communication using the business community and the leadership structure, the chamber of commerce, the downtown association to purble the information back out and also to get feedback in. so we understood what were the big things that people needed. then, we had to build an ad hoc organization and another thing about disasters is they're bigger by definition something you can manage. it's not manageable. that's why it's a disaster, right? if it was manageable, it wouldn't be a disaster, it would be an incident, right? so we had about 15 or 20 people that i brought out of city hall, just picked people i kind of thought would be good at thinking on their feet and didn't need to read a book to now what the rules were. so we brought them and then we used hundreds of volunteers to support that. and the big project was trying to find a way to get policies and process in place to allow the downtown businesses to start their own recovery which meant faking acceptable risks which meant -- taking acceptable risks which meant, what are acceptable risks? the things that are dicey to trying to figure out and the fire c

the downtown. this is just the beginning. >> the downtown berkeley association calls it the, it starts here campaignsiness leaders say they want people to enjoy what they call one. most unique places in the country. >>> the crew of an international sailboat arrived in oakland early this morning. they are part of a round-the- world yacht race and they ran into some really rough waters last week. allie rasmus explains how they and their boat survived. >> reporter: welcomed with cheers and aplace, they sailed into jack london square at 3:30 this morning. the crew was happy it be on dry land after what they experienced saturday morning. their boat sailed into a powerful storm. they said everything was fine until a wave came over. >> it was like rumbling like a freight train and everything broke loose. i was in the water. everybody else was in the water. >> reporter: some crew members were thrown overboard. only their harnesses kept them from being swept away. >> everything was strewn around and the steering wheel was just in bits. >> reporter: two through members were badly -- crew members were badly hu

the building owners managers association. we represent the commercial office buildings downtowns, approximately about 200 of them. i'd just like to thank the fire department and the police department and d.e.m. in particular, because we have a great working relationship with each of those three city departments. we're conducting this year, in august, a um -- could of building evacuations, emergency preparedness things. we had a shooter at 101 cowell a number of years ago. we need to replicate these kinds of instances in office buildings to make sure they don't happen again in reality. so i just want to, on behalf of boma thank the police departments, the fire department and d.e.m. for working closely with downtowns and in particular, with the building owners and managers association. thank you. >> thank you for all the good work you're doing. other announcements? yes. >> both the department heads are probably aware of the ongoing recovery techniques and tools. the introductory version of this is being given once during may and we've been in touch probably with your chief financial officers to capture those who ha

the sun rises on saturday morning. closer to 50 degrees in downtown baltimore. the cloud cover is associated with an active storm system in the middle of the country. severe thunderstorms breaking out. it will move into our region tomorrow night and lift our temperatures. the cold front will make its way slowly to the central part of the country. with a strong jet stream riding over the front, heavy thunderstorms are likely tonight and during the day tomorrow. storms developing in north texas, heading to western misery. -- missouri. a tornado watch out tonight for much of oklahoma. the severe weather risk is in the height range. you can expect some really nasty weather. tornado alley look like it will get hit hard with those thunderstorms during the day tomorrow. hear, scattered light rain showers arriving in the evening, cutting across the area tomorrow night. partly cloudy skies on sunday. on the one side of that front sunday and monday. temperatures expected to climb up into the 80's. the transition is tomorrow. sun giving way to clouds. highs in the 70's. a small craft advisory. storms a

the streets. they raided several downtown businesses associated with marijuana distribution. a protester pushed one of the agents and then this. >> reporter: the drug enforcement administration, the u.s. marshals office and the irs was there. has it day progressed the protesters grew and disobedience escalated. one guy blocked traffic and another spray painted a federal vehicle. the marijuana college offers classes on growing, methods of ingestion and legal issues. >> making sure they don't get in or it will be a guy standing out back of the mini mart spinning pot. >>> the dea would not comment. the warrant is under seal in federal court. the city had no warning. she said the government would better send time going after violent crimes. >> oakland was not involved in this decision so we are concerned. but particularly given the public crisis of gun crime. >> reporter: after the agents left protesters marched to city hall where they held a news conference and they urged the public to support their college. lorraine blanco, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco's oldest medical

we are talking about the 98th annual white house correspondents association dinner. our ken molestina is live at themuseum in downtown washington where the party is expected to pick up. ken? >> reporter: yeah, andrea, they say this is the place where those from the hollywood hills meet those from capitol hill. this after party is expected to bring in a lot of big names tonight, but earlier this evening, of course, the main event was just down the street at the washington hilton. streets outsided washington hilton were jammed with traffic and police. this kind of chaos can only mean one thing, the president of the united states, white house journalist and celebrities around the country were inside of what has become nearly a century-long tradition. >> four years ago, i looked like this. today i look like this. and four years from now, i will look like this. >> reporter: in a strange change of order, president obama kicked off the comedy, but it was late night television's jimmy kimmell who had the honor of hosting the dinner. >> i want to thank my tenth grade high school history teacher who said i would never amount t

