the venice biennale is a 100-year-old institution.t's sort of like a world's fair for art, which attempts to bring together the best and most representative work by 43 countries. 275 curators around the country submit ideas for an exhibition. it's whittled down to four or a handful of finalists, and they get selected by a national advisory committee. it was amazing -- marilyn called me and said, "we got it." and i thought two things. i thought, "oh, that's fantastic." and the other thing was, "oh, my god, now i have to do it. [ laughing ] i have to make these things." this is the beginning of the project. the first part of the creative process for me is in the form of writing, with a few pictures here and there, but it's actually words describing situations or it could be quos from different things. "the greeting" was triggered directly by an encounter with a classical artist by the name of pontormo, who created a painting called "the visitation." it's a classical theme of when mary comes to visit her sister elizabeth when she finds o

>> george: a trip to venice! ( cheers and applause ) you and a guest will fly roundtrip coach from los angeles to venice, italy for a six-night stay in a deluxe double room, including daily breakfast, at the hotel paganelli. steeped in history and enhanced by modern comforts, this boutique hotel is located in the heart of the city, just steps from saint mark's square. plus, learn how to row a gondola, as you glide through the venice canals during a two- hour class. >> drew: nice. this game is fantastic. all you have to do is get rid of one of the numbness the middle. the nine is correct, the three at the en is correct, you just have to get rid of the eight, the five or this other eight. john what do you think? >> let me see, let me see. let me consult real quick. >>rew: all right. just hand it over, i'll take that. squeeze those numbers together. $9,853 for a trip to venice, lit i. are you ready? >> yes. >> drew: one, two? you got a digital camera. it's not bad. you're going to spin the wheel later in the show. s

he took three buses and hitchhiked, making it to my old frame house in venice. i said, why are you here? he said i was in a car and we did drive by and i don't know what to do. you said you would always be there for me. there's the answer and the question. how are we always going to be there for bobby. how are we going to help young people at risk, people who are active, to build new identities? we begin with tattoo removal, legal expunged and and we work on attachment. every individual who wants to avoid being in a gang, who wants to leave the game, they need a role model and mentor, they need someone to be there. there is no single type of person. we need it the merging of former gang members, prosecutors and social workers and public defenders. you have all had that kid. he needs role models, job training, and real jobs. i was happy to hear that in the video, nothing stops the bullet like a job. we need to provide that. bobbie ann smiley did not ask for their fates. a young woman i worked with, who has five children and has been a member of valencia 13, and f

he took three buses and hitchhiked, making it to my old frame house in venice. i said, why are you here? he said i was in a car and we did drive by and i don't know what to do. you said you would always be there for me. there's the answer and the question.

the venice screening of "outrage" beyond drew a near ka pass the crowd. >> it is complex and full of exciting scenes. >> i made the film for entertainment, so i'm glad the audience enjoyed it. i'm relieved. >> kitano already has one golden lion. he took home the top honors in 1997. judges will announce the winner the this year's competition on saturday. let's take a look at the latest market figures. >>> for an update on the weather forecast here is mai shoji. m ai? >> we have heard scattered thunderstorms. thunderstorms have scattered much of the country. weather changes will be on tap for tomorrow and the day after as well. especially with the approaching frontal system. so western japan, you will be targeted with very heavy brief short time heavy rain sch could be about 50 to 70 millimeters in an hour span. in fact, miyagi prefecture, 58 millimeters in just an hour. and even tornadic activities cannot be ruled out tomorrow across much of the country but northern japan meanwhile will be looking at hot temperatures. in fact, in especially the western portions, some of the areas have

