-- in the city. it is a large piece of land, we are going by and rehabilitating those homes and areas to get buyers back in. there is the ability to website -- there is the ability on our website to bid on homes. certainly in 2009, that was a ray -- representation, things have happened since, home sales are up by 3.9%, home prices are up by 30%. we are getting our hands on remediating structures in the city. those things are well on the way, i am happy to reprint -- report we are achieving beyond the goals that we originally set. >> do you have any relationship to them now? citizen, i amate registered to bid on houses on the west side. >> why would you do that? >> it is a great opportunity. in my career, i have been fortunate to work in other cities, when i left michigan, there was michigan law school, you remember trouble in paradise riotsble between the race , it started with the killing of a black motorist -- motorcyclist beaten to death. asking why iked -- am going to miami. since that time, some

we said, the city was rich and buying art. the city was dumb, lazy, happy and rich. senator cory booker used those very phrases three times the week after that. idea that anyone was ever going to make that connection to the contemporary city at that time. dom, lazy, rich. we were not rich. clearly, i was not talking about the city. eighth grade education, that was a reference to both my grandmothers having an eighth-grade education. it did not dawn on me that had any connection to what we were doing at that time. but let me tell you, the city exploded, commentators, that is, for about a week and a half. look,y, i went and said, you can scour my professional behavior and background for the next 30 years. time,n the most heated you have never heard me use that kind of language about anyone, let alone a city i am obligated to represent and standby. i appreciate people have taken umbrage with it because they thought i was referring to the city at that time. that was not my intent, but i will apologize for it. i do not insult people and have never done that. even people i

budget among many others great things that is bring to the city included service increase which the t line is a part this is the kind of leadership we need to bring the kind of transit service to the city to have it grow in the future please carry on conversations out in the hallway. please join me in welcoming our mayor, mayor ed lee >> (clapping). >> good morning as well thanks east side for our leadership if i can thank you you and the commissioners of the sf transportation agency and our county transportation authority working together with the city and the board of supervisors and really glad to be here today with supervisor christensen supervisor scott wiener and supervisor jane kim joining us we're dedicated to improving expanding our public transportation it the best example i god got to ride on the newest edition to the streetcars and ike thank you, again rick from the historic streetcars history he provided that connection we were talking about dolores park all the mayors if feinstein on to that have really led the effort i know that from me, me to art to senator feinstein

we also represent the whole city. any district supervisor that focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i make sure i am working on the major citywide issues and the district issues. i try to be disciplined about that. >> how will you approach the tough choices? >> i think we have to start by looking at the most critical city services that we cannot do without. what are the ones that if they deteriorated, we will pay the price on? public safety falls into that category as a basic critical service. transportation, making sure we have the functional muni is critical. core public health services like dealing with mental on this on our streets -- with mental illness on our streets. if we do not provide services, we will pay the price. it works out from there in terms of budget priorities. >> with your plans on dealing with homelessness? >> it is homelessness in general and behavior on the streets. we need to make sure people have access to services. i was a sup

there are still fragile fractures in many places in the city. our coverage begins with special correspondent soledad o'brien on what new orleans found exposed by katrina after the storm. >> reporter: in new orleans iconic jackson square, crowds of tourists gather. to take in the sights and sounds of the big easy. judging from the scene here, in the heart of the city, there seems to be no doubt, new orleans is back. but go just 20 minutes out of the city center and it's a different picture altogether. how typical is this? how many homes are like this in this neighborhood? >> on this one street i have actually seen at least four other ones. >> dawn hebert lives in new orleans east. after hurricane katrina, most of new orleans east was under water. >> it smells like this, it is the smell we all smelled right after the hurricane when we came back to our home. >> was your home like this? >> yes it was. >> you had to take it apart? >> had to scrape the mud out and then scrape it apart. >> hebert came back to survey the damage. >> hi six feet of water.

