also on two local measurs. prop b, 195 million dollar general obligation bond measure earmarked to provide renovations and improvements to our city parks. one of the reasons why that is so important to us here in the council and also to the mdc, these renovations advance access in the facilities. this is the way that we get to renovate recreation centers and playgrounds and bathrooms and trails. it was important for our transition plan work to have this funding source. that was a successful outcome. one of the benefit of the bond measure is that these improvements that have been taken place, different recreation centers, it was more accessible disaster shelters. these rec centers are on the list of available shelter site. back in 2005 we first started the survey, a lot of them were not renovated and are not successful. as would go back one by one was added to the list. that has helped us a lot with the 2008 measure in going forward with this 2012 measure. prop c, affordable housing trust fund. as you know, when

we analyze every local measure on the san francisco ballot, which until recently was a pretty formidable task. we participate in most of the major issues of city government from pension and payroll tax reform to some of the most important discussions on how we fund a lot of our public services, whether that finding different revenue streams for our parks, are trying to find new ways to fund public transportation in the city. we're very happy to be working with mayor lee and the board to address a lot of these issues. this will clearly be a busy year for us. another component of our work is connecting the city's robuspro o assistance with our many business partners. this is a core part of mfac original purpose in san francisco. we are focused on building this capacity once again. as everyone here knows, the nature of how cities are doing business is changing. fundamentally. costly federal and state mandates continue to squeeze local budgets. increasing costs are forcing discussions about how we provide services. technology is requiring that we move more quickly than we have in a long time

the john avalos local hiring measure was important in making sure we get residents, but even in my district, there are pockets of poverty and many people out of work. supporting those unemployed and underemployed people, supporting struggling small businesses in a difficult economy, and i support the small businesses versus more chain stores that seem to be coming into the store fronts, but i try to be sympathetic to local businesses because they make up the diversity of our local neighborhoods. those are some of the challenges that face our businesses. >> are there other issues specific to your district? how do you balance the needs of the issues in your district against the needs of the city as a whole? >> i know that our district has a higher proportion of seniors than some other district, and there is a brand new senior complex and wraparound community services complex called the institution on aging bridge housing complex, but it is going to concentrate a lot of the senior services and nonprofits. about 180 units of affordable senior housing in our district. i am actually a baby boomer

local tax and bond measures have been passing all over the state where local leaders have had the courage to their residents and make the case for better schools, transportation, and public safety. 70% of the school bond measures which are increases in local property taxes passed. 80% in 2012. this has been going on for more than a decade and part of the reason i think we haven't seen it at the state or national level, is leaders had been timid to make the ask, and after many years of not doing so and sending the state deeper into debt leaders made the ask. and it wasn't just prop 30 it was prop 39 that closed a tax loophole that gov northern schwarzenegger put in place. so the tide has been turning for quite sometime. >> jennifer: it's interesting that at the local level, people have rejected that austerity program and decided they do want to fund their schools, but there is a group with ties to the koch brothers who spent $11 million opposing prop 30 for example? are you surprised it passed with that kind of fire power? >> i ran for governor in 2006 as we were on the verge of going into

i also do not agree that under this measure that locally there will be additional moneys available for treatment. i noticed in the list of supporters for senator leno's measure, it's heavily supported by people in the treatment community. i think that that's great because we all understand that treatment does work. treatment in these forms of addiction will help these people get on track because they are broken. i think there is a general understanding among the prosecution community that that is the case, that treatment is the goal. but in my mind and in the minds of the majority of the d.a.'s around the state, the current state of misdemeanors and with our county jails being overcrowded, no person sentenced to a misdemeanor offense is going to do any jail time whatsoever. if they don't have jail as an incentive to engage in treatment, then there's nothing there, other than their own will to finally do something about their addiction. >> let me just ask you as a follow-up, what do you say, then, that the only thing -- if you're saying that currently being charged with a felony is goin

local school. congress may take up some gun control measure in the new year. no one knows whether a newtown change the collective appetite for guns in civilian hands or not, but the battle for gun control could be a long, drawn out affair with dangers for politicians on both sides. al jazeera. >> a senior mexican official has announced he is quitting. he is -- he has rejected allegations that after 23 years of service -- he faced strong criticism following a shootout in june in a mexico city airport. he says the charges are empty and unfounded.

