the east really means the far east, mostly. that is to say asia, plus southwest asia, to the east, india, pakistan, bangladesh. a lot of people. >> not such a huge area to the west. those communities are large as well. how do you draw the dividing lines? who is in it? who is out of it? who is in between? >> at one point in your book you suggest a strategic vision -- strategic division, and it is always interesting to see your take on the world. that down the road, the west should include russia and turkey. >> absolutely. in different way, they are increasingly partaking in the democratic condition -- tradition. pervasively so, they are a democracy, and have been in cage as such for the last 100 years. they were invited some 50 years ago to join the european union. in the case of russia, it is more ambivalent as an empire. it certainly has not had a deep, democratic and -- tradition. there are increasing signals that russian society is changing. i am relatively confident that the democratic forces in russia will be dominant. it

to the east. and just lingering showers with us. as i mentioned earlier in the newscast, the stormiest of the weather is out of here. a few light scattered showers, and temperatures will be a few degrees cooler than yesterday. 53 in santa rosa at this time, and 56 reported at sfo. the winds were really howling in cases in the overnight hours, and take a look at the top gusts, mt. diablo, 65 miles per hour and 49 at altamont, and san jose, 36 miles per hour reported at the international airport. satellite and radar, a view from up above, and you can see how the rain continues to push off to the east. you may have heard us mention that the storm took a split with the circulation. you can see some of the storm is heading to the south and the rest to the north. we got just enough rain, but we could use more and are not likely to see a whole lot. it's noon time and rolling you through the evening drive, we are just with a few lingering showers and pretty much be wrapping it up. but the moisture will ha

people in north africa and the middle east are marking the anniversaries of their protests. their protests for democracy and accountability from their leaders. for some these anniversaries have been celebrations of a break of a troubled past. for others, a reminder that progress remains very elusive. in syria, the world continues to bear witness to the violent repression by the assad regime against the syrian people. as tragedy unfolds daily, bringing with it an increasing death toll. after the regrettable veto and the security council by russia and china earlier this month, the u.n. general assembly voted overwhelmingly as did the united states senate to condemn the syrian regime's brutal use of force against civilians. during this upheaval, our government must pay special attention to serious weapons of mass destruction. in egypt, the difficult transition to a democratic civilian government has been marked by changing timelines, protests and sectarian violence. given this tentative transition, when resources are -- or what resources should be spent on building institutions

all activity south and east of baltimore. lighter showers around baltimore and north central maryland will end shortly. windy conditions coming in later tonight. look once again, at the advisorys that are in effect. currently, west of us, that's where the winds are going to be coming in. tornado watch extreme southern portions of the region and the thunderstorm warnings until 4:15 for portions of caroline, dorchester and talbot county. warm stuff stayed in virginia up to 80 degrees south of dc. we stayed with the cool ocean air, in the 40s to low 50s, 44 oakland. the winds are picking up to the west of us, very, very light now, but will get strong. oakland wind gust to 36. those strong wind gusts will move in after 7:30, 8:00, could get as high as 40-50 miles per hour. >>> malicious or childish? opening statements in the invasion of privacy trial of a rutgers university student. manuel gallegus reports for wjz. >> reporter: robby faces 15 criminal charges including a hate crime related to the suicide of his gay college roomma

dry conditions along the east shore freeway. we are picking up heavier rain in portions of santa rosa. the wet weather is almost out of our hair. temperatures are on the mild side with widespread '50s. as we head into the afternoon we will not warm up much. we will continue to cycladic conditions. redwood city and mounts you will struggle to make it out of the upper 50s today. sunny conditions by thursday. temperatures could actually start with the 70's. a dry and mild weather pattern as we head into the weekend. there ride through marin county, this is a very slow trip southbound would drive times are running 42-44 minutes. look at your ride on the bay bridge toll plaza. big improvement for the 80 approach. here, we are still backed up to near west grand ave. 18 minutes out of the macarthur maze instead of over 20. the san mateo bridge ride, updated the commute on 92, heavy traffic, but the backup has diminished a bit. the golden gate bridge ride is an easy commute. >>justine: here is what is happening, an executive with the sy

