. >> not to venice, -- now to venice, where the biggest contemporary exhibition of art is underway.it is the mix of politics and art which is drawing a large share of the attention. our arts editor is there. he had this report. >> the capt. diving life of venice -- the captivating likes of dennis. it draws artists and interest. and it still does. this is the olympics of the art world, with more countries than ever taking part, including saudi arabia which is exhibiting for the first time with this installation by two sisters. they think their presence is significant. >> to have a place in it. we are women now, and we are showing this work. i think it is a good message to convey. >> the israeli exhibits features a proposal to build a bridge to jordan out of salt dredged from the dead sea. and an egyptian exhibit is in a mosque to an artist who died in january during the uprising. as to the americans -- a presentation of where issues of military might in national identity are all explored. >> they are making more statements than in previous years. they want to demonstrate more to thei

two rival gangs started sending tweets out to meet at the basketball courts here in venice beach they started on a on a friday afternoon and they said you know meet at the basketball courts tomorrow at five o'clock in venice beach and you know i monitor all the the tweets for venice beach and normally i just do it because we have so many tourists and people you know take a picture and send a picture and i started just seeing this massive reach tweeting of this message and it was it was really strange and then i started seeing the gang language so you know in l.a. that's a pretty sensitive subject for us so. i learned the police i let them know that you know there was a call out. hundreds of tweets being retreated to me to the basketball court so the next day around five o'clock in that there was a lot of gang language being used and sure enough there were hundreds and hundreds of kids here not the normal tourists that you see walking around and about an hour later somebody was shot so you know. is that it was only case that's happened there is that the worst case you know that's the w

and certainly in their place it's it's crowded with pedestrian traffic right venice beach but you know people try and and renegade the situation will bring us a small film crew down here to try and film without a permit so what a couple of rap groups have done in town is send out tweets saying hey we're going to film a video then a speech or we're going to theme a film a video downtown here's a location meet us there you know so they get this they summon this huge crowd for free for their video and they don't need a permit really don't need to pay any extras or anything so we've had a few instances where unfortunately the film crew gets caught they get told but there are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of kids here all dressed to the nines waiting to be extras in some rap video then they find out it's not going to happen if they get really angry and you know fights of broader program there's a lot of mayhem from that and then they all gather at the bus stops. to try and filter back home all it wants so that creates problems safety issues on the bus and things like that so. it's a gr

i used to say if he would just invite the neighbors over to some of the more interesting of venice, he would not have trouble with his neighbors. it looks like he has done a good job in reaching out and helping establish a better relationship with the folks around you. the one to thank you very much, and i support your permit application. -- i want to thank you very much, and i support your permit a vacation. -- permit application. >> good afternoon. as far as the station, the gentleman was the first -- >> officer edison. >> officer edison was the first person i contacted, and that did not arise, and it is pretty much in one year's worth of video, so he mentioned he has no issues with it. >> they recommend an approval with the condition of installing a security camera at the front entrance. do you have a camera there already? >> yes. >> you signed up to go first. i would like to have heard the list of community groups. it is fine, because i think it needs to exist. we seem to be losing some bars that have a long history in the san francisco community. i do not know -- is there a list g

. >> our customers are descending on venice for the most talked- about exhibition of the summer. over 80 countries arehowcasing works here. among them, the united states with its tank converted into a treadmill. there were plans for the german pavilion to be designed by the german artist. but following his death from cancer in 2010, the pavilion houses a tribute to his work. often politically and motivated, he was a remarkable figure in germany. >> over the years, he created extremely convincing works in a wide variety of media. i would say he was one of germany's greatest artists. >> arab artists have a high profile after an absence of 35 years, iraq has returned in a residential district. the aists are exiles. bringing artists across the globe in the dialogue on the venetian waterways. >> and they show no signs of growing old. this year's list of participating countries reads like the less of the world. hideous of national pavilions is far from outdated. >> stay with us, we'll be right the world food program. >> when they speak, the world listens, the three big ratings agencies

can you remind me when we get to venice and broadway? thanks. >> what we're talking about here is full participation and inclusion. i want to be able to lead a full life. the only way that i'm able to get from place to place this by using a fully accessible public transit system like meany -- muni. >> the americans with disabilities act of 1990 is a wide-ranging federal civil- rights law that prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities. title two of the ada addresses access to public services, including public transportation for persons with disabilities. it requires transit operators to call out stops at transfer points, major intersections, and major destinations, and to announce particular stocks requested by customers with disabilities. stop announcements are especially important for passengers who are blind or have low vision. these individuals cannot travel independently if they are not assured of getting off at their intended destination point.

