co-conspirators or accomplices. about a mile from where the shootings occurred, mourners are leaving flowers at a makeshift memorial outside dallas police headquarters. today, the f.b.i. and state and local law enforcement continued to probe the area where 25-year- old micah xavier johnson killed five police officers and wounded seven others. texas governor greg abbott says johnson acted alone, but the investigation is far from over. >> i think good law enforce

us. the city is poised to match or surpass that mark this month. state professor gives perspective to the numbers. >> about a third of that violence is family and interpersonal violence. it's occurring between people who know each other. >> reporter: the late april slaying of robbie and his wife, their eldest son is charged with killing his parents on this house on a quiet cul-de- sac. the police lieutenant says there are more cases like this and fewer involving gang violence or random killings. >> the reason why that's of concern is because that's a much more complicated social problem to deal with. it's not something that so easily connects with patrolling streets. >> reporter: still the mayor believes adding more officers can keep the rate from rising. >> we know these officers are over worked, they're badly stretched, and we need to get more officers on the forest. >> reporter: experts say it's too soon to tell if the rate will increase last year's or if things later in the year will level off and have a homicide rate more in line with the aver

regional wear-out system your our employees joy excessive salaries but working for the city and county of san francisco give us employees the unities to contribute their ideas and energy and commitment to shape the city's future but for considering a career with the city and county of san francisc >> all right. good morning, everybody. welcome to the to the board of supervisors budget & finance subcommittee of wednesday, july 6, 2016, i'm katie tang the vice chair and sitting if for our chair male and female a supervisor wiener and also commissioner loo pr our clerk is linda one thing and thank you nona melkonian and staff and

hurt along with us and bring to them the wisdom and the courage necessary to make the permanent peace we seek, and to those of us that are scared and afraid, angry and confused in our citye god heal us as we ask for your healing power to heal us once and for all for the illness of violence and hatred, xenophobia and difference that plagues us every single day. .. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause]. [applause]. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator john cornyn. [applause]. >> i know i speak for everyone here and around the country and expressing my profound gratitude to mayor rawlings, chief brown, and the entire dallas police departments. [applause]. we thank you for your strength and the grace you have shown in these trying hours. chief, i particularly like the way you put it yesterday when you said simply that dallas loves. it is my cell and privilege to join the people of dallas, all across the state of texas and the entire country and honoring these men of uncommon courage. several years ago the aftermath of another tragedy, the shocking explosion in west texas, a local official told m

the job in atlantic city. four casinos managed to reach an agreement with the union leaders before strike deadline, however, the trump taj mahal was not one of them. as bruce gordon shows us workers are on the picket lines during a very busy holiday weekend. >> reporter: atlantic city's iconic tram car struggled to squeeze past the throngs of picketing casino workers outside the trump taj mahal. a thousand workers food service and bar workers, house keepers and janitors, hit the picket line claiming they get on casino ownership and lost big. >> we hung in there. we today what we were supposed to do. we were guaranteed they were telling us they were going to come to the negotiates table. they came with nothing. >> reporter: these workers lost pensions and health care benefits the taj mahal went through bankruptcy a couple of years ago. now they say their casino is on the up swing and they want their benefits back. >> with the current situation of the economy many of us cannot make ends meet. >> reporter: just that simple. >> it's that tim pell. >> reporter: the pocket line was big and boisterous with workers shoutin shouting scabs o patrons who venture into the building. i

the space would be required to replace pdr and institutional community use there was a concern that there was temporary uses in a space that was would be considered a new use after speaking with the city attorney's office it is okay to clarify that the prior use was if a prior use of pdr institutional community or arts activity use that was a non-temporary use the concern of temporary activists for a pop up bagel store or something like that that was of concern to the community members. >> united states pop ups would not be required to be respected. >> exactly. >> let's see so the issue that i was bringing up is listed on my page 7 line one replacement space maybe space for pdr and institutional community or arts activity use that would be redacted the replacement would be one for one the loss of prior use the - ass as far as the grairlth what we came up with with the grandfathering we'll move to grandfather projects of the environmental application of june 14th but there is about 10 to 20 list in the pipeline they're contemplating a pdr replacement in they're concentrated site but it was important to capture some pdr replacement even in the pipeline replacement the replacement is 40