the venice screening of outrage beyond, drew a near capacity crowd. >> translator: it is a grate movie. the plot is complex and full of exciting scenes. >> translator: i made the film for entertainment. so i am glad the audience enjoyed it. i am relieved. >> he has won the golden lion. took home the top honors in 1997 for his film. judges will announce the winner of this year's competition on saturday. >>> now britain's prince andrew took an interesting route down the tallest building t. rappelled down the side of the building in london to raise money for charity. the prince descended 250 meters down this skyscraper and took him an hour. the top of the building was shrouded in mist, the windows were so wet he had to slide down. the prince joined 40 others in the stunt they raised fund for an educational charity. >> giving young people the opportunity to understand, not only that they have got it in them, but also that the challenges they're going to have to face aren't quite as, as daunting as they might first imagine. >> local media say the event raised 290,000 pound or $460,000. it i

some big names are in italy this week for the venice film festival.ike lee got a warm welcome at the world remere of his documentary "bad 25." >> to me this is a love letter to michael jackson. >> reporter: anyone known that rider put in an appearance for her otherwise iseman." and from the proposal to the altar, a film about the long walk down the aisle comes out on dvd this week. the five-year engagement stars emily blunt and jason siegel from cbs's" how i meat your mother." that's your eye on entertainment. >>> happy labor day morning. you're watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane good she is. i'm mike hydeck. glad you're with us. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> tomorrow will be much worse traffic wise. i'm here just to tell you

i lived in venice, california. the rent was affordable. but this was to in the morning. the house had a wraparound porch. i was walking up to my house, and there was a shadowy figure on the porch. i did what any concert -- god- fearing a young woman did. i reached for my can of mace, and i was prepared. i looked at the chateau -- shadow, and i heard the voice and knew it was bobby. with all the sensitivity of a new social worker i said, what the -- are you doing here? he told a story that his foster uncle, worked at martin luther king hospital. he convinced his uncle to break into my personnel file.

suffered minor injuries police say the bus had a green light and a car made an illegal left turn onto venice boulevard that caused the crash. a fast-moving fire in angeles national forest forcing 12,000 visitors to leave the park. the williams fire started this afternoon near a campground and the scorched 700 a. a spokesperson says the flames are spreading through heavy brush and touched by 2009 wild fire. people in las angeles studio city neighborhood received a loud wake-up call this morning this massive tree toppled onto a residential street before dawn no word what caused it to fall. crews may be unable to remove the tree until tuesday. first they played on national tv then honored by the oakland a's, not over for the little leaguers from petaluma the whole town showed its support for the youngsters. the oakland a's,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> were tied! unbelievable >>> again these little leaguers will never forget the team from petaluma made this comeback against tennessee in the world series, even though they tied the petaluma nationals did lose. they came home winners mike sugerman shows us ho

up over sacramento, down beyond the golden gate bridge, central california, down past mall but and venice before going over disneyland. the laboratory which is nasa's home businesses and coming back over the griffith observatory before finally landing at lax. this is the second to final leg of the 122-million miles that "endeavour" has traveled over the 20-year career from 1992, the first flight, until the final flight just last year. this shot, really, is amazing from the nasa jet flying alongside. >>shepard: good looking stuff, trace. we will have the landing live for you. >> former guantanamo bay prisoner released during the presidency of president bush may have had a hand on the deaths at the benghazi embassy saying al qaeda was "likely involved" in the attack. according to the confidential guantanamo bay file released by wikileaks, he was connected to against ears of the 9/11 attacks the back in 2007 the united states turned him over to libya on the condition that the former libyan dictator, muammar qaddafi, would keep him under lock and key. muammar qaddafi did not keep the promise.

>> caller: big boo-yah from venice, florida. >> i love venice. what's up? >> caller: okay.ant to thank you for your advice. i'm a happy investor. >> thank you. >> caller: and i have 110 shares of ibm currently selling for over $200 a share with a basis of $80 a share. should i sell some of the ibm? >> you've got a double. my rules say, this is a conflict of disciplines. ibm, big position in charitable trust, but my rules say if you play with the house's money, we might have a capital gains increase. what i suggest you do is take out your capital, play with the house's money and let her rip and congratulations! let's go to bill in oklahoma, please, bill? bill? >> caller: yes. >> you're okay. >> caller: oh. am i on now? >> yeah. >> caller: all right. well boo-yah from t. boone country, my friend. >> cowboys. the only cowboys i like are t. boone's cowboys. >> caller: there you go. hey, i've got a question for you. >> yeah? >> caller: over a year ago you interviewed the ceo from frontier communication. >> yeah, maggie. >> caller: yeah. and you went into great depth about can fr

