stay dry. >> president obama met with king abdullah of jordan in palm springs, california. rdan has taken in half a million refugees. the need for a transition of power and the dangers the war poses for the region was spoken about. >> we talked about how to change the calculus inside the country so that we have a syria that is respect of all groups. >> sectarian violence, and if we don't find a solution, the spillover in the region and the effect it will have. >> syrian refugees dom price 10% -- comprise 10% of jordan's population. >> secretary of state john kerry visits beijing, and in a joint statement the government says they'll take steps to curb greenhouse gases, reduce vehicle emissions. the countries are the world's biggest polluters. >> china and the united states will put extra effort into exchanging information and discussing policies that will help both of us to develop and lead on the standards that need to be announced next year for the global climate change agreement. john kerry toured an engine plant in beijing. the secretary will go to indonesia, where climat

tonight president obama is meeting with king abdullah of jordan. >>> why the rise in a number of go-around in a local airport may jeopardize your safety. >> also, target, a warning the retail giant reportedly received. >> live from the sochi games. my home away from home. i'm not talking about my hotel. an inside look where i spend most of my time. coming up. >>> it's not a plane crash, but a close call. a plane jerking back up in the are area. >> it happens often at san francisco's bay area airport. but how often does it happen? >> they are called go-arounds and a regular occurrence at sfo, one aday. for the first time we analyze these numbers going back to 2009 p. we find the numbers are adding up to some troubling safety concerns. in the crowded skies and runways, flying into and out of san francisco international airport. >> 59 going around. >> this is a conversation between air traffic control and pilots that data shows has happened as often as twice a day. >> 1521, go around. >> for passengers that go through it, it can be unsettling. >> it was a little terrifying. >> he had a window

obama then jetted off to palm springs for the evening where he met up with king abdullah of jordan. >>> all-new this morning a motorcyclist dies overnight after tumbling off of a freeway on-ramp. the california highway patrol sels the rider was getting on southbound highway 101 on 10th street at 2:00 this morning when he fell off his bike and dropped 30 feet onto the roadway below him. the crash is currently under investigation. >>> well, instead of preparing for horse riding competitions a group of bay area girls are now channeling their efforts to team up with the east bay regional park police hoping to track down thousands of dollars worth of stolen equipment. somebody broke into the las trampas stables equipment room in san ramon stealing 11 saddles and all other kinds of riding equipment. instead of practicing, the gymkhana team showed police and nbc bay area news picturebles of their missing saddles, hoping that somebody would find them and return them. >> and you make memories in them and we compete with them and so each memory is kind of with that saddle. >> i won champion in

talked about prospects for the middle east peace agreement. >> president obama meeting with king abdullah of jordan in the palm springs area. they are having a working dinner. the fall out crisis the fall out from the war. 600 syrians streamed into jordan, costing it $900 million a year. the president and the king will talk about us aid. the president spoke after the dinner, and here is what he said the united states can do to help. >> we've been working aggressively at the united states level and the regional level to provide basic humanitarian assistance and access to people suffering tremendously as a consequence of the war inside of syria. >> already $660 million a year in aid to jordan has been given. whenever the president meets with the king of jordan, the middle east peace process. john kerry back and forth several times, trying to work on the two-state solution. many accusing him of taking the eye off the ball of other problems - namely syria, iraq, afghanistan. john kerry trying against all odds to bring the palestinians and the israelis together. it's on the agenda. the president, after

he was meeting in california with king abdullah of jordan, where there are 6,000 syrian refugees. >> we'll take steps to help the humanitarian situation there. there will be immediate steps we can take to apply more pressure to the assad regime, and we're going to continue to work with all the parties concerned to try to move forward o on the diplomatic inclusion. >> for now there is no diplomatic solution on the horizon. a third round of talks on syria has been promised but no date has been set. >> so where do we go from here? is the u.s. out of options? are the russians ready to bargain? is there hope for the people of syria? joining us now is daniel senior research professor of conflict management at johns hopkins schools of advance international studies. also a scholar at the middle east institute. from new york city michael weiss fellow from the institute of modern russia and columnist. he has covered the story from inside syria including the siege of aleppo in 2012. and heather, her work focuses on the civilian and conflict resolution. and let me start with you. in conflict res

