, and culture that make the islands such an important and special place. then, a very special catch for all of our viewers. tom muromoto's spear fishing and making poke on the beach. tom has some special skills you'll definitely wanna see. in fact, it's the perfect way to move on to popular hawaiian food and wines through the special festival extravaganza put on by expert chefs in hawaii. "asian pacific america" was there and we'll give you a very close-up look. then, a segment on the art and history of lei making. you will probably see this before and have even worn one at many special events, but we'll give you some insight into why it's such a bit part of the hawaiian culture. then, we wrap up our show with our traditional artistic and cultural performance. island dance is a return visit from the na lei hula i ka wekiu, the group we have featured on our show before, and one that delivers a great show and some historical perspective. well, asian and pacific island immigrants dominate the islands of hawaii. they make up about two-thirds of the population. what caused their migratio

one of the most attractive and top attractions is obviously alcatraz island and in fact, the 6 more visited designations in san francisco with 19 percent of all visitors that. come to san francisco visit the island easy access is important to maintain the attractivenessness and an iconic attraction this new agreement extends the papering that enable access from an place in close prompt to other amenity and attractions when placed together kraed create a designation that enhances the overall visitors attraction we wholeheartedly support this and congratulations to support and hope you'll approve that thank you. >> anyone wish to comment on this item seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor tang. >> all right. thank you for your presentation he was reading through this and thought how i finally visited alcatraz for the first time i know embarrassing my parents waiting in line for a hotdog so i think this is be a wonderful experience so thank you very much for bringing 24 forgot with that said, i'll make a most to i make a motion to send it to the full board with a positive re

. contrary to the, sort of, the "aloha myth." >> paul: no, that's right. that's right, but no island is. nantucket isn't, the isle of wight, isn't. name an island. they want foreigners in corsica? sicily, they want foreigners there? no way, no way. >> anthony: right. >> paul: did anyone ever come to an island, uh, with a good intention? people, people -- >> anthony: no, never in the history of the world. >> paul: no, no. >> anthony: best case scenario bring syphilis. >> paul: yeah. >> anthony: pretty much. >> paul: yeah, yeah. >> anthony: i mean, at the very least. >> paul: and it happened, it happened here. captain cook put his sailors ashore in ni'ihau, which is just a little northwest of here. he was the first haole. like magellan. hawaii killed its first tourist and -- >> anthony: right. >> paul: philippines killed their first tourist. but people who live on islands, who were born on islands, view anyone who comes to shore with suspicion. >> nainoa: well, to go back to what defines a hawaiian. maybe we should go back in our imaginations to -- it could have been two thousand years ag

know two of them are residence on the island. i've already reach out to them. >> thank you very much for also reaching out to tie-dye into the job training and two works. truly, it's in the great resource we have here. i'm very pleased to see that you are working with them. mark. >> thank you so much. about the information. particularly, we are so curious about what was going on at the dog park it does all this work and offense going up and what is going on. it's a mystery block. so it is great. mystery solved in silver all the people go to the dog park they will know. i will make sure to tell them. i had a few questions about the bikes and the shuttle and more though about just the signage. a couple times driving to the city after dark i've seen some bicyclists going up to the exit mostly scrabble to get to the city. going up a little less of a field in the hillcrest. this is after dark. maybe just a little bit though and then have to make those sharp cuts in front of the people who are having on to the freeway to get onto the opens part of that division right there. so that is one

remote islands within the 30 kilometer radius will be evacuated by boat. the nuclear regulation authority effectively approved kyushu electric's safety measures for the plants number three and number four reactors earlier this month. the nra is scheduled to finalize its decision after hearing public comments. gen kai is the fifth commercial nuclear plant in japan to reach this stage since new government requirements were introduced after the fukushima daichii accident in 2011. nra officials have also approved assessments by japanese power companies, checking the durability of steel components for their nuclear plants. the officials asked 11 utilities across japan to check components made with forged steel. forged steel with a high carbon content is relatively fragile. after reviewing their records, all firms reported back last month that the steel components contained the correct pro portion of car ban. the move came after security concerns in france where steel was found to be weaker than expected. the japanese reactors used parts made with the same steel. the authority also pl