and the showers are trailing to the south and east. as you head out the door, a few more showers out there. and things settling in for the afternoon. skies beginning to part just a bit. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. and a much brighter day, and warmer days ahead. and showers moving through early on as the system slides on through. the ridge begins to build in and temperatures start to warm up. we have a couple of scattered showers to start you out this morning. by the afternoon, skies dry out and skies begin to part. as we head into the overnight hours, patchy dense fog in the valleys, that's the worst over the next day or so. in the meantime, the temperatures are a little on the cool side if you're headed out on president's day. 61 in san jose. and 57 degrees in pacifica. and 57 in hayward. as you make your way into the east bay, temperatures in the 50s and the 60s. partly cloudy skies, by the afternoon. and then we will see some sunshine. but still some cool temperatures and a few clouds in toward santa rosa by the latter part of

i truly fully share your perspective and the goals in the middle east and north africa which will make sure that we have tools and flexibility needed to act proactively and take advantage of opportunities when they arise. i look forward to continuing make sure that you have those tools and also to try to ascertain the best way forward with respect to the north supp change and the continued hopes that we all share for a renewed effort in the middle east peace process. we all know the difference that the united states can make. our efforts to vaccinate children, combat climate change, engage at-risk youth, promote core u.s. national security interests, our global presence also does something else. it creates jobs. through loans and multilateral forums we lift the economies of low-income countries and simultaneously and this is important for americans to understand in terms of our own interests, we open markets for american businesses and recognize the connections between promoting our business and creating jobs elsewhere. energetic imperative for america and not a favor we do for other c

this is marching east. and behind it in ohio and kentucky, yet another potential third wave of moisture we'll be looking at. and here you go with a local look, everything starting to sweep east of washington d.c. cumberland into garrett county now, looking at a little lightning your way. here's a live look at doppler 9,000 hd. there are the showers returning to western maryland, so another couple of hours they'll be back here. south and east this stuff is racing quickly away from us, east d.c. seeing the heavy showers now. this stuff is moving east at about 45 miles per hour. weather service put out a little marine statement about that, but east and south towards oxford and cambridge dealing with the heavy showers there, also seeing it now just about out of calbert county, st. mary's county, the southern half of the county seeing the heavy stuff, but up towards mechanicsville, you're about done. and down through the northern neck, gotta get through this, maybe another 30 minutes or so. big picture, this sui

this is at east oakland. you can again see officers looking out at the area for a gunman who fired shots at an officer. if we get any more information on this story in oakland, we will bring it to you. >>> turning now to our other top story, the pretrialing hearing, the san francisco sheriff is -- for the san francisco sherr sitch under-- sheriff is underway. allie rasmus is live outside the courtroom to explain the ruling just made. allie? >> reporter: well, at issue is whether or not statements mirkarimi's wife made the day day after she was allegedly abused, whether those statements can be admitted, yes, they could. now, the sheriff's attorneys argued that video should not be brought in. and because of that, the attorneys that lopez makes in the video is hearsay. i it's it should be thrown out. you know, trial is not a game of telephone or operator. everybody knows that game. >> reporter: now, judge garrett wong ruled today that under most circumstances it would be hearsay but not in this case. he ruled th

at the bypass in centreville, 60 miles per hour heading east. east and west, no issues. connecting to the beltway, clear. inside the beltway, a live look at glebe. east bound hardly any cars. traveling eastbound, great at 54 miles per hour. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you. >>> this morning charles county public schools are warning parents about dangerous games some children are playing. one of them is called knockout or passout chag. a letter was sent home to parents after three students were taken to the hospital. the children were all holding their breath until they passed out. school officials say the kids are also taking a cinnamon challenge, eating large amounts of cinnamon. that game is making students sick. principals will speak to students this morning about the hazards of those so-called ga s games. >>> a transgendered person was stabbed last night at a metrobus stop. police chief kathy lanier says the man dressed as woman was stabbed in the head. the victim was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. police say there were signs of a struggl

police arresting the teen saturday night at the east ridge mall in east san jose. they said there was a confrontation involving several teens action possibly a gang dispute. two teens were stabbed. two department stores were evacuated and part of the mall placed on lockdown while police searched for suspects. two other teens were questioned and released. >> it is 5:06 now. one of the oldest living survivors of san francisco's massive 1906 earthquake has died at the age of 109. rose cliver passed away in santa rosa. she was 3 when the 7.9 quake struck. more than 1,000 people died and 28,000 buildings destroyed by the quake and fire that followed. she says her family climbed the top of a hill and watched the city burn. a ceremony was held yesterday in san francisco. >> palo alto council will vote tomorrow on a plan to share dispatch services with neighboring cities. the palo alto weekly reports the palo alto mountain view and los altos police departments would share a new dispatch system. record management and mobile apps for police and fire. police say the plan shou

