. >> the united eights is planning to expand its drone program to northwest africa -- the united states is planning to expand its drone program to northwest africa. the us will -- the aim is to gather intelligence against rebel groups in the region. this is where the rebel groups operate across africa. in nigeria, boca harrumph -- in

. >> investigators are looking into what caused two united plans to clipped wings. is chopper 7 was over the scene just after arriving. the flight we are talking about our right from brussels. it is scraped the wing of a plane parked nearby. passengers are able to get off with no problem. the park plan was empty. they are evaluating the plane for any damage. >> a special ceremony today to remember at the holocaust memorial museum. holocaust remembered stay marks the day soviet troops liberated the concentration thein poland. the public is expected to meet that -- at the hall of remembrance. >> a six-week program is open up to d.c. residents ages 14-21. you have until february 16 to submit an application. it is being held at the department of employment services for people who need help applying. go to our web site wjla.com for more information and a link to the jobs program website. >> time for us to check back in with adam caskey about when the snow is going to arrive. >> it will be mid afternoon. the time frame will be 2:00 until 9:00, but probably a little bit ti

will further compromise necessary light into our bathroom and kitchen windows in our three front units. the plan also completely eliminates one of our property line windows in the dining room of our front unit. we need a detailed drawing of exactly how this building will impact our property line windows and need to reach an amicably place with this developer. we have asked him to participate in a pre-op meaning with the city or at least fund that so we can get clarity from the city, namely dbi and fire about what will happen with our remaining property line windows that are left. we would appreciate cooperation in that regard. we would like to continue to support the project, we would hope to be able to. >> thank you very much. calling up a couple more speakers. [ reading speakers' names ] >> good afternoon commissioners. i have been coming to this podium to speak on this topic since dwight alexander was president of the commission. so you can call me snaggletooth today. a lot of things that were said today by the project sponsor's architect are true and factual. tom gave me a call and he got an

united plans to cut 400 jobs many of them in chicago. the largest united continental lost to $723 million last year mainly because fewer people flew. thanks to a $7 billion settlement retailers can now charge check out these surcharges and levies whenever customers use a card at a cash register. a typo that might make you blush and new standards in student testing levels, a letter sent out to parents but both are supposed to take you to more information on the common course state standards being used but one of the likes to the web site goes to a little more exposure, parents, if you take out a letter l, if you click on and you will go to a pornographic site but if you make it just one l, it will take you to the real website corrected and apologized. no trouble here though. our fast fading alberta klipper is coming at us these are the radar returns right now. you can see a little more substantial development out to the west. you see that pink area that is a lot of cloud cover and freezing rain and even some ice pellets. what's going on i

. >> the united eights is planning to expand its drone program to northwest africa -- the united states is planning to expand its drone program to northwest africa. the us will -- the aim is to gather intelligence against rebel groups in the region. this is where the rebel groups operate across africa. in nigeria, boca harrumph -- in nigeria, fighters have -- resistance army is active in the region between the south and the central african republic'. in this stretches where the al qaeda and other groups are based -- in this stretch is where the al qaeda and other groups are based. a former u. s. flight officer says that recent events have made -- a former flight officer says that recent events have made this necessary. >> the situation 10 months, 12 months ago, the concerns about drone strikes and civilian casualties -- i would say that many people in north africa probably now rate the risk from al qaeda affiliates as higher. this is all in retrospect, seeing what has happened in algeria, seeing what has happened in mali. there is quite a lot of concern from north african nations about

. >> still ahead here on al jazeera, find out what bolivia has rejected the united nation'' plan to conserve its rainforest. and find out why and beer makers are battling in the u.s. >> hello once again. you can see the clouds moving in from the west. it looks as though we will be seen changeable weather with ran across parts of germany. that was a will push in over the next couple of days. in the u.k. and france, temperatures are not too bad. a top temperature of 11 degrees in madrid. across parts of northern africa, some clouds moving in across libya. the wind coming in from the northwest. temperatures no higher than 21 degrees. it extends southwest as we move into central price of africa. seasonal rains pushing away further -- it extends southwest as we move into central parts of africa. we have seen significant parts of rainfall in zanzibar. it is a mixed bag. >> hello again. top stories here on al jazeera. five men in india are due to be charged in court of the murder and a gang rape of a young woman. the 23-year-old woman died in a hospital in singapore. thousands have been calling for

