is the job of someone who works in store, on the tills of equal worth to someone who works in the warehouseo, the high court will this morning hear the start of a legal challenge against the release of the black cab rapist, john worboys. were you one of those who got into his cab and were targetted by him? do get in touch and let me know the questions you want answered about why the parole board has made that decision to release him. you can get in touch anonymously. our top story today. tesco is facing britain's largest equal pay law suit which could affect up to 200,000 mostly female shop floor workers. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed has got the latest. tesco hasjoined a long list of organisations facing controversies over equal pay. among retailers, asda and sainsbury are facing similar legal battles. birmingham city council has already agreed to over £1 billion worth of payments for women cleaners and carers and the bbc has been accused of not paying men and women equally. tesco, as one of the country's largest employers, is now facing a series of test cases, which could lead to the

we see it in the teachers who work tirelessly for their students and the police who sacrifice for our communities and sacrifice they do. [applause] and we see the lord's grace in the moms and dads who work two and three jobs to give their children the chance for beater and much more prosperous and happier life. as the bible tells us, for we are god's handy work created in jesus christ to do good works. america's heroes rise to this calling. in their selfless deeds, they reveal the beauty and goodness of the human soul. when catastrophic hurricanes struck, first responders and everyday citizens dove into rushing waters to save stranded families from danger and they saved them by the thousands. neighbors opened their homes to those in need of food, clothes, shelter, firefighters braved blinding smoke and flames to rescue children from devastating wildfires. during the horrific shootings, strangers shielded strangers, and police officers ran into a hail of bullets to save the ives of their fellow americans right in las vegas. a terrible day. a terrible night. but such bravery. amilies ha

get them there are simply so many people who are working professionally for the russian propaganda machine hope that others will soon be investigated would suddenly shown. until that happens send petersburg is unlikely to be the sole source of russia's fake news. the borough an international film festival is in full swing and our man at the festival is of course none other than scott roxboro scott tell us about the movie you tell ya you were at the past conference with the cast of the survivors what was it like. yeah i mean quite like the film itself it was quite moving and a little bit harrowing i mean this is a story it's a first movie about the two thousand and eleven terrorist attacks in norway i'm sure you remember where seventy seven people were killed in seventy two minutes by brutal right wing terrorist this film it was told with the support of the survivors and their families and at the press conference today the most moving aspect was having those survivors there some of them came people who worked with the filmmakers to make this movie and they got a round of applause from the f

and those who work so long and hard on pensions. those long-awaited disaster relief louisiana and florida and puerto rico and u.s. virgin islands. many of these places are taking their first steps on the march to recovery. much of puerto rico remains in the dark this is not, moment too soon. i would also like to think the ranking member on the appropriations committeeto who worked so diligently with his staff and ranking members on these issues. with the beacon with those health issues. the budget deal is a win for the american people. and with middle-class americans. and with those sequester tax. so with a work herel in congress i with a republican leader to be completed without a great deal of help. well president trump threatened to shut down congressional leaders have done the hard work to find compromise and consensus with a painstaking process it is requiring concessions onde both sides but at the end of the day i think we have reached a budget deal that both sides can be proud of. we should do more of that in this body it is

in most white houses you talk to former staff secretaries and people who worked on this in the past. if credible allegations from two former wives about domestic violence were brought forward, the permanent security clearance would be denied and that person would no longer be working in the white house. are you saying don mcgowan and chief of staff kelly were not told about the allegations about rob porter. that is what has been reporting. you said that was false reporting. >> what i'm saying is false reporting is some of the information about rob not getting permanent security clearance. he was not denied one. the process was ongoing. >> he didn't get it. >> he didn't get it. >> the fbi brought forward the allegations and found the allegations credible. that was the reason he didn't have the security clearance correct? >> people like me are learning it this week like you're learning it. what i'm saying to you is there is a process in place we rely on and respect. that was being followed here. i'm also told that is why investigations continue and not why they're ceased. there probably