the c-span cities tour, visiting cities across the country. this weekend, we are joined by charter communications to learn more about the history of grand junction, colorado. a certain mineral had a long-term importance in this part of colorado. >> all over the colorado plateau, we are surrounded by morrison rock. we find a lot of dinosaur bones, fossils, and that has intrigue scientists for a long time. the other thing we find in the morrison is a rock hard carna tite. it contains radium, which was used by marie curie. is it also includes a mineral, vana dium. carnatite also includes uranium. announcer: a congressman was largely responsible for development through his legislation. >> he fought the bottle to reserve -- the battle to reserve water for western c colorado to make sure we got our fair share. how did he do that? beginning in he is state -- beginning in his state career, he was able to exercise more power than you might normally have. certainly in the united states congress, where he was able to make sure colorado and western colora

and in the city of los angeles they can live in another city and come into the city of l.a. and i think, you know, who wouldn't want to work at mcdonald's for $15 an hour when another place is stuck at $10? those are going -- and when the employer of a mcdonald's in los angeles can pick the very best, they will get the very best. >> okay. media or club members. great. >> hi. my name's jordan. i'm with the german press agency. >> hi, jordan. >> so with the minimum wage at $15, do you encourage all cities, all states even in the u.s. to raise to $15, or do you think l.a.'s in a unique position with population, cost of living? >> i don't. i think that $15 is a good goal -- i guess i would, but different years. $15 is a fine number to organize towards. but i do think it would be great to raise the basement nationally, but we're not seeing that happen in congress any time soon. i hope it will. and it has very strong bipartisan support again in polling. a majority of republicans as well as overwhelming majority of democrats support raising minimum wage. but i think different econo

it was to build a city as it should be, a city where everyone know matter what they look like, how much money they got, where they are born has a chance to make it. [applause] and i'm here to say that on aat larger project of better, stronger, more just new orleans, progress that you have made his remarkable. the progress you have made his remarkable. things are say perfect. mitch would be the first one to say that. we know that african-americans and folks in hard-hit parishes lessst. bernard are likely to feel like they have recovered. scarsinly we know violence the lives of too many youth in this city. as hard as rebuilding levees are. i agree with that. i'll get to that. .hank you, as hard as rebuilding levees, a s hard as rebuilding housing is, real lasting structural change, that's even harder. and it takes courage to experiment with new ideas and change the old ways of doing things. that is hard. getting it right in making sure that everybody is included, and everybody has a fair shot at success -- that takes time. it is not unique to new orleans. we got those challenges all acros

out the city. sewage and water did it in 11 days. i mean, you know, it was just extraordinary. and then you had these every day heroes. someone in this room from lake view isn't involved in politics but her community is destroyed and what is she going to do? she steps up and i maintain her pre-katrina self would not recognize who she is. i just love that. people made over it. max mcclen in the lower ninth war. i said you are the black conito. an apolitical guy never got involved and i don't want to get involved. he used the expression the mardi gras way of live. don't take it seriously. you cannot change things. it is a corrupt city. you had people stepping up and you had people shrinking. ray nagan is one of them. i feel like he had one great moment. the thursday after the flood. katrina hit monday morning, the city flooded immediately, many people think it is tuesday but within an hour the levy failed. monday, tuesday, wednesday, it is finally thursday. no buses and 25,000 people at the super dom

pretty skies in the city. look at the city. i love this, pink giving away to amber shades of blue. just a few clouds overhead. very, very nice. the heavens. clear and 75. and the winds are variable at and the relative humidity is your numbers toward are going to be up above normal and we're going to see a little bit of humidity, too. so that 90 will feel like 90- plus. so let's go swimming. humidity is not too bad at the pool. agood day of sun. beef. remember the main concern is the rip current risk. it is high today for long island. moderate for new jersey. serious stuff. this proved fatal this summer. want to snake sure that you and yours stay safe, you the buddy system. and if you are not a confident swimmer, don't venture out. don't fight and head back to shore. north and west a hint of that front. heat is on today, wind out of the southwest fills in. and then you see a possibility of a shower or storm this and another round tomorrow and then wednesday, that's going to be the nice day of the week before the rain is a little bit more widespread. organized low. the may -- it may

david henry is live at city hall no doubt the city will seem like a secure no traffic zone and that is exactly what officials want. >> a lot of places will be off limits jim. the city is looking upwards of a million visitors while the pope is here so in the interest of public safety, people that live and work in center city and parts of university city are looking at major disruptions. >> private vehicles will really not be a viable option on the weekend in center city. all of center city and parts of philadelphia will be closed off to vehicular traffic. the northern boundary of spring garden street to girard to schuylkill river to south street and south to the delaware river the closures begin at 6:00 p.m. friday and then at 10:00 university city will be closed to traffic from pelham avenue down to universe and grays ferry, anyone that has a vehicle within the boxes can drive out but you won't be able to get back in until monday morning. however, you will be able to drive anywhere within the box, septa trolleys and buss will not operate in the boxes and highway traffic is restricted.