the project maintains the unit count of 11 and complis with all relevant requirements of the planning code and consistent with relevant objectives and polices of the general plan. that concludes my presentation and i'm available for questions. >> thank you. project sponsor, please. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is craig nickitas and i have a graphic presentation and mr. ionin, i wonder if it's possible to switch to this microphone, please? as mr. lindsey -- >> hold on one second, sorry. go ahead. >> as mr. lindsey pointed out, you can see with the yellow call out on the aerial photograph and to the west, the building in which the objectors to the project either live or own. 12 property line windows on the shared property line. the east wall of the objector's building. and a block book map showing the subject property. here is a block face view of it with the taller art deco building next door to the west. and a summary of the scope of the project in addition to remodeling and structurally upgrading the 11-unit apartment house, the propose is to add a new 5th story, a partial

the project sponsor, i think that this is mentioned in the report, but although, many of the units are planned for initially for rental, everything is condo mapped and built to the standards that would allow it to be a condo because i think that these have to be built to different standards if i am not mistaken. >> thank you. >> on that motion, commissioners to approve projects 801 brannan. and adams. >> moore, aye. >> sugaya. >> wu. >> aye. commissioner antonini. >> aye. >> it passes 6 to 0. >> commissioners. >> do you want to take a very short break? >> yeah. >> we are going to commissioners are going to take a break and we will come back at 3:15, thank you.

octobered 26, 2012 and that the conditional use authorization under motion 17022 with a residential planning unit development at the subject property is still valid. we will start with the appellant and you have seven minutes sir. >> well, don't start keeping time yet. i note that there's still only four members of the board present, and i infer from that that the presiding officer won't be here. that being the case because we need everybody to hear the presentation. i would like to ask that this be be over to your next meeting so that all five members can be present. >> you know that our rules state that if the missing member cannot affect the vote then we will take a continuance ourselves. >> i understand that, but there is a difference between a presentation by an appellant body, and this is an appellant body without question, and trying to do it in a reit rittive manner, and this like all matters that are appealed to you is very important with religious educational institutions besides neighborhood associations, and with the requirement of a 3/4 vote to reverse any action of a city agency, a

the united states plans to -- al jazeera live from doha. 60% of young people do not have a job, the unemployment rate at its highest in 40 years. plus -- >> in egyptian -- in a community in southern thailand, resisting pressure to find another new home. >> china is calling for calm and restraint after north korea said it is planning a new nuclear attack. the announcement was made days after the u.n. increased sanctions against north korea following a rocket launch last month. harry fawcett has more. >> if north korea's recent rocket launch was regarded as an act of defiance at the u.n., the security council resolution said that from peon yang reform p'yongyang there was more to come. >> we're not hiding from the fact that the various satellites and long-range rockets we will fire and the high-level nuclear test we will carry out are targeted at the united states. >> this was both a return to the kind of fiery anti-u.s. rhetoric that has been notable by its actions during kim jong-un's first year in power and the confirmation that a third nuclear test was in the works. that confirmation comes as

unit, to allow a building height exceeding 65 feet along street frontage on mission street, and to allow a former hadly retail use doing business as alamo direct house [speaker not understood]. modifications to the planning code requirements for rear yard, open space, dwelling unit exposure, street frontage and off-street freight loading. the project proposes to demolish existing story giant value store, subdivide the subject lot into two lots, construct an eight story mixed use building and rehabilitate the new mission theater which is landmark no. 245 as designated in article 10 of the san francisco planning code. the project were to construct an 8 story mixed use residential over ground floor commercial building with below grade parking garage. the project includes 114 new dwelling units, 89 off-street parking spaces, 46 bicycle parking spaces, and three ground floor commercial spaces for a total of 14,750 square feet. the dwelling unit mix includes 18 junior one bedroom units, 34 one bedroom units, 11 one bedroom plus units, and 51 two-bedroom units. the project provides on-site open space two interior court yards and one common accessible roof deck. housing requirements would be satisfied through th