probably just east of the bay. >> greg is over the east bay and playing the guinea pig, the mobile 5amera aboard his car as he commutes into work. and i understand he is five minutes from the bay bridge. hopefully we can check in in a little bit. clear sailing so far. not a lot of traffic and on the bridge in short order. we will show it to you when he gets there. a look at the weather with lawrence. it is going to be warm this week. >> you delivered, too. you know, my friend. >> not bad. that's a great gig. drive around with the camera and drinking coffee and listening to the radio. >> very close to your gig. >> very close to what i do. >> around the bay area, scattered showers early on today. a weak cold front is sliding on through but it is a bit wet outside headed in that direction in the south bay right now, and things should begin to taper off by the morning hours and by the afternoon, the skies part and numbers in the 40s all around the bay area, and then as we get in toward the afternoon, we will see the skies beginning to break up just a bit. plan on temperatures as my as 61

the middle east and north africa will drive an economic rejuvenation to the region. but we must also look to the wider picture. global energy consumption cannot be ignored and the middle east has a vital role in obtaining a secure supply of energy to the world's market. it's predicted unchecked global demands for energy will reach over 17 billion tons of oil equivalent, some 40% of current reduction. meeting this demand while simultaneously tackling the climate change is one challenge of our time, but we need a stable energy. how we achieve it is the key. the middle east has always played a major role in meeting global energy demand, and this is not going to change. production of hydrocarbons needs to increase, and iraq and libya are leading the way. it should be the lifeblood that drives economic regeneration, not just on their borders after years of oppression, but across the global community. the industry as a whole is creating new opportunities in unconventional hydrocarbon and renewable energy sources. the rejuvenation of natural gas production in the u.s. has t

saw china re your power broker in in the middle east. where as the u.s. presidential campaign holds up we look at who the republicans may end up choosing to challenge barack obama here's a quick look at what's in our cross talk debate show that are today. for mitt romney to have a debate with the president on the health care reform bill it's going to be laughable because the bill that the president signed into law was based almost entirely on the bill that mitt romney signed into law in massachusetts. you're right he's not even going to be able to make that argument and the question earlier is is a conservative enough i mean how could anyone call him a conservative when he himself has called himself a moderate the real deal here is the republican party is trying to get the conservative grassroots to support the guy who lost to the guy who lost to obama and so there's this endless cycle of you know it's your turn that's being shoved down the grassroots throat he's been running for five years he already has organization set up in all the states plus the bac

and there are no delays either east or west found. the golden gate is not even set up for a normal commute. >>mark: another developing story we're watching out of the east bay, a robbery suspect remains at large and another injured. it happened around 11:30 p.m. in east oakland around the 2000 block of the 67th ave. here is exactly where it happened on the maps. an armed robbery in the area just before the shooting. in responding officer encountered to suspect. shortly after that one of the suspect was shot dead injured. the suspect was armed with a firearm but did not shoot at officers. the suspect's injuries are not life-threatening and no officers were hurt. >>darya: a search is underway on the waters near the set -- richmond center fell bridge. the coast guard received a mayday call just before 11:00 p.m. reporting that a boat collided with a person in the water. the search is being conducted by the coast guard and several police agencies. there are the thing for someone in the water near the richmond san rafael bridge. the crews

east northeast at about 40, 45 miles an hour. this stuff is hauling out of winchester here and through the martins buc area. we've seen pawpaw with the heavier sures and then moving off to the east. let's talk temps because we have a big range out there from 42 in hagerstown to 52 in d. c.. to ten degrees warmer another ten down south. 63 in tappahannock at the airport there so those guys are easily going into the 70s. in d. c. this morning good visibility on the michael & son weather camera under cloudy skies and a north northeast wind. right now 7 miles an hour. that will switch to the southwest and really haul later on ahead of the front which is it will back here. some showers there, snow to the north. there's going to be hefty snows across parts of new york state and new england. but with the second line of storms later today, that threat of severe storms south and east of 95. damaging wednesday gusts and some areas far enough south, even richmond south, even an isolated tornado can't be ruled out and once we get this throug