measures. this in a country of hunters and gun lovers. it included agreements with state and localovernments. since a loss for past, for more than 15 years, there's not been a mass shooting in australia. in a moment we'll be joined by the one who led the campaign to reform australia's gun laws after the massacre. first, to play a clip from 1996 of a man who survived the port arthur massacre and described what he saw. this is peter crosswell speaking from his hospital bed shortly after the attack. >> i walked toward the front door of the restaurant. this guy walked in with long blond hair and a shot dead a guy sitting at the nearest table. it then proceeded to shoot everybody at the table. at that time, i jumped on top of the two women and landed on the floor and told them to lay dead still. i concede guy who walked in -- i could see the guy who walked in with a gun. he proceeded to shoot everyone in the room. he walked through the room past us into the souvenir area. i heard more gunshots. then he came back and shot myself in the two ladies, and thankfully missed. he must have seen

. >> when he got to the local e.r., his temperature was measured at 108.5, and they started maneuvers and getting fluid in him and cooling him off. but the die was already cast with that temp at 108. >> i just figured it was, you know, heat exhaustion, bad heat exhaustion. and it turned out to be a heat stroke. i mean, it just goes from not very good to real bad in a hurry. >> coaches up there and the parents with the young man in lamar, they did all that they knew what to do, and they should be commended for their efforts. unfortunately, there was more that a trained person could have done. get him out of the heat immediately. it's real easy to sit and go, "hindsight's 20/20," but i think it was the critical step in the whole process. >> interviewer: what's your policy on football players practicing when it's extremely hot in the summer? >> well, we have no policy on that. we have... we have recommendations for schools to utilize. >> narrator: joey walters is the deputy director of the arkansas activities association, the small agency that oversees all high school athletics in the st

one possible solution to the on-going problem would be to ask voters to consider a bond measure to increase the local to fund road repairs. >>pam: living in san francisco can break your budget and now theres new numbers showing the astronomical costs of living in the city! then. we take a look at how the fiscal cliff will directly affect our state if an agreement isn't reached. the biggest thing on the chopping block. hundreds of thousands of jobs! plus. it's 71 years to the day japan launched a deadlywe honor the veterans who lost their lives in that attack. >> heigthe high-tech break your budget and now dollars in gross state product. it would also mean the loss of 225-thousand jobs. and about 400,000 unemployed californians would stop getting checks at the end of the year. return "when it comes to the fiscal cliff that is threatening our economy and threatening jobs the white house has for the president if he's with a counter offer." >> congressional republicans days and counting to work will take effect. r today marks the 71st anniversary of japan's deadly attack on pearl a 21 gun salute. 7th, 19

local school. the white house task force reported the congress may take up gun-control measures in the new year. no one knows whether newtown change the appetite. the battle for gun control could be a long drawn out affair filled with dangers for politicians from both sides. al jazeera, washington. >> and mexican police official has announced he is quitting after wake of corruption charges. he has rejected the allegations that after 23 years of service he will resign on december the 34th. he faced strong criticism following a shootout at the airport that killed three officers at in june. officers at in june.

but i think -- temporary measure, but education should be state and local issue. if the parents get together with the school district decide an armed guards figure out a way to prioritize to make it happen. if there are, i think the justice department grant system is not a good one. it's mired down. then we have to figure out how to cut it. the democrats, republican, government hasn't done anything on entitlement. >> bob: the board of education said it would cost $56,000 per school in long island to put armed guy there. they don't the money for it. >> dana: that could be money well spent. >> eric: quick update to a story "the five" and the fox family has been covering. marine john hammer who is being held in mexican prison chained to a bed is reportedly going to be released today. or was released today. we'll call at it fox news christmas miracle and thank you for mexican government for doing the right thing. >> kimberly: we talked about this last night on hannity. i'm glad for the outcome. i wish it had come sooner. i think you need to send strong leadership stat

local fire stations. it is all because of a november tax measure which voters did not pass. county meeting just ended -- where some harsh decisions were made. the board unanimously voted to close the 4 fire stations. >> to the public's concern and interest we are focusing on these as a short-term closures. nonetheless, important ones that we need to take today. there is a motion to close at station 11, 4, 12, 16. on a short- term basis by january 15th >> the board of supervises lasted five hours dealing with this matter. >> dramatic video at least five homes were destroyed in west virginia. a gas line exposed a raging inferno and this lasted for over one hour. that lasted this afternoon on interstate 77. flames shot as high as 75 ft. in the air. the reported hearing as as far as 1 mi. away. firefighters had to keep back because of the fires intense heat no injuries reported. fast explosion as far as a mile away. no injuries have been reported. >> the fiscal cliff creeping closer -- with no visible progress in negotiations between lawmakers. the main sticking point -- democra