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and he revealed his plans to visit the united states. . when will you come to the united states? en will you meet with president obama? what do you think of president obama? >> god willing, i will plan for this trip. there is no set date yet. but it will most likely be before the end of the first quarter of this year. president obama is an elected president by the american people and he grants the will of the american people by working for the interests of the american people. and this is the american people's right in their president. i respect him and i value him. he played an effective and an important role in the cease-fire against gaza, and cooperated with us in a big way. i'm still in constant contact with him. when we meet there well be chances to talk about scientific research, manufacturing, production, investments, tourism. >> so you plan to come to the united states, god willing, between the first quarter and end of march? >> before the end of the first quarter, god willing, i will visit as you said i will visit the united states of america. and i will be happy with thi

the automaker plans to add 2200 jobs this year in its largest white-collar hiring in a decade. in a deal with the united autoworkers' union, ford plans to add 12,000 new hourly jobs in the united states by 2015. that's in addition to 8,000 hourly and salaried positions added in 2012. shares in ford were higher friday on optimistic reports from analysts, and closed at $14. a wave of cold weather is hitting wheat crops in the u.s. plains. wheat has already been slammed with the worst drought in more than 50 years, and a cold snap with little to no snow could have a big impact on farmland and cattle in the mid- states. grain supply estimates will already be tight this year, and there is increased demand for animal feed, according to the u.s. department of agriculture. corn, soybean and wheat futures have soared on the weather forecasts. the u.s. postal service is closer to the brink of bankruptcy. it's estimated by march the agency could struggle to operate. the postal service had no debt as of 2005, but because of email and congress requiring it to pre-fund healthcare benefits for future retirees, the usp

planning commission in 2010. the footprint remains the same. is now 100 percent affordable; units will be sold to qualified households earning between 50-80% of ami. 500 hours of sweat equity will be in lieu of a down payment. applicants must meet certain income guidelines, have minimum credit, and be able to perform the sweat equity. three-story, single-family townhomes, 11 2 bedroom units and 17 3 bedroom units. the site does present challenges. historically the grading of the area has happened a bowl, considerably lower than the connection point to -- boulevard. especially true to the condition behind ms. lam's home. to provide for overland release of drainage should there be any issue, the project is designed with a retaining wall, and raises a grade for the drainage pattern. in addition there are no windows on the habitat homes facing ms. lams' property also for privacy. since closing on the side habitat has met with neighbors over the past years to discuss the development plans and to listen to neighbors concerns. we have sent letters, conducted door-to-door outreach and hav

to i the macbook and the president of the united states plans on the politics of confrontation and conflicticans. and not conciliation with consensus. neil: what you make about the markets? being concerned are anxious, we are beginning to see some futures market trading. i don't want to take too much away from asian trading. there are a variety of factors. if the president would've done something that would spook them, they would've sold off, but instead they have sold off on a incredible market advance. what do you make of their take on what the president is doing? >> i think they are responding to what the fed has been doing. there has been some good news. i will say that you mentioned medicare and medicaid and social security. specific programs in the speech. that tells me that he's not going in there to chop these things. the republicans are not going to give him any more tax increases. i don't think we're going to get a big deal with the president saying that he do this with medicare and medicaid and social security. and republicans coming aboard with tax hikes. neil: i think you are r

he says united plans to take delivery of more dreamliners.en the government may allow airlines to reassume flying the dreamliner or the specific issues regarding the batteries. officials are looking for that as this briefing gets underway in the next half hour. lori: we'll be listening. rich. thank you. melissa: a new controversy from jcpenney to about its pricing plan but is jcpenney whipping fastballs by you? here is liz macdonald in emac's bottom line. what is going on? >> what is going on there was an internal plan at the "new york post" at jcpenney according to the "new york post", have the retailers show the suggested retail price but the price tag be lower. suggested retail price for a pair of pants could be 50 bucks on the sign in the store but the price tag could say, you know what? 30 bucks you pay. jcpenney we have been pressing them to come back to a statement about the report. seems to me they have said we will get back to you. we want to respond to this news report. there is an internal debate how to respond to it. this is compa