he will travel down to palm springs where he will meet with king abdullah of jordan. >> all right. there's snow in the east, drought in california, flooding in britain, and a volcano is erupting in indonesia. ashes covering everything in parts of the country. two people were killed when their homes collapsed under the weight of the ash. 100,000 people have been evacuated. it is the first major eruption of this volcano in more than 20 years. >>> all right, in california, hundreds of thousands of b.a.r.t. riders in san francisco facing a measles scare. a student at u.c. berkeley diagnosed with the disease after taking the train home to the suburbs for several days. the student contracted the measles overseas. he had not been vaccinated. anyone who rode the b.a.r.t. between the 4th and 7th of this month may have been exposed. >>> a federal judge has ruled virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, but gay couples won't be rushing to the courthouse just yet. the judge has stayed the order until appeals can be heard. both sides believe the issue won't be settled until it's

then tonight the president will travel to rancho mirage, for a meeting with king abdullah of jordan.new details this morning in connection with the n-s- a's surveillance program. an employee has now resigned after admitting he gave former n-s-a analyst edward snowden a digital key. that allowed snowden to get access to classified materials. snowden says he did not steal any passwords. meanwhile, the agency's legislative director says a military employee and a private contractor have also lost their access to n-s-a information. these are some of the first details about what authorities have learned about how snowden retrieved so many classified documents before passing them on to the public. >> consumer groups are female announcer: female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. choose from a huge selection of tempur-pedic models, including the new tempur-choice with head-to-toe customization. plus, get 36 months interest-free financing, two free pillows, and free sam

. >> king abdullah of jordan. >> yes, if you allow the army of the rebels there, of course, then yout those weapons could slip into the hands of the very extremists and al qaeda affiliates that we know are among the viper pit, as you accurately described it. i don't know exactly what their options are. they're engaged in a review, but at this moment, the administration is rudderless. >> george? >> the estimates of dead so far now up to 140,000. george orwell said the quickest way to end a war is to lose it. the quickest way to end this is for one side or the other to win it. unfortunately, in the months, now years now, since the president said assad should step aside, the obama administration says his position has strengthened. he's winning the war, at least he thinks he's winning the war. furthermore, our policy, the policy's dialogue is negotiations. name me a serious civil war that ended in negotiations? english civil war, american civil war, russian, spanish, chinese. none end in negotiations because they are so vicious and so fratricidal that splitting the difference at the end

then tonight the president will travel to rancho mirage, for a meeting with king abdullah of jordan.tails this morning in connection with the nsa surveillance program. an employee has now resigned after admitting that he gave former nsa analyst at worked snowden a digital key that allowed him to get access classified material. snowdens says it he did not steal any past wars. meanwhile, the agency legislative director says the military employee and a private contractor have also lost their access to nsa information. there are some of the first--these are some of the first details about what a bore does have learned about how snoeden retrieve so many classified documents before passing them on to the public. >> coming up on the kron4 new is pripet we catch up with an original santana band member, marcus malone. stanley roberts will show you how he held a dying man's wish come true. ile 's sll aund. th 3ingrientto cose fr, yocan'go wng. gu2: yh, ie ner ha a coo li thi itre: he u welce toenny. sincseveh gre. 725 is the time. only on kron4 the latest developments in the story of marcus ma

then tonight the president will travel to rancho mirage, for a meeting with king abdullah of jordan. ccused of the kidnapping and murder of morgan hill teen sierra lamar. has pleaded not guilty to new charges. antolin garcia- torres was arraigned in a santa clara county superior court yesterday. a criminal grand jury indicted him earlier this week. the judge granted a motion by the defense. and ordered the transcripts in the case sealed. analysts say the reason why the d-a's office took the case to the grand jury was to avoid pre-trial publicity. analysts say despite the media attention and invested community interest in the case, the district attorney wants to keep the case in the bay area. 15- year old sierra lamar went missing in 2012. while on her way to school. her body has not been found. an alert this morning for some residents on the peninsula. police in foster city want them to be aware of phone and e-mail scams that claim to be from the i-r-s. the scammers try to convince people to give them cash through moneypak cards. they're reloadable debit cards that are widely availabl

