there is the largest city in the french speaking of west africa with a population of 4 million individuals, and we are honored to welcome today in the mayor of one area. [applause] welcome, mr. mayor. we hope you have a wonderful visit here in san francisco. with that, madam clerk, do we have any? clerk calvillo: no, we do not. president chiu: and we have something in case mayor newsom wants to appear before the board. thank you. if we can move to our consent agenda, -- clerk calvillo: these items of the consent calendar will be acted upon by a single roll call vote. president chiu: colleagues, would anyone like to sever any of these items? madam clerk, could you call the roll on these items? clerk calvillo: [reading roll] there are 10 ayes. president chiu: these items are passed and finally adopted. i ms 13. clerk calvillo: will property -- item 13. clerk calvillo: real property. supervisor daly: i appreciate the budget and finance effort to look at it closely, but i think i have had all of my questions answered, and i am planning to support it. president chiu: supervisor daly? supervisor

they were thought to be magicians. 1725, oh molly in the west africa. the drums -- be ware of sea birds, be ware of men that steal up the river through the great forest. and into the savannah lands. the moans and groans, hundreds, thousands stolen, we rarely speak the taken, i will this time because you have asked. come back, back, back, far edge of memory. we recall them and they are black smith, by all accounts a master craftsman, worthy of praise, honored as a powerful magician. one who could speak the old names of the mother elements, earth, fire, water, wind. they would do as bidding, think. people sing praise songs. he was a gifted black smith. he is not remembered for that. he is best remembered for being a loving father. when his beloved wife died only after a year and embraced his newborn son, i will raise you myself. the elder women with argued against it saying you'll grow up wild without a gentle hand of a mother, a gentle hand to guide him. must divide by custom, take another wife or give the baby to a mother who is childless. how will you

they were thought to be magicians. 1725, oh molly in the west africa. the drums -- be ware of sea birds, be ware of men that steal up the river through the great forest. and into the savannah lands. the moans and groans, hundreds, thousands stolen, we rarely speak the taken, i will this time because you have asked. come back, back, back, far edge of memory. we recall them and they are black smith, by all accounts a master craftsman, worthy of praise, honored as a powerful magician. one who could speak the old names of the mother elements, earth, fire, water, wind. they would do as bidding, think. people sing praise songs. he was a gifted blk

because all throughout west africa, and southern africa, people eat flatanos.ghout caribbean people eat them. all throughout south america. the ones who don't are those here who had them taken from them. >> what about what david suggests? there is this connection that all of us don't necessarily see and see the connection, in all of the bloodlines that really run through all of us to a great degree. >> it goes even deeper. if you're looking at the americans, for example -- and this is something that still -- i've been saying it for over 20 years and whenever i say it, people look at me in shock. of the 50 million enslaved africans brought to the americas, 95% ended up in latin america in the caribbean. only 4% ended up in what is now the united states. so the africa is so much a part of being latin american and caribbean. for example, what maylee is talking about now that her parents object to going outside of being puerto rican, well, puerto ricans have a problem with race, but that doesn't mean that puerto ricans are not part of that african diaspra. it is mo

former invisible child simply hopes the system will not lose sight of future young immigrants from west africa. >> it is much better to protect them earlier. >> what no one wants is children like these to swap one brutal reality for another, 3,000 miles away. >> and that is all for this week. from all of us here, goodbye. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc newsnight" was >> hi, i'm john davis, and this is motorweek!

. >> it is rougher in the slums in west africa. >> however, dianne is equally at home there. few years ago, she taught 300 women how to make a living. >> it's actually eating daily. it's actually having your child educated. >> next spring, dianne is going back to sierra. >> we are trying to get hair conditioners and shampoos so each woman has three months of product. >> dianne does similar work in the metro dc area mentoring young girls through her cinderella foundation. >> we need our girls strong. we need them smart. >> dianne is excited about some of the things she has learned and she is hoping to transmit that knowledge to the girls at washington, d.c. who are part of the cinderella foundation. i'm armando trull, 9news now. >> armando is giving a one-on- one tour and some tips. you can find the bonus interview at wusa9.com. that's our report. derek and anita will be back here at 11:00. tonight we are working on a medical mystery that sounds like something out of the bible and it plagued a maryland woman for many years. don't forget, you can log on any time at wusa9.com. w

