maria: we are back with dallas federal reserve president and ceo robert cal land.t to talk with you about elements of the tax bill. we had a big victory for the gop when they passed their version in the house. but bill why air bond king ripped it. he said it's a cosmetic tax increase it's a cosmetic tax decrease baits means increase for some people. what's your take on the fiscal policy coming out of washington? robert kaplan: given my seat as a central banker you'll be appropriately distanced from the political back and forth. in terms of growing the economy, i have said regulatory review if it's thought any done will be helpful. and yes i have talked about the fact that tax reform if it's reform, which encourages businesses to be more likely to locate in the united states, to do capital spending in the united states. to hire and do their businesses here. the level of u.s. government debt days likely unsustainable. public holds 75% of gdp and u.s. government debt and $39 trillion in unfund entitlements. i would be concerned about elements that create a tax cut fin

the sheriff says the fires knocked out internet and cell phone service along with several cal fire land lines. the la times reported an evacuation was not ordered until an hour after the fires began. this disaster points to the usefulness of older technology like hand radios to reach stranded radios and get more rescue help. several missing pets from the northbay fires are still being found by animal services. 10 more missing pets without identification tags were found this week. animal services has more than 100 missing pets related to the fire. a group of volunteers have set up a facebook page with a photo gallery so you can go check. >>> two bay area military families are being honored. yesterday, a ceremony was held in walnut creek. the families were presented with cars with ribbons on them. they now have a 2015 subaru and a 2015 sonata. the mcbride's lost their home to a fire last year. now, his wife has a safe car to drive with her three young daughters. >> we are trying to get them in a place where they can take care of their family and not have to worry about their vehicle break

the fires knocked on internet and cell phone service along with several cal fire land lines.icials have been criticized for responding too slowly to the fires, not alerting residents sooner. this disaster points to the usefulness of older technology like civil defense sirens and ham radios to reach stranded residents and get more rescue. >>> several missing pets from the wildfires are being found by animal services. 10 more missing pets without identification tags were found this week. sonoma county animal services says it has more than 100 missing pets related to the wildfires. a group of volunteers have set up a facebook page with a photo gallery that you can check out. >>> two large health insurance companies in california say they have taken steps to reduce painkiller prescriptions in response to the opioid crisis. kaiser permanente and blue shield of california pulled the health service system board their doctors are increasingly looking to other options to relieve patient's pain. blue shield says it has achieved a 32% reduction in the use of opioids. it hopes to increas

the fires knocked out internet and cell phone service along with several cal fire land lines.ls have been criticized for responding too slowly to the fires and not alerting residents sooner. he says what happened out there points to the usefulness of older technology like civil defense sirens and ham radio. in an effort to reach stranded efforts and get more rescue help. >>> new drone technology is being tested out. the fire chief says they are using a new drone management system to see how it can improve drone use. the department has used drugs in the past to help with search and rescue and during fires. >>> 6:20. a deported dreamer arrested. the first daca participant arrested. >>> the bay area housing crisis continues. next the reason finding a home at less than half $1 million could soon be impossible. jack's breakfast pockets for 2 dollars each. break up your breakfast routine with your choice of two grilled pockets filled with either ham or sausage. both made with freshly cracked eggs and two melty cheeses. all jam packed into a warm, grilled flour tortilla. so give your

cal fire is responsible for protecting that neighborhood in santa clara county. the agency oversees a third of the land in the state. cal fire should take the lead on an aggress ifr prevention program but he says it's not equipped to do it. >> it's a fire department. >> the agency has made some progress but lacks scientists and stachers needed to coordinate a state wild effort. >> that's not what they were designed to do and they are being dragged into it. we are working to change the paradigm to put more time and energy into preventing fires. >> reporter: daniel served as one of the deputy directors be p he said the agency has focused on beefing up defensible space inspections and prescribed burns. critics say it's not enough. >> their perspective is cal fire should be setting the tone from the top. we need to start work on these big forest projects and that sort of trickled down. to do more with prescribed burning. >> reporter: in this july memo, the agency fell short on some of those goals meeting 70% of the prescribed fire target. >> should cal fire be advocating to the governor for more resources,