he also met with king abdullah of jordan to talk about u.s.-jordan relations and middle east issues. next, a brief exchange with reporters before the closed-door meeting with the king. >> -- back to the united states. and it's wonderful to be able to host him here at beautiful sunnylands. i want to thank the annenberg group that has maintained this wonderful facility and made it available to us. this gives me an opportunity to have an extensive consultation with his majesty in a less formal setting. but i think it's fair to say that we have very few friends, partners and allies around the world that have been as steadfast and reliable as his majesty king abdullah, as well as the people of jordan. in a region that obviously is going through enormous changes, the friendship between our peoples has been a constant. and most recently, we are now partnering because jordan just took its seat on the security council and is working actively with us on a whole range of international issues. i'm going to be very interested in hearing more from his majes

meeting with king abdullah of jordan. this is it the biggest economic crisis. this is consuming.n't have a good answer. >> you do get the sense at the white house they're at a point where they have to find something new on syria. so much of the process has been the diplomatic process to get them to the table. the russians were joining in. there is no way 0 look at what happened at geneva 2 and say there was anything successful that happened there. there is no military solution. what is the middle ground? that's the debate right now. >> the politics are very bad. there is a hangover from iraq and afghanistan. the country is looking inward. there's not a great interest in this. the president's looking at 100,000 people killed, these horrific images, the refugees and so on and looking for answers but the country wants him to be focused on the economy and that's a thing that presidents have to wrestle with. >> but your president was the one that said he's going to walk and chew gum. i think the republican moment of i think grave concern about the situation came when he stood in the r

talking about some federal aid and meeting later on this evening in southern california with king abdullah of jordan. now, come to order. ladies and gentlemen, ok, i will introduce mud of my -- one of my associates, an attorney by training. daniel will introduce our next guest. >> thank you for this opportunity to introduce our featured speaker, mr. sidney seiler. it is my great pleasure to introduce the strip sidney seiler. having a career that has expanded over 30 years, he has covered both halves of the korean peninsula in the administration. his service includes post at the national security agency, the directorate of operations in the cia, and the foreign broadcast information service. he spent 12 of those years in south korea. he joined the service when it was first established in january 2006. he served at the national clandestine service for the cia. he received his masters of arts young statethe school, and is a graduate of the defense language university. book, which covers rise of of kim's power. ler gave a presentation during a 2010 symposium. today presenting the north korean challenge

he will also meet with community leaders and later visit with king abdullah of jordan. this morning he spoke to house democrats holding their party caucus meetings and here's a bit of what he had to say. >> we can get a whole lot more done if we've got congress working with us. and this caucus has shown time and time again under the most difficult circumstances the kind of courage and unity and discipline that has made me very, very proud. and i was just talking to nancy before i came out here. the fact that we are no longer going to see i believe anybody trying to hold our government hostage and threaten the full faith and credit of the united states of america in order to contract policy concessions, the fact that were able to pass a clean debt limit is just one example of why, when you guys are unified, you guys stick together, this country is better off and i could not be more thankful and more appreciative, proud of what you're doing. [applause] just a couple more points. number one, you've seen reports over the last couple of days that we actually broadly exceeded

will travel to california and meet with community leaders and later will have a visit with king abdullah of jordan. at 12:30 p.m. eastern we will go to the wilson center to hear from rajiv shah. he will discuss ways government and corporate america can form partnerships in developing countries for infrastructure investment and create new markets for american goods and services. >> and on c-span the institute for corean-american studies will hold a symposium on u.s. national security concerns, and about and around the korean peninsula. white house national study council director for korea is one of the participants and that will be live at 1:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> one of the things that we worry about, there's a cyberattacks but physical dangers and what i always think is what teeth me up at night when a think about what could happen next -- what keeps me up at night. and it would which are greatest fear is astrophysical thank you in our country. general? >> i just would answer it by really two things. on the cyber site i think an attack against our critical infrastructure that would have po

