elves' the closing ceremony of you remember at the opening ceremony but finals ring failed to open and the organizers recapture about moments in the closing ceremony also if you harm back to the nine hundred eighty olympics in moscow where the big bear he shed a tear the same thing happened here at the closing ceremony in solitary but it's been a memorable games of everyone and everyone who did attend a closing ceremony just had a absolutely wonderful time as they took in wonderful big shiny past and musical past what russia's given to the world over the last couple of centuries was an amazing final day sixteen for the russians and especially for cross-country skiers who hadn't brought home the medals than they would have hoped for german course all of the salt you gave i will changed in the men's fifty kilometer my referred in has face what the podium for the first time in history with cough. and cold serve claiming a gold silver and a bronze go by convair silver in the relay just the day before and also a great day for the bobsled as well alexander's recall of pilotage rushing to man

economic ups and downs in the final months day of the london deal sang night and the rest of the life so in the case it will be every week the lead her lead. lead it was a little very hard to make other plans to get the money or the club that sat with her there was. a little. glimpse of the m. lemon . a little. welcome back to the second half of the r.t.e. sports special and let's kick off with bundesliga football after buying munich extended their lead at the top to sixteen points with their thirteen straight league win for now at home to struggling freiburg despite some effective pressing from the visitors the host opened after nineteen minutes diego come ten toes crossed finding the head of dunn terry a quarter of an hour later it was to no shirt and chip cleary firing home vajra deflection he did with his second goal just before the break and with two minutes to go plateau bizarros precise finish made it for neil to buy and to stretch their unbeaten industry correct for two forty six games driver go one place above the bottom three. while second base by labor who isn't lost ground

really produced leg of his life really propel rusher into medal position on the final leg. managed to hold off a challenge of the french to give russia a well deserved medal and of course there's been a lot of successful rush on the skeleton trying to mend. xander trade to call off he's really been the nearly man i suppose for the russians had been so near but you're so far to pick up a bronze of course in vancouver four years ago he was second to last world championships and sam ritz but he really led from start to finish getting complete control of the sliding track here and he led from a first run. right to final run and i actually caught up with the ice hockey majesty against. a very brief conversation with him a broad smile on his face it was just really was sinking in for him but obviously that was russia's fourth gold these olympics in sochi sort of ready to go from vancouver with just under a week to go. so it's been a very successful nine day so far so what does russia have to look forward to on day ten and beyond. well day ten we'll see the. men's two man. complete

and a look at the final medal table sees host russia top with thirty three overall thirteen of them gold as we heard the country's best performance for twenty years where eleven golds and twenty three medals were won in norway finished second in sochi followed by canada the usa and those speedskating dutch. yeah let's turn to fighting talk after three rushers were on the card of the world's biggest ever meyrin of the u.f.c. with two of them claiming victory. broke down the action with a russian promoter coming year. the sea essentially the ultimate test and curry a pinnacle for every professional mixed martial artist blues champions belt around the waist making it fire the undisputed best on the planet when it comes to russians flyweight by labor good enough is probably the closest one to the top his latest win over brazil and john legere improve his record to three victories out of three belts in the world's toughest competition although the pointers promoter and you have see corner man kamil good dear is sure but good enough still has much more to offer. ali worked out the game plan pe

the city of. seven years of planning and finally the big day arrived as russia host of the first ever winter olympics the twenty second games got off to a spectacular start inside she with a memorable opening ceremony and for a free time a limb pick ice hockey champion legendary soviet goaltender vladislav tretiak lighting the flame was one of the greatest achievements of his life. those who ignite the olympic flame go down in history for many years to come because it's a task that is only given to the most popular in the most worthy sportsman it means the world to me because i'm representing the team of my youth the hockey team that is an eight time limpy champion i feel honored out of all the players they chose me . when the competition got under way the pressure was firmly on the russians especially to improve upon the poultry free gold medals they had won in vancouver four years ago and they were given a boost by their figure skaters who won three golds on the home ice of a team competition and then pairs with maksim trunk often tatyana velocity helping seal bow and in the women's individual comp