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cal pire is responsible for protecting that neighborhood in santa clara county. the agency oversees about a third of the land in the state. that's why forest economics expert bill stewart says cal fire should take the lead on aggressive prevention program. but he says it's not equipped to do it. >> it is beak a fire department. >> reporter: he says the agency has made some progress but lacks the scientists and staffers needed to coordinate a statewide effort. >> that's really not what they were designed to do and yet, they're being dragged into it. we really are working to change the paradigm to put more time and energy into preventing fires. >> reporter: daniel served as a deputy director. he says cal fire has focused on beefing you. brush clearance and prescribed burns but critics say it's not enough. their perspective is cal fire should be setting the tone from the top. that we need to start work on these big forest projects and that sort of trickles down. >> the last couple years, our director has set very high goals for our firefighters to do more in fire prevention, specifically to do more with prescri

cal fire is responsible for protecting that neighborhood in santa clara county. the agency oversees a third of the land in the state. that's why forest economics expert says cal fire should take the lead on an aggressive prevention program. he says they are not equipped to do it. >> basically a fire department. >> reporter: he said the agency made some progress, but scientists and staffers need to coordinate a state-wide effort. >> that's not really what they are designed to do, yet they are dragged into it. we are working to change the paradigm to put more time and energy into preventing fire. >> one of cal fire's deputy directors. he says the agency spoke on the space inspections, clearance and prescribed burns. critics say, it's not enough. their perspective is cal fire should be setting the tone, from the top, we need to start work on big forest projects. that would have trickled down. >> the last couple years, the director set high goals for firefighters to do more in fire prevention and more with prescribed burning. >> reporter: in the memo, the agency fell short of the goals, meaning 70% of the

crews are working to remove debris left on the charred land in grass valley while cal fire has deployedershed emergency response teams to identify problem spots. >> they are assessing what needs to be done here and there, would have the potential for a slide, what do we need to do over here for erosion control. >> some wildfires burned so hot, flames can actually bake the earth creating an ashy crust that rain water won't penetrate. cal fire is also working with the state department of toxic substance control to remove hazardous materials and neda joins us now -- so how much rain are we talking about? >>> the north bay millions are going to go the most amount. so here's a look -- the north bay hills are going to get the most amount. so here's a look. up to 2 inches of rain so a toxic debris not a good combination when you have the rain and mudslides. that's a concern across burn areas. and it looks like the high elevations are most at risk along with the coast, as well. that's going to get the highest amount of rain from this upcoming storm. most significant rain friday night into satur

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cal another big bird spreading wings. the gayles of ft. mar ys. taking on havre. check this out emmett finds landale for the huge finish and the foul. this would be a theme st. marys leading by 10 early. still the first half gail up 16. didn't we just see that? nar to lan dale for the jam 29-11 gail second half lead down to single digits. lan dale pumping iron. he had 26 points st. mary wins 89-71. on a day when most are headed back for second, the nfl is serving up three helping of the main course, yeah that would be some thanksgiving pig skin and big d nice helm turkey, 9-0 kmarjers. flil phillip rivers finds travis benjamin reaching up for the snag. a 27 yard touchdown. 16-0 l.a. now 16-6 in the fourkt. rivers seen keen and allen cutting kroosz the field. carving up the dallas defense. it's pennsylvania 42 yard touchdown 22-6 after the missed extra point. the oukds struggling to put up points. dak is picked off by desmond king. good to be the king. takes it back to thehouse. 90 yards for the touchdown. the chargers blow out the cowboys 28-6 is your final. fans getting fessest in droint lyanne

cal another big bird spreading wings. the gayles of ft. mar ys. taking on havre. check this out emmett finds landale for the huge finish and the foul. this would be a theme st. marys leading by 10 early. still the first half gail up 16. didn't we just see that? nar to lan dale for the jam 29-11 gail second half lead down to single digits. lan dale pumping iron. he had 26 points st. mary wins 89-71. on a day when most are headed back for second, the nfl is serving up three helping of the main course, yeah that would be some thanksgiving pig skin and big d nice helm turkey, 9-0 kmarjers. flil phillip rivers finds travis benjamin reaching up for the snag. a 27 yard touchdown. 16-0 l.a. now 16-6 in the fourkt. rivers seen keen and allen cutting kroosz the field. carving up the dallas defense. it's pennsylvania 42 yard touchdown 22-6 after the missed extra point. the oukds struggling to put up points. dak is picked off by desmond king. good to be the king. takes it back to thehouse. 90 yards for the touchdown. the chargers blow out the cowboys 28-6 is your final. fans getting fessest in droint lyanne

forests to hunt n on land to grow crops, the 0rang rimba who have stayed here are relied on hand—outs. today an islamic charity group has come. bags of fresh beef are slaughtered calveil sacrifice. —— slaughtered calf. for the poor people, so... some of the 0rang rimba go decals. miller magnate everything. bout it is a sacred food, they would eat something that has been kept. sacred food, they would eat something that has been kept] sacred food, they would eat something that has been kept. , no, they eat everything. religious conservativism is on the rise in indonesia, wiping away the hundreds of indigenous faiths and rituals. despite the intense pressure, this man is holding out. he says he will never convert. plantations are edging closer to his tribe's area, and the scars on the jungle are everywhere. his son is now trying to have this forest recognised as there is, following a recent landmark court ruling on indigenous land rights. but to do that he too has converted. he worries if he doesn't fight back that one day his children but be left only with stories to tell about the 0rang rimba tribe, once upon a time they were the people of the forest, but they are