authorities, is in fact someone who worked to rapidly -- workeda, as it directly with russia as a russian actor, or who considered himself an american. we will bring you those details this get them, but

and thank you to all of the victim assistance organizations and survivor advocacy groups who work to bring healing and hope to those who suffered from this terrible crime. we also have congressional staff here with us, and we are proud to have them. thank you for your attention to this issue. congress has been supportive, indeed, there appears to be a unique bipartisan interest in this subject. which, i would suggest means that we have an opportunity, may be in an few years, to do more than we have done in the past. i want to welcome members of the business community, a number who are here, who are taking important steps to prevent trafficking. i want to thank them as well. dave mccleary of the rotary club. nicole clifton of ups and davis of facebook and audra jenkins of randstad north america. richard perry of delta and brent wilson of coca-cola. a good list of people, and we appreciate your attention to this issue. i also want to thank secretary kirstjen nielsen of homeland security, and all of our prosecutors and law enforcement officers who are here with us today. i will try to be

armed edge kay rs or the and entrusted people who work within a school love our students and will protect them. very smart people. m must be firearms adept and have annual training, should get yearly bonuses. shoot in shootings will not happen again. a big and very inexpensive deterrent.

out also like to thank our ranking member on the appropriationsio committee, senator leahy who worked so diligently with his staff and his ranking members on these issues. as well asl senator murray who has been our beacon on health issues where we've made real progress today. budget deal is a win for the american people. it will also do so much good for our military and for so many middle-class americans, and finally, to sign the arbitrary and pointless sequester caps to the ashby heap of history. a final point madam president, a work here in congress on this budget deal between the republican leader night, between the senate and house was completed without a great deal of help from the white house. the president trump runs shutdowns and stalemates, congressional leaders have done the hard work of finding compromise and consensus. it has been a painstaking and month-long process. it is required concessions, sometimes painful by both sides, but atf the end of the dayt i believe we have reached the budget deal with either side loves that both sides can be proud of. that is compromise.

for those who work outside, i would make a plan b for probably thursday, friday and maybe even into saturday. we have a good day though for visibility and for air quality today. david cordova says mount diablo in the distance as seen from sfo. the visibility is sparkling, unlimited today. snow on many of the peaks. even around the hills of sunol. that was the system that brought the hail to sacramento and along the 680 corridor. mainly to the east. it was quite a show there. it has since moved off to central and southern california out of the picture but it will be a huge event for southern california today. a good line already went through l.a. palo alto, sunnyvale, upper 30s.

this is the shop workers in tesco, in comparison to men who work in the warehouse.they are paid less than men. tesco says it is an equal opportunities employer, that it ta kes opportunities employer, that it takes gender equality very seriously and is seen generally as a big employer. it is britain's biggest private employer. for many businesses around the world, there has been this division between what is seen as women's work, in a rather old—fashioned way, is seen as women's work, in a rather old —fashioned way, catering, cleaning, shop workers, being paid less tha n cleaning, shop workers, being paid less than what is traditionally seen as men's work, lorry driving, loading in warehouses, bin collection. as we are in the 21st century, should those kinds ofjobs be seen as equal in value?” century, should those kinds ofjobs be seen as equal in value? i am sure business leaders all over will be watching this very closely, to see how this plays out, what the conclusions are, because it could have huge implications for many companies and businesses around the world ?

the many of the young soldiers who worked here there was a high price to pay. those young men and now in their fifties and sixties and few in the united states know this story. the suburban sprawl of less vegas feels like another world away from the remote emptiness of in a way talk at all but the dawn is something former u.s. soldier g.-man drole can never forget and neither can he forgive i've never even heard of it and we talk i never do that there were forty three nuclear tests and it was radioactive that in dawson we landed. everybody kind of pretty much flipped out on a phone no because right after the radioactive i was told i was going to visit a tropical paradise for six months of the service. a specialist in the army's eighty fourth in geneva talian mandrel was one of thousands of u.s. soldiers sent to help clean up in a way talk at all in the one nine hundred seventy s. a thousand workers from the u.s. armed forces are giving the northern islands a facelift striving to dig and scrape away the radioactive soil and debris this u.s. news story shows sold

