Pedestrian activity and long with transit and keeping people on the sidewalk and moving. I want to make sure from my personal perspective that we do everything we can to give Small Business a chance to keep opening in San Francisco. I love this idea of the data that shows that San Francisco retail is still thriving. I think we are probably doing better than most in the country, but i think some of those who are in the landlord business and maybe in the retail business, feel the pressure of filling space and feel the pressure of filling awkward space. Some of the foot plates are very large, and some are teeny tiny with no elevators in them. I always throw a little bit of caution when we put out policy that covers blanket sort of every building possible. There are different scenarios. If you draw a rectangle of a skinny, small building in union square that maybe has a gallery on the third floor and hair salon on the second floor next to a very large any one of the macys or Neiman Marcus
Wanting to side of wanting to preserve what we have and how important it is. I also think that and when we talk residential to office theres been a profound effect on retail in the Union Square Area and its temporary. Believe it or not it will end some day theyll get it finished and i want to make sure we dont let that and i saw whats going on a temporary basis. Thank you so much it was great and i look forward to seeing how we proceed. Commissioner richards. I think he covered it theres so much retail just beyond the commercial districts as well as the sea districts. One of the things that perplexes me and it sounds weird with this new microphone i can hear myself better and i dont like the way i sound we have a have a high [indiscernible] of 12 to 15 and we just got another notification of another business going out of businesses but were not seeing rents come down and our c. B. D. Did a survey of why is that and they found contrary to what we would think would be an economic lens pe
Howling wind to raging water, parts of five states under siege from the elements. In texas theres a tornado crossing the road in front of us. Reporter this giant tornado rolling into canton. Tragedy was averted on prom night by this quick thinking dj. I said it is going to be a direct hit, reporter 20 people went into the bathrooms and storage closet and wrote out the storm without a scratch. Automobile dealership and its entire inventory of new cars is now a junkyard. This couple helpless as they record the tornado that destroyed their new home. Glad to be alive. Reporter residents banding together to help each other pull through. We are lucky. I dont know if we will ever get it cleaned up. Reporter in the desperate search for an 18monthold girl and fouryearold boy trapped inside of a truck swept away by floodwaters. Right now i think we are looking at a recovery. We are hoping for the best. Water wasfor some, the only escape route for the flooding. This pregnant woman and her husband
Healthcare. Poultry workers try to unize while living in america illegally. And out of the blue. A new i would forms in the south pacific. Hear from one of the first men to set foot there. We begin with the new elections in israel. Between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his challenger, too close to call tonight. But its not stopping the men from delivering victory speeches. Netanyahu has secured 27 seats. And isaac herzog, also 27 seats. And the party placed 3rd with 13 seats. From the headquarters of the Zionist Union party dean joins us with more. Hi, john. Indeed we were at the zionist headquarters when the polls closed local time. And there was a lot of cheering and celebration and then you start looking at the screen, and you realize that a block away netanyahus headquarters, the same kind of partying was going on, and everybody starts to shrug their shoulders and this is israeli politics, and what happens now . The numbers dont give them a victory. Theyeach party has 27 se