cal fire is responsible for protecting that neighborhood in santa clara county. the agency oversees about a third of the landate. but he says it is not equipped to do it. >> it is a fire depend. >> reporter: stewart says the agency has made progress but lacks scientists and staffers need to coordinate a statewide effort. >> that is not what they are designed to do. we are working to change the pair adime. >> reporter: and prescribe burns. but critics say it is not enough. their perspective is that cal fire should be setting the tone from the top. we need to start work on these big forest projects and that trickles down. >> our directors have set high goals for our firefighters to do more in fire prevention. to do more with prescribed burning. >> reporter: the agency fell short on some of those goals meaning 70% of the prescribed fire target. >> should cal fire be advocating to the governor, more resources more funds to do the important work that needs to happen. >> have invested more money into doing fire prevention work. >> reporter: recently received a $200 million windfall from sacramento. the agency. tha

landed on the water everybody i'm going to tweet it. splat you're dead. with two kids. moron. >> i find that offensive that you were that calhave a lear about life. >> the video captured comments from eyewitnesses who clearly believed halladay was showing off. the plane was little more than a dot on the horizon says a former pilot. >> it's really impossible to tell and criticize this pilot based on that video without any other context. >> reporter: despite the halladay decorations now adorning center city, philadelphians we spoke with were not a charitable mood toward the boston big mouth. >> i really think he was did it for like shock value or something like that because he's radio hot. >> i think the people in the media love to sensationalize things and draw attention to themselves and that's what he was trying to do. >> it's really disheartening specially a aid radio host whose a public figure much it's sad someone would say that. >> reporter: fed investigators are inspected to have some preliminary information on the halladay crash to release within the next week or so. the attorney we spoke to mr. gag leanne know says

lands management. the short version is we agreed that that highway crossing is particularly troublesome. it has been a big problem for cal trans for a number of years and there's been confusion about our proposed project and how it relates to the current situation. we're not proposing to solve that problem or to build anything to cross the highway. but we are planning to have enough of a staging area on the south side so people can use the trail we're planning to build and not have to worry about trying to get across the highway. that will be clear, i think, in the document when it comes out. all the work that is being done now still needs to support the potential for risk that would be created by having more people going up to our new trail and using the highways and that is what's made it a little more complicated and taken more time. >> great. thank you. i appreciate that. >> any other public comment related to this item? moving on. other commission business. any other public comment -- yes, sir. >> thank you, commissioner. i just wanted to make a comment about the number or the amount of paper that we just received t

cal fire is working to change the focus. during the past six years, they doubled their inspections and nearly doubled the number of acres. it makes up less than a per cent of all the land it oversees. they fell short of the goals last year, too. the full story is online at www.nbcbayarea.com/investigation . you will be able to see wildfire scientists testing new techniques for controlling or stopping wildfires they hope cal fire will use on a larger scale. back to you. >> if you have a story for the investigative yunlt, call 888-996-tips or send an e-mail to www.nbcbayarea.com. >>> 4:49 right now. more than 1,000 people are expected to attend a memorial service on the peninsula for three young friends that died in a car crash. here is a picture of them. matthew is on the left of your screen, andrew on the right and ricky tor res in the back. they died when their car went off skyline boulevard, down an embankment. the service starts at 6:00. >>> now to the opioid crisis. the take back of unused pills day. now, it happens saturday, october 28. that's when the dea allowed people to drop off unused pills. more than 31,000 pills were turned in in the bay area. statewide, 70

landed on the concrete. he was able to walk away on his own. the city kept the slide closed since then. cal osha shows the city tested the slide a number of times using crash dumbies. the slide still fails to pass. the city of dublin says it continues to express sympathy and concern for the boy and, as far as the legal action, i'm quoting, the family lawyer refused to provide the injuries necessary to resolve the claim. the city attempted to reach a settlement with the family, again, the city choosing to announce they are suing the city and the slide manufacturer. reporting live in dublin, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest there, bob. >>> happening today, more lawsuits set to be filed against pg&e. attorneys from five law firms are joining forces to investigate and prosecute claims over the fire. there are lawsuits against the utility. utility company filed legal papers saying the tubbs fire might have been started by equipment owned and maintained by a third party. >>> oakland is taking steps to prevent another tranlg gi like the ghost ship fire. they plan to hire a

landed on the concrete. he was able to walk away on his own. the city kept the slide closed since then. cal osha says they have been testing the slide useing crash test dumbies. the slide still failed to pass those tests. in a statement released, the city says it continues to express sympathy and concern to the boy. as for the legal action, the city and legal representative have attempted to reach a settlement with the family, however the family lawyer refused to provide information about the family's jury that is are necessary to resolve the claim. as i mentioned, at 11:00 this morning, the family, the parents of the boy and their attorney will stand in front of the wave park to announce they are suing the city and the manufacturer of the slide. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> seeing those injuries, i hope they get that situated. thanks so much, bob. >>> 6:04. >>> happening today, more lawsuits expected to be filed against pg&e. attorneys from five law firms are joining forces over the fires. there are more lawsuits alleging the utility was neg limit. they have filed legal paperwork say