it fully complies with the market octavia plan and has minimum parking and provide the units on site and it is a beautiful building that will come mrement the neighborhood. i come mend them for putting together a great project and hope that you support it. >> i want to bring up a important issue in regard to this as well as many projects under construction approved or seeking your approval for the market octavia area. these projects consists of thousands of units that will house thousands of people in this very dense area. in my opinion that is not a bad thing, but where are the infrastructure improvements especially with regard to transportation that are needed to accommodate all of these new folks, streets in the haze valley area are among the most heavily trafficked in the city. intersections just a few blocks from this project are among the most dangerous in this state. and may meet market octavia and golf. we have a lot of serious congestion and bike safety problems now. what is going to happen in the future when the projects are built and occupied. to make the matters worse you

and then subsequently on second mailing to inform the other apartment owners of the larger units and we also plan to have a web site with questions and answers and provide technical assistance. so in this way we can increase the land lords' awareness and education and really continue to have a dialogue about second hand smoke in multi unit housing. >> thank you so much for all the great work on this. so, colleagues, if there are no other questions, let's open this up for public comment. we have a number of tenant reps but also speakers from the apartment association and others so i wanted to first call up kendra brushman and ben from the mission sro collaborative. there are others too, i will call them as i have cards, charley goth from the apartment association, also victoria and stefan moor and also brian davis. >> i am a community organizor with the commission sro collaborate ive. the purpose is to improve livering conditions and fight for housing justice. through my work in sro hotels i've seen a variety of health issues that sro tenants face including secondhand smoke. when the opportunity c

unit. he plans to pursue a college degree from prison and hopes to earn time off his sentence by holding downjob. >> really my biggest concern about being on this side is just being in trouble. i hope that no one tries testing me, you know. because i used to be a very violent person. i'm not that person no more. i'll never want to revert to that. >> with good behavior, folsom may only have to serve 18 of his 36-year sentence. making his 18th birthday an even more significant milestone. >> a can of pop. a special occasion. you know. sometimes it's hard to keep hope. sometimes it's easy to fall into negativity especially in the juvenile block when there are so many kids that just don't care. it took getting 36 years to wake me up to realize that's not what i want to do that it's not a game no more. >>> coming up -- >> just hit a man while you're down. >> james stone is challenged by the new kid on the block. >>> and an unexpected twist in the escape investigation. >>> at indiana's wabash valley correctional facility the men considered to be the most dangerous and disruptive are housed in the se

units below this pent house, but at live in four instances of those rent-stabilized units, according to the planning department notes if you read them, will be reduced southerly. substantially. in addition, the 5th floor, which is going to be added, which creates the elevation and as my neighbor says that 5th floor will have a 14.5' ceiling. that terrace on top that is basically going to support this penthouse is going to go out 9' into the existing yard. there is a tall foot yard and this terrace on the top floor will go out 9' over the existing yards and there will be 3' left, but that existing terrace at 9' will completely obscure the views of all the rent-stabilized units below it. finally the reference was made to the solar panels. there are now -- >> sir your three minutes are up. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. any additional public comment? public comment portion is closed. commissioner antonini? >> thank you. well, it's an interesting project. and i do want to compliment -- i think the architect is here, if i am not mistaken. from the rendering it looks like not only ha

units. so we talked to the planning department, and worked out how we could do that and we realized we would on top. with regarding to the drr's issues presented, we feel this project should be approved because as stating by planning it falls well within their guidelines and as well made huge efforts and gone to expense to address the drr's requester's concerns and delayed by months to work with the drr, although they didn't respond to us after one meeting. we twice redesigned the project solely to address their concerns, specifically we created setbacks and square footage and eliminated an entire floor of expansions and lowers the floors among other changes. the dr applicant has failed to demonstrate any exceptional or extraordinary circumstances to justify the dr. contrary to the points, there is no dramatic impact on the mid-block open space. we're merely building on top of an existing concrete deck. the expansion is not uncharacteristically deep or tall and falls behind the dr requester's home. it breaks the rear line of buildings to the east, and falls behind the buildings creating a mo