-held islands. he says time is running out for former residents who wish to return to the islands. abe met with the governor of country's most northern prefecture on monday in tokyo. hokkaido governor harumi takeshi was accompanied by former residents of the islands known as the northern territories. >> translator: it's very regrettable that the issue of the northern betters has not been settled in the over 70 years since the end of world war ii. japan and russia have not even signed a peace treaty. former residents are getting old. so we need to resolve the issue as soon as possible. >> reporter: takeshi asked for improvements to a current system which allows former residents to visit the islands without visas from russia. abe touched on russian president vladimir putin's upcoming trip scheduled for december. abe said he's determined to work toward a resolution of the islands. russian controls the islands, japan claims them. the japanese government maintains the four islands are an inherent part of japan's territory. it says the islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. >>>

rampart. this is a connection to the future of speech robert yerba buena and treasure island about a round of applause for all of you. >>[applause] now for transportation authority staff many of whom i'm so glad earlier it is a really special initiative. because it was our first large-scale construction project that we read and delivered from a to z. i like it a moment to recognize several key team members from the sfmta a loving critical to the success of this part. of course, first and foremost, eric cordova deputy for capital projects. our project manager and human project delivery juggernaut. >>[laughing] >>[applause] anna laforge director for policy and programming and her staff who helped us get all those funds and keep our partners coordinator limo maria lombardo chief deputy director 70 phone deputy director for finance and administration who seven straight year clean audit. go team. eric young on communications officer and bridget smith are fabulous graphic designer who spent about his job present your project to the public. thank you, all. please join me in giving this team

cuban american woman here also born on the island. yes, you are. you have your flag. usa dress. so how enthusiastically happy are you today? >> i'm happy because -- donald trump is new president i'm proud of the united states and i'm happy for my country too. >> okay. thank you very much. have a great night. >> thank you. >> it's been a really truly authentic celebration. smiles from ear to ear all day long here on the street. the street's been closed off to cars since 6:00 a.m., which took away all the honking. but as you can hear this crowd is boisterous, they are jubilant and it is a pure joyful celebration here that the communist dictator and the man they call a tyrant has died. meanwhile, down in cuba just 90 miles to the south the people there are nine days of state-imposed national mourning. and fidel castro will be cremated. and then on wednesday his ashes will begin that slow journey all the way to santiago to cuba on the eastern side of the island, which is the actual birthplace of fidel castro's revolution which then march across the island. remember, he was greeted in h

record this is the november 16, 2016 treasure island development authority board special meeting. item number one call to order. director tsen, here. mazzola, here. dunlop, here. richardson, here. samaha, here. [inaudible] trent supervisor kim, here. we do have a quorum. >> before we start the general public comment. how great it is used in the facility actually for me it's the first time to be here. we think for many of you as well. it just feels very diverse type of places that are on the island. on monday i was at the mayor's unity rally at city hall to a firm how much san francisco is still an open city, city which is about inclusion and a city which is a sanctuary city. i think that was a really important thing for our city to stand up especially during this time. what happened last week to affirm that in fact, we are a city of tolerance. and, it is so great to be here on treasure island because so much of way are trying to do on treasure island is building community could we are building a new neighborhood. we are building community. and all of the work that this board does, our

chavez, when they pass away a funeral atmosphere takes over the island. and music is no longer allowed to be played in the streets. concerts are canceled. school is canceled. i remember when huga chavez here died in venezuela in my children's school they said the children couldn't sing that day. it takes effect across the island. this is so much bigger than that i expect the period of mourning will be days if not weeks and there will be a state funeral the likes of which scuba has never seen and one of the biggest we've seen in recent years. i think many cuban also ask what now? cuba will continue to be led by raoul castro. so we can expect major changes to take place because he has always said he is the first follower of fidel castro. he has followed hill all his life and will remain true to the revolution but for many rubance, they want to see economic changes, political openings, they want to see a better relationship with the united states. many of the cubance i have talked about over the years would like to see a continuation of what president obama has embarked on. and now this i

the template to apply future development so treasure island or park merced. at times things get relitigated and one of the reasons we did the legislation is we want to have some consistency, we don't want to have to fight every time we build a new development. >> not to go off on a taskant but my recollection as treasure island wasn't street width but turning radius being the problem because the diagonal nature. >> there may be other issues but what we heard from folks in the development community who design that there-it is a continual issue in terms-they prefer to have a 26 feet clear on as many streets as possible and i think some of us think that is not the right way to go because it leads to a lot of streets being very very wide and faster moving traffic and more injurys and deaths on the streets so that comes up in a pretty much every development where the street grid is being designed. we are meeting with the fire department and want to try to come up with a good resolution. >> this is really-there are not too many places in the town where we build new streets so this is