our city was destroyed. now because of the grace of god, 10 years later, we are still standing. 10 years later, we are still building. 10 years later, we are still rejoicing and thanking you for the fact of the matter -- the word of god. i have never seen the righteous forsaken. so we thank you for the resilience of the people of new orleans. now our schools are coming back. our neighborhoods are coming back. our churches and synagogues are coming back. and god, the great city of new orleans is coming back. and we give you all the praise glory, to do what you will naesus' to do, and jesus' name we prya. ay. amen. were or onet as we day will be. is beforement, what us is right and true. we name what brings to light what is to be celebrated. we see and know the goodness that surrounds us. with gratitude for the joy and resilience and beauty we encounter daily and the faces we see in the city we love. and yet in the next breath, we name what is left undone, what is not as it should be, we name what is unjust an

the city was wiped out. if you go down any major street in the city, and by the way, it cost $7 million a mile repave the city. we've got a lot of miles, that we will $9 billion we were going to fix all of them. because we have limited resources, and because the reimbursement didn't match the damage, that's what we focus on. almost every major city, every street in the city has been done. select the issue of lights. i can tell you we are taking in more light than anywhere else in america. and that's true. i hope it will get an award for that or something. but it doesn't really matter, my letter to somebody, governing magazine that we did that. it doesn't matter to the person that's next-door to the white house that is blighted. same thing is true about potholes. the city of new orleans was built on a swamp. we have terrible interior streets. the truth of the matter is that have -- as we have been rebuilding all of the stuff of the city, from schools to airports all the things we need, we have a major problem

lots of people can move from city to city. they do just fine. i've lived lots of places and i do just fine. and when we had katrina and that disruption, when we lost 100,000 black folks. thell be the person on panel talking about racism. just be ready. a significant part of what it is to be normal. you can't replace 100,000 black folks with avatars. folks come up here, it's newho dat and say orleans. i miss that. >> let's talk about sustenance. >> what is wrong with that dog? what was the question? >> how new orleans sustains us. >> i will pick up on what miss washington was saying. it i know somebody at every table here. it is a hard and broad question to answer. i will thing it -- i will bring it back to very simple tropes. and theld be mardi gras superdome on sundays in the fall. the superdome on sundays in the cosmic socialzing experiment that nobody could replicate if they tried to. it is where all races, genders, economicio-, cultural barriers seem to be stripped away. it is crazy to watch. it is a beautiful thing. i have been reliving the

the potential to become a world-class city. he is not unsparing in his criticism of the city, as well. he also sees and prevents very specific plans for what the city could do to become somewhere up with paris and new york and i think, for the first time, people in madison were, you know, reminded that they had this potential, that they could be -- that someone from the outside saw them as this really fantastic place, filled with potential. john called madison a model city and a lot of the things he set out for madison took decades to develop. in a lot of ways, a lot of the things he suggested, in 1911, came true throughout the 20th century. one of the things he suggested in his plan for the city was that there should be an arb treatm -- arboretum. we didn't get one for a couple decades later. he also suggested that state street should be a closed pedestrian -- pedestrian mall. a place where people could gather together. that didn't happen until the 80's. but that was really part of his vision for the city. he also suggested th

which is the fastest in the world. >> we have the community as the big city, the first city to have a kig. >> chattanooga became the first city. >> reporter: it started more than four years ago when e.c.b. was looking to upgrade its power distribution center, not only improving the power grid, but with bonds and stimulus, engineers creating a fibre oic network. now, epb customers have access to the superfast internet. 4,000 customers signed up. the chattanooga chamber of congress reports in the last three years 30 companies moved here because of the gig, creating 1,000 jobs. jack runs lamp post, an incubator for start-up. >> you realise how much time and fun yip you save on -- money you save on every little traction, that starts to add up. >> the difference is easy to see with video files, we uploaded a six hour movie in over 4 minutes, taking 45 minutes than most broadband connections. >> it's all done, waiting on you to process it. >> a few american cities have fibre optic networks. google added fibre networks in three cities, with plans for more. >> looking at the united states and

it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red rock formations. you could watch the sunrise over the bay. this is another one of our great lookouts. we are at mount davidson. 928 feet. this is the place for you to bring someone special. to not forget that dogs and enjoy all of the pathways and greenery that surrounds you. it provides a peaceful oasis of open space and great hiking trails. the spectacular view offers a perfect place to watch the sunrise or sunset with someone you love. >> it