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measure anyway. we'll be right back. >>pam: facebook founder mark zuckerburg's mega donation to a local charitable organzation. and man vs. nature in washington state. as a freight train goes up against a mudslide. your forecast...with rainfall.. ... >>pam: now for a look at our top stories at eight-thirty. a gunman opens fire on a south bay freeway. this was the scene from sky-7 h-d, abc-7 news. police briefly shut the road down, as they searched for evidence this afternoon. the car of a military recruiter was hit four times -- he was *not injured. no word on any arrests. >> the debate over gun control - reaching a tipping point, following a deadly elementary school shooting. today - president barrack obama promised "meaningful action". we now know vice president joe biden will lead a task force that will present a set of gun control recommendations to the president. in newtown connecticut - >> more victims of the school massacre laid to rest. this is video from a vigil, held in a neighboring town today. 27 people were killed in the elementary school shooting -- including the gunman last week. 20 of the those

local jurisdiction. we'll be following that effort as well. we're hoping to transition some of that cost saving into working more with effort we work to better uncorporate more multimodal measures and more multimodal data to provide more complete picture of our transportation performance. we'll looking to use those cost saving as a way to get into the multimodal aspects and look at some new data sources. with that, this contract is $430,000. it's for this round of the 2013cmt. that's an 18 month period. it also has options for two additional two year periods, which will be the 2015 and 2017 monitoring effort. we are recommending that this contract be awarded to -- after doing procurement process involving group proposal, we received three proposals and conducted interviews with all three of the qualified firms and received some quite strong proposals. those are some of the reasons we ended up going recommended -- we had a contract goal with this procurement based on the types of work that it is 9%. with that, i'll turn it over to any questions that you may have. >> thank you, commissioner car men chu has joininged us. any questions or comments? have there any public comment on

local mercedes-benz dealer. >> a lot of thhostage holding mentality, the sad thing is that the governors measure, even in the titleid that it could be used for other spending commitments. so really, what you're doing you are doing is giving the legiature another blank check on spending is at an all-time high. who is the atm for that? mom-and-pop, and main street. the pele that work for them. neil: i always think that, you know democrats -- both parties have to work together to fix this. so we don't ever see that haven't materialized. again, easier said than done. in washington, it is like waiting to blank. we don't see it yet. when we get past this? >> well, i think when we get past it is when we make sure that the elected officials know that the people they need are not the big public employee union leaders who constantly try to flex their muscle or the big corporation leaders. it is the people who sent them to represent them. and we get past this when elected officials sit down and start listening to the people who work in schools, the kids come in the other people in their district. they are just not doing that

detonated civil side vest during the clash the local taliban says the attack was to avenge the death of a relative of the former commander. an earthquake measuring five point six on the richter scale hit the philippines real scenes of destruction there so already of course trying to recover from the devastation caused by last week's deadly typhoon nearly a thousand people are still missing after the site closed while survivors in the worst hit areas are suffering severe food shortages landslides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people that left more than four hundred thousand ogress. pictures here a funeral of a prominent official responsible for women's affairs she was assassinated earlier monday in afghanistan and she was shot dead but to want to dent of five men well on her way to work it comes just months after that also a woman was killed in a bomb attack. the western warnings asserting over syria's chemical weapons but nearby israel's got another worry on its mind right now that that arsenal could get into the hands of hezbollah for israel such arms being controlled by what it considers to be a terrorist group would be a real

my son was a volunteer with a local group called "watchdog dads" patrolled playgrounds and provided a measure of added security. president clinton initiated a program called "cops in school" but the federal response is not sufficient for today's path. whether they're retired police, retired military or rescue personnel, i think there are people in every community in this country it would be happy to serve if only someone ask them and gave them the training and certification is to do so. the national rifle association is a natural choice to sponsor the program. there are programs that set the standards for well over a century. over the past 25 years, there comes a program has caught 26 million kids that real guns are not toys and today, the child gun accidents are at the lowest levels ever recorded. school safety is a complex issue, with a simple single solution. i believe trained, qualified, armed security is a key component among many that can provide the first line of defense and the last line of defense. i welcome the opportunity to participate in this potentially lifesaving effort. thank