his name is madieu williams and ron allen has retraced his story to sierra leone in west africa where williams came from and it's where he now gives back. >> reporter: madieu williams has come home to a school he built in a poor community in sierra leone. >> i see a lot of myself in these children and give them the opportunity. the sky's the limit. >> reporter: he brought volunteers from a group called healing hands and a friend and fellow football player, tequel jackson. handing out basic school supplies. most classes often don't have books. most students never finish grade school. >> it's emotional to see the kids so bright and eager and excited and happy. >> reporter: the dentist came, too, for most kids their first visit. >> it's going to be okay, i promise. >> this is my street. >> reporter: williams was born in this war-ravaged nation. ten years of civil war, infrastructure destroyed. more than half live on about $1 per day. now williams is a star football player, number 20 on the minnesota vikings, but never far from his roots. you say you don't want to be defined by football.

. >> poverty is a serious issue in senegal, a nation in west africa. senegal used to be a relatively wealthy country by african standards. here in the slums of dakar, the capital city, 80% of the residents make less than $2 a day. less than 10% of the people have steady jobs. here is the poor area in the center of dakar, many migrants who left their homeland because of desertfy indication are living here. this man came here with his family five years ago from a village 300 kilometers away. >> translator: this is all the money i have left. this would only buy me a cup of coffee. >> translator: the village just didn't get any rain. the land turned barren, and nothing grew. >> in recent years, desertification has severely damaged farmland. many people have lost their homes or means to make a living and so they migrate to the cities joining the large number of people already living in poverty. >> a group of people have come together. they're working to create a strip of land 15 kilometers wide and stretching 7,600 across the african continent. the goal is

millet and sorghum are the predominant cereal crops and staple foods for the rural population in west africa. considerable population growth has also put pressure on the fragile land system. >>baptiste: food security doesn't mean anything if they cannot improve their income. they have to improve their income and this is why we improve the yield for them, so they could sell it and have a better income, so improve their livelihood. >>reporter: and they did it with the help of agora... developing micro-doses of fertilizer... a more efficient but also more labor-intensive method, which produces a higher yield. >>compaore: in the beginning we found that the work was harder than the old method. but when we sawthe results, we realized the micro-dose is better, so we used it. now that we are familiar with it,we think it's easier to use than the old fertilizer. >>reporter: even michel, who admits initial scepticism, was won over. >>bougma: with micro-doses we have a much better harvest than with our traditional methods. >>reporter: agora is one of the biggest portals for agricultural journal access..

. >> it's even rougher in the slums of sierra leone, west africa, however, diane is equally as home thereoor women how to style hair and earn a living. >> it's basic necessities. it's actually eating and having their child educated. >> reporter: next spring diane is going back to sierra leon. >> we're trying to get shampoos and conditions that each women will have three months of product that she can start her own business. >> reporter: diane does similar work in the area meantoring young girls through they are cinderella foundation. >> diane is very excited about some of the things she's learned and seen here at fashion week and is hoping to transmit that knowledge to the girls at sierra leone and the girls at washington, d.c. who are part of the foundation. >> you can see a one on one tour of one designer's collection and some tips from a project runway final list for you. you can find that bonus interview at wusa9.com. it's in district news just click under the news tab and click on local news. >>> and we welcome you to 9news at 6:00 a.m. thanks for tuning in i'm andrea roane. howard b

africa yesterday. these are ones that we are watching for potential development. and you can see the clusters of storms making their way from east to west across africa. once they come out in the tropical atlantic, we'll have a better feel as to whether they become an issue or not. >> bill read at the national hurricane center, bill, thank you. and, of course, not in the clear from earl yet. >>> but we do turn now to the political storm brewing in washington over the new jobs numbers out today. this country lost another 54,000 jobs in august, and the president today took on the republicans, saying they're the ones blocking help for small business. that, in a moment, but first, the numbers. word that the nation's employers cut another 54,000 jobs in august, marks the third month in a row that this country has seen a net loss of jobs. but some economists say there is still a silver lining in these new numbers, because if you take away the 115,000 temporary government jobs, those census jobs we knew were going away, a slightly different picture emerges. the private sector actually adding 67,000 workers in august. health care and constructi