here's a live look at center city. looking fairly dry right now but the heavy rain is right on the doorstep. you see the dark clouds. if you are in center city, we have heavy rain about to move in any minute. you see it moving in from delaware. it's pretty much keeping that heavy rain around. it's not really raining itself out or appearing to be weakening so that's going to slide up through the philadelphia area, make its way up towards trenton and we have a lot more rain in the forecast for the rest of the evening, too. we have another line of storms back off to our west and that one, we can expect later tonight. that's why we have the flash flood watch out through the overnight hours. here's future weather. so the scattered showers and heavy rain continues as we go through the evening. 9:00 p.m., we could be watching that second line starting to move in and overnight, that scattered rain continues, too. 6:00 tomorrow morning, i think most of the area will start to dry out and the humidity will start dropping through

an american city dark and underwater. and this was something that was supposed to never happen here. maybe someplace else, but not here, not in america. and we came to realize that was started out as a natural disaster became a man-made disaster, a failure of government to look out for its own citizens. and the storm laid bare a deeper tragedy that had been brewing for decades because we came to understand that new orleans, like so many cities and communities across the country, have for too long been plagued by structural inequalities that left too many people, especially poor people, especially people of color, without good jobs or affordable health care or decent housing. amy: president obama went on to herald the progress new orleans has made rebuilding since hurricane katrine devastated the city 10 years ago. >> as hard as rebuilding levees is, as hard as rebuilding housing is, real change, real lasting structural change, that is even harder. and it takes courage to experiment with new ideas and change the old ways o

the city is the cable operator who contacts the city. >> they are looking for great characters. you and your viewers to identify with these people that were best we are talking about. an experience type of program, where we take people on the road where they can touch things, see things, learn about the local history and how that plays into the national story. >> if someone is watching, it should be enticing enough so that they can get the idea of the story, but also feel as if that this is in our backyard. >> we went to viewers to get a sense that, "oh yeah, i know that place." >> the mission as with all of our coverage leads into what we do on the road. >> you have to communicate the message of the network to do the job. the one thing we wanted, build relationships with the city and our cable partners, and got a great programming for american history tv and book tv. announcer: watch the city's tour on the c-span network. to see where we are going next visit our schedule. coming up shortly, new jersey governor chris christie is holding a town hall meeting at in new tavern and o

. >> i'm curious about the customer externals and how people are richmond to this collection of cities you've put together not only of san francisco food in san francisco but food across the bay area. >> this type of market with the local savors the high-end products is great. >> i know people can't believe they're in an airport i really joy people picking up things for their friends and family and wait i don't have to be shopping now we want people take the opportunity at our location. >> how long has this been operating in san francisco and the late 18 hours it is one of the best places to get it coffee. >> we have intrrnl consumers that know of this original outlet here and come here for the coffee. >> so let's talk sandwiches. >> uh-huh. >> can you tell me how you came about naming our sandwiches from the katrero hills or 27 years i thought okay neighborhood and how do you keep it fresh you can answer that mia anyway you want. >> our broadened is we're going not irving preserves or packaged goods we take the time to incubate our jogger art if scratch people appreciate our work here

it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red rock formations. you could watch the sunrise over the bay. this is another one of our great lookouts. we are at mount davidson. 928 feet. this is the place for you to bring someone special. to not forget that dogs and enjoy all of the pathways and greenery that surrounds you. it provides a peaceful oasis of open space and great hiking trails. the spectacular view offers a perfect place to watch the sunrise or sunset with someone you love. >> it

the city. but no newly diagnosed cases of legionnaire's disease in the past 10 days. and now city health officials say the outbreak in the bronx has been contained. cbs 2's tony aiello reports today, the city council took action to stop future clusters of the disease. >> honestly, it should have really been done before an outbreak or something. >> reporter: vivian miller voicing a common sentiment in the bronx. almost 40 years after legionnaire's was identified, killing 34 people who attended a convention in philadelphia, why is new york city only now requiring cleaning and inspection of cooling towers? >> i don't think anyone would have hesitated to put new rules and regulations into effect if health authorities had specifically recommended them. >> reporter: the mayor says this outbreak was an unprecedented crisis for the city requiring a new approach so next week he will sign the bill the city council approved thursday affecting hundreds of towers on large buildings where legionella bacteria

a tale of two cities. it was said the other day we people waiting0 for vouchers and public housing and if you opened it up today you might have another 50,000. >> it is been closed since 2012. >> those are staggering numbers of people that are in need paying too much percentage of their income. extent, we have an issue that is more serious than many cities in the country, but only also indicated what is happening all over the nation. wasefore the crisis there an affordable, available unit for one out of every three who were in need. today that number is one out of four people. if the federal housing assistance was not available that number would be zero. there would be none. >> to ask a stupid question, james, this sounds like an opportunity for a developer. there is tremendous demand. there is a lot of pent up demand for housing stock. so, why isn't the right stock getting created? >> let me posit for a second and say that preston is absolutely right -- let me just pause for a second and said that reston