detonated suicide vests during the clash the local taliban say the attack was to avenge the death of a relative of the former commander. an earthquake measuring five point six of the richter scale hit the philippines which is a really trying to recover from the devastation brought on by last week's deadly typhoon nearly a thousand people are still missing after that cycling was survivors in the worst hit areas are suffering severe food shortages landslides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people on the left more than four hundred thousand homeless. this is the funeral of a problem an official responsible for women's affairs was assassinated this early on monday in afghanistan and shot dead by two unidentified men on a way to work it comes just months after a previous sesar also one woman was killed in a bomb attack. twenty five an hour and it's past eleven o'clock moscow time thanks for being with us review watching around the world in a few minutes people and crosstalk. the legacy no one should be proud. of scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spilling black smoke over the

detonated suicide vests during the clash with local taliban say the attack was to avenge the death of a relative of the former commander. and earthquake measuring five point six on the richter scale has hit the philippines which is already trying to recover from the devastation brought on by a deadly typhoon period thousand people still missing following last week's site what survivors in the worst hit areas are suffering severe food shortages and slides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people there are four hundred thousand. probably a female official responsible for women's affairs has been assassinated in afghanistan he was shot dead by two unidentified men on her way to work it comes just months after her female predecessor was killed in a bomb attack. hamas says it won't give an inch of palestinian land to israel during his visit to gaza the group's political leader on their mission home refused to recognize the jewish state that are missing with israel rejecting international calls to end its settlement expansion which journalists get in the evy says the standoff between the two will continue. really public opinion. doesn't s

local taliban says the attack was to. ainge the death of a relative of the former commander. an earthquake measuring five point six on the richter scale hit the philippines that's already trying to recover from the devastation boredom by the deadly typhoon nearly a thousand still missing there after last week's cycle all survivors in the worst hit areas are suffering severe food shortages landslides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people then left more than four hundred thousand homeless really desperate see. pictures here a funeral of a prominent official responsible for women's affairs she was assassinated earlier on monday afghanistan she was shot dead by two and identified or she was on her way to work it comes just months after predecessor a woman was also killed in a bomb attack this time. we've got thirty minutes of action packed sport coming your way kate partridge here after this break. i never thought i could earn a living this way. natale issue of oil is the norm or should test small arms so those photos to machine building plant lot are the source to count of all the weapon

measures toke ensure the circumstances never repeated." is expected in court on danaher 1/4. it's 35 degrees outside. is that right? 4:35. >> still to come, some local firefighters helping a teenager was shot on the way to school. supposed to go out there ball and that's what was able to do. >> redskins cut the job done agai >> welcome back. monday morning. it is chilly outside. is. it feels a lot like christmas, adam. >> keeping us warm in the weather center. start in many locations. many locations in the upper 20s us all freezing. 32 at reagan national, 30 and quantico, 27 in frederick, 28 in winchester, 27 in culpeper. freezing inve annapolis and lexington park. around noon time, expect a light wintry mix. rain mixed with a few wet starting around lunchtime, then it will change after lunch.d rain no snow accumulation, nothing to about, but something to christmas spirit. highs in the low 40's today. tomorrow, 47, cloudy. heavy rain on wednesday. >> the commute to looks good. no delays. light volume. springfield, things moving smoothly. normal hovre are operations. so the rules are in effect in maryland.nd but it's much lighter than normal. no vre

>> it could have been a measure by thome confuse and throw everything off the track. yesterday, local, local media said that the rocket was being dismantled -- sorry, two days ago, saying it was dismantled from the launch pad, perhaps for repairs. a couple of hours later, it was put back and the launch took place, perhaps without south korean media and the government there watching, particularly closely, everyone expected it to be put back by a matter of days. >> greta: thank you. today, the u.n. security council condemning the rocket launch, saying it will urgently consider an appropriate response. now, exactly what would that be? former u.n. ambassador john bolton is here, trying to contain the smirk. exactly what is this quick move? >> well, i think they will have a strong statement about how concerned they are and -- >> greta: and north korea is like, so what? >> they weren't deterred by the existing sanctions and with good reason. every step north korea takes closer to a true, deliverable nuclear weapons capability, the more they believe that the united states and other countries

