ahmad fareed from comcast sports net joins us.fan experience for yourself. tell us a little about that. >> reporter: yes, absolutely, kris. first of all we've come across a lot of 49er fans from the bay area here in the big easy and you ask almost all of them, do you have tickets to the big game and they say no, but they still have plenty to keep them busy. we're here on the banks of the mississippi river and the past couple of nights, fireworks a couple nights ago, concerts as well here. lot of fans showed up here and a lot of fans have gone inside the nfl fan experience, 850,000 square feet, it's at the convention center here in the big easy, fans can go through some drills, they can see some displays and learn about nfl history so i figured yeah i got to get myself a piece of this. i tried out the action at the nfl fan experience. punt catching contest. time to see what it's like to be ted ginn. i'm going to say if you go out there, make this catch, i think the 49ers have a good chance of winning. it all rests on your shoulders

nate dyson and i'm also an ark tect and he w ark tect and i also work with ahmad and the country business owner and the country club. immediately after our last meeting i scheduled a meeting with the neighbors at the country club. i want to note within the ncd, the castro street ncd we are allowed to excavate to the property line for commercial use on the ground floor. so alternates a and b are largely similar. i could put them on the screen, if that helps to have them in front of you. both alternates -- the mechanical equipment is located after the trees. 6' back from the property line. and i think you will see the intent of that. the kitchen exhaust is not locate there had. the kitchen exhaust is collected at the 4th floor towards the middle of our building, which keeps it as remote from neighboring properties as feasibility. so the combination of the landscape and mechanical area located at the rear yard create a total of 11' separating the castro country club's outdoor use from the rear neighbor. we have showdown shown in the drawings with discussion with the neighbors that we would s

. -- >> deneen tramain ahmad 2/, to potential snow. what are we getting? >> we are getting all of that, but in terms of accumulation, not a lot. you have to go up an elevation before anything will stick. and the low temperatures above 50 degrees right now. that really tells you something. 49 degrees right now. the wind chill at 39. live super doppler is starting to put up a little bit of moisture. it is what we call virga, which evaporates before it gets to the surface. we will have to wait until the middle of the afternoon before we start to get more of this moisture pushing into the area. it should start as rain for everybody with a mix, and then change over to snowfall. this is just one computer forecast, but it has a good handle on this storm. nothing for d.c. nothing for b.w.i.. maybe a couple of inches with more elevation. it all depends on the timing with this one. if you will be traveling today some airport delays this afternoon are possible. the forecast will bring the clouds in by 3:00. rain with a mix of snow to the northwest. maybe just a littl

. >> ahmad brooks and isaac say they didn't realize what the video was out when they signed on for its is for maul -- this is more fall out after the comments made by chris culliver, he apologized publicly for that yesterday. >> what would you like to say to the community of san francisco. >> like i said that i apologize and i'm sorry, and that's not what i'm feeling in my heart. that's why i'm addressing the situation now. i know that i will learn and grow from this situation. >> this story is blowing up on social media. a lot of people calling the apology lame, insincere or contrived by the pr department. other people are glad that he had an open discussion. some people are calling for culliver to be suspended from the nfl. we'll see how much of a distraction this is come sunday. live in san francisco anne makovec cbs 5. >> reporter: and that is the big question if there is going to be a distraction. thank you so much. let's head to lawrence with a check on the weather. after the story today i'm going to enjoy some beignets what are you going to do. >> oh, nothing, just here in the

. >> thank you, ahmad. for the first time this spring the green and gold are getting ready to defend their a.l. west crown. and the theme of the day was looking beyond their success from a year ago. kate longworth has the story. >> bob melvin began day one of a's workouts with the team meeting. melvin even brought in pitching great bob welsh to inspire his young players. melvin said his message was simple. he wanted to congratulate the team on their a.l. west title last year but also encourage them to build off that for success this season. >> you want to carry that forward, but you also understand that this is a new year and you have to let that go. but once you do let it go, you have to reflect and say what made us good. what made us last year able to win the west. and those are the things that players need to know. and we've discussed that as a group a bit today too. >> a five-minute video was also showed during that meeting. when asked if there were pie celebrations in the video bob melvin said of cours

ahmad fareed. >> what makes you think that you would be the best out of all of them, agreed? >> i think i could hold my own. we don't have a whole lot of athlete in here. >> did you play? were you a stud back in the day? >> i played until i got in high school, then i went straight to baseball. i wasn't bad. i was pretty athletic. i'm a little bigger than most people in here. they're not going to drive on me too well, so i'm pretty sure i'd block a lot of shots. >> i also asked brandon what sport would he love to be the best in the world at outside of baseball, and he said, he thinks it would be tens is. he's always idolized roger federer and said one day he would love to go to the australian open. these are the things you learn about baseball players when you hang around them for two weeks in arizona. reporting from arizona with the giants i'm ahmed fareed. >> by the way, a couple of women's college hoops scores as we get ready to get out of here. stafferford beat ucla. and we'll have highlights coming up for you at 6:00. back to you, diane and terry. we'll see you later with