the victim who has not been named was taken to shady grove venice hospital pronounced dead there. the medical examiner's office will determine the exact cause of his death. >>> still ahead on 9news now, this sunday no roof, no power, no problem. some louisiana church goers are singing their blues away from the aftermath of hurricane isaac. >>> monster truck plows into a crowd of people and all caught on camera. we'll be right back. >>> there is a world war ii memorial for the remembrance of japan. and the 60th anniversary of the victory over japan and the marine core. they also performed there. caught on tape and out of control monster truck crashes into a >>> days after hurricane isaac first hit, more than 225,000 homes are still without power. more than 12% for the entire state. about 30 miles west of new orleans. and that place, one church without electricity, but also without a roof. that did not stop the sunday service today. >> he opened up the door. that i might see. >> reporter: songs of hope and faith echoed in louisiana. the memorial church helped sunday services outside

. >> i thought did he really get to go to venice?ng to be really mad. >> for me it was the best part. the look on her face was like, what, i'm in new orleans and he's in italy? are you kidding me? >> you know, we just had pun. ♪ >> let's keep going. ♪ >> new york city! ♪ >> at the time said you played vegas and somehow they worked it out that i was able to play with captain and tenille. i probably practiced that song 100 times. ♪ >> nobody -- it not one show, not one person, nobody did halloween the way weigh do hollywood at the "today" show. >> susan boyle. ♪ >> i get the laughter from the crew, yes, it's a good one. hopefully the people at home are laughing as well l. >> you can open your eyes. >> no, don't you do that. >> do you have anything that sort of numbs the pain before you do that? i can't believe i was that old and never had my ears pierced. i was really nervous about doing it on tv mostly because i was afraid that the person doing the piercing was going to to get hurt. ah! my ears are pierced. ♪ >> i can't tell you how m

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. >> san francisco recreation and parks department offers classes for the

really, really, just -- >> jimmy: just won all the awards in venice, right?u haven't heard about it, i'll tell it though. if you win a certain amount of awards they get mad and they go -- [ with italian accent ] "we cannot-a give-a you this-a many awards." [ laughter ] my italian's not so good. i'm taking rosetta stone. >> no, that was good. that was good. >> jimmy: i'm taking rosetta stone. i'm halfway through the dvd. >> you're very good. >> jimmy: machiatto. grande latte. i've been studying at starbucks. thank you. >> you're getting better looking as you do that. >> jimmy: i appreciate it. thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> jimmy: so it won all these awards. what is it about exactly? can you explain, or is it tough to explain? >> it's tough to explain. i mean, really, it's -- paul thomas anderson's films are always sort of deep character studies at the heart. and it's about -- it would take up our whole segment. freddy comes back from the war. >> world war ii? >> world war ii. and is suffering some -- a nervous condition, kind of post-traumatic stres

match between like a motif and sasco must go it's traditional for fans to stock up on team scarves in venice but this year before the start of the season and only shirts with the names . deceased players are available supporters won't be able to buy items bearing the names of the new team players until after its official line up is finally announced . that it. was. such a get off my. gut. bacteria. that i am on the stone it goes without saying that i will always have the team that died in my heart. that. that. goal we must learn to live with this sense of loss we must remember them but carry on without them this is not the end of the world it's the end of one story which was cut short but now we have a chance to start over. a new team is returned to the cage shelf and i hope that we will become champions of gal ask god i. did. the next generation of hockey players has a great example to follow and andre just like every other young boy in jaroslava face is the portraits of his heroes every time he comes to training in spite of the terrible disaster look at motifs club slogan still stands true