climbing into the 50s. eastward to taunton, fall heavier rain. steady on the cape and the islands. and scattered north of the city and heading into southern new hampshire. this morning we saw icing in northern massachusetts and southern new hampshire. it's 39 in manchester. very cold rain. and parts of southeast mass will hit 60 degrees this evening as temperatures warm the wind comes up. and now we're gusting over 20 miles per hour. and the wind will continue to increase so a wind advisory for the south coast, the cape and the islands. and peak gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour. and there could be isolated damage through the midnight time frame. the main issues just localized flash flooding and the heavier downpours. and the stronger winds towards the cape and the islands. by the time we hit 8:00 it's mostly in eastern mass. and by 10:00 starting to exit. and drier towards tomorrow morning. one issue tomorrow morning in overnight tonight. another round of rain follows this for the day tomorrow. >>> for the latest on the storms and your weather any time check out the cbs boston weather app

towards the complete and utter transformation of treasure island and yerba buena island to be an amazing sustainable urban walkable community to help with all of our really daunting goals here in san francisco and the bay area around housing in particular and transportation as well. of course, when this project is done and it will be done and it's going to be phenomenal, it's going to house 20,000 people with a great commitment to affordable housing and also to formally homeless residents. we will do wonderful transportation improvements relating to the bridge but also robust ferry service. we need to make better use of our ferries here in the bay area. and it's going to-it just want to be amazing. and the fact that this effort both these operands but ultimately for the entire project, will be such a great regional collaboration is a real testament to where we need to go. because we know that today in the bay area we can no longer go it alone as san francisco or any other community. we are all in this together around housing and transportation in particular in this project will u

atlantic that are going to grace the cape and the islands with a little bit of rain here and there throughout the day. we have a little bit of rain that's going to move into the birch here. in boston rain on both sides. a cloudy, dreary day. with the cloud cover it's going to struggle to warm up. mid-40s is probably as good as it will get. we'll talk more about the rest of the weekend coming up in a few minutes. >> rob, thank you. >>> we begin with that bin >> this flag was draped over our grandfather's casket, and my uncle, their father was a great cuban patriot, and when they took it off his coffin, he told me this is not to be unfurled until the day castro. >> fidel castro, the long-time president of that country dead at the age of 90. 49 years later he was one of the longest ruling heads of government. raul saying it was with deep sadness that he announced his brother, fidel, had died before 10:30 last night. greeted by celebrations in miami. this is a live look at little havana. earlier that street was packed. many rebellers could b carrying cuban flags and banging on pots and

from los angeles. jonathan reveals there's more here than meets the eye. >> the island is pretty small. about 22 miles. the south pacific -- >> it's the size of western europe. >> the main island is divided into two parts. the body of land just a a tad west is morea. >> it's known for green, lush valleys. beautiful bays. you can ride your bike all the awarden. >> just an hour's flight is what might be the most famous island. the number one international honeymoon destination famous for its luxury resorts. it's known as the most beautiful of the islands with the fish outnumbering people one billion to one. the island has a have nil la aroma, permeatinpermeating. then there's the coral reef island owned by marlon brando, a gift to himself. >> about a 20 minuting flight. they opened a hotel called the brando. >> one highlight to try and catch, the that clear blue water. don't be afraid to get wet. >> generally, it will start with the sting rays, so you get to feed them, which is amazing. >> so, we're going to snark el. swim with the sting ray. this is crazy. i'm swimming with sting

of that country. fidel castro razz barn in -- and led. turn the island nation into the first communist regime. reigned. for 30 years as president. known for long fiery speeches and military campaigns. brought social reforms to cuba but widely criticized. during his reign thousands of cubans fled 23r the u.s. resigned in 2008 and named brother raoul as successor and in his lifetime will have seen country cuba become closer to the u.s. as diplomatic relations were restored. going to be interesting to see in what way his death will affect the politics of cuba. brother raul castro is running the country. essentially putting forward the same policies as his brother fidel castro. cnn teams working across the world to bring you the implications of this death. one of the great figures of the 21st century. people remember his name on par with nelson mandela, different political path but one of the names from the 20th century. can confirm to you that fidel castro, former president of cuba has passed away. page is being turned in cuba. going to break for just a second and be back with m