the east shore freeway moves smoothly. should be better this morning because the bay bridge reopened, almost a day and a half earlier than anticipated. that's great news. it beat the rain. we have slick roads down the east shore freeway. richmond bridge to san rafael, smooth drive as well. a look at the san mateo bridge, got a lot of traffic this weekend westbound, hopefully will settle out but still have a lot of folks probably planningtake that. plan for a little bit of a different flow even if it is presidents day. might have slower spots than you expect. >> thank you very much, mike. >> the uc-berkeley graduate who lost her passport 60 years ago has it back thanks to social media and a clever student. >> the student bought the old passport as a souvenir while he was studying in paris. he wanted to find the owner, a woman named betty worther who traveled around the world after finishing studies at uc-berkeley. >> i started looking on facebook and google. i contacted people back in the united states and at berkeley and c

>>darya: we have a developing story out of the east bay. an officer involved shooting in east oakland injured when a suspect. the shooting happened just after a 11:30 p.m. in the 1900 block of seminary avenue. the injuries are not life- threatening and there were no officer's hurt. the investigation is ongoing. >>mark: in san jose man in the hospital after seeing shot once. no suspects have been identified or arrested. the motives for the shooting remained under investigation. box coffee and >>mark: the coast guard received a mayday call just before 11:00 p.m. last night from a source reporting in a collision and the person in the water. in the search continues right now. >>darya: there are two pilots suffering for minor injuries after a mid-air collision. a small airplane and helicopter crashed over solano county last night. here is exclusive video of where the plane eventually went down. this collision happened near rio vista of municipal airport. the pilots were injured but each of them managed to land without hurting anyone on the groun

and the companied by the east bay symphony.hown at the paramount theater and once of the movie palaces from the glorious era of film lovingly restored when going was a major event. this is in march, oscars began to celebrate film making. >> they're creating a new art form. >> the first academy award winner now more than 80 years later could another silent film take oscar home? >> it is this weekend at our coverage begins at 12:30 with the celebrity interviews before the show, oscars begin at 5:00 followed by a star studded post-oscar show leading up to the news at 11:00, then, at 11:30 a special edition of jimmy kimmel live, it's coming up here on abc 7. >> and still to come zimbabwe's government incaning a teenager because of what he wrote on facebook. >> what students need to start doing freshman year of high school to get into the right college. the news at 4:00 continues right after this. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center to

a hot spot on the east shore freeway. >>george: even though the accident assets has disappeared from a lanes, the slow traffic persists in and in fact, the backup continues to grow. again, the accident and a vehicle fire were at hilltop drive, they have been cleared. the drive time is already 34 minutes from hercules to berkeley in the westbound direction and the lower east shore freeway looks good. the slow traffic will continue to move through the east shore freeway. we will see that have the block of traffic moved further and further west. looking at the bridges, the bay bridge is lighted unusual because of the east shore freeway traffic being held up. the 80 approach is still your best. the san mateo bridge has finally caught a break. we have had some weather over the last 40 minutes but it is finally easing a bit all the winds are still present. the golden gate bridge, 101 southbound is still an easy trip across the bridge and in easy trip with a short drive from marin county. >>james: a chance of scattered showers t

it is for work related to the east and spend. now, there are concerns that whether could delay the construction. >>craig: this will soon be a detour lane for westbound traffic headed into the city. caltrans is hoping for good weather said that in that of the work will have to be postponed. the work will take three days. without rain bill leans to close february 17th all- february 21st. fill with rain, that could change. >>grant: the golden gate bridge will now do away with told cashiers. >> the historic golden gate bridge will soon move to an all electronic toll bridge. starting in december it will be all fastrak. >> you went through the fastrak? >> 67 percent of drivers who cross the golden gate use fastrak. only 3 percent pay cash. >> a week night tonight. steady and a moderate rain to the east of the bay area. there are still some showers left around for tonight. the significant rain is moving to the east of the bay area. we have a long area of unsettled air that will filter into the bay for tonight and tomorrow and keep the c