however the strongest hurricanes that we see do originate off the coast of africa from the tropical waves that leave the westmove out over the warm waters of the atlantic. of this a lot of warm water to work with. they intensify, become very big. >> so now we are looking at a live hd radar. these are our three active storms. all three of these originated from waves off the coast of africa. karl did not form until later. jewel y i think the most powerful hurricane to develop that far east, that close to africa. >> many of hush dos develop off the coast of africa, particularly -- many of the hurricanes do develop off the coast of africa, particularly during the peak of hurricane season. >> just those two areas? >> on the other side of the world, hurricanes there are called typhoons. the ones we are concerned with on the east coast of the united states are the ones that come from africa. >> sorry, mary, i added to your question there. maybe that helped you out actually. >> if you have a question you want answered, go to myfoxdc.com and click on the weather tab. we'll try to answer it for you as soon as we can.

west africa, ivory companies, they make 70% of the cocoa, right?rmers lose trees to disease and pests and fungus and mold, they lose their livelihood. the price of chocolate continues to go up. it's supply and demand. so what these people now have done, they figured out what trees can be better, they'll even make better corn, better soy beans, better roses for hundreds of years, but never have we ever tried to make better chocolate. but now they are. >> very good stuff. are you a chocolate fan? >> a lot. dark. no white chocolate. >> all right. the camera guy is laughing at you. quick break. a man who doesn't like to travel. he is cramming in a decade's worth of controversy into a four day trip. stay here. sure i'd like to diversify my workforce, i just wish that all of the important information was gathered together in one place. [ printer whirs ] done. ♪ thanks. do you work here? not yet. from tax info to debunking myths, the field guide to evolving your workforce has everything you need. download it now at thinkbeyondthelabel.com. >>> we have bee

when we passed the patriot act here, it gives permission to dictators from west africa through the far east to do horrible things to their citizens. our country is a beacon for civil and human rights, as many problems as we have whenever we take a step backwards year, it gives people permission to take a leap backwards overseas. if a citizen in this country can be told they have violated the law by videotaping an officer mistresses and in public, know that that should make as fish shredder here because it will make a huge impact overseas. it was a comment earlier that should get all our attention -- we have to speak up -- there's a connection between the nine people jobs and the increase in the incarceration rate in times like this. we can either -- one way or another, we're going to pay for this recession. we can either invest in the country would want to be, invest in keeping people intact, or we can pay for more incarceration, more foster care and all the downstream effects. that is why we have organized a big march on washington on october 2nd -- one nation working together. we nee

it has an opportunity, as i said, to be the entry point into west africa. >> reporter: but one thing african-americans. >> we as african-americans need to look to the future and determine how we can help liberia never return to the dark days of the past. >> reporter: liberians have long felt a strong kinship with the united states. so there is tremendous appreciation here for the wealthy american who is making the case for this impoverished nation. >> this is an opportunity for african-americans, and i've said this before, for african-americans to embrace liberia the way jewish americans embrace israel. >> reporter: robert johnson taking a lead in that embrace. brenda bush, cnn, monrovia. >> robert johnson is back from lib beer where and joins me live from new york. bob. it's good to see you. thanks for your time today. >> tony, delighted to be here with you. >> let's get started with this, bob. take a look at this quote from former treasury secretary bob rupen, and here it is. it seems to me that we in the united states should be more focused on africa, not only as the source of nat

when we passed the paycheck act here, it was permission to dictators from west africa to the far east to do horrible things to their citizens. our country is a beacon for human rights. whenever we take a step backwards here, we take a leap backwards overseas. as a citizen in this country, if we can be told that they are violating the law by it videotaping an officer, never that bad will literally make a huge impact overseas. it was a comment made earlier that really should get all of our attention. we have to speak up. there is a connection between the nine people jobs in the increase in the incarceration rate. one way or the other, we will pay for this recession. we can either invest in the country we want to be, we can create opportunities in places where there is little at this moment, or we can pay for more incarceration and more foster care. that is why we have organized a big rally on october 2. one nation working together for jobs, justice, and great schools for our kids. we need people to turn out. we already have 16 buses heading into the city. we have people coming by car. t