in particular, cape cod, the south coast and the islands. main issues, localized flash flooding on the roads for the commute. and then as we look to the overnight, some of the potentially damaging wind gusts. and tomorrow, another round of rain moving in. liam and paula, back >>> overnight just a horrific crash in columbia. >> this is the plane right there carrying a brazilian soccer team to their biggest match ever. it slammed into a hillside and 71 people were killed and six survived. if crew declared an emergency and the plane lost radio contact during an electrical failure. 4:00 in the morning. >> reporter: claudia has been watching since before dawn from the cell phone store in framingham. and she's constantly on social media. >> everybody changed the profile pictures give them the support because the soccer, it's like a number one in brazil. >> some changing their profiles to show the team logo with a memorial ribbon. on a plane headed to heaven. >> everybody is happy, everybody is making fun. >> 300,000 brazilians live in massachusetts and many have settled here. in just abo

is set for december 4th. the island nation declared nine days of mourning as preparations are under way there for world leaders to visit cuba to pay respects. again, this is a figure that people either admired or people despised. to the president of venezuela, castro was seen as an inspiration. nicolas maduro visited the former leader of his country, hugo chavez. maduro declaring days of mourning in solidarity with cuba. a different reaction in the united states. take a look at the scene in miami, florida. many in the exiled communities, the cuban exiled community came together to celebrate in little havana. some even dancing in the streets marking the ket of fidel castro as a victory for change. in cuba itself, the mood is somber in havana. many grieving the death of castro. patrick ottoman has more on what's next in the cuban capital? >> cuba entered a nine-day period of mourning. the news came suddenly on friday night when raul castro took to the airwaves to announce that his older brother fidel castro had died even though he had been in ill health for over a decade and rumors of

tore families apart. millions fled the island as the communist dictator seized property and silenced the press. and jailed dissidents. >> he destroyed families. he destroyed a country. he practically destroyed a culture. >> reporter: cuban-american who brought suffering to the 11 million people of cuba. he shouldn't be revered. he should be reviled. >> all that it has caused, his sadness, tragedy and death. terrific and -- terrorism and narco trafficking. that is the legacy of fidel castro. >> reporter: president obama was measured, saying history will record and judge the impact of of singular figure on the world and people around him. president-elec said fidel castro's legacy is one of firing squads, death, suffering, poverty and the denial of human rights. as they celebrate, cuban-americans fear little will change in cuba. castro's brother is president, 85, and said he'll retire in 2018. >> hopefully, we will have a future democracy in cuba, and i'll be able to go back and visit the land of my birth. >> reporter: a glimmer of hope york. >>> as cubans start the second of w

into the afternoon, too, winds are going to rev up for us. especially across the cape and the islands. wind gusts between 30, 40, even 50 miles per hour. we do have a wind advisory. that is in effect at 5:00 this early evening through midnight tonight. we will be breezy throughout the boston metro as well. back to you guys. >> anchor: breaking now at noon, the new hampshire attorney general announcing an investigation into an apparent homicide in manchester. responded to thornton street for reports of shots fired. when police arrived, they found the man living there dead. officers will continue to investigate exactly what happened. >> kris: more breaking news as well. the suspect involved in a police-involved shooting earlier this morning in lynn has died. 7's steve cooper is following this story for us. he is live from lynn. steve, what is the latest you are hearing? >> reporter: well, first of all, the lynnway here which was closed for so many hours has now reopened. but investigators are here processing the scene and they have now come an gone at this point. but officials are now trying

plymouth down through the cape and the islands. these are fairly steady showers. and it's one after another after another. so rather than being a few spridges, could end up with a decent amount. areas like mashpee, chatham, nantucket. these are likely to continue through the evening and may even see one or two during the overnight hours. got 47 degrees right now. an we are setting up for kind of on the cape. meanwhile, much cooler as you get out toward boston. mid-30s there. even upper 20s in some of the usual cooler western suburbs. skies become clear except for plymouth county, the cape and the islands where we could see some lingering showers and clouds through most of the night and even into tomorrow. otherwise mostly sunny skies. tomorrow temperature-wise, a touch warmer. then it gets a lot warmer as we head into election day. we'll talk about that and the roller coaster ride to >> dan: following more news today, police investigating shots fired in everett. officials say one person is dead after shots rang out on dane street this afternoon. right now it's unclear what led to th