. >> american tim ligety back on the slopes for the final alpine skiing event of the games. janelle joins us in sochi with more on that. hello, janelle. >> reporter: hi, terry, hi, diane. not a great day to wrap up al pie skiing. it was rough on the slopes in the men's slalom. looked like they were strumming and tumbling down the mountain last night in the final alpine skiing race of the sochi games. 12 of the top 30 racers in the final grouped failed to navigate all 36 seconds gates including american ted ligety who was obviously frustrated by this course. >> i think this might be the last straw i think for athletes and other coaches. we'll see. i think, you know, all the athletes in the crowd back there, most the guys appear human. even if the guys were, you know, supposed to be on the podium and stuff. >> reporter: yeah, ligety was sixth after his first run but did not finish his second run and failed to place. austria took gold and silver and norway with the bronze. let's move on to the four-man bobsled. monterey's nick cunningham is currently in 11th place after the fir

bodien to rea firm and the issue was final and abated. two, ceqa applies to the future, not to effects that happened 14 years ago. the department continues to inconsistently implement ceqa in this manner. 3, the zoning administrator is not in doubt with ceqa. the zoning administrators powers are many but the charter nor the planning coda allow to take any action on the ceqa document. planning staff issuing a categorical xemg on december 31st. four, the building is not originally historic. national register of historic places of eligibility criteria are used by the department in evaluating historic significance. there are two components of national registered standards, one has to do with architecture and one with history. in terms of architecture this is a common unan adorned and missionary revival. it has not distinctive fix us -- if fixtures. it was written by the historian. he included properties as quote uniformly bland and lacking distinct. the entire neighborhood was studied and determine no aspect to historic district. this issue wa

it's never crossed to the ice then rich and the crowd pleaser is always the men's ice hockey is the final event at the olympics what are the chances of gold on home ice. well i think if you ask any russian fire nothing ninety five percent server fans would say this is a goal that russia won more than most be ice hockey gold gone since one thousand nine hundred ninety two was the last time. it was a cia spy but they managed to claim a little bit gold so it's been a long droughts but certainly russia have good chance of favorites with the bookmakers and have a very high powered attack with the likes of you getting malkin under of age can watch incidentally flew in today the n.h.l. stars finishing up in the north america so coming over to the lympics shell stars arrived just a couple of days ago but certainly russia have a very very high powered all feigns birdhouse main worry is even defend some at something the legendary goaltender of. free time olympic champion also agreed with . you would venture that in this task for the coaching staff right now is getting the line sorted out the head c

biafran that's one of the russians favorite sports also a favorite sport of course is ice hockey the final event of the olympics is the men's gold medal match how russia is likely to do on high winds. borussia got a great chance in the ice hockey favorites with the bookmakers in fact the n.h.l. sars getting malkin and xander of age convey flew into some she today as russia will start their practice in earnest for the ice hockey which gets underway with their first match against assad venia on the thirteenth for russia obviously very high powered in a tank with the lines of malkin does sort candidate but there are some weaknesses in defense and bats something of a legendary ice hockey goaltender but it's certainly agreed with. you would venture the biggest task for the coaching staff right now is getting the line sorted out the head coach also has to make sure that the blues are focused every single game like in the final we definitely have some problems with our defense but we're counting on our n.h.l. stars who have experience playing on the bigger ice rink to them often says definitely m

for cross-country skiing being one of russia's better sports and more traditional sports but on the final day of competition the men's fifty come home. often they swept the podium really for the first time with nicole. and also of finishing with gold silver bronze that was russia's twelve medal and they sealed a record breaking thirteenth medal in before man bobsled just a little later on has called off the piloted the russian bobsled is first place of call of course hand-picked on the gold medal and the two man as well. one of the people russians would have a first in the bud so a medals these olympic games so russia finishing with thirteen golds and thirty three medals overall breaking the record of a sense ian lee hama way bank in one thousand nine hundred ninety four and all looks good for the future of winter sports in russia. the twenty second olympic winter games in two thousand and fourteen i wore the to defeat the sochi now i seven years of planning and finally the big dan ryan as russia has to be first in the winter olympics the twenty second games got off to a spectacular start