got 50s in the east bay. here is from mount tam and easterly winds driving those temperatures up this morning. a coolest numbers here in the mid 40s in the north bay but we'll finish out nice and mild. warm today. details are next. >> cheryl: also next, the warriors make a fourth quarter rally in sacramento, could they pull out a win? mike shumann has the highlights coming up in sports. [ female announcer ] back to school means back to busy mornings. that's why i got them pillsbury toaster strudel. warm flaky pastry with delicious sweet filling my kids will love. plus i get two boxtops for their school. toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. and these are the ones you'll love on a school night. pillsbury ham and cheese crescents. with just a few ingredients, you have an easy dinner. pillsbury ham and cheese crescents. school night ideas made easy. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> cheryl: i've feeling when it really rains finally it's going to really rain. >> lisa: we'll get a

they are drawing from the middle east peace process.he israeli-palestinian issue is not going to solve every problem in the middle east, but it would certainly bring us to some high ground if we could make some progress. i use that as an example but \ / always come back down to a dictator. mubarak was a dictator, so what is happening is a result of the dictatorship that we rolled along with. it is not our fault. the international community all have to take some responsibility, but those are things we have learned. >> i appreciate you are making my job easier. let me continue to follow you. the issue tonight is a perennial issue as we sit with this conversation. the issue is really about israel and iran and whether israel is going to strike, and if they were to strike, what would our position be? your thoughts? >> i think the obama administration, as was the situation with the bush administration and the clinton administration and the senior bush administration have followed the right line on this. in particular, this administration over

extreme east bay locations.is is antioch tomorrow. 59 for livermore. 56 for santa cruz. 60 for gilroy. and the accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll keep much of the holiday weekend dry. the exception, a few showers. by monday morning, otherwise the rest of us will be drying up, and this is mainly north of the golden gate bridge. after that, get ready for sunshine and mild temperatures as we warm into the 70s next week. >> alan: in february. let's go to shu. going to take us out to the ballpark. >> mike: that's right. pitchers and catchers reported to spring training, and one that about the giants, they'll have pitching. tim lincecum followed by cain, bumgarner, vogelsong and zito. but there are job openings on the team. aubrey huff has to fight off hill after a lackluster 2011, and pat burl retiring, left and center field positions are up for grab. today bruce bochy talked shop. >> be competitive with bell and bill and those three will be playing first base and left field, and the outfield shakes out. so we got

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this is horse tail falls on the east side of el capitan.ing orange and yellow colors really only happen in a flash while a setting sun illuminates the water fall that it looks like molten lava flowing down the cliff face. the phenomenon was recorded in 1973 and only happens at dusk during the same two weeks every february and only lasts for a couple of minutes. >> one of those cool phenomenons. >> 6:34. speaking of the weather let's go check in with meteorologist christina loren. >> you too finished you there? done? >> vacation getaway. >> i shed a little tear during that. good morning to you. it's nice out there. as we look outside from the comfort of indoors, it's cold out there, but we are clearing out nicely. and we're starting to see the sun come up over the south bay. here is a live look at some fog developing. but it won't last long. high pressure is moving in quickly as it does so offshore flow will build that breeze, push that fog out to sea. so by noon we're talking about sunshine. mostly cloudy start will make way to clearing by

>> the east shore freeway and no. a lot of folks like to huddle there. 19 minutes to the toll plaza. another look with the chopper over the east shore freeway with a smooth drive through berkeley and emeryville. around the interchange the maze, we do have an issue with a does aged bus approaching the toll plaza. no significant showing. the incline bottom of the screen, out to the maps, we'll show you what we're dealing with. 580 and highway 13 all moving smoothly through oakland as well. we get to move the map and look toward antioch, a good deal, holding out through antioch. and no problem through pittsburgh and bay point. further down looking at livermore. no big surprises, pennsylvania to you. >> thanks so much. still to come on "today in the bay," 24 million voter registrations could be invalid. all according to a new report. >> whitney houston's body is in new jersey this morning, we'll tell you when her family is planning on holding a public funeral. >> a live look, lights of sfo. >> feels like valentine's day.

do sort of the year of debt crisis what madam miracle east trying to achieve or so east to outright chinese based. in germany of course but even the clout because this is one of the major business story of the coming news china as investment. china china is going to invest more than one trillion you where it's outside of china in the coming decade in europe needs. investment ok we have to leave it there david gossett of the china europe international business school in shanghai thank you for joining us thank you. it's a question of identity versus integration shari'a islamic group in belgium is under fire for views which local people say are too extreme and which other leg.