caller: west africa. host: thank you for your comment. more of a chance the to weigh in tomorrow morning on "washington journal." the president also talked about joe biden in baghdad. we will have coverage tomorrow morning on c-span2. this is being organized by the iraqi government. you'll be able to see the change of command and ceremony with remarks by the vice-president. the speech tonight is available on our website at c-span.org. coming up next, remarks by john boehner, and the republican leader in the house of representatives. he spoke earlier today in milwaukee discussing not only the war before a policy and the obama administration. here is the speech in the entirety. >> and thank you all very much. i want to think commander hill for his introduction. the american legion made a great choice by electing a man from ohio as his leader. thank you for having me. it is always an honor to be among those who have warned carnations uniform. i want to thank the american legion and all of our veteran organizations for supporting our troops w

nothing imminent in the atlantic, but just now coming off the coast of africa about 450 miles west ofe cape verde islands we have a new system looking pretty impressive tonight. it's not a depression yet but could soon become one and could, in fact, become tropical storm lisa in the next 48 hours. so that's what's going on in the tropics. get ready for more heat, too. we've got a cool night tonight, but we've got temperatures that will be pushing 90 as we go through the five-day forecast. we'll talk about that coming up in a little bit. >> summer not finished yet. thank you. >>> new tonight bedbug discoveries in the most unlikely of places, children's books. i'm talking about new york city where there have been bedbugs laying eggs and shutting down businesses for a while now. fox 5's will thomas takes us to frederick, maryland, for this one. >> reporter: urbana public library, 1,000 people a day pass through here, but it's what a collection supervisor discovered outside in the book drop friday that prompted frederick county officials to spring into action. >> we were especially fortun

africa. when obama discovered hey my father killed a man in an accident, he was running around with two iron legs and railing against the westenying him his ambitions and his anti-colonial dreams. horrible discovery for obama and he had to go to africa to figure that man, obama. >> glenn: so you know, america, my mother died alcoholic, everything else. and it screwed me up for many, many years. so i understand why you are bringing that up. >> obama's father ideologically was an african socialist. not a pro-soviet socialist, but an african socialist. and he wrote in 1965 an important article in the east africa journal. i have the article right here. in fact, it's available on the web. the article is called "problems facing our socialism." he is talking about what the countries do to overcome colonialism. and achieve impendence. and he said basically what we have to do is bring down the guys at the top. because they've been looting us. and secondly, he says we have to tax them, and we've got to take their money away. the state has to confiscate wealth. i picked out two quotations that are worth noting. i want to start with the

miles sustained winds, out there and coming off africa here, igor closer and bermuda is watching closely and into the weekend. igor will slide to the west of bermuda and that is on the strong side of the hurricane and hopefully he'll get father outer to the west and bermuda will be spared the highest of the win and the surf there. they will come and make a big right turn and they will get out of here. tropical storm karl made landfall around the yucatan peninsula and might come back into the bay of campeche and into mexico with a lot of heavy, heavy rain. things are active in the tropics, 85 in the city and -- temperatures around the water, generally speaking in the lower 80s and this evening is gorgeous, today is almost perfect. the temperatures drop into the 70s and mostly fair skies and you can see there is nothing going on and to the west, we're talking about this where there was going to be a chance for some of the rain to move through and is that late tomorrow night and into friday morning and gorgeous this evening. and warm temperatures existing. cincinnati, 88; nashville, 90; atlanta, 90 degrees degrees and warming up tomorrow a

west and we are we're like blood and he's going to escalate the war. have to be i think the ninety eight. attack against the the two u.s. embassies in east africa so there's always be the main. argument about about you need to stop you have to stop this war because it's going to like chaos and disaster and harm muslims and afghanistan specifically but he insists that the time like he has like one operation he cannot cancel it now because it's too late and he said it's going to demoralize them is asian he should carry on and then he said after that he will really really try to do his best to stop the war using can stand like pace for his strategy to attack the war but by then it was too late right bin laden vastly underestimated the response of the u.s. to september eleventh so they never ever imagined retaliation the way how the u.s. going to tell you all to respond to attack but he was born myself and the people we want him like if you attack the homeland it's going to be really really very very tough. response from the u.s. and i remember i told him i learned already it's not going to afghanistan the u.s. will try to dominate the whole region