they ended up i participated in this group loan with other folks in the bay area but the final report came out with the emphasis open preservation and integration and reform. really get in there and make sure the there funding of maintenance and rehabilitation is addressed. the next step for this work group is to continue on to 2014 and look at the governor's office it's fine to have the structure in place but not an alleviation of the funding. finally, caltrans last week releases their internal program and their recommendations is in line with the ssi t what they did they need to integrate more goals into their mission statement and reduce their impact on the department emphasis better partnering and work together with the shelf help coalition to improve product deliver and processes and oversight. and other matters like that. i'll bring those reports to a conclusion if you have any questions, i'll be happy to answer them >> colleagues, any questions about this presentation. seeing none, thank you for your time. i'll entertain a motion made by oh, yes, we have to take any public comm

the da. and that is at homicide. and they are finalizing the criminal investigation and that will be forwarded to us. and ied. and in the cases are with the district attorney office and those, and they are either reviewing the case files or preparing summary letters, they do, i have a better understanding of their process, but they do, they get the case file and they review it and prepare a summary report and it is reviewed and they prepare a summary letter and which is forwarded to our department to the homicide and then that closes the homicide investigation. 8 cases and 8 of the ioses are in that charge with the da. and three of the cases have been opened since the last time that i was here before you, 13008, 009 and 14001 i will add four cases obviously as of yesterday, 14002. and then finally the cases are ongoing active, and iad and or homicide investigation. >> just to address the specific cases i mentioned that i am not going to repeat, but i mentioned the three ois from 2011 and those are for all purposes closed and actually since

the question, could the warriors hold off the nets in the final moment? e at oracle arena this morning, which was rocking last night as the warriors took on a jason kidd-led brooklyn nets. the oakland native was coaching his first game here in the bay yar but the warriors were looking to spoil his debut. let's get right to the fourth quarter where newcomer steve blake finds jermaine o'neal for the dunk. o'neal finished with a season high 23 points. the warriors up two late when stephen curry seals the deal banking in the three-pointer. the warriors win their third in a row, 93-86. what a smile. >>> some surprising news out of spring training this morning. former giants outfielder barry bonds will begin working for the team next month as a special hitting instructor. something that was first reported by the san jose "mercury news." the team president said that bonds had a desire to contribute and that the team is open-minded about giving him the same invite that has been given to other former giants. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," the future of cali

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well let's stay on the ice then richard because the final event at the olympics is the gold medal match in the ice hockey russia haven't won the gold medal as russia the last call was a nine hundred ninety two with the unified team what are the chances of gold on home ice. what i think of you did a straw poll of russians. anywhere in the country really which medal means were most pretty are pretty sure about ninety five percent would say we want to win hockey gold and to be honest i mean russia their favorites were the bookmakers birds i have my own reservations about the russian side yes we're one of the they're certainly going to be there or very about sports they have an incredibly strong attack where the likes of you getting mark in politics or colleagues under of age where you don't really need say more than one of course for leading skoal scorer in the n.h.l. of the moments really a lot of talent on the first two lines but the problem i think will be in defense and very ice hockey goaltender and three time olympic champion. treaty agcy certainly agreed but russia could have a few