i didn't 8 unit building on south van ness -- i did an eight-unit building on south venice. if there had been an affordable unit, i would not have been able to do it, simple as that. look at what has been completed since 2006. that says it all. thank you for your time. >> good afternoon. my name is ciro hackett. i am here as a business owner and a tiny part of the construction business. i do not want to waste your time on what i have written here, since people have spoken today. i will say i am in the restaurant business. i see people here i have not seen in my restaurant for many years, simply because they are not making money anymore. this is trickle-down economics. the money is not being generated in the community. it comes down to me and my fellow restaurant owners. it is a different aspect of it. we are suffering. we are not downtown, reaping the benefits from twitter and social media. we depend on the people in our neighborhoods, who work and spend locally, and educate their kids locally. i and the other people in my business hire many workers in this city, and they ar

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just opened the venice film festival. >> next president of the united states of america, governor mike lauren! >> dignity matters. >> you are off the campaign. you thought it was important to fix things? >> that script has those type of layers and the message behind it is relevant. the politics behind it, you know, were kind of -- were timely. so, you know, i try to find things like that. if it's, you know -- if it gets inside of my body and my head, then i go for it. for a while, i became a little bit disillusioned with the film industry, and as it turned out, it was at a time that my eye began to drift towards some other ideas and opportunities that have really taken most of my focus on a professional level. got some interesting -- west africa, a company i've been developing very quietly for about seven years now that we're now starting to market. a natural resource company there where we're looking at mineral opportunities and agricultural opportunities. we're trying to view them in a 21st century way, try to do them i

venice seems to be every italy connoisseur's... prague has always been beautiful... germany... the irish civilization... the eiffel tower was built... hope you've enjoyed the magic of... stonehenge is roped off and viewable only from a distance, but england is dotted with less famous but more accessible stone circles. my favorite... avebury. the avebury stone circle, just 40 miles away, is as old as stonehenge and 16 times as big. and best of all, this megalithic playground welcomes kids, sheep, and anyone interested in a more hands-on experience. >> from weekend getaways to extended road trips, california is full of places to explore, and for over 100 years, the auto club has been there to help. our travel agents offer you expertise regarding destination information, trip planning and reservations, either in office, on the phone, or online. across the state, throughout the country, or around the world, through all life's travels, we're always with you. >> "road trip" has been made possible by the automobile club of southern california. >> well, hello, everybody. i'm huell hows

venice vrt, we reported that in the executive director's report and that answers commissioners questions. i'll move on to that as well. the geary vrt project, quickly we completed the most recent round of outreach. we're currently incorporating the feedback we received from that outreach, prepping for the full environmental impact statement and refining other design. we're in the workshop stage right now. and we have that project manager if there are specific questions about geary. moving to the mta and dpw projects, one of the key projects in district 5 is a bike improvement project. this project is environmental review and design is underway. the project [speaker not understood] a $350,000 bicycle project to a complete streets project including curb ball, traffic calming and traffic management items. it's about $1.3 million project that happened after the planning process. again, this is to provide connections on -- bike connections on fallen oak and pan handle and key connections across the city. construction is planned to start in the spring. remainder of funding will be from the [sp

venice seems to be every italy connoisseur's... prague has always been beautiful... germany...ation... 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, tsars made lavis

people have been shot dead in venice well are in clashes between supporters of president hugo chavez and his nearest rival in the upcoming presidential elections and wreak company less the victims were members of the country's off position parties witnesses say the shooters were inside a vehicle owned by the state run oil company come a may be ongoing presidential campaign where long serving chavez seeks to retain his presidency. shortly on our team we find out what it takes to stage a full scale reenactment of the famous battle of both of them do you know all where in the polling and armies took to the field against russia on september eighteenth twelve. the mighty volga that runs deep through the russian soul has provided inspiration for songs and poems and is the country's main north south artery and decades ago schumann ingenuity connected it to the dawn river to the west the vocal dawn canal is an engineering marvel within a day a vessel can pass the canals thirteen blocks ten million tons of shipping does so every year. another concrete giant is this finished fifty years ago it