A renters day of action is nationwide today. Kpix 5s anne makovec reports from San Franciscos lower haight where people are demanding change. Reporter San Francisco is the most expensive rental market in the country so its no wonder tenants showed up for this National Renters day of action at 8 a. M. They demand an end to rising rents, evictions and gentrification. A one bedroom costs more than 3,000 a month. Thinking about a different vision for tenants in our neighborhoods where we actually are able to to to have our power and not be afraid that were going to get kicked to the curb. Reporter todays rally is in support of iris canada a 100 yearold woman who has been in a lengthy fight against eviction from her home on the edge of the fillmore district. She lived there more than 50 years during which the property has gone through an ellis act eviction. San francisco at least has rent control which allows long term tenants to stay in older apartments at below market rates. Similar measu
Connected to the odor. Today the coast guard and fish and wildlife contained the ship with an orange boom. Phillips 66 left this message to the media and public on their recording reporter the shelter in place in vallejo was lifted and Ferry Service was halted just for this morning to keep the oil slick from spreading any further. We have four gas detecters that we use monitor the breathable atmosphere. We didnt pick up any unsafe readings anywhere throughout the city. Reporter here in vallejo, the odor is gone. The ferry is back to normal and Officials Say there is no Health Implication to anyone in the area and wildlife should be okay according to environmentalists. Veronica . Juliette, youve seen this spill firsthand. Its difficult to see from the chopper so what can you tell us about it . Can you describe . Reporter yeah. You know, we got ground shots. We could see where the sheen was but it was really hard to see. The chopper really gives you the best view. Its a thin sheen that g
Good afternoon. [laughter] welcome. Im deborah jacobs, cochair of the 24th edition of the book festival of the mjcca. My cochair and i are pleased to welcome you to the book festivals awardwinning afternoon featuring journalist dan ephron in conversation with nancy updike, producer for this American Life, and our second awardwinning journalist, mike kelly, in conversation with bill [inaudible] Senior Executive producer at georgia public broadcasting. We are also happy to welcome cspans booktv to our book festival programming this amp. This afternoon. On behalf of the book festival, we are truly grateful for the support of barbara exped mining and this years sponsors, wells fargo. In addition, there are over 25 valued sponsors who support our book festival year after year. We are also a proud affiliate of the Jewish Federation of greater atlanta. Please check your playbill for the lineup of our calendar of events the rest of the book festival. Tickets for all book festival events are av
Between the two countries. Its our next live event here on cspan3. Here are some of our featured programs this weekend. Up next, governors give the National Governorss associations address. This is just over an hour. Thank you and good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for coming to the Third Annual National Governors State of the states address. Its going to be a tough one. Must be the snow. It is my privilege to serve as the governor of colorado and as the chair of the nga. Joining me today is my good friend and vice chair and governor of utah, gary herbert. I would like to take a moment to acknowledge the chief of the National Guard bureau who is here with us today, general frank grass who is a member of the joint chiefs of staff. We are welcoming many new colleagues this year as governors. Already four new governors have been sworn in, alaska, arizona, hawaii and the virgins islands. As of today, governor ramundo will be the first female of rhode island. Another seven new go
Ah, this is al jazeera, lets get about now. Are the top stories Pakistans Election Commission has disqualified . Former Prime Minister, emron con, from running for Office Commission says con is guilty of corruption. Cons aid says they will challenge the ruling case against the former leader was filed in august. Ma hydra is in madeleine with more on the verdict, usually significant given the fact that enron con the former Prime Minister of budget on one a landslide rate 3 and a bi election just recently. He is still common 3rd, tremendous support. Busy across the country, this particular case of god within as controversial given the fact that the legal fraternity, particularly the for the former Prime Minister, had said that the charges up were literally more debated. The u. K. Is expected to have a new Prime Minister within a week. Thats after list trust. Resigned on thursday, she lost to just 44 days. The shortest serving leader in british history chorus has more from london prostrati