unquestionably died...of old age. old age? that's interesting. the people on the island, they were all very old. (man on screen) 'gentlemen, we all know that all living beings' 'are born with certain antibodies' to combat the aging process. we also know that these antibodies are only capable of retarding or slowing down that aging process. 'that is why some men live to be over a hundred' 'while others die, say, at two, ten or twenty.' but this little seal was infected with some culture that completely destroyed his ability i will verify these findings in more detail after i have been able to discover what that culture is. the letter attached to the carton.. ...it should be decontaminated by now. unknown cultures, young seals dying of old age 'all this scientific mumbo jumbo' 'instead of a simple logical explanation.' maybe there is one, sir. hese islands which could be anywhere from two hundred miles to a thousand miles from the coast of norway. depending on where he stuffed himself with the bluegilled sardines now, what if something poisoned him and heheas carried dead back down a

adventurous. about the cake. namely, the smith island cake. rita braver climbed on board to got a taste. >> reporter: smith island reachable only by boat is less than ten miles off the coast of maryland. but a world apart. british settlers first came here in the 17th century. and today, it its a tranquil kitchen of the smith island cake lady. >> how many can you do in a day? >> no more than 10. >> no more than 10. 10 cakes a day. >> like to keep it at six, seven. i don't know who is going to wear out first me or the oven. awe maury she ships to the mainland. but she has no website. >> how do they find out about you? >> neighbor tells the neighbor and the son tells the daughter or whatever. i have >> reporter: a labor intensive process. eight to ten thin layers. each baked in its own pan. >> okay. almost. almost. >> reporter: then carefully iced. dollop of frosting in the middle. >> reporter: marshal's island roots go back countless generations. like most women here she learned to bake smith island cake as a child. no one really knows how it all began. competition between the women

infrastructure financing district and community facilities on treasure island t the fooid are for the treasure island development ifd and efd so to reimburse costs by the developer as well as to help fund the affordable housing development on the island the cf d will reimburses certain infrastructure costs as well as creating a capital reserve for sea level rise and a imperpetual fund for the three hundred acres of parks and part of treasure island program the resolution relates specifically to the financing plan, which is the guiding document for did formation administration of the infrastructure revitalization and financing district t the i f that drafted with the terms of disposition agreement and it's champion blend it was adopted in 2011 if this item is move forward today it will catch up with the items in committee on october 15th and considered at the full board at a future hearing with the those other items include the intention to form the two districts if those are approved before our break this year we will expect 9 public hearing on the formation of district and the vote o

. no sign of illya yet. we're not even certain he's on the island. why did you come? how'd i know you'd be here? i haven't heard from you in two years, remember? you're looking well. i get along. look, tag, if you're trying to get back together again... i came here to gamble. nothing else. you remembered. tag, no matter what you think of me, i never meant to hurt you. are you still racing cars? except that it's a lot emptier. monica... maybe th gscould be different. forget it. there is nothing in it for either of us anymore. monica! how long are you staying here? as the action holds up. i understand you've got a groovy private casino in the hotel. how 'bout getting me in? how do you know about that? word gets around. can you get me in tonight? forget the private casino. leave the island today, please. why? why? just do what i tell you, please! we've learned, mr. solo, that ambassador vanderloon has disappeared. when last heard from, he was en route to the club thanatopsis. perhaps your mr. coleman can help unravel that mystery. i don't like it, sir, sending coleman into the lions'

getting how many cubans left the island under duress. >> reporter: in the 1990s, a ruler courted business men and court i ha tourists. he welcomed john paul ii in cuban trained doctors and exporting medicine. in 1999, a custody battle over 6-year-old elian gonzalez. months later, a federal court ordered the child removed from miami. elian returned to his father and he hero's welcome in havana. th exhaustion in 2001. tripped and broke his knee and arm three years later. the bush administration tightened sanctions cutting off travel. castro arrested hundreds of dissidents. cu cuba's economy was pumped up by oil from venezuela. turned over power to his brother raul in 2008. then he commemorated the revolution and had a celebration of the 80th birthday. fidel castro did not attend. two years later, he stepped down. he wrote columns about his life experience emerging for a pope benedict visit in 2012. and for president jinping in 2014. he never commented on the president obama break through to normalize relations. fidel was absent when his brother welcomed home three cuban spies. to t

