why transportation leaders are defending the millions it spent for the pathway that is only six months. >> officers pitch in to help the family of an officer killed in the line of duty. so yso you can happily let the grlife get in the way, while planning for tomorrow. so you can finish the great american novel banking for the life you have investing for the life you want chase. so you can >>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> said goodbye to the bicycle path on the eastern span of the bay bridge. the $9.4 million path will be torn do to make way for a permanent bicycle path. it is less than seven months old which puts costs of the temporary bridge at $47,000 a day. officials say the cost was higher than expected but the money was needed to on the path for bicyclists and walkers when it opened for cars. the permanent path is scheduled to open march 31. >> law enforcement officers from across california will attend a public memorial service for northern california sheriff deupty would grew up in the north bay. the service is held on wedn

transportation alternatives program. are and viable options increasingly important in today's cities. in thekeep those leaders. i look forward any questions you may have. it mike? >> mick cornett. >> welcome. >> i appreciate the committee and the senator that has done so much to help transportation needs in central oklahoma. i have come here today to testify on behalf of my community. i would like to emphasize three points. the national transportation system and the transportation opportunities that support our population centers and communities are vital to our ability to grow and sustain the economy. to ensure the united states remains competitive. investing in the care, expansion, and comprehensive transportation network cannot be left to the cities and states alone. the federal government must be a reliable partner. map 21 was an excellent start. it had opportunities through project delivery, transit and community initiatives, and allowing resources to flow freely. is quitecity's economy robust. we have opportunities that exist in oklahoma city that we have not had in other times. we have recently completed

breathe to the strength of our economy transportation has a strong impact on the lives of all americans. it is essential for our country to continue to be a global leader. it's absolutely critical congress pass a conference of transportation bill and i look forward to working with all my colleagues on the committee of war to the testimony especially the closer we get to jersey and delaware which is -- residents anyways is good to have you here. >> senator cardin. >> madam chair thank you very much or having this hearing and to senator boxer and senator fetter thank you for the manner in which you conduct this committee on infrastructure advancements. map-21 was passed because of your extraordinary leadership not only getting it through the united states senate but negotiating with the house so we could maintain the integrity of legislation so we are very proud of our leadership on this committee and i particularly want to thank you for today's panel. i look forward to the record being established by our local officials as to the importance of local input in determining priorities for transportation in our nation. to me this is extremely important. i ta

thank you, president chow and one of another partner that the transportation authority thank you tilly chang she's one of the leaders in the city. the transportation authority is governed by an 11 member commission it happens to be the same commission it sits as our board of supervisors and they're led by a great advocate for equality and safety and transportation please welcome the chairman john avalos (clapping.) thank you, ed i'm really glad to be sharing this room with our city departments and the mayor. president of the board of my colleagues who have taken giant steps around the pedestrian safety supervisor yee and he supervisor jane kim and in particular i want to emphasize where we're at we're at a place to do new ways of business. we have about that as supervisor chiu discussed we've been tied and held back by dysfunction that can no longer happen. i've really dedicated the staff and transportation authorized to work closely that the mta and the public works and the department of pubt and the controller's office to do everything we can of new because of business. we've established a new committee to look at

now without further ado, let me electro a champion our leader at the transportation authority and that is supervisor avalos (clapping) thank you, kelly. >> it's great to be here. i live in a land log district of san francisco the excelsior district we don't see water but we can see the top of bay it's great to see the new city and the bridge and the ramps go up and the equipment that will be doing the work. and it's an amazing site for the tropics. as chair of the transportation authority i want to thank you all for being her and want to thank you for your efforts so far in bringing up in project to fruition we have a ways to go but i'm happy to know we're on target. the construction of the westbound ramp simplified this the yerba buena island development. 17 years ago the u.s. navy closed it's basis and since then we've worked to approve 0 responsible and thought fulfill plan that will meet the needs of this area as a city as a whole. the future plan we at the board of supervisors approved hours for 20 thousand residents and new and upgraded roads including ferry terminal and extend b

leader. >> csx incredibly well run transportation company is going to be the way to go forever. >> all right guys. that will do it. >>> more than $2 trillion getting yanked out of the economy. that's exactly what a new study shows will happen from the epa's global warming agenda. they're planning an all-night session this week. is it time to put all of this on ice? welcome everybody to 'forbes on fox". steve, bruce jackson and mike. rich, is it time to put this on hold? $2 trillion. >> that's a lot of money and that really it hads economic growth. the only way we

lucy, thank you for that update after that briefing from the transport minister of kuala lumpur. >>> leaders are going into a second day of talks in the hague over russia's actions over crimea. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is attending meetings on the fringe of the meeting to do with other issues. he described the exclusion of russia from the g-7, g-8 as no great tragedy. i asked what kind of role therefore sergei lavrov has at these meetings. >> reporter: actually, the reason sergei lavrov was here in the hague was this, the nuclear summit where 53 heads of state were due to be discussing nuclear terrorism. this has been overshadowed by events of the ukraine. what we have seen effectively amounts to the international communities, isolation, formalization from the russia to the top table. in june, russia was supposed to be hosting g-8 leaders in russia. that has been canceled. the g-7 leaders will meet in brussels. how much of an impact will this actually have? sergei laugh love said it is no great tragedies. they were hoping this would force russia to pull back in crimea. it m

