everything about your world is going to be better >> reporter: consider mental illness, which pickett wilkinson first linked to inequality a decade ago. >> since then, i think we're seeing an epidemic of mental illness in the most unequal rich developed countries. about 80% of our young people feeling incredibly stressed, many of them suicidal, many of them hurting themselves. >> reporter: and of course it's not just the young, says pickett's husband. >> in britain, three-quarters of the population feel overwhelmed by stress and unable to cope. >> reporter: three quarters? >> three quarters. >> reporter: this is a large sample? >> yes. >> from the mental health undation. a third of the population have had suicidal thoughts in the last year. and the figures in the u.s. are pretty similar. y about 20% r population have diagnosable mental illness oe any one time. >> reporter: howit work? >> so we judge each other more by status in a more un society. and with that goes mt e worries abw we are seen and judged. >> the effects are biggest among the poor. but they gright across to the top ten

they were known as the port chicago 50 pickett refused to go back to work at the naval base a month after the explosion killed 320 people. the men were ordered to keep loading ammunition on ships even though there weren't apparent changes in the safety conditions on the loading dock pickett refused to do it and ultimately, they were sentenced to hard labor in prison and given dishonorable military discharges. barbara lee wants call that explosion and mute trial quote, a shameful chapter in american history. >>> it was an emotional day in court for kidnapping victim, we will tell you what denise huskins told the court . >>> popular business are closing in concord. one says it is because of rising rent. >>> looking at the east traffi okay in front of the airport. we are watching the airport because of delayed flights and roads obviously and looking at the bridges. >>> s about reporting gusty of 62 miles per hour. it should calm down around sunrise but quibec did the bands are going through but it looks like a break for a few hours. >>> welcome back. matthew mueller, the disbarred attorney w

. >>> west virginia teachers hit the pickett lines again. why the union says it had no other choice. >>> good morning, welcome to "early start," i'm christine romans. >> president's day's -- that was a tough one. >> i'm sorry, i put that in, i read it and i'm sorry. >> i'm boris sanchez in for dave briggs. it's tuesday, february 19th. 5:00 on the east coast and we begin with the escalating challenges to president trump's national emergency declaration. protesters took to the streets coast to coast monday rallying against the plan to use billions from federal programs mostly from the department of defense to build his border wall. last night 16 states filed a lawsuit seeking to block the emergency declaration. >> led by california attorney general xavier becerra the states argue the president is using the pretext of a manufactured crisis. >> it's pretty clear that the president is trying to usurp congress's authority. the president does not have the power of the purse. the president can't decide to shuffle money around once congress has alloc

on but as well as to take to the streets and defend the country's independence and he denounced mr pickett as an american puppet. i swear to formalise soon the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela i added states probably recognize national symbol president one for you know as the interim president of venezuela we recognize and express our full support for the presidency of venezuela assumed by the president of the national assembly one it is clear that just matter of his not the legitimate leader. so you're not going to believe that the plan is the right person and is quite a forward. looking only even more violence could be meaningless how. venice trying. to turn. the finish line on. we seek a peaceful transition of power. but all options are on. yeah yeah. yeah i heard. from my wife yeah. uh. uh well here at the deep this bridge crossing right on the colombian venezuelan border i'm on the colombia side you can see venezuela behind me there was a lot of momentum here the small inning to get these so-called humanitarian aid trucks through. made an appearance this morn

. >> relief in the midwest as warm weather is into the rita pickett is bad news for those who live in the northeast. mike reports from chicago.>> reporter: temperatures are creeping up out of the single digits after three days of deep freeze from the polar vortex. it will get warmer over that weekend with temperatures climbing to the 40s. that is a difference from a couple of days ago when we had windchills of -40 and lower in some areas. the headaches caused by the cold including flight delays with passengers rebooking after being stuck in the midwest. >> it is frustrating when you have work deadlines and expectations. it is frustrating. >> reporter: it is difficult to gauge the economic effects but experts say it will have an impact locally with more putting more money into heating their hums. >> there will be huge utility bills to keep the houses from freezing. if that was going to be used for a cart, when they by the cart next week? >> reporter: the cold settled over the northeast. subzero windchills reported overnight and it is not bad is the deep-freeze in the midwest but they a

the rain we have seen orwell c pickett came down throughout the day area.his shows hail in napa on the summit of mount selena. look at the oakland part, rain was coming down about an hour ago. cars are splashing through puddles in the street. >>> emergency crews reopen niles canyon road. it was closed due to a mudslide. it was shot down between mission boulevard and sonoma. it is busy for drives to fremont. occlusion happened at 3:00 after vehicles crashed with debris. note injuries were reported. >>> rainstorms caused flooding. there is more rain on the weather -- way. rain will move across this week. some forecasters say it could dump 16 inches of snow in the mountains. the grapevine on interstate number 5, there are more warnings of avalanches and lizards in the sierra. whiteout conditions are expected. traffic is held on parts of interstate 80. chains are required on 50. 8 feet of snow has dropped on the ski resorts. look at lake observatory. we are experiencing no in some bay area mountains including hamilton. let's get to rosemary. the white is poppin