local school. the white house task force on gun-control reports in january congress may take up some sort of gun control measures in the new year. no one knows whether newtown change the collective appetite for powerful weapons in civilian hands but the battle for gun- control could be a long drawn- out affair. >> it is draft season for the russian army and the military is struggling to find enough conscript's. charles -- reports from moscow on why thousands of young men are willing to risk jail. >> he has been dodging the military draft for eight years and in the weekend before and to the army any day. fit enough, not attending university and with no young family. every man in russia between 18- 27 is expected to serve a year in the military. it is a terrifying prospect for many. >> we first left moscow when i was 18 and we were very afraid. we lived in hiding and even learn to recognize when the police cars were coming by the specifics out of their tires. >> this is what frightens men like nikolai. it is known as hazing. it is described as a military code of violence. and often systematic bullying of new recru

detonated suicide vest or in the clash the local taliban say the attack was to avenge the death of a relative of their former commander. i don't quit measuring five point six on the richter scale hit the philippines which is already a course trying to recover from the devastation brought on by last week's deadly typhoon nearly a thousand people are still missing following the plough while survivors in the worst hit areas are suffering severe food shortages landslides and flash floods killed more than six hundred people that left more than four hundred thousand homeless. this you seeing on the screen is the funeral of a prominent official responsible for women's affairs she was assassinated in here on monday in afghanistan she was shot dead by two unidentified men blown away to work it comes just months after a previous us or also a woman was killed in a bomb attack. twenty seven minutes past ten at night moscow time kavi is with me as you can see that must mean business and katie brushes no pulled out of the to the kyoto climate warming conference we saw an impassioned plea of just talking there about philippines everything we're going throu

local fire stations. it is all because of a tax measure voters did *not pass in november. tonight - grant lodes is standing by to show us which areas are impacted. but first - justine waldman is live at a county meeting -- where some harsh decisions were made today. justine? enoug >> the board meeting is still happening. and i heard the fire chief say that this is not something they wanted to do but this is something that they have to do because they have run out of options. this is video from inside of the board room a meeting that is still going on. the four stations on the choping block. lafayette, martinez is also so close to or refineries which has been a concernstation 12 on shell avenue in martinez. they want to keep response times at 5 minutes and response of measure a " q " was rejected recently in the election. they are still concerned of response times. >> we are not going to lay off any firefighters. people were anxious to hear about which stations are going to be impacted. we will have to reach shift and get to work on how we're going to get this community cov

state of arkansas, my son was a volunteer with a local group called watchdog dads who volunteer their time at schools to patrol playgrounds and provide a measure of added security. president clinton initiated a program called cops in school, but the federal response is not sufficient for today's task. whether they're retired police, retired military or rescue personnel, i think there are people in every community in this country who would be happy to serve if only someone asked them and gave them the training and certifications to do so. the national rifle association is the natural, obvious choice to sponsor this program. their gun safety, marksmanship and hunter education programs have set the standard for well over a century. over the past 25 years, their eddie eagle gun safe program has taught over 26 million kids that real guns aren't toys, and today child gun accidents are at the lowest levels ever recorded. school safety is a complex issue with no simple, single solution. but i believe trained, qualified, armed security is one key component among many that can provide the first line of difference as well as the last line of defense. aga

. >> we have seen a number of cuts at the federal and local levels and it does not need to cost that much according to the experts. the measuresep schools safe are well established that could prevented further terrible tragedies. what is needed, according to the advisor is community vigilance and more closely monitored access combined with better coordination with the authorities and they say that is not very hard to do. >> we do not want this to fade away in a month or two. the big problem is we feel we are in denial and this could never happen to our community or our schools. >> many parents contacted the schools to learn of their plan. >>bret: thank you, dominic. they were no older than six or seven, 20 children, gunned down by a killer and he also murdered seven adults. tonight our country's thoughts and prayers offered up to the victims and their families as president obama joints the community in mourning for a memorial service and prayer vigil. live coverage of the tragedy in newtown, connecticuts continues as they line into the auditorium. that is next. ♪ [ male announcer ] you've reached the age where you don't back d

local officials. and jeffrey brown samples the poetry about greece's financial woes and its austerity measures. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: the election commission in egypt confirmed today the new constitution won nearly 64% of the vote in a referendum. the panel also reported turnout was just a third of the country's 52 million registered voters. president mohammed morsi and his muslim brotherhood backed the draft constitution. opponents warned it paves the way for islamic rule and curbs on civil liberties. the six persian gulf arab nations demanded an end to what they called iranian interference. they issued a statement today at the end of the gulf cooperation council's annual summit. the statement gave no details. the six u.s. allied countries, also called for swift international action to end the bloodshed in syria. in central asia, a military plane crashed early this morning in kazakhstan killing 27 people including the country's head of border security. the russian-made aircraft went down near a southern city. the dea