cities committed to vision zero and want to see more people and cities work towards this goal i want to acknowledge that sue karen retiree from central nervous system as a nurse and minority since 2009 this has helped san francisco generous quality is nationally recognized with stand up that he had risks and cancer and trauma and hiv and aids she's focused many safety initiatives in the department during your 10 you are but the san francisco general hospital foundation they've got gifts and we've met in the san francisco general and the capital campaigns we want to wish many karen's the best and thank her for the great success in the department want to acknowledge laguna honda has hair medical annual retreat and medical leadership and those are listed in the report also just to thank laguna honda for attending the 2015 aids walk that happened july 19th we are really working and trying to support our dpw hiring ability and so we're doing a lion an improvement practice win our human resources department to really look at how we can streamline and improve our hiring practice to get the

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a city on fire. their safety equipment, their boots, their clothes, are often moldering and shambolic. but they fight on. this is the second time they've been to this house. if it happens to be arson, chances are no one will ever know for sure. given the ever-shrinking resources available to the department, most fires can't even be investigated. this fire is out within an hour. and after the fire, dinner. the cliche that is firemen are great cooks. in this case, the cliche is true. lieutenant mike devins and the boys of squad 3 are cooking up a family meal. is every firefighter expected to cook reasonably well? >> if they don't, they catch hell. >> really? >> yeah. >> it's almost a perfect society in that sense. because in a perfect society, i believe, everybody should be able to feed themselves and their friends or their family, at least reasonably well. in that if they're not able to do that, they should be shunned and demonized and marginalized. >> agreed. most of the firemen are known for their c

. >>> a city on lockdown. a closer look at how security will transform philadelphia during the papal visit. good evening. i'm jacqueline london. >> i'm jim rosenfield. fencing and metal detectors. if you are in the green area, you will drive out but you won't be allowed to drive back in. in the yellow area, no cars allowed. in the red section, you will have to go through security screening to walk in. >> live coverage on the impact all over our area. we begin with nbc 10's randy giyllenhaal where some of the tightest security will be. >> reporter: we are inside what will become one of the most secure zones in the entire city. officials unveiled their plan today to protect the pope and also manage these massive crowds that are expected. it comes in two layers, one for the people and another for the cars. >> a lot of people are coming to philadelphia. >> reporter: appearing with the secret service, the mayor revealed the pope's security plan. everything shown in red near the art museum, the parkway and independe

this is a collaboration with 18 different city departments. again as todd mentioned an unprecedented the effort and pulled information on 400 permits and licenses. we wrote every piece of content in the business portal and made sure that the language was simple, easy to understand and translatable in spanish, chinese and seven other languages and designed to be responsive so users can access it from the phone, desk top and tablet and at the same time we engage with the business owners and staff to ensure accuracy and [inaudible] prelaunch. we did user testing and it showed that the people described the site as professional, easy, accessible, engaging, beautifully designed and comprehensive. not the usual words that people use to describe government websites. we conducted stress testing. made sure that the site could with stand 200,000 simultaneous hits at once to avoid any healthcare.gov debacles and the soft launch took place in 2014. the full launch happened and we put together a promotional video and postcards and links and seeing referral

many are newcomers moving into the city after the storm. the sense of community defines people's lives, it's harder to rebuild. the changes left many new orleans residents feeling disoriented or unmoored. in the 10 years, they have revamped the levies. opening new hospitals. university medical centers. it's meant to replace the charity hospital. once the primary center for treating illness before it was damaged during katrina. critics say the city failed to expand mental health services, when the need has grown. the new hospital says some beds are dedicated to patients in need of mental health treatment, the number is not nearly enough. in that sense, the recovery of new orleans is a tail of two cities. sure, the tourists are back, the city has new schools and hospitals for its citizens, the changes that gripped the city since katrina left some on their own. david ariosto has the story. [ ♪ ] >> reporter: when it comes to jiving, new orleans, few are better versed than this man. he still lives here since 1943. neighbourhoods, hopes and ho