what tropical paradise looks like, you would take it off the island. >> all the shops are in the middle and then there's a hill on each end. >> kaitlin was 10 and she was smart enough to know we were abandoning our christmas tree but we assured them we were bring our stockings. >> our parents hid our stockings and in the morning like like, oh, santa did make it to thailand. >> 2004 was the year, it was one year after i was on the cover of "sports illustrated" and everything was booming. simon -- his full name was simon atlee, and he was a fashion photographer. and we connected in a very beautiful way, romantic way. i was really excited of taking simon to thailand and showing him a place which was so close to my heart. when we got to khao lak, we checked into khao lak beach resort. it was by the seaside, beautiful, long beach with very few people. it was exactly what we needed, a little heaven. >> december 2004 life was amazing. i had just signed a deal to go and play professional golf for three years. i'd just been married. i feel that amanda found the best in me. she loved to tr

the middle. >> reporter: marshal's island roots go back countless generations. like most women here she learned to bake smith island cake as a child. no one really knows how it all began. >> i think it became a competition between the women of >> does it taste as the good as it looks? >> i hope it will. >> reporter: it does. and when she started taking them up to the state legislature, they voted smith island cake the official maryland state dessert in 2008. >> well, we were hollering look we won the super bowl. >> reporter: but the island has also suffered significant set backs. coastline loss to erosion and rising sea waters. a once thriving seafood industry, now struggling. and a population that has dwindled to around 200. but cakes are on the rise. ever since a young wharton business school grad happened to taste one. when did you go from saying this is really good cake, to let me see if maybe there is a business here? >> almost immediately. >> reporter: and so brian murphy founded the smith island baking island. and talking to mary ada marshal. she says brian i love this idea.

the suicides.. last year, each of them had been an invited guest at the same island gambling casino, club thanatopsis. well, why don't we find someone who's been there and question them? he'd only jususreturned from a weekend there. mr. kuryakin, i want you to go to the c cb thanatopsis. check out any possible link with thrush, and anything else you can learn. your assignment, mr. solo, is to ferret out any vips that have received invitations to the club. persuade them to cooperate with us here at u.n.c.l.e. we can get hold of someone on the inside, what's behind the club's operations. we'll leaveve right away, sir. excellent, mr. kuryakin. your plane for the caribbean ll will leave within an hour. guess your being here has causus quite a stir r,wever, i'm sure you have no desire to remain here any longer than necessary, so if you'll just give me the location of the conference, i'll have you whisked home in royal style. would you do the same for the delegates? well, there's no need to worry your head about that, old darling. you've just sampled what dr. ieato has in store for you if

language of the island of irbos. yes,ir. well, i may have some trouble with tenses, but why do you ask? z-95. project code identification for the island of irbos. it's taken us three months, gentlemen, to learn that thrush is there. the question now is, what are they doing there? the latest intelligence on the more recent thrush expenditures in that region. three billion dollars? spent on an island no larger than a microdot and of no apparent value whatsoever? why? that, mr. petros, is what you an and mr. solo will determine. you will go ashore... there. now, gentlemen, i can't overemphasize the urgency of your mission. thrush already has a three month's head start. then find out what thrush is doing on that microdot of no apparent value. let's get out of these wetsuits welcome to irbos. hm, an invisible barrier. you, where's dr. killman? your name filene? i'm mr. filene. you could walk. now, where's dr. killman? walk? he said that? that''what he said. you stop when i'm talking to you! you hear me? i take my orders from dr. killman. and you walk, over that hill. well, you can be su

. millions fled the island as the dictator seized property, silenced the prez and more. >> he has caused pain an all generations of the cuba. >> leaders in congress agree. >> the truth is he was a he should not be revered. he should be reviled. >> all at his cost. his sadness, his tragedy, his death is terrorism and narco trafficking. that is the legacy of the fidel castro. >> president obama was more measured saying history will judge the enormous impact of this as they celebrate cuban americans feared little will change in soon. castro's brother raul remains president but he's 85 and has said he'll retire in 2018 so now this is hope for the future. >>> news4's david culver has made several trips to the island since president obama journey as he returned with his mother and grandmother, visiting their homeland for the first time in 54 years. lucky to have david culver joique us this evening. thank you for being here. so moving forward, now all eyes are going on the on cuba as we look at the burial of fidel castro. so we're going to be seeing a lot of significant locations. can yo

more of a democratic opening on the island of cuba, free press stop putting people in jail because they do not agree with you and stop helping nort north korea. and a lou the parties to be able to function. the things that you find in the country in the western hemisphere except for cuba and increasingly venezuela. and i would like to see our foreign policy geared towards that. >> president-elect trump has called fidel castro a brutal dictator. and then he did not renew his promise to reverse president obama's executive order reopening relations. he did not talk about an embargo. was that a sufficient response by your likes? >> it's no different than the one i put out. what we need to do is understand our number one obligation is to act in the national interest of the united states of america. i believe it is in our national interest to see democracy take hold on the island of cuba. all the changes that president obama made, in that lens and through that lens. >> and why not reverse? >> well, as i said, there are key elements more important. here is the thing people do not understa