linebackers aldon smith and ahmad brooks were limited in practice for the second day with shoulder injuries and we all know that when the raven and the niners play each other on sunday, their coaches will make n-f- l history. melissa raney has more on the story behind the brothers. >> this sunday, tens of bounds lines of fans will pack the 49ers baltimore ravens in super bowl 47 at the mercedes benz superdome. and i will absolutely be singing! this is what i was born to two. >> reporter: the other thing you do not want to mess is because this is the first thing the brothers are going to compete to do not want to--miss his older brother has a bit of an edge. >> he has more of some experience and we know the task ahead of us. >> reporter: john, the coach of the ravens is used to going against his brother to get what he wants. >> you fight for everything, the extra hot dog, girls, we both have our girls. >> reporter: both brothers want the victory but the yeathey both want the victory but there will only be one. >> both teams will have the great emotions of agony & and defeat. >> some lucky ni

reporting from scottsdale, i'm ahmad fareed, nbc bay area. >>> a's camp manager bob melvin says the a's are in an enviable position. now, the a's have to figure out how to work in all the stellar arms. a tough job for the pitching coach, curt young. >> the quality is here. the arms are here. the success from the past is here. it's not just expectations, what they might do. they've already done it, which, you know, is a good feeling for the whole organization. you hope to get this to this point, where you have guys that you know you can count on. they count on themselves. the team counts on them. >>> the 49ers say farewell to a team member of their front office. tom gamble has been hired by the philadelphia eagles as the team's vice president of player personnel. i'm dave feldman. raj and jess are back with more after this. >>> is it tomorrow? >> it is tomorrow. >> if you're not sure about what you're doing for valentine's day, here's an idea. >> how about a free oceanside concert at sunset. isn't that beautiful? an artist and skult per. tomorrow's the last day. you can see it. take your

but ahmad stark shot. cal hangs on for a one-point win. >>> st.raton. 19 points for matt dellavedova. jordan dishes to brad waldow. st. marys takes the bracket buster, 74-66. stanford up in eugene against oregon. josh huestis. jonathan lloyd picks the pocket of christian sanders. lloyd comes up with a loose ball and takes it himself the other way for the pretty finish. oregon all over standard. the cardinal now 7-and-8 in the pac 12. >>> the big guy, mark from downtown. two threes on the day for the center. he goes for 18 points. usf over pepperdine, 64-58. usf is still two games under 500. >>> seems a lot easier to hit half court shots these days, doesn't? at gonzaga, college cheerleader showing a harlem globetrotter. but it's hard to top what happened last night at san francisco state. >> the half court for the win! fans storming the court! oh my goodness! >> the former star wins it for sf state over cal poly pomona, 57-55. really an amazing scene as the fans storm the court. and it was only the second loss for pomona, so it was really a big dea

. >> reporter: ahmad brookes told usa today said they didn't realize that's what it was specifically about when they signed on for the video. for now, the "it gets better" project has removed the 49ers video from its archives. this comes on the heels of chris culliver's apology for saying he wouldn't welcome a gay player in his locker room. >> i apologize and i'm sorry. that's not what i feel in my art. that's why i'm addressing the situation now. and like i said, i hope that i will -- i know i will learn and grow from the situation. >> reporter: there's actually a petition going on right now on change.org asking the nfl to send chris culliver away to the new york gay football league. the game is just a couple of days away. is this going to be a distraction? >> i talked to isaac today and several of the 49ers, and, you know, they're having a great week, a great week of practice and they have had great attitudes. same is true for the ravens. so i think both teams have had a great week. teams inevitably get past that point. >> reporter: we're just going to have to see what happens then

one of them, ahmad brooks, said, quote, i think if i made a video, i'd remember it.his is america, and if someone wants to be gay, they can be gay, but i didn't make any video. then he was shown the video. oh, that. it was an anti-bullying video. it was a gay rights video. brooks and his teammate eventually agreed gay teens are very often the victims of bullying. the it gets better project has removed the video from the website. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. a few seconds but if you're not drinking it, it's going to get dry again. i recommend biotene. all the biotene products like the oral rinse...the sprays have enzymes in them. the whole formulation just works very well. it leaves the mouth feeling fresh. if i'm happy with the results and my patients are happy with the results, i don't need to look any farther. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sou

ahmad is not just the director of the film. you're the protagonist in the film.en cameras" referring to the five cameras that you used and then subsequently destroyed by various means. to chronicle what, in your words. >> this is the story of my life, the village life and my family's life. this is the history of my village. i've been filming the resistence in my village and the daily life for seven years. i have been filming my son growing up for seven years in this situation. >> you brought the first camera to document the birth of your son, and then as he would grow forward, you would continue to shoot his life. but also the israelis continuing to develop settlements that kept encroaching further and further on your small west bank town. did you imagine when you started shooting this, i'm sure the answer is no, that it would lead to this? at what point did it occur to you that you had a larger story to tell? >> you know, since 2005 when i decided to film, it was part of the resistence. i wanted to take part of the resistence with my camera for different purpose