"us weekly" reports through venice and the french riviera, leonardo dicaprio and blake lively took in a trip to disneyland. once source told the magazine, quote, i've never seen him like this with a girl. >>> see anna miller has settled phone hacking claims against news of the world, an english tabloid run by rupert murdock's news corporation for over $160,000. miller accepted damages. her legal costs and an unconditional admission of liability by the paper. >>> finally, meredith vieira's nearly five years as coanchor of "today" comes to an end as she leaves the show to spend more time with her family. a very special sendoff is planned for this morning. one you're not going to want to miss. it's all coming up right here on this nbc station. apparently the staff has surprises for meredith today. >> and matt is famous for his pranks, too. >> so is she, too, so i wouldn't be surprised if she pulls something out, as well. this comes to us from jacksonville, florida, the home of a very different kind of hero, one of the cover of a cereal box. haley received and recently won a two-year batt

sky 7 hd is live over venice and mark street in san francisco where downed power wires are forcing them to shut down numerous trains in the city. muni riders are waiting for shuttle buses. we'll see how many muni lines are affected. we'll update you when we get that information. >> in the meantime morgan hill police are hoping that a surveillance video will help them catch two people suspected of taking a vehicle with a baby inside. the vehicle was recovered with the baby unharmed. authorities traced 33 year old mirabell. to the store where they used a credit card talken from the car. the pair can be seen here entering and exiting the store with a small child. the car which the owner left running outside of a food bank. they are believed to be driving a dark toyota camry. thj d 7 2 1. >>> and the state of the california revoked the liquor license for selling alcohol to minors. the agent from the alcoholic beverage control posted a sign on the front of bob's liquor and grocery located on the corner of harrison and 26th street. the convenience store was cited after three violations in a t

what i wanted either for the article that i stumbled what relates to the henry james and psat in venice who lives in them broken down what so and had been the mistress and henry james roche a wonderful story from the 1880s and as a scholar who did not know that they were still alive now that he knows he is alive and must have a treasure trove of the papers so he schemes and plots and gets into the house convinces the two old ladies so then the old lady dies. he confesses to the niece that he once the butter and says you can have it but he is horrified. he wanders court a day and says i have decided yes. i will marry you. it is too late i have burned of the letter. every one of them. took a long time but something along those lines have happened if it is not an easy story but in a week from now. >>cspan: when will you have another book? >>guest: i don't know. i am very slow. >>cspan: we are over time. "midnight in the garden of good and evil" is the name of the book our guest is john berendt over 160 weeks on the best-seller list. >> this is the home where jim williams them main characte

olague: something else i wanted to mention, we are talking about, yeah, increasing the size where venice is coming up and the size in general, which we approved. mission bay i think is limited to women and children only. what we have failed to mention is we have in the past -- some of us, not all of us -- have approved developments that are fighting upwards of close to 50,000 new residents into san francisco. that being the case, we really have to start thinking about where these people will live. there is hunters point development. i forget how many tens of thousands, yeah, of residents we're looking at there. treasure island, we're looking at close to 20,000 new residents, and then there is part merced, which is a lot of people there, too. that said, i think, you know, there are a lot of things we need to look at when we decide where the most appropriate place for health care is. i just wanted to make mention of that. commissioner sugaya? commissioner sugaya: maybe it is in some of our materials anywhere, but i cannot recall -- on the other campuses that are potentially downsizing alon

fresh snow it's already under stress but you make things worse by adding your weight to it on top of venice or you cutting the snow with your skis and all my combined might set off an avalanche . normally they go and will do the job himself of testing the snow and if he senses the possibility of an avalanche he might deliberately force the snow to get moving . if the it's a boy if you cut into the snow in front of me that doesn't mean it won't snap behind he's trudel first break up front little crack behind you to you no matter whether you've done the cutting or somebody else has done it for you if you know what it is what it. scientists in st petersburg have researched the peculiarities of the mountains ice and snow there is also surprising as it turns out an ice rupture generates a radio wave the can be located. i mean the most interesting thing about it is that radio frequency emissions take place shortly before i sharing. this means it's possible to full cost as well as record. but i mean this can be done if only for a short time before just an hour or so you. experiments with snow by t

oh, i went to shoot a ring around the collar commercial in venice, italy.aw a second-and-a-half mood shot of venice, and then a gondolier singing, "♪ of love i sing tra-la-la-la ♪ for you got ring around the coll-la-la..." and i went, "my powder didn't work." >> ♪ of love i sing, la-la-la >> stahl: more than 30 years later... >> ♪ ring around the coll-la-la ♪ >> henner: my powder didn't work. >> stahl: ...dead on. >> henner: boy, you guys really have drawn up the dregs. >> stahl: what do you see as the potential, in terms of science? >> mcgaugh: it could be a new chapter. we think we knew a lot, and all of a sudden these people come and display a kind of memory we've never seen before. and we have to say, "whoo, what is that about?" and so we're going to take a look and see if we can figure that out. and it could be... could be very important. >> stahl: one thing dr. mcgaugh had not yet done is bring these memory wizards together, so we did, and he kicked off a questioning session unlike any other. >> mcgaugh: a 7.1 earthquake hit the san francisco/oakland