"you are gonna love this city!" but does the old new orleans still even exist ten years after hurricane katrina, its worst disaster in 100 years? how has everyday

it is east of the city. after the noon hour it's lingering a bit on the east end of long island but the general trend tomorrow afternoon is for clearing skies. your saturday is looking good. but we are due for a weekend that's not so great. sunday, we could see some showers mainly east of the city. so here we go. wet weather early possible flooding afternoon partial clearing. saturday 83 degrees looking decent partly sunny more comfortable with lower humidity. on sunday 82, chance of showers mainly east of the city. after that, the forecast looking much drier much more comfortable next week. >>> otis livingston is here with a look ahead at sports. otis. >> kristine, the yankees in a dogfight for the division and a bird has captured the imagination of bomber backers. and it's year 2 for eric decker. he has to get used to a new offense and quarterbacks. what's his outlook? he will answer that next. wi b cacy o,oernen e uscabeli a aon. on fs s 0 gwnadpes,it eql lo sed soouanpld urfari veoupo faerhacae. anwi t f

citi bike cities say once these bikes are docked properly, it's virtually impossible to remove them. if you want to make sure you did do it properly, sign up for e-mail alerts. shirleen allicot, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. >>> he was a civil rights activist that became a groundbreaking congressman and helped change a nation in the process. a final farewell for long time congressman louis stokes. among the mourners, vice president biden. he served 15 years, ohio's first and only black man elected to congress. he died at the age of 90. he was battling cancer. he is the father of our colleague lori stokes. lori's daughter nikki speaking during the service. >> he created every single person that recognized him and wanted to say hello to the congressman. granddaddy spent time asking about that individual's day. and someone would ask for a picture or an autograph and i would beam from behind the lens as i helped make someone's day a little better. >> and i happen to personally know that he beamed about his grandchildren as well. our thoughts are with lori and her entire family

it is a black city. the interesting thing is that the school system for all its gains or lack thereof is actually educating a challenging population because there are more kids who qualify for reduced lunch, free or reduced lunch which is a measure of poverty. in new orleans alas poverty is a big big factor. >> also, it is not -- you can't look at the new orleans school system the way you would look at any other city. one of the things that new orleans has bigger than any other city is a parochial school system as well. a parallel. it is very complicated, which is why i say it was nuanced. but i also think it is important to put it in the larger perspective and understand what has been described here as having happened could not have without a disaster because politically it was an untenable situation. for those of you who no naomi klein, this is the next chapter. it happened in the school system, with the hospital. a terrible story, the worst urban renewal demolition story as i mentioned earlier in the

hall and city haulm plaza. i encourage you to join me in encourageing the california supreme court to overturn the charges and allow her to be reunitsed. you can help by attended 10 amp to noon at city hall tomorrow and tweeting your support with hash tag, stands with non we and not one more. we know her case isn't the firsto the last of immigrant domestic violence surviving failed. we hope by lifting her voice and other immigrant wem squn women of color they can be heard and the rest i submit >> thank you supervisor kim. supervisor mar >> thank you. colleagues i have a number of items, the first is eent displacement housing crisis item. it is a resolution in support of the national housing trust fund matched by our city t. is isn't a secret we stugal to find fundsing sources in san francisco and the fair market rent for 1 bedroom apartment in san francisco is about 3500 dollars a month while low income house holds can only pay 728 dollars a month t. is crazy housing situation for low and moderal income people.

that's the very latest from city hall. melissa russo, news 4 new york. >>> another isis terroh related arrest in new jersey today. this time it's a man who flew overse to allegedly join the oup. the 20-year-old wanted to build tta smnll terrorist army with his brother and several frie s. the rutherford native was taken to newark federal court today after being captured overseas in jordan. >>> and suffolk county police say they have safely destroyed a grenade that children found in a park in a lake yesterday. the beach was evacuated and police used a robot to put the grenade in a hole where it was destroyed. children playing in the wateje picked up the grenade and out.t it was a rock. officills said the greeadepin wals intact. just where it came from or how it got there are still a mystery to ght. >>> the gripping video shot from the point of view of b.aca.e. jumpers leaping from the top of the world trade center was harrowing to watch. it was just the beginning of a long criminal battle for the men behind the para chutes.