. a figure who divided his country, you know, hugely. a million cubans left the island after he seized power and chose to embark on a radical socialist course. again, it was the height of the cold war, nonetheless outlasted ten american presidents and the collapse of the soviet union. despite will his, you know, highly divisive policies for those cubans who fled and certainly those celebrating today in miami, still became a patriarchal father figure to many cubans, created a society that today despite those aspects that you've mentioned is very possibly one of the most securist societies in the americas. >> just to point one thing out, and i want to make sure, 11 presidents in fact that the former leader has outlasted. so certainly he is a figure that is historic in cuba. and today we're hearing quite a mixed reaction from people now that the news is spreading of his death. thank you so much for being with us. we'll get back to you a little later in the hour as we're speaking to many other guests about this breaking news. >> nine days of national mourning going to officially begin in h

can get and better feel for what we're dealing with now as the treasure island management agency and the aspects of the agency we collectively manage i'm going to start first, by just may be difficult to see what is in our organization chart has the executive director at the top level the chief deputy and the coordinating deputy director levels in that regard just for a quick refresher in terms of of the overall organization we have in place so i'm going to go ahead and talk about the revised structure as a relates to the addressing the components on the screen the aspects of the program we need to deal with first and foremost one of the more important things the toll collection has part of management tolling was mandated and ushering the logics and with the authority and caltrans to make sure we are installing and operating a tolling system is critical to this effort like a build out to $203,041,000,000 it is quite a bit of revenue we'll be tracking and other revenues going to be in play parking approximately $7.2 million as well as transit and an international part of congestion ma

boats to visit it. up next on american artifacts, we visit the ellis island immigration museum to learn about the immigration experience. peter urban: good morning, my name is peter urban, and i am a park ranger here at ellis island. this island for many americans is the place where their story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the 1800s and early 1900s. a lot of people don't know about ellis island, so let me talk briefly about the island itself. today, we are 27 acres in size. but in the original form it was , three acres. a small island in the middle of the harbor barely above sea level at high tide. for most of its life, it was a military installation. it was used in the war of 1812 and was for storage. somewhere around 1890 it was decided by the federal government this would be the place they would institute the first building specifically for the processing of immigrants, and so they did construct that building between 1890 and 1892. the building you see here was not the first pro

ranger for the national park service here at ellis island. this island, for many americans, is the place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to being given the ok to go out and spark their lifes in the late 1800s and early 1900s. let me talk to you briefly about the island itself. we're 27 acres in size today. in the original form, it was three acres. small island in the middle of the harbor. barely above sea level at high tide. it was a military installation, first as a fort during the war of 1812 and eventually during the 1800s as a storage depot. sometime around 1890 it was decided by the federal government, it would be converted into a building to process immigrants. this is actually the second processing center. the first was a large wooden structure that lasted for five years and burnt to the ground in about three hours due to a furnace fire in 1897. the federal government decided at that point they needed to build something more permanent, somethings that would also reflect the grandeur of a federal b

island immigration museum to learn about the immigration experience. peter urban: good morning, my name is peter urban, and i am a park ranger here at ellis island. this island for many americans is a place where their story began. 12 million to 13 million americans came to this island, this building in order to be given the ok to go out and start their lives in the 1800s and early 1900s. a lot of people don't know about ellis island, so let me talk briefly about the island itself. we are 27 acres in size, but in the original island, it was three acres. a small island in the middle of the harbor rarely above sea level at high tide. it for most of its life was a military installation. it was used in the war of 1812 and was for storage. somewhere around 1890 it was decided by the federal government this would be the place they would institute the first building specifically for the processing of immigrants, and so they did construct to that building between 1890 and 1892. the building you see here was not the first processing center, it is actually the second. the first was a large w

community facilities on treasure island t the fooid are for the treasure island development ifd and efd so to reimburse costs by the developer as well as to help fund the affordable housing development on the island the cf d will reimburses certain infrastructure costs as well as creating a capital reserve for sea level rise and a imperpetual fund for the three hundred acres of parks and part of treasure island program the resolution relates specifically to the financing plan, which is the guiding document for did formation administration of the infrastructure revitalization and financing district t the i f that drafted with the terms of disposition agreement and it's champion blend it was adopted in 2011 if this item is move forward today it will catch up with the items in committee on october 15th and considered at the full board at a future hearing with the those other items include the intention to form the two districts if those are approved before our break this year we will expect 9 public hearing on the formation of district and the vote of the property owners within the distract w