bear scored 50 in the final 20 minutes. e're always happy when we get all four rounds in. >> thank you, shu. taking you live outside. a gloomy weekend comes to an end. the storm is moving out you may still want to keep the umbrella handy this week. ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit hungry ♪ ♪ and there's nothing really good around ♪ ♪ turn around ♪ every now and then i get a little bit tired ♪ ♪ of living off the taste of the air ♪ ♪ turn around, barry ♪ finally, i have a manly chocolatey snack ♪ ♪ and fiber so my wife won't give me any more flack ♪ ♪ i finally found the right snack ♪ ♪ block. >> coming up at 6:00. the look inside a cleanup of a bar that was flooded today. >> the impact the accumulated snow and rain has had on lake tahoe. not the slopes but the lake itself. join us for abc7 news at 6:00. >>> let's get a final check on the wet weather from leigh glaser and live doppler 7hd. >> once again, live doppler 7hd showing you a dramatic shift from the moisture falling in the north bay, now to the s

some core values of the czech republic the twenty year olds dominated from qualifying through to the final silver went to dominique of canada with chloe grace birch of france taking bronze canadian defending champion myopic at crashed out in the quarterfinals while the three time world champion lindsey jacques a balance of the usa crashed while leading her semifinal. and in the men's super g. norway is yet on younes road as a goal to the bronze medal he won in the downhill event while american bowden miller became the oldest alpine skier to reach and the olympic podium the thirty six year old shared bronze with canada's young who debts after the pair finished behind american andrew why brecht though norway continue their dominance now winning the last four men's super g. and the pick events. of the other arena the dutch again swept the podium in speedskating of the year didn't turn morse broke the olympic record to hold off the favorite here in roost in the women's fifteen hundred meters with bronze going to lot of fan bake the one two three means the dutch have now won sixteen speedskatin

we didn't receive a copy of the final. >> thank you. >> and i want to say thank you for your presentation and thank you for taking the tough questions. this is a hard subject to talk about. i have concerned and we look at the numbers and we talk about the numbers. this is what we're supposed to do. when i was a commissioner, there was another african and there's five commissioners examine two african american s the fire department commission and at the time of the first recruitment class in a long time, there were no african american men and as far as i'm concerned, that's completely unacceptable. we can talk about how well we're doing, but the truth of the matter, from my perspective and looking at the list, and i'm seeing our organization the list as someone who received information from the fire department and throughout my ten years on the -- as a director, i don't recall seeing anyone from the city of the city other than announcements about opportunities for housing and opportunities for jobs potentially with the police department. but i don't recall seeing any announcements other th

i decided to do with these women are looking forward to the final in its efforts. i cheer and she donates some peaches that is taking on its side of the name leningrad. the city remained as one of the greatest and deadliest episodes of world war two the forces of germany surrounded the city from september nineteen forty one until january nineteen forty four. an estimated one million people signed a new week off of linen threads population. i visit one of the survivors from this love of the marian all the leaves on the adult students is in pieces. day. hunter. but we wanted. this could pray for you. this is for them she's been expecting. the polite distance makes the supposed esteem. when islam was an aryan or when he's eighteen she leads in the mildest of commons. even up to seventy years. this isn't a fake story. father ian novo was seven when the germans am a clueless gets to a non hockey is siege. leningrad was cut off from the outside world and one by one the young girl lost a family. within months the grandparents died of starvation in sabah and finally the mot

they were up at one stage going in to the final period or one stage in the final period but late goals from canada secured overtime on the momentum shift. in their favor canada's fantastic winter olympics winning streak continues well over twenty matches now since they last lost they were the three time champions going into tonight's match perhaps they were favorites for many many people but it was absolute drama on the ice the same thing it couldn't be couldn't have been close between the two sides what kind of is great record continues it is a disappointment and heartbreak for the usa defeats in the most agonizing fashions but the usa will be hoping i suppose to get revenge on friday when the two sides meet again in the men's hockey competition this is for a place in the final they go head to head in the last four so the usa will be looking for revenge the other semifinal sweden take on finland so what is the chance for the usa and to move on to gold in the men's hockey match well they're going to fancy their chances of course the u.s. have already been sternly tested in the men's ho