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the bay area weather, stay tuned for more news weather and traffic. . >>> all right, this is new video in downtown seattle, police are in riot gear, more than 5,000 students filled the area, they excluded a student association group from about tuition. roxanne bricks shattered store windows and several journalists were reportedly hit with pepper spray. montreal police have not said how many people were arrested. >> also this morning, prosecutors are expected to drop charges against former cal protesters it was a demonstration in november and the decision to drop the charges came straight from the top. they are following the direction of the chancellor, some of the uc berkeley faculty complained they used excessive force against the protesters. >>> and in the trial of an occupied protester, cameron rose is accused of hitting an officer with a folding chair back in december. they told jurors they should convict rose for a deadly assault on a police officer which is a felony offense. >>> our sister station in seattle found more alleged cases of secret service agents partying during last year's presidential trip to el salvador. allison burns has the details, good morning allison. >> reporter: dave, a government

downtown montreal. more than 5,000 students filled the streets last night. they are upset that the education minister excluded a student associationroup from talks. several journalists were reportedly hit by pepper spray and rocks and bottles were thrown. >>> next week marks one year since the u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden. federal authorities are warning of renewed efforts to target western civilization. there's no specific or credible threat but an intelligence bulletin warns of lone terrorists possibly using the date to avenge the death. former al qaeda leader. the u.s. embassy in islamabad warned americans to avoid restaurants and markets during the -- markets during the next two weeks. >>> our sister station in seattle, interviewed a subcontractor who worked extensively with the secret service advance team in san salvador. last year he joined secret service agents at a strip club. they ended up by the van loads drilling heavily. witnesses say that they payed toker -- paid for sexual favors from the slippers. this follow -- payed for sexual favors from the slippers. >> nine secret service agents have resigned. four hav

the ball rolling. . don't be surprised if you're walking downtown today and happen to see a turkey hanging out in a tree. the little bird was spolted this morning in a tree outside the national restaurant association on 17th street. animal control apparently went, assessed the situation, and decided the turkey was no zang, and didn't pose a danger to the public either. hanging out in the tree. hur keys. they start the weather now. a lot of sunshine out there this morning. a cool start to the day, though. now a look at our first forecast. hey, tom. >> what a change. yesterday we were in the 70s. this morning we went all the way down to the upper 30s to low and mid 40s. since then it hasn't warmed up a lot. with the sunshine we have a cold, high pressure system that's pushed in from the north. and all the areas in blue are still generally in the 40 rz. and that includes parts of west virginia, western maryland. and all those areas in west virginia, maryland, the easter shore, it's in the 50s. but areas from stafford county, all the way into washington have warmed now into the 50s. and there's the view from space. so over the last 12 hours we've had clouds on the increase. it's all bright and sunny.

downtown campus at westfield. the one thing we are not going to be doing this year is a program previously called shop your neighborhood, which is where we partnered with local merchant associations and tried to market and what initially were sidewalk sales, but due to low involvement from the neighborhoods, we have scaled that back. i do believe you would have offered waivers for the merchant associations who made use of it, and the merchant associations that were successful at it, they build a community event on their own, and the investment away from some of the other programs we did for small business week. we have been quite successful this year. we have lost a few sponsors, and we have gained a few sponsors. i want to thank the commission for underwriting of part of our work, and without my visuals it is hard to go forward, but are there any questions? >> any questions from commissioners? >> i am co-chair this week, and adam, you do an awesome job with this. when it was at city hall you would get about 100 people, and about was it. last year we have 1400, and the networking capabilities with small businesses, with each other, was quite amazing. it is something you should be

the bay area for today! >>> new this morning, just getting word in from the associated press -- an earthquake has shaken the los angeles area, buildings in the downtowna are swinging. no word yet on the magnitude of that earthquake. but of course as we get more information on the shaking down there in los angeles, we'll bring that to you. >>> also new this morning, in his weekly address president obama announced a crackdown on anyone deceiving veterans and service members about the gi bill. >> a college recruiter who visited a marine barracks and enrolled marines with brain jerusalem so severe that some couldn't recall what courses they signed them up for. >> the president and the first lady met with soldiers in fort stewart, georgia yesterday. he signed an executive order against unscrupulous college recruiters pressuring vets into signing high interest loans and misleading them about credit transfers and job placement programs. >>> president obama is also defending the rights of women. he spoke at a women's leadership conference yesterday in washington. he tagged about being raised bey single mother who put herself through school and managed to ear