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late last night, president obama pledged $1 billion to king abdullah of jordan to help the refugees fleeingen welker who's traveling with the president in california. hello and what does this package ultimately mean? >> reporter: well, t.j., this package is consistent with the united states' policy towards syria and its neighbors, essentially giving large amounts of aid to help the humanitarian crisis, in this instance giving aid to jordan as it houses 600,000 syrian refugees. as you can imagine, that has put a huge strain on the jordanian economy. but as you pointed out at the top, the situation in syria continues to be a crisis, peace talks broke down. there is no new date that's been set for peace talks to resume. this all comes as there's been fresh fighting throughout the country. now, according to a british-based organization, the syrian observatory for human rights, as many as 6,000 people have been killed since the talks first began in geneva on january 22nd. and overall, more than 140,000 people have been killed in syria. so the crisis continues. the other headline i would point ou

. >> emitted with king abdullah of jordan. the president is mixing work with a little r and r.oval office. and he took off golfing with friends. >>> now, as california i don't knows worry about the drought. they say it is time for the world to take action against climate change. they said climate change may be the most sphere some weapon of mass destruction. he toured a manufacturing plant in beijing and they plan to work together to limit green house gas emissions. >> in order to meet the global and the economic challenge of climate change, undeniably, all of us are going to have to do more. >> on friday. president obama pledged 183 million in brought relief funds on his visit to the valley. >> he will ask congress for a billion the to address climate change. >> this was a record year. >> and showed millions of grapewrap harvested lases year r. >> the large harvest could possibly mean a change in prices at the grocery store. >> the california woman battling the hone none virus is playing -- h1n1 virus. >> she was admitted to a hospital in roseville and fleeting the flu ever si

that is a live picture, he's going to meet with jordan's king abdullah. >> the city of calistoga will begin mandatory water restricks part of the stage emergency. >> city leaders say have no choice and say asking people to conserve wasn't working. clerk remembers how each person was limited to 60 gallons per day >> we had our first child in 1977 we not only had a new baby boy but 50 more gallons of water per day. >> starting march 1st, residents will stays water restrictions. homes with odd number addresses only awill youed to water yards tuesday asks thursdays. homes with even numbers will be allowed to water monday and wednesday. >> is monday, wednesday enough to main twhan you have? >> probably not. >> what are you going to do? >> wait ask see what happens. >> residents say hosing down sidewalks and driveways will be prohibited. >> we can see them driving down the street. so starting march 1st if we see someone with a violation we'll give a warning if they do it again, we'll fine them. >> calistoga relies most water from the kimbell reservoir. officials say it's still not enough. b

secretary kerry earlier met with king abdullah of jordan. resident obama will meet with them in california later today. the president will fly there now. he will speak to a number of people affected by the drought in the state of california. there are reports the president will pitch a new $1 billion planet change resilience funds during his visit to california. which is separate from the climate agenda announced in june will be detailed in the president's 2015 budget set for release next month. when the senate comes back next week, we expect them to be talking about climate change. there was a story first reported in huffington post. that is one of the plans of a new climate action task force. a group of the democratic conference announced last month and the anticipated date of that is march 10. things that we worry about our cyber attacks. also physical dangers and what i always think is what keeps me up at night when i think about what can happen next. i wonder what your greatest fear is as to a physical attack here in our country. general

he has a meeting with king abdullah of jordan and a vacation. we are expecting remarks from democratic leaders this afternoon. minority leader nancy pelosi expected to answer questions that. will be live at 4:00 p.m. eastern. we'll have it for you on c-span. we'll continue to keep our crew and producers at the hiatt. we'll have any news that emerges from that gathering for you when it breaks. in the meantime house democratic leaders did brief reporters last night following a day of meetings. their comments are about 35 minutes. >> i'm glad you made it. [inaudible conversations] >> yes. he has to wear a tie. >> okay. thank you for being here. we just had agreed welcome from the governor of the great state of maryland, martin o'malley and a wonderful presentation by a couple of economists who talks to us about building an economy that works for all americans which is what we are here to do, talk about how we reward work, now we provide economic security to all americans, how we make sure that the economy of tomorrow works for everyone. not just so