a very wise tattoo artist in venice, ca., once said to me "you got to let go "of the life you were planningpt the one that's waiting for you." boom-- joseph campbell. he also said, "follow your bliss," which is pretty dope. j.c. was pimp. - now i don't know. i'm worried about the daisies. do you think they're too girlie? come on. this is supposed to be your thing-- picking the perfect tattoo. what do i-- what do i need? - nothing. you're perfect. all right. let's just go with the daisies. - it's your boob. - and wherever the road takes you, always remember to celebrate the little victories. - oh, my god. ricky. - yeah? - it's me, megan. we went out about a month ago. and then my stupid phone deleted your number. i mean, you probably think i was shining you on, but i wasn't. god, i can't believe i ran into you. - i know. it's great. - we should get together some time. - you know what? you're right. we should. why don't we exchange numbers so we don't have to worry about any disappearing acts? - great. i'm so happy i ran into you, ricky. - it's richard. i go by richard now. - cool. richard. d

can you remind me when we get to venice and broadway? thanks. >> what we're talking about here is full participation and inclusion. i want to be able to lead a full life.

last month los angeles police beefed up patrols of venice beach after hundreds of people on twitter wrote they'd be meeting there the next day. alexandria thompson who monitors the social networking site for her crime blog first noticed the activity. >> it was massive. it was constant. there were hundreds of these tweets going out. it was just really unusual. >> reporter: hundreds did show up and one person was critically shot before the area could be cleared. back in chicago, police are cracking down. 33 people, mostly minors, have been arrested in connection with those attacks. >> the fact is we have a plan. we are arresting people. and we're going to make this trend stop. >> reporter: chicago's new mayor says he wants all the offenders brought to justice. >> it's part of our reputation but it's also part of our public safety. the number one goal is deal with the youths who committed the crimes over the weekend and apprehend them. we're on our way to doing that. >> reporter: police have added 150 officers to city neighborhoods and undercover officers are patrolling downtown. all in the

now to tennis where venice williams followed in the first steps of a younger sister serena by existingthe work of the woman to prevent illness burn at an early stage the american opt out by danielle hunt to have a record finals the day after series i was beaten by russia's betters when i was in the second round of our progress into the seventies with a sixty five seventy and sixty of the tree. i say was tennis and they will then build up where apart from the williams sisters all eyes will be on carolyn was not he was named the top seed for the latest singles on wednesday the twenty year old dane is yet to claim a major title and says that despite falling joined the number one status the main goal is to win. now i'm just looking to improve every single time when i retire and go into a turn i'll try to win. and that's my goal and of course i'd love to in that grand slam and we'll have to see if that's going to happen now the merry go round that is russian football management has witnessed another slew of casualties spartak knowledge explodes found well there's a lot of it that drugs are

steps of a sister siri that invites them out over in the previous stage of time wimbledon champion venicewent down to danielle and talk about in three sets the book easily to be winning south williams stormed back to claim the second but in the third who took over whilst again showed consistency and regained control winning the match six to five seven and sixteen. staying with the wimbledon buildup where apart from the williams sisters and probably kim clijsters all eyes will be on caroline was now he was named the top seed for the ladies' singles on wednesday the twenty year old dame is sent to claim a major title and says that despite fully joined the number one status her main goal is to win now i'm just looking to improve every single time and when i retire going to turn around i'll try to win. and that's my goal and of course i lost so in that grand slam and we'll have to see if that's going to happen now the merry go round that is russian put all management has witnessed another slew of casualties spartak knowledge. and gold at the latest to be relieved of their view just making it

the possibility to organize such a versatile or we the greatest festivals the client our current veniceand berlin film festivals and moscow as part of the second group which includes montreal and canada. no london is not part of the group. there and noncompetitive along of festival twenty five days so then look at our door in switzerland sunset in spain and karlovy vary in in the czech republic and moscow competes with these festivals for world premieres of interesting films and that fortunately we can't compete with the big three there is downside for the berlin film festival and the moment upside for the moscow also my hope is that if i live long enough moscow will become the third first in the world and the world a little girl that you know the second group. ok well let's hear more about one of the oldest feel there was in the world in a report by spotlights healy and they demean them. you might have read the military and a crane into. him of the most important of the arts anyway judging by this monument to what camera in moscow that a filmmaker is clearly worshipped in russia and it