parking restrictions will be on place in east sir francis boulevard and east sir francis drake boulevard. >>> teachers who went on a one- day strike back in november will not have their pay docked for the day. but teachers at csu east bay and hayward were protesting stalled raises and working conditions. another campus in southern california joined in the strike. according to the chronicle, teachers at both campuses were told to report whether they work that day. but when only four members reported not working, the chancellors decided to give everyone a pass. he said the university does not have the money to investigate who actually worked. >>> two people in the hospital after being hit pie a car in san francisco. this happened last night on the em car ba der row near lum bard street. it's not clear what led up to the investigation but investigators -- collision but the driver -- but the police say the driver is cooperating. >>> we have good news for you drivers if you are headed to the east bay in san francisco on this president's day hoyle. the upper -- holiday. the upper deck of the b

the rush for relief. >> bars in the east bay put on notice.e beefing up patrols starting tonight. >>> time to start thinking weekend weather and there is some rain in the forecast. will that affect your weekend? we'll talk about that coming up. >>> it is friday, super bowl weekend, february 3rd. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 4:59. >>> apparently, all lanes are back open on the bay bridge. good news on this friday. >> they reopened about 20 minutes ago so everything is back to normal on the upper deck of the bay bridge but for a while this was a serious situation. they had three left lanes closed after a multi-vehicle ll

east so. please. please. the news. as the best seller lists . subsists six. six. six. six. today collins says it's a game played out see. him in his cold. streets of canada past struggling. subsists. see. the sun. looks. welcome back to. remind you we're talking about when there will be a strike against you at super. super. ok good night and i to go back to you in washington you know before i go into television and journalism i was an academic historian and of a modern european history and i can remember reading because i wasn't alive at the time of the hysteria that the united states had about the soviet union acquiring a nuclear weapon and i remember the hysteria of the united states when when china was acquiring a nuclear weapon and you know what they have never gone to war with each other deterrence works ok so again i agree with gilbert what if you know iran were to acquire a nuclear weapon it's certainly being threatened by the west right now we need to use it. but i'm very glad you is this point because i believe it is very clear sis to say that the only western powe

main street along with parts of east sir francis drake boulevard and east francisco boulevard will be temporarily no parking zones, due to the demonstration. the occupy for prisoners protest, part of a national day of solidarity with prison hunger strikes. the protesters will be out there from noon to 3:00 this afternoon. >>> $200 million transit plan will boost ridership but take away hundreds of parking spaces in the east bay. according to abenvironmental impact report, ac transit's plan for a rapid transit bus line would also cause traffic congestion at six intersections between oakland and san leandro. buses would ai'rrive every five minutes on the 14-mile line and new bus only lanes with loading platforms would be built along telegraph avenue and east 14th street. ac transit's board will make a final decision on the project this spring. >>> and this morning a bay bridge back open to commuters. a full day ahead of schedule. here's a live look at the upper deck of the bay bridge which was supposed to be shut down until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. but mild, dry weather letting cal trans cru

by patrick clawson in montreal he is the director for research at the washington institute for near east policy and senior editor of middle east quarterly and in washington we have got out doug he is a professor of political science at the national defense university and in brussels we crossed to gilbert doctorow he's an independent scholar and author of great post cold war american thinkers on international relations all right gentlemen this is cross talk to me as you can jump in anytime you want gilbert if i go to you first in brussels can you explain something to me the american military establishment and intelligence community says iran is not developing a nuclear weapon i has no intention of doing it and then you changed or in the same page in the washington post new york times everyone's discussing when the attack is going to happen what is going on this seems to be an amazingly paradoxical situation. well i don't have a direct answer to that question but yes there is a lot of cross talk within the united states and within the foreign policy community so i'm not particularly surpri

new york the changes in the temperature gradient would have shifted rainfall towards or away from east africa the medical and a team of scientists study deep sea sediment cores which represent the last several million years that were drilled across the indian pacific and atlantic oceans the most striking observation was that one site on the eastern indian ocean and another in the western east indian ocean showed temperatures that were comparable all the way up until two million years ago this would have been when the eastern side of africa warmed and the western side cooled causing the cool waters off east africa to have dried out the region after studying the cores the team of scientists ran computer simulations that a race the east and west temperature differences and showed what might have happened if the temperatures were the same along the equator across the indian ocean the result was the simulation of a shutdown of a type of atmospheric circulation that made east africa wetter than it is today the medical is careful to point out that the cause and source of the change in ocean t