cal fire fall -- called for mutual aid but help was over an hour away. by 1 am evacuations were mandatory and reverse 911 calls started going out to land lines.t 6 am the wind stopped but the damage had been done. we learned just a little while ago the family of a mendocino couple that did not escape the flames is now suing pg&e. they claim the utilities did not trim back trees or maintain their equipment. the official cause of the fire has not been determined. >> thank you.>>> the city of oakland is making changes to their emergency alert system in the wake of the disaster. here is how to sign up for the new tool. >> reporter: 26 years feel like a long time ago. the northbay fires give oakland residents another reason to be in the know when it comes to fast-moving flames. >> i have it on my cell phone and my home phone. >> reporter: carolyn was one of the first people to sign up for oakland's new alert system when it was just a pilot program a few months ago. it is called ac alert. she lost her home in the 91 fire. >> i lost everything. i lost my pets. >> reporter: it is like reverse 911. the city fire department will send out emergency noti

cal trans on the very final phases of the project. it was open to the public in june 2015. since then we have been in negotiations on the final land scaping, environmental litigations and coordinating with the trust land parklands which will be a wonderful over leak on the tunnels. we hope to reach agreement next soon and will return next month with a update. it offers a divided roy and direct off way to the presidio that did not exist before. we are pleased to wrap that up soon. >>> the chair mentioned the bond. i want to welcome alberto. do you want to raise your hand? new clerk of the board. congratulations and welcome. he comes from the nonprofit sector where he spent six years with the international institute of bay area providing immigration legal services and communications manager worked with the management team to coordinate the marketing of a wide range of activities across the offices of that organization. a native of san francisco and looks forward to working with us to achieve the mission. i want to thank steve stamos who has long served as clerk for three years. he will be training alberto to ensure a smooth transiti

cals. >> but is he going to die before he gets to the end of that story or is he going to see it through? >> this is way it's landing>> one would hope that one's wife would stai stand by him. >> and this is the way it's landing on alabama voter here weighing in on this race. >> i don't know for sure if i will vote or not, but i probably, if i vote i'm going to vote for the republican party. i don't see no reason why that these women should be lying about anything or, you know, i just don't -- i just don't trust him. people with power. >> why will you vote for roy moore if you think these women are telling the truth? >> well, because i want the republican party to, you know, our agenda and everything about getting it changed and everything. >> and the polling that we've seen so far, it looks like jones is up -- jones is the democratic candidate there. 50% to 42%. it was tied a few months ago. a lot of people skeptical about that poll. your face showing that skeptism. >> i don't think in the kind of environment we're in i'm not sure i trust what people tell pollsters so i would wonder about that. mitch mcconnell's bes

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land an mvp. >>> in sports, the big game is even bigger this year for calm and stanford. besides ending a losing streak, the golden bears need a win to be eligible. calfarm. kickoff is at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon san jose state plays the team's final road game of the season, that game starts at 12:30. baseball's season is here and giants are trying to make a big move. here's abc 7 sports director larry beil with the details in this morning's sports report. >>> good morning, everybody. the giants are swinging for the fences, trying to land the guy who routinely clears the giancarlo stanton won the mvp award on thursday. the only reason this guy is available is because the marlins want to she have had the 295 million bucks left on his contract. cardinals, red sox, and dodgers may also make offers. a long time giant just became an oakland a. matt williams is the new third base coach. he played third base in the bigs for 17 years, five time all star, giants fans love him. williams was the manager of the year in 2014 with the washington nationals. >>> the winner of the big game has taken the coveted axe. later tonight it's the 120th edition of the big gam

cal policy regarding syria. they brought b about a nuclear agreement floating on a sea of syrian blood. we have a difficult challenge in the hand that we've been dilt now. talked about the land bridge to the medicine terror yan yan. that is going to be decide d in the next few days as somebody drives towards abu kamala on the syria ir can border and if it's the syrian army, then they will have a land bridge. we have a problem -- >> explain. >> we have a challenge and a problem. the iranian who are our proxies in the region? powerful, important and teeply problematic. the white pg, et cetera. which yes, which is militarily significant and militarily important and has all kinds of political and ethnic maethnic marks there. so the question is, our relationship with the sayyrian we need to put up or shut up. if they are deeply unclean because they hold up pictures of the terrorist topple, then fine. we're going to act a certain way. but if not, we need to find way to use them as proxies. we need to make them less kurdish, more accepting of arabs, less like the pkk. more of a useful tool to us. especially if we want in a very immediate way, block iranian ambitiouses in the next f