top senators are focusing on a bipartisan plan for immigration reform. 11 million people are living illegally in the united states. 8 top democrats and republican senators plan to announce this afternoon a proposal the bill that would provide pathway to citizenship a worker enforcement program a guest worker program visa worker program and more. >> we are commit to do a comprehensive approach to finally have an immigration law we can live with. we have been going for maybe 25 years with statement about immigration policy. that's unacceptable about immigration of immigrants. >> can't go on with people in this country in the shadows with this illegal status. we cannot have children who were born here brought by their parents when they were small children to live in the shadows as well. i think the time is right. >> part of making the time right for senator john mccain and other republicans means there has to be some proposal in place to implement tighter border security. the measure would include using more surveillance equipment plus adding more agents along the border between the united states and canada a

you had rush limbaugh saying i'm calling on my listeners and fox news to unite to kill this plan. he's talking marco rubio in particular. >> the citizenship part? >> totally. it's the pathway to citizenship. the idea that some people that came here illegally are going to be allowed, ultimately to stay in the country. that is always turned off. >> your odds against the descendent on the time line by the end of spring? >> it can get through the senate quickly. then we get to the house. you have to understand the congress you are dealing with. in the house, it is a much more conservative, much more southern group of republicans who are hostile to immigration. it doesn't mean it can't be done. ultimately, this, unlike gun control and other issues can get done. it's not as easy as schumer presents it. >> what is the danger for the republicans, especially the house come the next presidential election if they send it back and say no? >> arguably, political obliteration. if you look at the trends, young voters and hispanics are a huge group of it. they are going for democrats overwhelming

the town council returning to square one after public outcry over a plan to build affordable housing units in northern loscatos. last night the council decided to send the plan back to committee for review. residents complained the plan to build the complex would make an already congested area worse. they are also concerned the affordable housing would decrease property values and hurt the quality of education. >> this has to be spread so they can have access to shops and downtown and to different kinds of schools. oh, these people. >> it's one of those we must use because there is space there. i hope you will consider. i don't want the town to lose financial support from the state which it will if it doesn't approve this. >> the town council may revisit some of the 36 other sites previously looked at for the project. >> some good earnings reports in the bay area for both google and ibm pushing markets higher overnight. for a look at how futures are trading we turn to kayla at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning, john. we have features that are higher this morning likely

example of that is what happened in libya where when there was an intervention by the united states there wasn't planning for what would happen afterwards as in iraq. and what we saw is the weapons bleeding out of libya into the hands of al-qaeda which who are responsible for what is happening in mali wailea which is right now creating and other intervention of the west in africa so yes i do believe that there is a learning curve and i think a lot of it's based on a there is no planning after after action planning for these interventions and b. the short sightedness in which we are not investing in diplomacy and instead of instead we're investing in drones and boots on the ground in africa right now i mean what do you think about that i mean it looks like preemption all over again i don't see much learning curve since two thousand and three maybe i'm wrong yes they have to be much learning curve but what has changed from the mentally has been ok what a little change has been the jihadist movement which was also changes being fundamentalism and i'm of course the rest is history so i think it's very much a

those units are not considered below market rate for purposes of the requirements for the planning code section and because of that tray trigger low market rate units itself and that's what the remaining three are. >> so the market rate -- let's see 170 of the units are the same income and the remaining 20 of them would be at 150th. >> precisely. >> okay. that seems to make a lot of sense, and i guess i just had a question for the architect. i really like what you've done. it's very well done. i am trying to figure out if the facade on both the tenth street side and the mission street side are the same. it looks richer. the facade of the punched window section that abuts with crescent heights appears darker color and the one on -- or at least the rendering. >> i think it's the rendering. >> i think they're good colors if they're darker and richer to make a contrast. >> sure. we will work with planning with the slekdz of materials. >> and again i know you always work with planning and the glazing on the curtain wall is important to get the shade of glass that fits in the best. >> correct