speaker says, come on, everybody should be condemning domestic violence, there's a certain person who works at 1600 pennsylvania avenue who had rob porter in his employ who has not. that would be the president of the united states. >> that's right. he actually came out last week after the allegations were well known and after rob porter had resigned and said essentially it's a tough time for him, very sad, he expressed sympathy for porter, but no sympathy for the women who are his alleged victims. he didn't make any sort of generalized statement about domestic violence or no tolerance for that. he has sent out sara huckabee sanders to say that to reporters this week, but he's been given opportunity after opportunity, including as recently as yesterday at the white house by reporters who were present for events with him to say his own piece about domestic violence and if he considers it unacceptable. he's not taken that opportunity. >> another opportunity right there. >> he's avoided talking about it. and it's clear that he does not want to make an issue of it, whether it's because of his ow

. >> i think a lot of people who worked for him never thought he was going to be president and they never thought some of the things they were doing to line their pockets were going to see the light of day. lo and behold he gets elected and a special prosecutor lands, who is an epic special prosecutor and they're looking back over their shoulders at all these various things they did that they thought no one would ever take a look at. especially for people like george papadopoulos, carter page, some of these people who floated around trump who are not sophisticated people, who are

what many people don't understand or don't want to understand is that wayne, chris and the folks who work so hard at the nra are great people and great american patriots. they love our country and will do the right thing. make america great again,

baldwin,klobuchar, mccaskill, donnelly, height camp, who worked so long and hard on pensions. the budget deal also includes long-awaited disaster relief for texas, louisiana, florida, the western states, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands. many of these places are still taking their first steps on the long march to recovery. much of puerto rico and the virgin islands remains damaged and in the dark. this recovery aid could not have come a moment too soon. senator nelson worked very hard for both florida and puerto rico relief, as did so many in this chamber. i would like to thank our ranking member on the appropriations committee, senator leahy, who worked so diligently with his staff and ranking members on these issues. as well as senator murray, who has been our beacon on health issues, where we have made real progress today. for theet deal is a win american people. it will also do so much good for our military, and for so many middle-class americans. and finally consign the arbitrary and pointless sequester cuts to the ash heap . a final point, madam president, our wo

soldiers in particular who worked at and we talked have since come down with illnesses that they say were caused by their work there. jim mandrel is one of those soldiers for years he suffered from a myriad of complaints he says a link to his service on in a way talk he had his gallbladder out shortly after that a. seventy pound tumor cancerous tumor in his abdomen i suffer from roughly for you to forty five years as well from the going to. close that is far more liberal of the watching good news the problem for former cleanup workers like jim and raul is that unlike the other u.s. soldiers involved in the atomic tests the government does not recognize them as atomic veterans this means the four thousand clean up veterans have no special health care coverage many lumbered with crippling medical bills washington argues safety precautions on in a way top are exemplary the workers radiation exposure fell below recommended limits and that their illnesses and the time they spent on and away talk and not linked i mean these people were in the army what choice did they have they were told go

the women who work on the shop floor say they earn considerably less than men who work in the company'srmarket could be liable for up to four billion pounds in back pay if it loses. tesco says it's not yet seen the claims — but that it works hard to make sure employees are paid fairly new dna analysis of britain's oldest complete skeleton has found he had much darker skin than previously thought and blue eyes. the man's 10,000 year—old remains were unearthed at cheddar gorge more than 100 years ago. now breakthroughs in dna sequencing have allowed scientists from the natural history museum to create this model of what he would have looked like just before he died. and professor robert kelly has been awarded the timeline television moment of the year award. after his kids gatecrashed his interview on bbc world. millions watched the video on youtube, and for those who haven't seen it, here it is. i would argue that this is a democracy... what will it mean for the wider region. i think one of your children hasjust the wider region. i think one of your children has just walked the wider reg