accusations against transport companies are getting the attention of city leaders. now another group is stepping forward. here's the story. >> reporter: as a blind man who always has a service dog with him, jonathan says a san francisco cab has never turned him away. but he can't say the same about uber. >> the law says i have the right to access public services with my guide dog. and he said oh, that's nice, but that doesn't mean anything, you know, this is my car and i can take whoever i want. >> reporter: and he was less than satisfied with the response to his complaint. >> we're sorry this happened to you. here's a $20 credit. but you need to understand that each of our drivers are individual contractors and we can't control what they do. >> reporter: jamie goth said he normally has great experiences with uber. >> until last night, when i requested an uber over in fremont. when the driver arrived, he said my pet was not allowed. >> reporter: in a statement to nbc bay area, uber said they have taken steps for full accessibility and partnered with hearing impaired

transportation commission, and president of the virginia transit authority. steve fawley was elected to the arizona state legislature in 2006. he served as house assistant minority leader from 2011 to 2012. he was elected to the arizona in 2013 where he serves on the senate transportation and finance committee. his focus and legislative priorities have been transfers -- have entranced partition infrastructure, liberal communities, and establishing passenger rail services between tucson and phoenix. senator frawley has been recognized as a legislative hero by the arizona league of cities and towns. they told fellow by the council state of governments. a friend of economic development by the arizona economic development petitioners. senator frawley is an avid lover of the arts and has been recognized by countless organizations for his work in arts and culture. i will say, you have a great ceo out in phoenix. he paid me to say that right before i came up your. lastly, hans reamer was elected on the montgomery county council in 2010. he represents more than one million residents in a thriving and diverse community. as a councilmember, he has worked vigorously in advocating

mountain view leaders want to research the new mode of transportation. you see animation of what it would look like. council members met with the company that builds these pods. the hope is to alleviate traffic. >>> a daring rescue in san jose. crews needed two helicopters for this rescue. a woman fell nearly 40 feet off a cliff. the specialized urban search and rescue team was called in. they rappelled down to the woman, scooped her up and a helicopter took the woman to a local hospital. >>> a fremont man is accused of playing a key role in a global child important operation. homeland security offices say that he and 13 other suspects lured young boys into uploading sexual videos online. this is a raid from homeland security today. the suspects created fake female personas and tricked the boys into believing they were chatting with girls. the ring spanned 39 states and six countries. officials say is it the largest case they've had so far. >>> more details now, homeland security said the case was tough to crack. the suspects used the dark web a network

transportation situation. the vast majority of people in district 7 are cabins their leaders. having it operate on sunday's and increasing the rates. so if i had the power i would probably turn it back a that's in the my jurisdiction i'm not under the board of supervisors jurisdiction. and some of the sunday issues i - right now there's a lot of confusion. there's other places i've gone where sunday you pay so part of it i'm glad that at least mta backed off of having sunday in the morning and it doesn't toward until 12 so the chur churchgoers don't have to worry about that. if you don't live out there but because you're out there and there's so many hills the issues are different. if you take away a bus stop 3 blocks away you're talking about a fourteen percent incline are where you're walking up this hill or something and if you have issues from being in a wheeler or your 70 years old it's going to be a lot. and there's the issue of the mooney is great then they shot off in their own direction but the m line forensic is a major complaint in my district payroll one of my staf

leader injuring thirty two people. the derailment comes just days after new york's metropolitan transportation authority announced its plan to install video cameras and audio recorders on most maps from work and long island railroad trains. other than direct response to safety recommendations before and by the national transportation safety board following a december derailment that killed four people in the bronx. transportation officials say the purpose of the camera to help with the accident investigations into turn the heaters that can affect the tree and sea operation. the safety board's guidelines are also being considered in a number of other major us cities start he's had whale took to the streets against what city dwellers here in washington d c think about implementing the master think a lot. agl announced today i like them and then probably a bit and then something from an elite not like the police to be a blow that thing that we already do more good and bad that there's the side of the privacy issue beyond that kind of bothers me restore the big brother issue i think that i am in and time again people want it

richard quest, david gallo, co-leader of the search for air france 447. and also former transportation department inspector general mary schiavo. david, let me start off with you. i still find this confusing. so all the satellite data, which was days old, you know, of alleged debris that had been spotted over the last week or so in an area, they're now searching some -- or moving toward an area some 684 miles away from that. so does that mean that was all wrong? >> you know, i don't know what that means as far as whether it was wrong or right. but what i do know is interpreting the satellite data is not easy to do. people think it's on or it's not. if that transponder is not on, you're looking at very small pieces of white dots. >> it could be white caps or anything. >> exactly. on the radar system, it's pings off of something, but you don't know what it is. so it doesn't surprise me that after digging into that and seeing the possible try angulations that they would readjust their calibrations. >> richard quest? >> what they've done, after we got the satellite information earliest las