east like a foot over the rim. more from ep i. sweet dish from curry.areer night and david lee aggressive. in the lane. warriors up 9 in the second quarter then chris catches fire. knocks down a 3 and then another 3. and then another 3. >> really? >> well actually that's griffin 360 and dunking. ellis head to head with paul here. pretty jumper. 28 points. warriors up 5. fourth quarter. randy. jordan yes. that tied it at 83. david lee right place right time he has 24. right now clips leading 97-95 upped 3 minutes to good. time for the latest edition of the jeremy linn show. not the center of attention in new york tonight because anthony came back from injury returning to the knicks line up. knicks were hosting the new jersey nets. so can they play together. that's what even is asking. the jumper. 11 points in the game. knicks up by 10 early. the steal. fast break. 3 on 1. williams back off to jeremy take it himself floater. 21 points, 9 assist. davis barren davis sighting. scored 3 points in ten minutes. hurt a lot. second half linn. with authority. all

>>darya: out of the east bay a 24 year-old east bay band. murder daniel dewi llte attacked a 67 year-old and berkeley hills after trespassing on his property. they say that his son has a history of mental illness and has been all of this medication since the month of july. >> he has tried everything but our system has not allowed him to get the help that he needs. it is a tragedy in all respects. it is a tragedy for us and that other >> i do not know what happened. however, my heart goes out for them and i am so sorry. we have all suffered a great loss. >>darya: he is the grandson of l. dewitt -- l.al . >> we're looking at temperatures 40 degrees. highs in the upper 60s ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] there's no right way or wrong way. every baby plays by his own rules and they need a diaper that lets them do it. pampers cruisers with 3-way fit adapt at the waist, legs and bottom ♪ ♪ with up to 12 hours of protection, for all the freedom to play their way. ♪ ♪ pampers. it's time to play. been off george >>george: welcome back. the interstate - 70 e

it pushes east over the next couple of hours.this is a cold front that will be impacting the washington area as we get into the evening hours. there is that line of thunderstorms i just show you a close-up on our hd radar. up ahead, before a warm front. this will come in and start to bring us some rain showers. i think it will be in here by 8:00 this morning. we'll be in for a period of pretty good rains around here. we have to deal with the cold front later tonight. we could have another round of rain and maybe some thunderstorms late this afternoon and during the evening hours as this pushes through. we are not experiencing any rain but it is moving in from the north and west and will be here shortly. look at 10:00. futurecast is indicating moderate bands of rain particularly west of the city. we could get maybe 3/4 of an inch of rain. there is a lot of energy in the atmosphere. there is your cold front later tonight. bottom line, going to be one of those sort of up and down days. action-packed for a change with some weather to

bottom line is this -- still some rain to the east and showers around the baltimore area. the trend is for clearing weather. 40s, cloudy and wet as the rain continues to push out to the east. we'll talk about our next significant storm system. that comes the second half of the weekend. that's straight ahead. >>> well, it tide up two of the busiest highways on the east coast for hours. a tractor-trailer carrying a sticky additive flipped on i-95 and the harbor tunnel. roosevelt leftwich tells us the driver is at fault and possibly in a lot of trouble. >> reporter: he is facing several state charges and a federal charge after he flipped his truck near the fort -- ft. mchenry tunnel. police say this crash probably shouldn't have happened. police say the driver of west orange, new jersey, was drunk. he tried to change lanes stew quick lie in the left lane tractor-trailer overturned that tractor-trailer stopped, caused all traffic to stop on i-95. the tractor-trailer -- the debris from the crash fell over that elevated portion of the road on to 895. >> reporter: greasy is charg

we'll have a few storms in the east as we head into next week. than that, it's overly dry and overly warm for february. this is when we should be picking up our heaviest of rain here in and throughout portions of the bay area but it's just not happening in the next seven days. thursday we are being conservative with the numbers, and if everything alliaigns rig we may have some upper 70s for the north bay. we'll get the nbc bay area pool all cleaned up. >> where is that? >> it's in the back. >> thanks, jeff. let's get to sports. >>> we are not wasting any time. the a's and giants have started spring training in arizona, and that's where we bring in harry woofer to our comcast newsroom. >> we have some great baseball news today. a big day at the affinity sports desk. today all eyes and cameras were on closer brian wilson, that bearded guy. reporters and fans focused on wilson's right elbow which was strained in august. we bring in jamey sire from scottsdale. jamey, how did he handle his first day of spring training? >> he handled it just fine. it w