great inside-outside ball movement. 76-57 the final. right spot in a second consecutive sub par season. 10-14 with a 4.37 earned run average. lincecum struggled, and he was bolstered with the contract extension. timmy believes he can be a cy young award winner. >> the first thing you do when see a veteran, you question, how has he stayed in the game that long and what he does to simply identify the game for himself when things go awry. and to be able to just come in and have him say something like that, just eliminated any would-be stress on any given day of pitching. >> 23-year-old victor slept an hour last night. he couldn't believe on sunday he would be playing in the semifinals of the world match play championship. first time ever in this event and he is in the finals. took care of ernie els in the semis. then won the final two holes against jason day. they just needed to make that to win it. goes to extra holes. and this is victor getting out of trouble. he would have to make that -- he would make that putt. they can't believe it. 2

this sort of and uses them to the dentist if you are in place gets to compete in the final at our goals is to do just that personally i would like to place it on hand. very knowledgeable. hurley is another sport that did not get much love before but the other day team curiously the steam shocked everyone by putting up a great fight against the number one seed sweden. the record stands at two wins two losses in sochi and destitute to face time for the fifth round the teeny six was that of non preliminary round matches to win a ticket to the semi finals. london the ten days in some countries these sports are strongholds like in germany which dominates the middle aged. germany has garnered the most gold medals so far. instead she teams with four goals for marriage in court to look at them and count aftermath of the first week of twenty fourteen yelling but it doesn't melt off fine. after jamming on top all the more going on and those that can affect your weight in them and can lead to falling into the second. tinker with the same thirteenth place with a speech in gold and is what i bought

the key take away is that this is a key report, but it is not the final report. there is another 90 day comment. comment period, and then it will all end up on president barack obama some point in the future. >> will we get more invest igation? >> rightnow what they're going to look at is a broader national impact. they will look at how this pipeline impacts the relationship between canada and the united states. it's energy security issues. there are a lot of issues they are going to look into, it is not done yet. the state department, and other agencies will continue their review. they said today that john kerry has not read the review yet, or made a determination. everyone expects both environmentalists and supporters of this project say this will come down whether barack obama will approve this like the canadian government and many congressional republicans want to see, or support his environmentalists on his side. >> today is not only marking the last day that ben bernanke is the head of the federal reserve, and also marks the chinese new year of the horse. i'

great inside-outside ball movement. 76-57 the final. 's no-hitter was the bright spot in a second consecutive sub par season. 10-14 with a 4.37 earned run average. lincecum struggled, and he was bolstered with the contract extension. timmy believes he can be a cy young award winner. >> the first thing you do when see a veteran, you question, how has he stayed in the game that long and what he does to simply identify the game for himself when things go awry. and to be able to just come in and have him say something like that, just eliminated any would-be stress on any given day of pitching. >> 23-year-old victor slept an hour last night. he couldn't believe on sunday he would be playing in the semifinals of the world match play championship. first time ever in this event and he is in the finals. took care of ernie els in the semis. then won the final two holes against jason day. they just needed to make that to win it. goes to extra holes. and this is victor getting out of trouble. he would have to make that -- he would make that putt. th

the final bit is the removal of sediment and vegetation? horse stable poland popped and the connecting pond. this is the primary issue with regard to habitat restoration by reducing the amount of vegetation we can provide more habitat for the red legged frog that requires more room to thrive. i can show you a few images of what's happened over the last 8 years with the encroachment of the invasive species. this is an i am from 2005 and it shows open waterway the dark portion of the slide and the vegetation surroundings it. and then in 2010 you can see the vegetation is starting to evenly gulf the waterway and this is a more recent slide from last year, we pretty sure clogged up horse stable pond. this is another prospective from the 2005 image. and then again in 2011. so really the intention is to provide additional habitat for those two species and make sure they have the ability to they have in the years to come i'm going to turn it over to to stacey who will give you more details >> good afternoon. as the planning department prepared the