so who is intent on kick these people who know no country but america, who work in our factories and offices, who go to our schools, to serve -- who serve in our military, who is intent on kicking them out? not the american people. 90% want to support the dreamers. not any democrat, and not a good number of republicans on that side of the aisle. just the president. on three separate occasions president trump has stood in the way of a bipartisan solution to daca, a problem he creed in the -- created in the first place. and yet the president is in this dream world. he thinks, i can blame democrats for the impasse. as i said, only in the 1984 world where up is down and black is white could this be true. only in a 1984 world where up is down and black is white would the american public blame democrats for this. they know where trump stands . it they know it. the american people know what's going on. they know that this president not only created the problem but seems to be against every solution that might pass because it isn't 100% of what he wants. if at the end of this week we are unab

where they have a concession if they don't quite earn as much as those who worked 35 hours. n went in and said those working 38 hour should get as much. we need to see this against the bigger backdrop against what is going on in berlin right now, where angela merkel is trying to get together a coalition with the social democrats, and other grand coalition. in a sense 16 metall saw an opportunity. they had a moment to broker a very good deal. there is no government, only a caretaker government. at the same time, the social democrats are really negotiating very hard. these negotiations should go to berlin. that is really bruising. here in the uk, many were watching the grilling of the former bosses of carillion. this is the company, it was a huge employer in this company, but also around the world. most of its contracts on many of them work with government in the uk, providing a loss of services to all sorts of areas ‘— loss of services to all sorts of areas —— lots of services. this colla pse areas —— lots of services. this collapse and went into administration. there were que

have software developers have people who work in startups as people who care about the future of the world we have to look at where technology is being built how it's being built what values go into it because those are the values that will then shape future society. airborne vehicles harvesting every pick you take every humane click to get everything to all the waves. but this time. we blame it on the deep sleep is the first civilian. trials. and we are creating. this. critical engineers at this time. one of the really special things about working for al jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working for us as you know it's very challenging the body but to be there because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real stories just mended is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. the rhythm or our vital source of substance to the countries it flows through this nor t

those who started a business they say was the most unique asset you possess he would say the people who work with you for you. the people who will be your customers and clients, the new economy is phenomenal for millions of people around the country and around the world. we have people who were in deep poverty just a generation or decade ago that are now consumers the new economy is in that case for america in the world. like every major transformation it has left some people behind. i see this in communities that the industry is gone and it's easy to say just where the jobs are not necessarily a bad idea but you fundamentally misunderstand what it's about. if you're in the working-class you leaving the relatives who watch your kids if you want to go away for the weekend. you need your support network this is a difficult adjustment for millions of people across the country. there are some people left behind the fundamental is to push it smooth out those rough edges. to help people transitional respecting many have spent their entire lives in industry and jobs and they never return. means inv

and i'm proud of the work of this committee and our bipartisan group of members who have worked on this so diligently over the last several months. i would encourage all of my colleagues to support this legislation, and with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from mississippi reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, since we began this process several months ago i met with experts, my colleagues and most importantly the survivors of sexual harassment and assault. their insight has formed this legislation today. by passing this proposal, the congress will take the much-needed first step in changing how we do business. we eliminate counseling. we eliminate the cooling off period. we make mediation optional. we change the system so we protect the victim and not the perpetrate overplet we require more transparency with regular reporting that has meaningful information. we change the confide

close to the human capital damascus joining me now on the line is one hump he's a syrian doctor who worked in aleppo when it was under siege and was going through the kind of bombing that we are seeing in easton welcome hamza now with your first hand experience of the situation a similar situation give us a sense of what people are going through in kuta right now. so it's like. literally in a little time out like back in aleppo like homs. for years. same thing happened all the time with no different yeah. for five years so. everything like that maybe america medications that was a few unfortunate i just sort of city and now this by public. attacks happening for the past ten days it's a disaster humanitarian disaster there now look the pictures that we are seeing are of civilians but the syrian regime says that they are rebel groups based that on day using civilians as human shields what's your response to that. actually it's not making sense at all the. cheap propaganda always used those claims back there was three hundred thousand. people and the regime also claims that like. the fighters