the heat line open until midnight and then open again tomorrow and friday. >>> hillary clinton campaigned in atlantic city this afternoon. using the struggling city as an example of what she calls donald trump failed business practices. clinton lashed out at trump calling him a shameful businessman with a history of exploiting workers and took aim at trump's possible running mate, potential running mate possibly. governor chris christie. >> and if your governor would start doing think job instead of -- instead of following donald trump around holding his coat -- [ applause ] -- maybe we could really get new jersey's economy moving again. >> following the rally, clinton greeted workers striking outside of the trump taj mahal. despite the name trump no longer owns or runs this casino. >> donald trump did not wait to hear clinton's speech before responding on twitter with multiple tweets he says he made a lot of money in atlantic city, left seven years ago, great timing and now the once great caesars bankrupt in the a.c. ask the city council what happened to atlantic city. >>> archbishop chaput says that same sex couples or divor

units the eastern neighborhoods plan promised us a full array for the complete neighborhoods including the open space and improved public transit and affordable housing unfortunately for us the city has not identified adequate funding or an actionable plan for the necessary infrastructure to mitigate the anticipation of the actual development this three hundred and 95 affordable housing will be one of the later in the potrero hill and the one that brings us over the top in residential units that displaces one and 9 thousand square feet of pdr space and all the jobs it provided the eir for the project mischaracterizes our neighborhood as trite rich while the statement of overriding considerations falsely claims the development is in quote close proximity to transit with the residents commute and satisfy the needs without a private automobile there is a good reason only 24 percent of neighbors commute well below the didn't average and the site of 501, 16th street building has one stop one a quarter of a mile where the rubs taking the traffic to montgomery to rush hour takes 3 minutes less than walking perhaps for the sprooirp that the sought and granted an exemption recognizing tha

opted out the band the general office use i think i understand the argument they felt they were i want to say mislead but in the city misrepresented the outcome would have been with the city offers not aware that terminates the use this is not the case the office use was abandoned to rent it to a use in the rezoning and the sf weekly the occupancy by the da is not relevant to the case because it didn't - we're not relying on it in our determination. >> okay. >> so could you check back and get back to me whether this is legally permitted. >> yes. i'm going to pull it up now it's pertaining permitted. >> it would be pertaining permitted okay. thank you. >> yeah. i don't know if i have a question but i get xhavnl confused how we and i'm a common sense guy how we get constantly confused about the the a.m. input of those items when we - here the stank is happening i can't recall how we finished i didn't have time. >> december. >> yeah. it was continued but we have - it's not like those buildings have been hiding somewhere and responsible owners of the buildings have been doing covert activities awhile including their bus

the sky. >> fireworks used throughout the city of san jose i would say is on a very grand scale.ere's no special area in san jose that either is or is not greatly affected by fireworks. >> reporter: we were there as san jose police and fire joined forces to beef up fire works patrol. last year there was no organized effort. this year there are 13 police officers dedicated solely to the crackdown and some fire inspectors will ride around with officers. this afternoon this was part of the haul from a bust, a 15-year- old being charged with a misdemeanor. they believe their enforcement program is working. before the sun went down tonight its team handed out six citations for possessions of illegal fireworks. >> i'm looking for neighborhoods, block parties, road closures, places where somebody might be setting up to prepare for some kind of fireworks display either on their street or in their courts. >> reporter: for the first time the city's new fines range from $500 for the first offense to 1,000 for the third. the challenge for officers is always getting to every offender in time.