of jordan. the president and king abdullah ii meeting in if rancho mirage, california. this meeting marks the first in a series of high-profile talks between the u.s. and leaders of the region sunni governments which the u.s. has teamed up with to counter the growing influence of iran. chief washington correspondent james rosen joining us live in our d.c. newsroom with more on this. >> good afternoon. president obama told his regional ally the u.s. is looking into new steps to change the calculus as they begin their fourth year of war. the two held private talks on the southern california desert estate and discuss how to strengthen moderate rebel forces in syria, which have lately faced attacks, not just from the assad regime but islamic jihadist battle units. >> we don't expect to solve this any time in the short term so there are going to be immediate steps we have to take to help the humanitarian situation there. there will be intermediate steps we can take to apply more pressure to the assad regime. >> evacuations from the devastated syrian city of homs have enabled

jordan's king abdullah. the meeting is just one of several upcoming events with world leaders. it's an indication that the president is shifting focus to foreign policy. after meeting with the king of jordan, the president will welcome israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the white house on march 3rd, and he meets with saudi king abdullah during an overseas trip later in march. i want to go ahead and bring in "time" magazine political correspondent. does this suggest discouragement? we heard speaker boehner throw cold water on the prospects for immigration reform. this is a sign president obama is maybe discouraged and turning away from domestic policy and towards foreign policy? >> i think, brianna, it's a sign the 2014 elections are heating up and not getting anything else done in washington this year. it's going to be all politics for the next few months until after the 2014 elections and will have another window after that. >> so he'll be meeting with the king of saudi arabia next month. this was something added on to his trip to europe. this was a very big deal. he'

of the farm where he will talk about the government's response to the drought. he will be staying in rancho mirror gauge for the weekend, where he will meet with jordan's king abdullah later. patti lee, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and a new order of water conservation takes effect fossor the 34,000 employees of at&t. the president of at&t california is ordering workers to cut their water use on the jb by 30% -- on the job by 30%. that means no car washes, fountains outside of the corporate buildings will be turned off and brooges will be used for -- brooms will be used for cleaning instead of hoses. on ktvu.com we have an entire section dedicated to our drought topics. follow us on twitter and facebook for updates on the central valley tour and remarks on federal aid for the state. we'll have complete coverage of his visit tonight on the news at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a san jose firefighter is facing disturbing allegations. he's being accused of sex and drug crimes involving children. janine de la vega tells us what she's learned so far about the investigation. >> reporter: this is mario cuestas. a few years ago working at a disaster drill in san jose. he was someone who h

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of the day playing golf here in the palm springs area. but last night, syria was the focus when he met with king abdullah. now, jordan has housed more than 600,000 refugees. last month, president obama pled pledged a billion dollars in loans to shore up a weakening jordan economy. a british-based opposition group, the syrian observatory for human rights estimates that more than 5,000 syrians have been killed since peace talks began on january 2nd, and more than 100,000 killed overall. now, with the peace talks and no resolution in sight. last night president obama said he is considering steps to deal with the crisis but did not give specifics. now separately, late this afternoon, president obama signed the debt ceiling bill into law which extends the nation's borrowing limit. lester? >> kristen welker tonight, thank you. >>> and when we continue tonight, we take you to hockeytown, usa, where they claim to be an olympic breeding ground. >>> and they're the conversation about his car loan didn't start here. it began way, way back. before he had children. before he got married. it started in his very first apartment. se

in addition, he'll be meeting in a sort of rare west coast visit with jordan's king abdullah and then -- we don't know, probably golfing. not a whole lot on his schedule. you see him there greeting local dignitaries as he begins these few days on the west coast. >>> and also, the u.s. speed skating team has yet to even medal at the winter olympics in sochi. and frustrated team members are beginning to blame their suits. their outfits, their uniforms for disappointing performances. but under armour is defending themselves. joining me now, rachel nichols, the host of "unguarded" here on cnn. she's live in sochi, russia, where she's been covering the games. and this speed skating story is something i've been following all day. the speed skating now responding to the uniform controversy saying, we're working with our athletes, coaches, trainers and equipment partners to figure out what we can do to produce better results for team usa through the completion of the winter olympic games. so it kind of makes you think that a change will be >> the executive director has confirmed a couple of r