a lot of people who work in the federal government who have the job of keeping the public informed and i have thought about this a lot. a lot of the day to day reporting on the federal government goes through the white house and, if we could get that out to where the agencies are actually doing incredibly good work on behalf of the american people and we should put a spotlight on that. if we could figure how to do that, that would be to everyone's benefit. it is letting those people talk. they are all cowered because of the white house, but there are a lot of good people with access to information and that -- martha: i wonder, in terms of information that you are going to provide, where the president comes in for the briefing. you see him before the briefing. how many times a day do you see him and does he tell you what to say and how to say it? sarah: no two days are alike and it will depend what happens with the news of the day. i will try to make sure i have answers and i do not sometimes ask all the questions that they later asked and it is a lot of things specific to his thinking

work. it will increase access phenomenally. for people whonnis and can't afford the private clubs and need to work for a living that is a reason to support the project. i hope you agree. >> kay, lois, david, trish. >> i am kay christianson. i support the project in the park. i think it is an incredible gift to the city. as it stands now some of the courts are barely playable. they have big cracks. some have net posts that rusted out. there are no nets. i have played from for over 40 years. i would love to see the park tennis center restored to the former glory. thank you. >> i am highway lois. i started in the 1980s. i would like to say i was nominated and elected the san francisco captain of the year in 2014 for the u.s. ta norcal because i have been captain out there numerous times, and i have wonderful teammates and memories from playing at the park. the park is in need of great repair and i look forward to seeing it not only restored to the former glory but a new glory with lighted courts, with reservation systems, with on going maintenan

have software developers have people who work in startups as people who care about the future of the world we have to look at where technology is being built how it's being built what values go into it because those are the values that will then shape future society. airborne vehicles harvesting every pic you take every click you make clicking everything to all the waves. at this time to watch the what can we blame that on the deep sea the first civilian. and we are creators. are. pretty good engineers at this time. it was oil upon which modern day venezuela was a stop. for over a century this lucrative resorts has divided the people both less than coasts with the world's largest reserves. charting the impact of industrialization and the legacies of its prominent leaders we shed light on the troubles afflicting venezuela today the big picture the battle for venezuela at this time on al-jazeera . the marshall islands holds a toxic legacy from years of u.s. military nuclear testing. as the sea levels rise when one east investigates the threats this fallout poser's at this time on al-ja

work stead of going to school on. it's a vicious cycle. but they are the ones who would have to rebuild syria cleanin on the last generation. forty five minutes long t w. lying dormant shoka leipzig the biggest favor seems sleep all the best goals we've got all the action deep delta is the home of german football shared experience every match. the mundus league of the weekend here d w. this is a fifteen year old girl. being gang raped. his teacher is beating a board for talking back and clowns for the rest of the transporters i'm sure is torture is being hit by his mother breaking a promise. just because you can see violence against children doesn't mean others and there are make them visible visible. might violence against children. welcome to another week of your max we kick off today so with lots of color at the court a zero. caliber bullets for the british and new problems become of us he's an. exotic moments an exhibition on the classical scholar.