before the 1500 meter speed skating final team usa ditched their high tech suits after a disappointing series of races, didn't help, america finished out of the medals, but oh, those hockey players. >> i'm just thinking what happens if the two teams play for the gold medal. >> reporter: it will be up for grabs. >> chris jansing, good to see you. >>> back in the u.s. in contrast to what was another 60 degree day today in sochi, blizzard watches were up as another major storm batters the eastern seaboard. nbc's ron mott has more from massachusetts. >> reporter: hey, there, lester, good evening to you, the blizzard warning is in effect for coastal massachusetts today. as you can see we have been pelted by strong winds which elevates the danger of widespread power outages and dangerous winds. with barely a 24-hour breather from the last storm, parts of new england are getting hit hard again. >> this will be the second major storm for parts of the east this weekend. >> reporter: as much as two feet are supposed to fall, dangerously strong winds could fall. it is highly unusual to get two of

russia match up in the finals. well there as she fairly good chance there's a very good chance of a russia usa might show up in the final because basically the two teams have been on different parts of the draw you have a rusher in the top part of a draw only finishing fifth after the perimeter stages the usa finishing seconds have air in the bottom half so they won't meet say they do meet until the final well usa they have a quarter final clash on wednesday where they will play. the czech republic to be their near neighbors slovakia for one in the playoff round to get into the last states and they have been delighted as really for the usa coaching staff who play in nets really they're going to jonathan quick los angeles kings net mind which means that she benched the m.v.p. from the vancouver olympics ryan miller who was such an instrumental part of taking what was a very young usa side all the way and so close to beating canada four years ago but this u.s.c. team better a lot more mature they've got a lot of play

the olympic torch starts the final leg of its historic relay as it arrives in the host city of sochi heralding the imminent start of the twenty fourteen winter games . the u.s. warns international firms against doing business with iran saying a partial lifting of sanctions does not mean the uranium market is up for grabs. and began a stand reveals it's been trying to hammer out a hush hush deal with the taliban is america's role in the country past twenty fourteen becomes less clear. it is four pm and moscow you're watching our national with me maria joshie welcome to the program the olympic flame has arrived in the host city of sochi heralding the final relay stage before the games begin and what a journey it's been more than sixty thousand kilometers across the vastness of russia and all the way into orbit and the international space station among those welcoming is when sochi artie's martin andrus and paul scott who join us live from their well hello to both of you martin and paul let's begin with morton first so martin it's very beautiful where you are especially the bad ground w

on monday the party finally got a name that matches and vision of shaking up korean politics. it will be called a new political vision party. the name was adopted at a meeting on monday at picking the museum and by every household with a lawmaker outlined his vision for the party with some three hundred supporters in attendance. you are towards the ikea political unity to participation and he was delivered to people not my knees. you would for politics and work in the interests of everyone. at any supporters also established a central steering committee double function a good decision making body ahead of the party's launch next month the committee will be chaired by and a former independent presidential candidate who and to the national assembly in the april by elections. u dun have the chairman of the party's preparatory committee said the party will be the cornerstone of new politics in korea. the new political system party will embrace the ideologies of rational conservatives and introspective progresses. we urge people to join us in paving the road to clean clinics in kore

if you recall we had a community [speaker not understood] leading up to the final design. as a reminder i want to show a couple of elevations. this image shows the view from fidel street. [speaker not understood] the outward facing side to the existing neighborhood. and you can see the main building entrance and the building's landmark elements called the lantern and it's a cork and steel tower. it will be one of the highest points for parcel a and from the common area balcony the top floor residents will have really great view. this is the corner of fidel and gerald. [speaker not understood] breaks in building mass and materials and color. the last elevation i want to show you shows the side of the building that faces the existing morgan heights neighborhood. as i mentioned before, commissioners approved the schematic designs last october on october 15th to be specific, but then i pointed out we would be coming back for the series of legal documents. so, today i want to request the commission to approve a conveyance agreement that will allow for the transfer of the block 4