of cities in california adopted last year well including santa fe, san diego and a number of cities in the country including portland and seattle and additional cities are really every week their say new energy around our city and country a vision to do you want that to san francisco is at the forefront of this. >> yeah. >> oh, no. >> i apologize. >> thank you there's the map and really with respect to in san francisco what we've seen despite early declines in the 90s and the 80s starting in the 2000s we've seen the please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones to in the death in our city thirty fatalities a year up to 2 hundred a year injuries and approximately 70 percent are people walking and biking and half the people killed are walking awhile walking are seniors while i'm here to talk about the leadership that the department is providing in that work including on the task force with respect to the data and analysis and evaluation and education engagement in our growing roles as well the task force is co-chaired by mta and dpw we meet as i said on a quarterly basis com

a lot of people can move from city to city. i have moved to new york, i lay, .hicago -- they do just fine but, i am sustained here. when we had katrina, and that disruption, when we lost 100,000 i'm goings -- yeah, to be that person on the table to talk about racism, so be ready. we lost a significant part of what is to be new orleans. can't replace 100,000 black avatars.h like people who come up here with that berger, that cap, whatever, and say it is new orleans. i miss that. chris, let's talk about sustenance. chris: what's wrong with that.? -- that dog? [laughter] what was the question? gwen: she was talking about how new orleans sustains us. start with what ms. washington said. i know somebody at every table here, and we all intersect here. it is a hard and broad question to answer. i will bring it back to two simple tropes, by think they are accurate. ondi gras and the superdome sundays in the fall. amazingrdome is an cosmic, social experiment that no one could replicate if they tried to. it is where all races, genders, c

it is also a wider city -- whiter city than it used to be. what are you going to do or what do you want to do to bring back that population? first of all, i hope everybody comes home. i travel to houston and atlanta because those cities are housing the most of our residents who decided not to come back. this week is designed really to do three things. one is to remember all of our family members that we lost. terrible stories of arsenal tragedy that we continue to know about personally that we participated in and were reading about in the paper, fathers letting the hands of their daughters go. it's going to be hard to relive that, but we are here to remember. secondly, what the rest of the world and -- to thank the rest of the world and our friends and neighbors and expressing gratitude to cities that took us in. 32 cities received our people, made sure our kids got in school , make sure we got dry before we had the chance to come home and in some is is is, kept them. instead of thinking about how far we have the go, just being thankful for b

it was the very first city hall that the city actually built itself to be the government. there was a metropolitan police department here. for us it was an adaptive reuse of an old building. we respected the exterior of the building. we add a very modest neon sign on the outside. really the magic is on the inside where we really transformed the building and zappified it as we like to say. >> that they did. en only does it not look like a courthouse and city hall anymore, it doesn't look like any corporate office you have ever seen. meet zappos culture. it's taken over. >> in all the day i practiced law, i remember what was here. a lot of city attorneys, things like that. now another extension of zappos. you walk into a room that is full of stuffed animals. you have plastic balls. we have zebras. >> this is part of our culture. >> there are some things from the old building that zappos couldn't resist leaving alone, like the core of the company swrim. >> they used to bring the prisoners. >> this is for employees. they come to work out. most of the second floor of the old ci

although the regiments of the city were wiped out -- all of the regiments of the city were wiped out. >> what you think of the ruins of the city? others have, and worked in the city itself immediately after the explosion and had no effect at all. >> what do think about the japanese reaction toward the americans and the atomic bomb? myself, none of our fathers, heard a single outburst of hate against the americans in those terrible days. during the whole war, we did not hatred against the allied. at the beginning of the war, after the japanese victories, they declined to look down on the enemy. and they offensive, began to admire the skill of several of the americans. especially the majestic b-29 over tokyo, every japanese admired the technical skill of the americans. >> father, what is your and your colleagues decision to view the atomic bomb? >> we have discussed the use of the bomb. some consider it in the same used on as poison gas the civilian population. asers view that in total war in japan there is no difference between civilians and soldiers and about the bomb was an effective

at least in the city. so with that said, 93 the high today in midtown. 93 in morristown. 93 in bridgewater. a little cooler for coastal areas because of the southerly winds bringing in slightly cooler ocean air. right now, it's very warm outside. 82 degrees in the city. most of our suburbs are in the 70s, except morristown coming in at 68. tomorrow morning, mid 70s. once again, back into the 90s. can't rule out a spot storm here or there as we head into the afternoon now. when do we cool down? we'll talk about it coming up. >> thank you. >>> track the heat in the days ahead with our weather app. sit in the apple app store now. >>> nerves are rattled as more than 100 large wildfires are threatening homes in at least eight states tonight. every ederal firefighter in the country is on call standing by to fight the planes. >> reporter: a small resort town surrounded by fire and residents are traumatized. >> it was heartbreaking. i mean, i'm standing in my backyard. i'm looking at this whole hillside, and peopl