units the eastern neighborhoods plan promised us a full array for the complete neighborhoods including the open space and improved public transit and affordable housing unfortunately for us the city has not identified adequate funding or an actionable plan for the necessary infrastructure to mitigate the anticipation of the actual development this three hundred and 95 affordable housing will be one of the later in the potrero hill and the one that brings us over the top in residential units that displaces one and 9 thousand square feet of pdr space and all the jobs it provided the eir for the project mischaracterizes our neighborhood as trite rich while the statement of overriding considerations falsely claims the development is in quote close proximity to transit with the residents commute and satisfy the needs without a private automobile there is a good reason only 24 percent of neighbors commute well below the didn't average and the site of 501, 16th street building has one stop one a quarter of a mile where the rubs taking the traffic to montgomery to rush hour takes 3 minutes less than walking perhaps for the sprooirp that the sought and granted an exemption recognizing tha

so, folks from lansdale-doylestown getting into the city, they're going to use probably the northeast extension or route 309 to get into center city and of course everyone would use the schuylkill expressway. >> bob, the daily news says it all right now. it is going to be a headache for you all summer long, jeff, head of septa, has been warning now this problem is going to persist perhaps throughout the summer. it is day two today. one third of the regional rail cars have been pulled off the tracks due to that beam defect. >> now, passengers fighting for a seat taking a lot of extra time on their commute. let's get right out to steve keeley at ardmore station with more. hi, steve. >> yes, no chychrun necessary for you people at home, what's a chychrun? that's the word you see on the screen, look, i have this. i can put my face over this and have that on me every day so everyone knows where they are. get moving, chris, we'll move every hit today. so we will walk and talk as they say in our business. so show them the ardmore sign, too. look, i know i was right when i predicted the team

the city. i think there's been a lot of great transportation planning that has happened in the past few years and decades, whether from the land use planning, the area plans, various kinds of transportation plans and project plans that we done. but, i think we all agreed particularly given the dynamic change that's happening in our city that we needed to take a more conference of citywide and long-term approach to planning transportation in the future and doing it with calling it a transportation plan but it's really a joint land use and transportation plan to transfer check plan is very much informed by land use. so, it is been so far a great collaboration should i think it's one that's absolutely necessary for us to do as a city. it's probably something we should've been doing all along but certainly now given what we are facing as a city, it's just all the more important. so it has been a great partnership. i want to thank the planning commission for making staff available to work with us. we've been working between our agency, planning, the mta and mayor's office. i think this is really important work and will really benefit f

of. >> reporter: out of delegates, volunteers, the media using the day before the start of the convention as a chance to take in the city. >> they jam us with so many events, it's hard to get around. >> reporter: historic sites topped the list. >> they're saying you got to go see the liberty bell and constitution center. >> reporter: a close second is the food. >> the food has been amazing. i've gained three pounds since yesterday. and the week isn't over yet. >> reporter: seems like everybody heard of the reading terminal market. >> i want to go see that market. >> reporter: no surprise, there was a long wait for cheese steaks, but how to pick the best one. >> my friend told me to go to the place with the longest lines. >> i want to go to -- is it the independence restaurant? is that what it's called? anyway, i ate there 15 years ago. is >> who exactly is on top of city hall. >> ben franklin. everybody knows that. >> i was going to guess ben franklin. >> it's not. >> we were happy to introduce them to william penn and volunteers were doing everything they could to promote the city of brotherly love. >> actually we've b

the ben franklin parkway. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live for us in center city this morning with more on the protesters' messageto see happen. pam, fill us in. >> reporter: well, they were protesting against those two recent police involved shootings that we saw in minnesota and louisiana. they want city leaders here to make sure that we never see the sort of interactions that we saw on cell phone video that took place with the two men's death to their protesting. >> it's having a significant effect on traffic in center city during the morning rush, but when you weigh that against the importance of people having the opportunity to express their first amendment rights, obviously, that trumps traffic. >> reporter: silence, they say, is not the answer. and this morning, during rush hour, it was their voices that bounced off of buildings and through city streets. >> we need to be willing to stand up and take risks, so that we can create a site that's actually equal for everyone. >> reporter: john bergen says since the police involved shooting deaths of two black men last week, his group showing up for racial justic