we were showing you a car that was parked overnight pickett was covered in frost and it is quickly melting was a morning of bottling up, especially for commuters who ride bikes to get to work. we spoke with some people who had to come prepared for that temperatures for long period of time. they had to layer up. >> there is a wind-chill factor. >> we had to wear sweaters and jackets. and a scarf. yes. a lot of layers.>> it's all about dressing appropriately and layering and thinking thoughts. this video is from san jose, there hope opening warming centers and beds are available to help those living on the streets. the worming shelters in the south bay will remain open tonight. the center with a blanket of snow covering the highest peaks with the snow on mount hamilton and the hillsides, in walnut creek this morning, you can see slight pockets of snow and what is left of it on the northwest side but it is melting away. still, the lows tonight and tomorrow are expected to be called in the 30s and maybe 20s in some spots. ktvu . >>> download our new weather app with the interactive radar as we

oakland teachers are expected to hit the pickett line the fourth day. leading a city wide day of action, this includes walk-ins and rallies. teachers rally for better contracts last night. yesterday hundreds of teachers and their supporters marched from oakland city hall to the state building where the bargaining sessions are taken place. >>> a police officer in pittsburgh is recovering after being stabbed in the neck. yesterday afternoon, officers responded to a call involving a man trying to stab his father. when the officer caught up to the suspect, he refused to drop his knife. the officer tased the suspect. one of the officers was sliced in the neck they say with an open blade. the suspect is now in custody. >>> a treacherous travel to our west, it is windy out there. this is in north nevada. several semi trucks blown in the highway. winds of 160 miles per hour. the winter storm warnings had issued for the greater tahoe area. >>> breaking right now, full of passengers stranded on the track due to winter weather conditions. it has been stuck since s

and right behind it there is the treasure island chapel that we did numerous wedding ceremonies pickett also closed in 2016. the mansion was the home of many events. we had at least to a small events company for four years while they did small weddings on the lawn and receptions inside the building. the bay bridge ramps project, combined with constant construction on the island really makes it, not viable, quite noisy over there, but the facility still stands. and of course, next to there, we had pavilion by the

. >>> west virginia teachers hit the pickett lines again.nion says it had no other choice. >>> good morning, welcome to "early start," i'm christine romans. >> president's day's -- that was a tough one. >> i'm sorry, i put that in, i read it and i'm sorry. >> i'm boris sanchez in for dave briggs. it's tuesday, february 19

and right behind it there is the treasure island chapel that we did numerous wedding ceremonies pickett also closed in 2016. the mansion was the home of many events. we had at least to a small events company for four years while they did small weddings on the lawn and receptions inside the building. the bay bridge ramps project, combined with constant construction on the island really makes it, not viable, quite noisy over there, but the facility still stands. and of course, next to there, we had pavilion by the bay, which was constructed in 2009, in conjunction with one of our tenants, wind valley catering, and numerous social and incorporated events happened at that facility. it was about 86600 square-foot facility. is a semi- permitted tent, and that was deconstructed and removed, at the same time in 2016. we have had the conference centre which was a variety of iterations in the past few years. it was a treasure island event venue with the oasis cafÉ, most recently done a lot of -- and currently the location of a processing facility for some of the rock and pavement that's being rem

mayor breed to give me phenomenal speech as she declared it black history month pickett was an excellentvent, encouraging folks and community to come out for the entire month. >> i forgot, i have asked this body to put on the agenda of the letter we got from a cat remember -- >> that is next. >> okay, thank you. >> please call the next line item. >> item 3d is commission announcements and scheduling of items identified for consideration of fridge -- future commission meetings. >> and snap the next commission meeting will be on the 13th at 530 p.m. here at city hall in room 400. >> so i think we got the letter saying we had violated the brown act, i think it was, from the task force. i thought we could -- i thought i had asked if we could agenda eyes that so we can talk about it. >> i would ask that that letter be distributed to all the commissioners so we have a look at it, and if there are some authorities, whether or not it's binding -- i understand some of the conversations we've had about bringing that forward, but again, i think we should put that off down the work -- road until we

. >> the pickett lines are growing outside many oakland schools with students and parents joining teachersalisa harrington is live outside the school where the students are showing their support spore the teachers. >> reporter: some are holding signs. i have two sophomores. tell me what brings you out here this morning? why did you want to come? >> i am here to support my teachers. they are not treating them well. and the teachers, they are our teachers and this is for education. considering they're not giving the requirements like the rights that they deserve, i believe that this is unfair and that we need to get our voice heard so we can have what is needed. >> reporter: do you know, are a lot of your friends planning to stay home today or some friends coming to school? >> i believe like some are here. some students will stay home. i thank them for coming long so we can have the support for our teachers that they need. >> reporter: i'll ask you quickly, as a student here, do you notice some of the problems that the teachers are talking about. >> our classes are like very huge. we don't a