a live picture now of the fresno airport where the president has just boarded air force one from fresno, he will fly to southern california for a meeting with jordan's king abdullah. >>> california farmers say they are grateful for the $100 million in aid from the government to help the state's livestock industry, but unless the weather changes it may not matter. >> it will help to get these cattle fed. my concern is the water for these cattle. and money won't make the water come up in the ground. beef and dairy prices are high because the farmers have to truck in the feed and supplements. the feddal aid will offset some of the costs. without rain the fields won't grow. farmers want the governor and the lawmakers to hammer out a long-term plan to manage the state's water supply better. our coverage continues on ktvu.com where we are posting more information about the president's plan for drought aid and ways to conserve water. you'll find our section under hot topics. >>> crews are keeping watch on areas where a sewage pipe was repaired near beach and orchard averages -- avenues not far from the russian river. early this morning they installed a plastic pipeline

king abdullah in a meeting in california friday. they will help jordan with the humanitarian crisis created by hundreds of thousands of refugees from syria's civil war flooding across the border. president obama also pledged continuing economic aid for the ally jordan, including $1 billion in loan guarantees. >>> organized labor taking a major blow in the south as employees at the volkswagen plant in chattanooga, tennessee, voted against joining the united auto workers union. the decision expecting to obstruct the long-term plans to organize other auto plants down south. brian llenas live with more. >> united auto workers membership and influence has been declining for decades. uaw publically admitted that the union has no long-term future if they cannot begin to organize outside of detroit's three major auto companies and expand to the at least 14 foreign auto assembly plants in the southern united states. which is why yesterday's vote was such a big deal. chattanooga volkswagen plant was seen by supporters as the uaw's best chance to begin expanding into the south. after three days of secret balloting, workers at the plant voted

olympics and then be part and parcel of supporting this regime as it kills people in the most brutal way. president obama in california meeting with jordan's king abdullahion. have a listen. >> there will be some intermediate steps we can take to apply more pressure to the assad regime. and we're going to be continuing to work with all the parties concerned to try to move forward on a diplomatic solution. >> reporter: no real indication, you know, of what the president's talking about. no indication of u.s. military support at this point. but there may be a change from somewhere else. the wall street journal's reporting that saudi arabia is going to start supplying the syrian rebels with shoulder fired missiles that could bring down regime aircraft and also anti-tank missiles. the u.s. did not want this because they were worried they could fall into the wrong hands. at this point it's so dire that it looks like some arab countries are waiting out of patience waiting for the taos find some sub stastantive actio take. >> thank you so much. >>> an nfl story that's raised a lot of eyebrows. one player bullying another to the point of quitting the team. next

jordan's king abdullah. a senior administration official tells yahoo! that the president invited the king to meet in california because he wanted to show the king some place outside ofton. the president is set to stay through monday. we're told plans include a game of golf. >> back on the east coast a storm is hitting as mother natures refuses to let those people recover from the last one. yesterday's storm left up to a foot and a half of snow in some areas and more than a million people were without power in the south. the storm blamed for 21 deaths including a pregnant woman hit by a snowplow in new york city. doctors did save her baby. >> that was tragic. >> the relentless snow and ice this winter have led to flight cancellations in more than 25 years. u.s. airlines canceled 75,000 flights since december, this includes 14,000 this week, yesterday alone nearly 120 flights were affected at sfo based on information provided by flight tracking service flight aware b. 5.5% of the 1.3 million flights scheduled in that period. >> we mentioned it's a little misty. foggy in parts as well. we want to check in with mike. >> i'll show you the roadway and the sky above. this

jordan's king abdullah. >> nobody's going to deny that there's enormous frustration here. i have said throughout my presidency that i always reserve the right to exercise military action on behalf of america's national security interests. but that has to be deployed wisely. >> there will be intermediate steps we can take to apply more pressure to the assad regime, and we're going to be continuing to work with all the parties concerned to try to move forward on a diplomatic solution. >> keep in mind the president's not admitting that he's had the wrong policy, but he's saying that he needs a new approach. but in a background briefing by senior administration official over the weekend, they indicated they're still casting around for some ideas, mentioning only that a, quote, wide range of policy tools and options are in play. meanwhile, the crisis seems to have intensified in recent weeks. while syrian president assad has shied away from using chemical weapons, the syrian air force has begun dropping barrel bombs in reese ebts weeks and new numbers from syrian observatory for human rights indicate 140,000 people have died in the syrian civil war since the spring 2011. more than 5,00