we divide the city buildsings into 4 categories. the first are those that probable have main entrances accessible and met the standards based on the california building code 1998. category 2 and 3, you start getting into those buildings where the primary entrance may have a step or 2 or more. category 4 are the ones where we are calling-there are all sorts of issues there so you vaprimary entry or entries with more than one step or more than wut element that do not comply with the minimum code requirement so it is the catch all category. based on the 4 categories the first thing we are asking our property owners to do is submit a compliance check list. it ranges from 12-30 monthathize property owners have to submit the check list t. is what the seismic soft story was trying to do and survey because we don't have accurate numbers at the moment. then the next step would be 3 months from when you submitted the compliance check list. that ranges from 15-33 months. the last step is 3 months later you obtain the permit. for the third step

the city is a majority, minority city and will be for a very long time. >> levees have been rebuilt, flood protection increased. is it enough to with stand another storm like katrina. >> we got to katrina by ignoring the signs. my biggest concern is that the americans are still ignoring the signs. and, you know, we are going to have another katrina. >> we'll talk more here coming up. again with hurricane season getting under way. tropical storm erika. trending westward, farther than anticipated. people here are keenly aware of that. we are jioined by general honor, spearheaded military reliefs here, also historian douglas brinkley, living and teaching here, and has written perhaps the book, "the great deluge, hurricane katrina, new orleans and mississippi gulf coast." a pleasure to have you beth back. general honore, you hear those talking about another storm. do you believe city, coast is vulnerable? >> oh, absolutely. on any given day, mother nature can break anything built by man. we have 100 year levee here. we just need to face that. if conditions come from a storm. >> you say 1

so the city of new orleans and the people really love this city everywhere they go. >> you remember what it was like the first time you went back in the clubs during the early days? >> oh, yeah, i remember. it was a lot of fun. able to be back here and play some music. i think music is the heartbeat of the city. and that actually helped a bunch of people come back. >> well, i think certainly you see the people out here and it's almost like a snapshot of what it was like before. >> absolutely. the people walking around. we could hear music playing down the street, tap dancers around, and that makes us feel even more at home and that the city's going to continue to be strong. >> listen, it's great to have you here. we're glad you're doing well. thanks for stopping by. that's going to do it for us on a friday night. for all of us at nbc news, i'm lester holt. have a good night from new orleans. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> nice to meet you. >> we had sex six hours ago. >> what fresh hell is this? >> a fall tv spectacular. you want drama? is comedy more your

it reads like a tale of two cities. >> it is a tale of two cities. new orleans has long been, like many american cities, a tale of two cities. and i think it's clear as you take this snapshot ten years later after this tragedy of katrina that it's still a tale of two cities. yes, with great physical rebuilding, yes a city that survived a tremendous challenge. but that's why i think we have to look at this as a commemoration as a continuation, and not a celebration. >> ifill: there's been so much conversation over the years about bouncing back. we talked about resilience, about the ability of new orleanians to recreate what had been washed away. but let's talk about the issues one by one. education. what does your report find? >> so our report finds certainly that you've got a higher high school graduation rate. but our report also finds that when it comes to children, there are more children in poverty today than there were before katrina. and that when it comes to education, while you see signs of progress. there are new schools, there's, if you wil

city. lot of people came out of their buildings. kerri date four days ago. no significant damage. >> authorities are accusing three men of going on a smelly scavenger hunt below the streets of brooklyn. and interesting story. greg: they lifted in and hold the meeting they would find things like gold, jewelry or weapons underground. a lot of things fall through store greeds but this much stuff, lidia curanaj has more. >> don't know what weber looking for. >> reporter: in a dirty series of new york city three brooklyn men were on a search for buried treasure, there scavenger hunt unwittingly kick off a massive police manhunt wednesday night. >> they were down there four hours. cat and mouse. >> reporter: cops and firefighters come through sewer tunnels after a witness called 911 when he spotted a man going through a manhole cover at 7:30 p.m.. turned out one of the accused treasure seekers, keith evans is a trainee with the department of environmental protection. his fellow hunters, 45-year-o

it's a black city. the interesting thing is that the school system, for all its gains or lack thereof, is actually educating a more challenging population because there's more kids who qualify for, what do they call it, reduced lunch -- >> [inaudible] >> free or reduced lunch which is a measure of poverty. and in new orleans, alas, poverty is a big, big factor. >> also it's not an easy -- you can't look at the new orleans school system the way you would look at any other city because one of the things that new orleans has bigger than any other city is a parochial school system as well. so it's got parallel things. and it's very complicated which is why i say, you know, it was nuanced even for me in the book, but i also think it's important to put it in the largest perspective is to understand that what has been described here as having happened could not have happened without a disaster, because politically it was an untenable situation. so for those of you who know naomi klein's disaster capitalism, th