we talk to business owners across the city of brotherly love. some told usd a better job with this event than with the pope, but whether they're seeing any increased business, well that depend on whom you ask. >> tourists that want to come to the town can't get hotel space, so they stay away. those are people that spend money. >> few of my friends work in the area and they've seen a boost. we're really happy. >> business owners tell us the heat wave probably is not helping things any. >>> next kids getting their hands dirty at the dnc. how families are using the convention to get kids interested in politics. >>> first though another live look inside the wells fargo center tonight. we would absolutely love to see what you're seeing with the dnc in town from protests to events. tweet us your pictures using the hash tag fox 29dnc easy as that. here's live look outside the wells fargo center tonight. ♪ >>> take a live look outside the wells fargo sent tonight this protest is underway. a couple of hundred people here right now. so far we're toll it is peacef peac

the space would be required to replace pdr and institutional community use there was a concern that there was temporary uses in a space that was would be considered a new use after speaking with the city attorney's office it is okay to clarify that the prior use was if a prior use of pdr institutional community or arts activity use that was a non-temporary use the concern of temporary activists for a pop up bagel store or something like that that was of concern to the community members. >> united states pop ups would not be required to be respected. >> exactly. >> let's see so the issue that i was bringing up is listed on my page 7 line one replacement space maybe space for pdr and institutional community or arts activity use that would be redacted the replacement would be one for one the loss of prior use the - ass as far as the grairlth what we came up with with the grandfathering we'll move to grandfather projects of the environmental application of june 14th but there is about 10 to 20 list in the pipeline they're contemplating a pdr replacement in they're concentrated site but it was important to capture some pdr replacement even in the pipeline replacement the replacement is 40

we have been dealing with them for the better part of 18 months , as many big cities have. they will come as no surprise to us. >> what is the city doing differently from 2000? >> you move forward. i think you have to be progressive. you learn from some of the things you did before. in many cases, we will be a lot more patient and tolerant of demonstrators. some of the planning did not change that significantly, but the world changed. after 9/11, everything changed in terms of large events. much of it is centered around that, whether it be our made in america, welcome in america, papal visit we had here. we have large scale investment philadelphia, tremendous coordination goes into that. it's not just belief. it's not just fire. folks across the room, the list goes on and on and on. we are protecting the city both from land, air, as you may have seen. >> are you concerned about the potential for a lone wolf? commissioner ross: well, this is something you just don't know. it's hard to plan for the unknown. just when you thought you were beyond that craziness and chaos, you get something else happening. unfortu

the downtown plan. it also brought us other policies and voter initiatives like the park shadows ordinance pm which provides an annual limit on office growth in the city. as well as the was a ordinance passed by the voters mandated waterfront land use plan. this is the killing of the industrialization of the northern waterfront and what became of that. so, then after that there was a hiatus terms of land-use planning in the city for a good 15 years. really starting in the late 90s throughout the 90s we did have a transportation side, we had great successes. muni metro expended in the first anchor mental expansion with market in the next fourth and king and the construction of the light rail. at the same time at the federal level we had tea-21 words but a focus on transit oriented development to plan for transit oriented. becker cited in a perfect storm with the.com boom and the live-work phenomena we had a lot of scattershot housing being thrown all run our industrial districts around the city and a lot of concern about our rebuilding the neighbors. i was serving him with transit and parks and everything. so with these two movements in hand the prime

. >>> the chill was with us today. the city some 10 degrees below normal. but i am tracking warmer weather >>> santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. >> vigils and protests were held tonight in louisiana following the shooting death of a black man by two white police officers in baton rouge. now warning. some of you may find this following video graphic. >> gun! [ bleep ]. >> you hear someone yell he's got a gun as police wrestle with alton sterling. just seconds later officers shot and killed him. this happened just after midnight as police responded to a call about a man brandishing a gun. his family is vowing to fight for answers. >> i will not rest or not allow him to be swept in the dirt. >> witnesses say police recovered a gun from sterling's pocket. the justice department is now investigating. and the justice department's case against hillary clinton is officially closed tonight. attorney general loretta lynch says there will be no charges against clinton over her use of a private e-mail account as secretary of stat