west of bermuda. also in the tropics, julia is weak and is moving off to the east. it's not going to affect any and. here's another area, africa, which will be tracking. it could become a tropical depression by tomorrow, but it's heading again where julia was to the northwest, not going to be an issue with any and masses at all. >> a football viewing party ends in tragedy in anne arundel county. police say a group of friends were watching football. when the game was over jeffery fitzgerald was carrying a tv back to a friend's boat when he fell in and died. >> at this hour, the johns hopkins doctor who was shot on the job in good condition. the family released a statement expression gratitude for his treatment and asking for privacy. adam may explains. >> reporter: the doctor's condition is improving. >> 911. we need 911. there's a shooting -- >> there's a shooting on the eighth floor. >> reporter: security reviews are underway when an armed gunman shot his mother's doctor, his mother and himself. he had a permit to carry a weapon. >> we don't know yet if it was in his daily row teen coming and visiting his mother that he alway

continues to be a key concern given his familiarity with the west and his participation in aqap external operations. in addition, east africa remains a kilo cal for al qaeda associates -- key locale for al qaeda associates. some leaders share al qaeda's ideology and publicly praise the osama bin laden and asked for further guidance from the group and as director mueller noted, more than two dozen americans, most ethnic somalia, but not all, have traveled to fight there since 2006. of course the potential for those trainees to return to the united states or elsewhere in the west remains a very significant concern. i think it is also worth noting that al shabab has vividly illustrated its shipment to attacking outside somalia, most tragically in the waning days of africa's first ever world cup with the deadly attack, series of coordinated deadly attacks in kampala. in north africa remains a persistent threat to the u.s. and western interests, primarily in the form of kidnapping and ransoms, but we are, of course, concerned with their potential to reach beyond north africa. finally, in iraq although the ct success vs. greatly

west a bigger slice of the market. it's the latest consolidation in the industry. at the end of the week, continental and united will be the world's largest airline. wpm wants to expand in south africa. they're offering 4 and a quarter million dollars. wpm wanted to expand oversees. and manufacturing is a bright spot in the dark job mark. there's been a gain in manufacturing jobs and about twice the pace of growth in other industries. it's the biggest growth in 16 years. >> and nest lee is going to expand and focus on the growing markets for foods to treat chronic conditions. for more head lines, go to to cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> thousands came out to support the great prostate cancer 5 k. it's part of the community commitment,. marty bass was the emcee and the event has raised over a million dollars over the past four years. >>> coming up, a live update on the breaking news, a house collapses in baltimore city and gas pains, prices make another move, which way are they heading. bernadette woods is updating the first warning forecast. wjz-13 is always on, for the top stories on wjz.com and instant updates, go to wjz.com. ♪ [ monkey cheeps ] [ male announcer ] a bath becomes even more

africa. very more close into the eastern atlantic and tropical storm with maximum winds of 40 miles per hour. lisa is expected to advance to the north and west can see the projected path right here moving right now lightly. kind of slowly rather northwest at 5 miles per hour. expected to intensify as it continues there. we are also tracking the threat of fire danger in the west once again today, particularly into utah where temperatures warm but really the concern is low humidity and strong gusty winds today. that's a factor to keep in mind. across the country, looking at cooler weather and really as this this is the last full day of the summer season, fall begins tomorrow, you are going to see very hot temperatures building. we have seen record heat here in the southeast and look for more to continue and finally just want to let everybody know, monitoring a brand new area of tropical development out here into the caribbean and something to keep our eyes on in the coming days. kyra? >> thanks. >>> a vietnam war hero's story, we are telling it the day he receives the medal of honor. there's new motrin pm. no other medicine, not even advil pm,

africa and continuing the improprieties into the boy's college years. three other men have filed similar lawsuits, and a spokesperson for long says the pastor categorically denies all allegations. >>> and in the westther areas are under water. a surge could cause some flooding in major rivers, and wisconsin and south dakota declared states of emergency. so far, no death sbrns reported. >>> and cubans will be able to work for themselves in 178 sectors of the activities under new guidelines released by the government. for the first time in decades, entrepreneurs can hire nonfamily personnel, and it is to shed jobs over the next six months to bolster is the struggling economy. raul castro says that the social system will not be altered. >>> if you are a facebook or twitter page, lights up with news of a tsunami off of a coast in california, no worry, because it is only a drill. natural disaster launched the drill to see how social media could be used in a crisis, and so-called x-24 included the u.s. and many other countries and also the red cross and many other nonprofits. if you see it, it is clearly marked x-24, and as fake. >>> well, there's an app for everything these days, but have you looked sk