has been speaking to a former internet troll who worked at the internet research agency in st petersburg which u.s. investigators say is a fake news factory she told the moscow correspondent euro shadow that those thirteen arrests barely scratch the surface of what she describes as a mass operation. russia apparently behind the fake news operation aimed to disrupting the twenty sixteen race for the white house. two years ago this young journalist was working alongside the so-called internet trolls at the russian agency for internet research in st petersburg to be official name of the troll factory whose bosses have now been indicted by the united states . and they have. employees at the troll factory get a list of topics every day that they have to work through the bad news about the united states was always one of the more important topics. it was getting. two years ago tortured rather try to make contact with various working inside the building to no avail the revelations by lifted the lid on the trial factory on savage being a street in russia second city. curtains on the windows no s

so who is intent on kick these people who know no country but america, who work in our factories and offices, who go to our schools, to serve -- who serve in our military, who is intent on kicking them out? not the american people. 90% want to support the dreamers. not any democrat, and not a good number of republicans on that side of the aisle. just the president. on three separate occasions president trump has stood in the way of a bipartisan solution to daca, a problem he creed in the -- created in the first place. and yet the president is in this dream world. he thinks, i can blame democrats for the impasse. as i said, only in the 1984 world where up is down and black is white could this be true. only in a 1984 world where up is down and black is white would the american public blame democrats for this. they know where trump stands . it they know it. the american people know what's going on. they know that this president not only created the problem but seems to be against every solution that might pass because it isn't 100% of what he wants. if at the end of this week we are unab

also condemned the work. who are working very hard. last year the uk export provided 3 billion pounds in support hopping 221 uk companies 79 percent of those companies were sme. thank you mister speaker. in 2012 the prime minister talked about in a quote a future in which scotland will continue to flourish side-by-side as equal partners. the prime minister's stance on this. i continue to stand wanted to ensure the four parts of the kingdom continue to flourish. it remains in the united kingdom. of course mister speaker the effort of what is unequal. with the government and they come completely together to stop that. mister speaker with the letter shows that he cannot get the goods with the most fundamental issues of brexit. to go between camden and westminster. you cannot make this up. the united kingdom. this government is absolutely committed. that commitment is there. they refer to the issues of bold powers. in that commitment remains unchanged. that they are directly divulged. it was acknowledged that it was a significant step forw

work the people who are dollar big. they're going to stumble into more efficient solutions than the people who use intuition i guess taking a step back i would say all aspects of governance are increasingly becoming systems of code and analysis and data and certainly the lesson out of the dot bomb of two thousand. when the nasdaq internet stocks a version of their value in a week was that the companies left standing were the ones with the biggest databases and so that trance that lesson and that transformation has led to this current rise of surveillance as a business but surveillance is really a subset of this process of. social control through data and. to go and work for silicon valley is not selling out in the sense of like oh that band used to be cool and they sold out and made money it's not it's not like selling out it's like switching sides. using our labor it's very important to be building something that is not potentially part of a dark distance. you go and work for silicon valley the current game is building

what the white house said the individuals who worked with rob did not see this side of him. once the allegations and the pictures were brought forth. they worked quickly to take rob out of the building. as soon as the president found out, he said it was time for rob too go. howie: nobody is saying the president knew until this exploded in the press. let me move on to the bob mueller investigation. the president said he's perfectly happy to sit down with the special counsel. but sources are saying his lawyers are opposed to that. which version is right as far as you note? corey: i haven't spoken to the president about this matter. but as a political operative i see no value in the president sitting down with won mueller. his attorneys are right to say send us the interrogatories and we'll answer in writing. i don't see the value of the president sitting down with bob mueller. howie: a lot of pundits agree with you on that point. the president sparked a lot of media outrage when he made comment about the democrats sitting on their hands at the state of the union been when it ca

people who work in tesco's are not self—employed, they have a contractual relationship with tesco. big firms are effectively saying, now you work for us, the rights you had ina you work for us, the rights you had in a small you work for us, the rights you had ina small sum, you work for us, the rights you had in a small sum, you don't get those any more. interesting. steve? tuscan needs this like a hole in the head, the ex—directors are going through the ex—directors are going through the courts of the profit warning from a couple of years back and now business isn't food in the best of light today what with the carillion story and tesco on the front of a national paper being told that they pay women £3 an hour less, that's not good for them. this striking picture. we don't have much time. cheddar man, facial reconstruction of britain's oldest skeleton. how does he look. kind of how you would expect! we know humanity began in africa. people arrived, fresh from the boat as my grandfather was, you intermarry and get a bit paler and it appears this is what has happened with cheddar ma