the peaks and that the day he needed to expand to twenty pc stake on the streets to go home reach the final beating and he carried on and could say he wanted more than the other guy. she's also the spacious catalyst it can be argued that said the gullible than it deserved and eight from west in the stereo the gay rights to hike a bike and rulings by the judges and referees of the games in this and i think of the busy nothing the biggest controversies of these olympics joins me that on a typical top five and i said i sang that such has been surrounded by more scandal than any other olympics in recent history. lula is that there's little bit today and did someone and they are just red dresses that ninety nine problems but the olympics isn't one of the number five i find him guilty. overall the kids were very pretty and special mention of the late tackle don't see him. they didn't happen just lately because the latest technology can detect the smallest traces of any kind of substance. ahh we had a german by athlete whose results were known to be had by ukrainian skier who was caught in her spo

the intention we were making sure we had a guiding envisions for engaging the community. and finally, something that's obviously trying to figure out how to fund all of this. the maintenance of parks is a big issue that could about and funding the maintenance the rec and park department rely on general funds so we're trying to get creative and this perpetrates some ideas and puts them out there none of them you have to do it sets forth some ideas to consider. so this is a quick snapshot what did we do since the last it sdraft maintaining our cars and recreation is important maintaining our private open spaces and privatization concerns. sustainability we tried to incorporate all those concerns into our latest draft. but i would is i horde in january this idea of preservation and parks it was the first time in seven years it's come up so we've thought about some drafts and policy language we could include. this is just an idea of kind of our first look you're getting first look is implemented the historic feature and responding to contrary needs and we'll consider incorporating the ne

and it's on the final leg of its epic journey that's covered tens of thousands of kilometers from the bottom of the world's deepest lake to the top of europe's highest peak to the olympic capital now and paul scott. well spirits are high in and around sochi right now no doubt for the moment being aided by the fantastic weather conditions you can probably see. glistening in the sunshine behind me temperatures are well in the double figures at the moment and the atmosphere the party atmosphere is also no doubt being boosted by the presence of the olympic torch which is in the final stages of its journey across the region over the next twenty four hours or so is going to be carried by a number of high profile public figures russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov the highly respected diplomat he's taken time out of his busy schedule to pick up the baton and a little bit later on it's the turn of u.n. secretary general ban ki moon he's here for the opening ceremony on friday evening of course it's the climax of a journey that started in moscow back in october sixty five thousand kilometer

however, it has come to our attention that the project has not received the final phase 3 approval. this was an unintentional oversight caused by the design of the three separate restrooms and were packaged and heard together by the arts commission at the one and two approvals. out of the three approvals, one has not yet. with phase two, the arts commission has already received the findings. the purpose of phase 3 is for permits and construction drawings and for recreation of arts department to respond to commissions comments from phase 2. the parks and recreation department has already quoted the comments into design and is confident that phase 3 approval will be granted. the parks and recreation is scheduling the phase 3 approval for the court's at the arts commission civic design review hearing on february 10, 2014, we believe it would be most orderly to hear on this case until the final approval is obtained. that way the board can have benefits of any additional input from the arts commission and review the project in its final form. thank you. >> thank you. mr. kelly? >> madam v

the olympic torch starts the final leg of its historic relay as it arrives in the host city of sochi heralding the imminent start of the twenty fourteen a winter games. the u.s. warns international firms against doing business with iran saying a partial lifting of sanctions that's not me in the uranium market is up for grabs . and again a stand reveals it's been trying to hammer out a hush hush deal with the taliban is america's role in the country's past twenty fourteen becomes less clear. which international coming to live from moscow with memories. of the olympic flame has arrived in the host city of sochi heralding the final relay stage before the games begin and what a journey it's been more than sixty thousand kilometers across the vastness of russia and all the way into orbit and the international space station among those welcoming in sochi artie's martin andrews and paul scott. what a journey it's made sixty five thousand kilometers around the largest country in the world that is russia fourteen thousand torchbearers over one hundred twenty three cities in russia featuring s