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venice seems to be every italy connoisseur's... prague has always been beautiful... germany...rish civilization... the eiffel tower was built... hope you've enjoyed the magic of... while bulgaria welcomes westernization, traditional ways persist. leaving the cities, we find a land steeped in history, from time-warp villages and donkey carts to fortified monasteries. [ children's choir singing ] high in the mountains 70 miles south of sofia, the rila monastery is the country's revered national treasure. it's a formidable fortress on the outside... a spiritual sanctuary on the inside. [ singing continues ] monasteries were built on remote and holy sights throughout bulgaria. dating from the 10th century, the rila monastery survives, but just barely. a handful of monks keep the flame alive. this 14th-century bell tower, the only part of the original monastery to survive a 19th-century fire, served as a final refuge during attacks. [ rhythmic clacking ] a drumming priest invites pilgrims, both orthodox and tourists, to the daily mass. through the country's medieval glory days, tsar

there is a little bit of space that will be given up at once of venice, but other than that, there is not a lot of change. have you fully evaluated whether or not there's an ability to give up that space or perhaps make available for other departments that might be looking for additional places, or for rent? >> with regard to 25 then s, that is something that would be released for other departments to use. the other location, really is an operational issue. there is some redundancy. the lenox facility remains available as a back up, so it is not something that then becomes available for new tendency -- tenancy, nor is it really suited for any other city use. it is a very specific facility. that is the bulk of the square footage involved. the other square footage is also tied with other areas of the mta, so it would be difficult to create demise in walls and separate occupancy of non-empty use, so it is difficult to recapture that. i think would just be repurchased for mta's purposes. -- repurchased -- repurposed for nt 8's purposes. supervisor kim: [inaudible] >> good afternoon. sfmta

is it true that the speculation that that they decided to to send a new venice of their house to generally. became a hero of that we can leaks one thing i do these things are nothing alike something or something i don't think so by the way some other rumors in washington and new york that might be a mark for his living the administration and returning back to stanford. but was also the rumor but now it is more realistic might be that he really going to be. very very and russia because otherwise might be hit put. you know i don't know. but traditionally you country keep your ten year ship in university for longer than for some years and might be there was an option either to go back to stanford or to get a promotion until he got the promotion and i would agree with you then it's and then generally is a very good investor and really the job in one of his latest statements is a matter of fact made russians very happy he said that probably we are very close to green are now three years these are for americans and for russians going to the united states do you think that that if we design reall

host: john is a democrat in venice, florida.r reaction to the president's withdrawal plan in afghanistan. caller: i thought it was very good. i'm a member of the venice area democratic club and i lived in madison, wisconsin during the vietnam war. i met president obama twice and joe biden once. i thought it was a very good, like i said. you have to stop terrorists from striking the u.s. i think this is one of the ways we can do it. can i give you my e-mail address? venice@internet speech.com. host: thank you for calling in. a little bit more from president obama and his 13-minute address last night on afghanistan. >> all that we do, we must remember that what sets america apart is not only our power. it's the principles on which our union was founded. we are a nation that brings our enemies to justice while adhering to the rule of law and respecting the rights of all our citizens. we protect our own freedom and prosperity by extending it to others. we stand not for empire, but for self-determination. that's why we have a stake i

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it's from shakespeare "merchant of venice," "the quality of mercy is not strained.peth as the general rain from heaven on the place beneath. it is twice blessed. it blesseth him that gives and him that takes." >> i'm so, so sorry for what i did to you and your family. >> i want you to tell me why. >> the truth is there was no reason. it was just -- it was just senseless. they took me off drugs and i realized what i did. it made me sick. >> reporter: it's the reason he made the movie, this scene. why is that moment one that still makes the emotion come into your eyes. >> sitting in front of ake? >> reporter: yes. >> i think it was so revealing. i look back and just building this coat of armor and that was killing me and it was killing my marriages, my, you know, whatever, friendships. at the end of the day, it was protecting me, but it was keeping me away from people that i love. >> reporter: there's another scene in the movie. a flashback to the night of the crime and maybe this was the scene he needed to play, to finally move on. [ gunshots ] [ screams ] >> reporte

i have been to venice beach not far from santa monica. they thought he would be found there.s been there 16 years and under the nose of the fbi. >> listen, tell me about what kind of guy this was. i have seen every episode of "the sopranos" and we have all seen "the godfather." we have a romantic notion of this. >> there is no tony soprano in this guy except for the bad part. this is a psychopath. unlike mafia dons he liked eto kill. liked to be involveded. he strangled women, blew people's brains out, garroted people. it's stunning the cruelty of the guy. he was insane at what he did. he liked to look out at boston from south boston and say, i own this town. in many ways, he did. people were terrified of him. he got his way. law enforcement protected him. he was a killer on the loose. >> i could talk to you all night, david. we're almost out of time. with all the intricate relations he had with the fbi he was on the run for 16 years. do you think he had help? >> this is the big question when they bring him back. in court he was smiling, joking with reporters. that tells me o