around the east bay, mid-60s, 65 in alameda, 63 for concord.he north bay, looks nice as well. despite the chilly start, should be at least a 30 degree swing in temperatures. you'll need the jacket through 9:00 and t-shirt weather. 63 for san francisco. so the weekend looks good. super sunshine tomorrow. though sunned is i think we'll see a few more high clouds. the rain-producing clouds, holding off till monday night. you'll see it here in your seven-day forecast. tuesday, which appears to be the day, we'll see rain for the bay area, indications are probably about a half inch or so for most locations. maybe closer to an inch in the coastal hills and after wednesday morning, the shower shut down and we dry out. we could use more than that but timing not so bad. the weekend just fine for your plans. tuesday morning's commute and maybe parts of wednesday morning's commute, plan on a little. >>okay >> .okay. thank you very much, rob. we'll be right back. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. ♪ [ female announcer

jobs were mostly in east soma and showplace square.oring mandate requires an accounting of new employment in the eastern neighborhoods, specifically new office and retail employment based on the commercial development trends. based on the new commercial development, we estimate that approximately 2,600 new office and retail jobs can be accommodated this is based on an average employee density, and it's just an estimate. the new p.d.r. space, on the other hand, can accommodate an estimated 130 jobs. now for the residential development trends. 2006 to 2010 were very good years for housingç production san francisco. an average of 2,500 units a year were built -- were added to the city's housing stock during this period. the eastern neighbor saw an decision of 2,100 units. as this slide shows where the units were built. 43% of the new units were built in east soma. as for affordable housing, just under a quarter of the units constructed in the eastern neighborhoods are affordable. this is about the same as the proportion citywide. about 6

this is just east of stockton. this is the fourth straight day that crews house uncovered human remains. in addition to bones in human teeth can investigators say the kid across several pairs of women's shoes, a purse in and for ungratefully. they convicted serial killer to recently made a map which is what led police to the area. >> until the defense analysis contact >> shareef-this looks were known as the steve recollected. quiet investigators wanted to know if they can't anything to do with the disappearance of with it the gary. half fox >>darya: this is a look at out the lot of activity sacramento. the only did the disease is that we see or run around san francisco we have what if that is live a life showers of all fifth of the fourth half shibboleths of- the afternoon of that if >>james: our next delivering is not affected and those that did. georgia we are five in full force of five of the morning if the bet is to the building on interstate 80 westbound in san of low, that is inconsistent accident blocking la

we'll move to the south and more activity to the east of milpitas. but for the most part, we have the yellow. it's a sweep. it shows you the changing of the weather pattern and some rain showers to the -- in the hills to the east of gilroy. in the afternoon hours we'll hold onto the possibility of scattered rain showers. i'm tracking another weather system. we'll highlight the rain showers. also a preview of the weekend. we have big changes setting up by saturday. >> talk to you soon. thank you, mark. >>> the chp says the overnight rain played a role in this six- car crash on highway 24 in contra costa county. one person suffered moderate injuries the crash happened around 11:30 last night in orinda near the caldecott tunnel. investigators say a speeding driver was racing down the highway during the overnight storm when he slammed into another car. that set off the chain reaction crash. it's not clear if anyone was cited. >>> the wet weather and winds may have been a factor in other problems around the bay. a tree fell across a one-lane road in the o

everybody will be very bad not only to it and not only to the middle east. oil prices are very high now because of this ok gilbert if i can go to you i think patrick kind of put it really out there very openly it's all about regime change that's what this is about it's not about the nuclear program the united states and its allies particularly israel want to regime change there for some reason they think you know it will be better and better to know i mean that change the regime you get the regime or the nuclear weapon you have a choice well it's really strange i use a weapon you go over to your future i guess we don't have all some people have sovereignty some don't you know but what do you think about this. well you've summed it up in the last sentence the word rational came up here and i'd less like to put it into a context as to who is behaving more rationally in the sense of looking after their own interests yes america has interests in the middle east and i think of an attack on iran would jeopardize those interests so is america acting rationally by i