off the streets before the nation turns its attention here and christie joins us live along the been franklin parkway with more, christie? >> monica this is the same strategy the city used when the pope came to town last year. the city says this is not about hiding the homeless, just helping them but some living out the street they say they feel otherwise. >> it was right where they put the picnic tables and stuff is where i sleep. >> reporter: on any given night more than 700 people are sleeping on philadelphia's street and hamilton is one of them. >> last night they came through and said as of sunday we will have to leave. >> reporter: the d. this c is a week away and she says she is thing displaced and helping the most vulnerable meaning two dozen out reach workers will hit the streets at 110 more beds are valuable in shelters to those who choose to use it. >> use the shelter? >> hoping to be out of here soon. >> house not hidden and give them an opportunity to have respite and a break and want them to be able to get connected to services. >>> working around the clock during the convention especially on days when the heat triggers a code red and 300 ministries t

the zoning allows us to map the city that we and we are encouraging a diversity of jobs for our city not everything for example can be office. while these are great jobs, we also need to make sure that we own areas that bakers, artists, and individuals can prepare and distribute they .we land use and zoning expresses what we value and the types of jobs that we can be in and they are at risk and we have heard countless stories and a recent report by the northern california grantmakers association have determined that four out of five nonprofits are concerned with the real estate cost of their long-term financial sustainability according to a study by the city of san francisco. this report identifies that using zoning for nonprofit space or turning public property into nonprofit space can help tremendously in making sure we preserve these spaces. now, the genesis of these legislations actually came about 1 1/2 years ago when we came about the rapid threatening of these artists associations in san francisco. we had just learned that the south market studios which was home to 40+ artists

city college chancellor here to address that question. >> okay. i think it's just important for the public to understand that this money is not required to be used for free city college. the board and mayor will have to make that choice every year going into the future, and i know in an ideal world the good years would be put in reserve and pay for the bad years but that is not required, and it can't be required under what's being proposed, and so in a good year if get 40, 50, $60 million we could be -- i don't want to say "could be" but this is broad future boards and really responsible and into a special free city college budget reserve and that's the responsible thing to do but we can't require that so if the good years are spent on other things and we know in our budget process there are so many pushes and pulls to spend money on worth while programs and get to i bad year and only 5 million and honor the commitment to go into the general fund to pull non transfer tax money to pay for it and again it's an argument for or against but the reality so we're straightforward with the public. >> so in response to your question supervisor we're building

in the northwest existed a natural rise which would supply the city with water use. tween 1812 and 1822, the waterworks were constructed at the foot of this hill. to assure a continued water supply, the city begin to expire the land into the drainage area upstream from the waterworks and established fairmont park now comprising 7000 acres and extending to it then one-mile of city hall. in the later 1800s, city hall was built in the square which have been reserved by william penn 200 years earlier. thus the centrality, of the plan was firmly established. city hall became the focus of this part of philadelphia and remains the dominant landmark today. as a result of the city beautiful movement of the early 1900s, fairmont hill retained a new importance is the site of philadelphia's part museum in the terminal of the new exit, the benjamin franklin parkway. disconnected fairmont park to city hall, setting the stage for the beginning of the 20th century. this plan parkway was conceived as a boulevard tree-lined with civic buildings. an idea that was carried out in logan ci

the federal custody tonight. >> "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden joins us live outside the courthouse in center city, with more on that , joe. >> reporter: jessica and ukee five people were released from federal custody. what they have told us according to federal prosecutors last night was both highly visible but when we chatted with them on the way out of federal court just an hour ago, they really didn't want any of the attention. just an hour ago five protesters who scaled a security fence outside a wells fargo center were released from federal prison among them megan monk from washington state. seven total are facing a single federal count of breaching the secured federal perimeter. they were hesitant in talking with us. what do you think of this whole process. >> you know, i'm still in it, so i'm not much thinking as i am processing emotionally what actually is happening. >> reporter: woman with megan caught her off from saying anything more. we were there as protesters barreled through a fence ringing an expansive area around the wells fargo on wednesday night. one man identified as jeremy graybar h