-- my own career has been in the i proposed to my wife on the statten island ferry. i did not know my famous great grandfather as i was born a couple of days before his death. ever since i can remember i have been aware of his influence, not just from those around me, but from those people all over the globe and, especially here in the united states. i was brought up, surrounded by many of his treasures belonging to him and by those who knew him best. i now live just a stones throw from his home at chapel and since my father's death. i have become charity of many organizations that work so hard to keep the legacy alive. from this unique perspective. i can tell you how important our american heritage is to my family. that is why tonight here in the city, i want to put a spotlight on church hill's extraordinary mother, jenny jerome of brooklyn, new york, the woman who became lady randolph church hill. she was a passionate vital and dynamic personality who launched the career of her eldest son, winston. but before we embark on jenny, let's start for no evening is complete with church hil

islands. the russian-controlled islands are claimed by japan. the move is seen as an attempt to tighten moscow's grip on the area. the regional government will provide the helicopter. residents have been calling for a better means of transportation. the japanese government maintains that those and two other nearby islands are an inherent part of japanese territory. the islands were illegally occupied after world war ii. the territorial issue is expected to come up when they meet in mid-december. >>> taiwanese coast guard officials held rescue drews on an island in the south china sea. china, the philippines and vietnam claim it. ships and helicopters were deployed to simulate the rescue of a crew of a foreign ship that had caught fire. taiwan has been increasing its presence on the island and has built a runway there. this is the first time the government invited journalists to the island since may when the president took office. relieved to bee trying to show that typing belongs to taiwan. >> there is no doubt that taiwan has sovereignty over the south china sea islands. >> bac

infrastructure projects planned for the treasure island and yerba buena island, i want to con gr congratulate the director, and for competing the 98 million dollar project on time and on budget. and i also would like to congratulate cal trans in the opening of the bike and the pedestrian an path, connect tg to the island on sunday. and this regional link was much anticipated on by many people. and a lot of people are going to benefit from this improved access. and so this is no longer any dead ends and i want to thank the agencies that were involved in moving this forward. earlier this month, they were also, delighted when the federal department of transportation secretary fox announced the award of a 11 million dollar, innovaive technology and grant for san francisco and the projects funded by the grant will be implemented by the mta and the transportation authority with the support from uc berkeley, and including the development of the high occupancy lanes, and car pools. and many smart traffic signal or the smart traffic signals to reduce congestion and improve the safety and

opening on the island of cuba. things like, i don't know, free press. stop putting people in jail because they don't agree with you politically. stop helping countries like north korea evade u.n. sanctions. don't invite the russians to open a military base 90 miles from our shores. allow independent political parties to be able to function. that you find in virtually every country in the western hemisphere except cuba and now increasingly venezuela. that's what i'd like to see, and i'd like to see our foreign policy geared toward accelerating that. i believe it is in our national interest to see democracy take hold on the island of cuba. and so we should examine our foreign policy including all the changes that president obama made in that lens and through that lens. >> why not just reverse? >> well, as i said, there are key elements that are more important than others. here's the thing people don't understand, and i've said this repeatedly. i am not against changes in u.s. policy toward cuba. i just want to make sure that those changes are reciprocal, that that's a reciprocate by

, the lightning host the islanders. we will >>> plus good news on the injury report for the tampa bay buccaneers. find out who might be returning to the lineup >>> you have about 10 minutes left for the heart walk. call 800-528-0808. we're hoping to close the gap. we have a few days until the heart walk. >>> give him the nickname of your choosing, the daughter not, even the muscle hamster, just don't call martin is doing all he can to get back on the field rehabbing a hamstring integrate -- injury. he suffered a setback in mid- october but he practiced in full pads yesterday and again today. his participation described as limited. coach doesn't seem convinced he will suit of sunday against the bears but he certainly hopes he can. >> i know we are trying to see there.. were going to take all the proper steps. >>> more good news on the injury front, evidence has been cleared to play sunday. he was in the nfl concussion protocol after taking a big hit on the sidelines. he leaves the national football league with a touchdown catches,e history through a games. the lightning face-off agains