Alliance with regional and Global Security challenges, this is from hosted by the International Strategic studies. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you very much for coming. Its friday afternoon in august and you know, im delighted that your Summer Vacation plans include csis, but its really a testament to how important, influential and respected our panel today is. Im the senior vicepresident for asia and japan here csis at georgetown. Before we get started we always do a brief safety announcement. And we have about ten fourstar admirals and generals in the room, but this former boy scout will be in charge. If there is a need to evacuate and ill let you know, but well head out and head around the corner to National Geographic down 17th street. Out the back. We have simultaneous interpretation and there should be headsets on your chair. If you have a problem, wave and someone will help you. Please leave them on the chair, if you take them home wed send the new
Grows worse each day. It grows worse each minute. One lane of this street is an ever growing junkyard. The trucks and crews that would clean it up lay idle. Libraries and Senior Centers are closed. Abandoned cars will remain abandoned. No Maintenance Work is going on. No building inspections, no crime or traffic reports. Pretty much, no nothing. What i can say is that the ball is in the unions court. And the city just says no. They dont explain y they dont tell us what they can do or how they could meet us halfway. They dont explain why. They just say no. Reporter now, the mayor insists that even with all that new cannabis tax money coming in, in 2018, there still wont be enough money to meet the workers demands. Tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. Tom, you said they are still meeting now. If so, how long will they go tonight . Be. Reporter the mayor said they will go as long as they have to even if its all night long. That doesnt mean it will settled. Thank you. Heres the comparison between P
Airport. The palo alto airport and back pretty often even in the dark. So but i have never i dont feel unsafe here and i probably am not going to start feeling unsafe here. Reporter the trail was closed for a few hours because of a large crime scene. Police havent released any details at this point. They were thinking of holding a press conference but later said that would not happen. They will plan to release a press release, they say, at some point. Back here live, i want to give you an idea of the location of this, you can see this is where bikers come. To my right is moffett field. And over to the other, you have Lockheed Martin and then all the way to the left is the yahoo campus. This is the border of sunnyvale and moffett field. We talked to some bikers who they say its very popular for them to bike to work along this trial. At this point, the body was found, no circumstances the police are saying they dont know the circumstances surrounding this. My colleague jesse gary is also
News conference in san francisco. Reporter yeah. And the News Conference is just about to start. They are announcing a new lawsuit on behalf of the Millennium Tower Homeowners Association one of several pending lawsuits right now over sinking and tilting of the luxury tower. Homeowners, the developer and Government Agencies are battling over san franciscos Millennium Tower, a luxury high rise that has sunk at least 16 inches since its completion in 2009. Another lawsuit now pending alleges Millennium Partners withheld information about the extent of the buildings settlement from home buyers. And also names the Transbay Joint Powers Authority accusing it of improperly building on the adjacent property and contributing to the damage. The tower has whats called a prescriptive design which means it strictly follows current building codes without determining whether they will work. As a result, no study of the soil under the site was required. The city says the building is safe to live in a
Details coming up. But news4 midday starts right now. Good morning and welcome to news4 midday, im barbara harrison. And im Erika Gonzalez this is the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington National cemetery. News4s Pat Lawson Muse with more on whats taking place there. President obama is just arriving at Arlington National cemetery at this hour this will be his final da arlington while serving as president. First will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. After that the president will go to the amphitheater where he will make his veterans day remarks. And deliver a speech about veterans and the meaning of this day. Well keep it right here. Well be watching the ceremony and bring you some of what the president has to say here from the live desk. Im Pat Lawson Muse, back to you. Veterans were honored this morning at a world war ii memorial. Among the guests, former senator bob dole, senator dole is a veteran of world war ii. He received two bronze stars for valor for his ac