downtown and 41 in frederick. nine-degree spread. a few clouds southwest of washington and energy in the midsection. parts of illinois through missouri and oklahoma a line of showers and thunderstorms associatedh an area of low pressure. we will be effected by that tonight and into tomorrow. today, phrfrpbt comfortable but have the umbrella ready on tuesday. 68 the high this c, partly sunny, south wind five to 10. tomorrow limited sunshine a few peeks in the afternoon but scattered morning and afternoon showers and storms. it with rain all day but periodically we will have areas of showers and thunderstorms. near 80. then you will need the air conditioner for the end of the week. near 90 by thursday. >> it is 5:11 and we have more good news from the goes pump. prices going down. triple a says prices fell by a nickel last week. the national average for regular is $3.82. here the average in the district is $4.03 a gallon. $3.83 in maryland and $3.76 in virginia. one of the biggest giveaways taking place. your chance to win a ford fiesta go to wjla.com. we will pick the first of 15 finalists tonight during abc 7 news at 5:00. if uyou are picked you have 30 minutes to call and win the final entry

right now we're at the woodrow wilson center downtown washington, d.c., and stephen harper is about to address, and the associatedress reports trade among the u.s., canada, and mexico now exceeds $1 trillion, and the president said he wants to see that number rise. also while we wait for things to get started with the canadian prime minister, news from the hill that reports president obama will address congressman paul ryan's budget tomorrow. it says, president obama will deliver an address tuesday emphasizing his differences with budget committee chairman paul ryan's budget and makes those remarks during an associate at the associated press luncheon at the american society of newspaper editors convention, and officials say the president will outline his own proposal emphasizing why he disagrees with paul ryan's approach and why americans can't afford to did in that direction. that news again from the hill. while we wait for things to start here at the woodrow wilson center, a look at the headlines and your phone calls from this morning's "washington journal." [inaudible conversations] >> host: promising disadvan

downtown where democrats were not allowed to go. i am surprised, you are a democratic pollster, and you are associated with fox news. unions have decreased about 80% of their cloud in the20 years. corporations are going to flood this election with so much money. people began to resent it and vote against the money. that is what i see voting down the road. people say, we will not go that way. guest: i hope people vote against the money. i agree with your premise that it is good when democrats and republicans get together. it is the reason why i've been on fox news and i am proud to be on fox news because if you leave the network only to wind ideological position and don't offer a counter -- only to one ideological position, you are doing a disservice to the greater dialogue. fox affords me that chance. i encourage conservatives to go on msnbc. i think we do better with bipartisan cooperation. if we are segregated on the basis of party, i agree that no good will come of it. host: one of our followers on twitter rights -- writes -- d.c. that as a problem? guest: when you have iowa and new hampshire going first, when you have the fundraising challenges that have befallen a

the construction zone, but otherwise a nice ride. >> we had a cold front go through, but there was no weather associated with that front. 72 downtownes in jarrettsville. mostly sunny, breezy, and mild. a little bit cooler than yesterday. even >>> at 8:00 on a tuesday morning, it's the 17th day of april, 2012. and you know what it makes it? >> tax day. >> tax day 2012. that's right. these people have filed their returns, they're shipshape. including lenny. and that's good news. i'm on the plaza along with savannah guthrie, who is in while ann is taking some vacation time this week. and mr. roker, as well. and if we could look through the penguins over here, we might actually see that in our studio right now is the one and only jennie garth. she is out with a brand-new reality show and it comes just weeks after, i guess, a pretty well publicized split or end to her 11-year marriage. jennie's going to be here to talk about the show and the split in just a couple of minutes. >> look forward to catching up with her. then coming up a rare interview with the suburban mom who wrote that racy novel, "fifty shades of grey." a lot of people a

downtown where democrats weren't allowed to go. all those types of things. those are the ones that separated from the mainstream with their extreme positions and i'm surprised, you're a democratic pollster but somehow you're associated with fox news' most unfair and unbalanced unions, by the way, have decreased about 80% of their clout in the last 20 years. let's be honest about it. and corporations are going to flood this election with so much money that -- like to the point where people are going to begin to resent it and vote against the money. that's what i see coming down the road. they're going to flood this election with money and people are going to say i'm not going to go that way. guest: i hope people vote against the money which is one of the reasons why i think there's some salutary benefits in both the tea party and occupy wall street and i also agree with your premise that it's good when democrats and republicans get together. it's the reason that i have been on fox news and i'm proud to be on fox news because i think if you leave a network only to one ideological position and don't offer a counterveiling view, you are doing a disservice to the greater dialogue and fox accords me that chance and i woul