measures willthought to balance not be r. ways to reduce the deficit never are. but we must act together. when you look for savings, it is fair to localto the 1%. >> with multiple forecasts being downgraded, it has now become an issue about competence. they argue not only has the chancellor failed, but failed on his own terms. >> it has been completely derailed. the one test they set for themselves, balance the books and get the debt falling by 2015, that is now in tatters. >> after all, the facts and figures of the chancellor's statement -- after all of the facts and figures of the chancellor's statement, we are left with a feeling of malaise. >> you are watching bbc world news america. still to come, aero controversy at the hospital after the duchess of game birds -- the after information on the duchess of cambridge is released to two is jockeys. >> in bangkok, thousands of thais turned out to catch a glimpse of the mark on his 85th birthday in a rare public appearance prepare aero controvy at the hospital after the duchess of game birds -- the after information on the duchess of cambridge -- appearance. >> many well-wishers had bee

measures willthought to balance not be r. ways to reduce the deficit never are. but we must act together. when you look for savings, it is fair to localto the 1%. >> with multiple forecasts being downgraded, it has now become an issue about competence. they argue not only has the chancellor failed, but failed on his own terms. >> it has been completely derailed. the one test they set for themselves, balance the books and get the debt falling by 2015, that is now in tatters. >> after all, the facts and figures of the chancellor's statement -- after all of the facts and figures of the chancellor's statement, we are left with a feeling of malaise. >> you are watching bbc world news america. still to come, aero controversy at the hospital after the duchess of game birds -- the after information on the duchess of cambridge is released to two is jockeys. >> in bangkok, thousands of thais turned out to catch a glimpse of the mark on his 85th birthday in a rare public appearance prepare aero controvy at the hospital after the duchess of game birds -- the after information on the duchess of cambridge -- appearance. >> many well-wishers had bee

local shoppers to ask what they thought about the news to suspend certain sales. >> there's no possible way you can really keep guns out of the hands of criminals. they will go to any measures to achieve that power in their hands. they thrive off that more than anything. it is a sad thing. >> no word on how long goods sales of certain types of guns will last. another national retailer, wal- mart says it has not made any changes to the different types of guns sold in its stores. brianne carter, abc 7. >> stay with abc 7 news and wjla.com for the latest developments in the school shooting coverage. >> warmer than normal temperatures for this time of year. let's check in with jacqui jeras. for our >> 60 degrees at reagan national at this hour. mild. we started a dreary. we have a few sprinkles to the north and west of d.c. we're seeing that in frederick county and washington county. most of these are dying out as they cross over the mountains into the metro. a couple clouds, 61 degrees. wind becoming blustery out of the west. if you are traveling today the been may cause you travel delays. notice the storm in the southwest. that will impact our weather later this week. more on

local municipality goes. home and then they come up from twenty million dollars and then of course six months later it's all about austerity measures for those poor people most towns and had a pay per view for those breasts well yes it does get very bad here so. pontiac michigan g.m. goes bankrupt pulls out closes down their factory their incomes two of ari emanuel wells friends he is wrong emanuel's brother and he's a famous talent agent in hollywood linda nelson and a alford talbott and they put in ten million dollars in recent exchanges or receive up to seventy million dollars back from the state to build a studio out of this abandoned g.m. factory and the detroit free press has an interview with is a alford talban guy and he says i go into things to make money but on this i don't really care i just want to help create jobs and this can create three thousand six hundred jobs you know this is all was that all is the rumors and whether p.p.i. schemes here in the u.k. the public private partnerships you know the businessmen in the city of london will say we don't really care about making money so much we just want to create jobs bu

among the measures treasury will take including suspending state and local government securities and investments in the federal employee pension funds. those don't sound like good practices going forward. president obama meanwhile arrives back in washington after cutting short his christmas vacation in hawaii. congress is back in town, but little progress was made over the holiday to avoid the fiscal cliff and no talks have been set. the senate is due in session today, but the house has no plans to reconvene. last week, house speaker john boehner said it was up to the house to act on extending unemployment benefits. as we work through all of this, we are happy to be joined by allen capper, head of credit strategy at lloyd's for the hour. welcome back. i guess we're still shaking off the christmas turkey tryptophan, i guess they call it, and yet it feels as though it's groundhog's day. >> yes. you say shaking off the christmas blues and we're shaking still waiting to hear what happened with this fiscal cliff. we knew they would take it to the wire. there's no surprises. what concerns