as software developers as people who work in startups as people who care about the future of the world we have to look at where technology is being built how it's being built what values go into it because those are the values that will then shape future society. airborne vehicles harvesting every pic you take every click you make public in everything all the waves also possible. but it's time to watch the what can we blame that on the deep sea this is the first civilian. and we are creators. all. the engineers at this. business update scrolled to you by qatar airways going places together. business updates rolled to you by qatar airways going places together. with. the foreign ministry. this is al jazeera. and i know that i'm laura carlisle this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes hong kong democracy activists walk free after a victory in.

i want to acknowledge senator ,rown and senator casey baldwin, mccaskill, who have all worked so long and hard on pensions. the budget deal also includes long-awaited disaster relief for texas, louisiana, florida, puerto rico, and the u.s. virgin islands. many of these places are still taking their first steps in the long march of recovery. much of it remains in the dark. soonercannot have come -- aid could not have come sooner. like to think all committeembers on the who worked so diligently with his staff and ranking members on these issues. as well as, senator murray who has been our begin on health issues where we have made real progress today. it is a win for the american people. it will also do so much good for our military and for so many milk -- middle-class americans. we can add the tax to the ash heap of history. our work here on this budget deal between the republican leader and i, between the senate and the house, was completed without a great deal of help from the white house. while president trump threatens shutdowns and stalemates, congressional leaders have done the ha

in abu dhabi really includes everyone who lives here, like the expat community and the migrants who worker all, the emiratis are in the minority here. just look around you. you'll find a lot of people from all over the world and all different backgrounds, who come here and have made this place home. the us always used to sell the american dream. there is the emirati dream, believe it or not. the emirati dream is definitely living a great quality standard of life and, of course, living with — living amongst people from all over the world. this is definitely the emirati dream. in the wake of the jewel in the crown have come other signature, large—scale construction projects. 0n saadiyat island, a cluster of magnificent galleries and museums include quite possibly the most prestigious art brand in the world, which has just recently opened its doors. for a decade now, the grand mosque has been abu dhabi's most popular tourist location — until this astonishing creation came along. the louvre abu dhabi houses artefacts on loan from paris, and others, bought and permanent. from ancient pieces,

we're a city of community and city of leaders who want to work together. with that, i would like to bring up to the podium, a person who needs no introduction. our mayor, mayor mark farrell. [applause] >> mayor farrell: first of all, any deacons in the house? come on, we can cheer! all right. listen, i want to thank maria for all of your hard work on behalf of the city's families and children. i want to acknowledge a number of people here today. first of all, supervisor safai is here. district attorney gascon next to him and our school board members. we have our president. as well as commissioner walton. and as well as our vice president of our school, please give him a hand as well. and i know commissioner haney was coming as well. today is a chance to celebrate the bright future of our city's children here in san francisco. while we do honor the legacy of our late mayor, edwin lee. mayor lee was a longtime champion of children here in san francisco and today, we also will celebrate that. you know, it is our responsibility as a city to uphold the values of

(applause) now i want to introduce our partner who has worked with us from the beginning all over ourther it's trying to work on systems, whether it's remodelling fire stations or building new fire stations, leading the effort of going through the whole effort to make sure we have resillant structures and the correct tools that the fire department needs to do its job, welcome chief hayes-white. >> good afternoon everyone. the job is looking great. first and foremost, i want to acknowledge four of our five fire commissioners that are here. the fire commission is under the direction of president cleveland. thank you for your support every step of the way. (applause) as director nuru eluded to, there's been a lot of change and difficulty in the past several weeks and i would like to also acknowledge the great vision and support always of public safety that mayor ed lee had, if not for mayor lee we would most likely not be standing here. i want to acknowledge mayor lee and certainly president breed, this is near and dear to her heart. this is a vital part of this neighborhood and communit