. >> reporter: line backer ahmad brooks and isaac told a usa today sports reporter they didn't realize the purpose behind a video me made last august was to fight bullying against gay, lesbian, and by sexual teens. now the video has been pulled from the it gets better campaign website. brooks said he knew it was an antibullying video but not an antigay rights thing. >> someone would have told them. >> reporter: you think they should come out and speak out in support of it? >> they should come out and speak out. support teens and you know it's a big deal. >> reporter: no matter if they are gay or straight. >> of course. >> reporter: now when you look at the video, brooks and sow pa have short clips. the words gay and lesbian are never used. perhaps someone never told them the specifics of the video. san francisco was the first nfl team to take part in the it gets better campaign. coming up you will hear from one of the players. we are live in daly city i'm tara moriarty. >> and our live team coverage of the 49ers and the super bowl continues now with ktvu joe fonzi. joe is live in new o

one of them, ahmad brooks, said, quote, i think if i made a video, i'd remember it., and if someone wants to be gay, they can be gay, but i didn't make any video. then he was shown the video. oh, that. it was an anti-bullying video. it was a gay rights video. brooks and his teammate eventually agreed gay teens are very often the victims of bullying. the it gets better project has removed the video from the website. >>> up next, republican men behaving badly. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> her's what's happening. the white house is calling today's attack on the u.s. embassy an act of terror. no one has claimed sponszblety for the bombing. john kerry was sworn in as secretary of state earlier by supreme court justice elena kagan. >> former first dog barney bush has died. the scottish terrier called the white house home for eight years. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." we're seeing a trend i'd say. republican men behaving badly. in fact, they're talking exactly the way they did in the four years leading up to their 2012 electi

linebacker ahmad brooks was shown the clip. he says he didn't realize the video was for gay rights.thought it was about being opposed to bullying in general. >>> in alabama hostage negotiators continue to communicate with a man who is holding a young boy cappive -- captive. authorities say the man snatched the boy right off a school bus after fatally shooting the driver. the suspects neighbor say he has seen the hideout firsthand. >> it was a 15 by 15-foot and it was lined with bricks like the little red bricks. >> authorities say the suspect has strong antigovernment views and that the fbi has evidence suggesting the shooting was a hate crime. >>> 25 people are dead and more than 100 injured after an explosion at mexico state owned oil company headquarter. that explosion happened yesterday sending hundreds of people running into the streets. the explosion started in the basement and heavily damaged three floors of the building where several thousand people work. crews will be digging through debris to search for anyone who may be trapped. no word on what caused that blast. >>> time

one of them, ahmad brooks, said, quote, i think if i made a video, i'd remember it., and if someone wants to be gay, they can be gay, but i didn't make any video. then he was shown the video. oh, that. it was an anti-bullying video. it was a gay rights video. brooks and his teammate eventually agreed gay teens are very often the victims of bullying. the it gets better project has removed the video from the website. >>> up next, republican men behaving badly. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ ♪ so, i'm working on a cistern intake valve, and the guy hands me a locknut wrench. no way! i'm like, what is this, a drainpipe slipknot? wherever your business takes you, nobody keeps you on the road like progressive commercial auto. [ flo speaking japanese ] [ shouting in japanese ] we work wherever you work. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> her's what's happening. the white house is calling today's attack on the u.s. embassy an act of terror. no one has claimed sponszblety for the bombing. john kerry was sworn in as secretary of state earli

we were down here just a couple months ago playing in new orleans and ahmad brooks interception thater for a touchdown and collins the way he was prepared and ready to step in in the monday night game against chicago and has done such a terrific job. happy for his success. the way our players have played, you know, to me that's why we're here. not because of any coaching decisions or any way that we were when we were kids. really credit to those men and looking forward to the game. >> i concur. >> good morning, coach. this is for both of you. given the old adage about coaches are hired to be fired, if that were to ever sadly happen to either one of you, could you work together? would you hire your brother? >> i would -- yeah, definitely. i would work for him. sure. >> i concur. no. no question about it. we've had that conversation in the past, you know. it just never worked out timing wise. i would love to work for jim. it would be the greatest. >> you are listening in down in new orleans making it happen for the media. i like john's approach. he lets jim do the talking. we'll be bac

one of them, ahmad brooks, said, quote, i think if i made a video, i'd remember it.s is america, and if someone wants to be gay, they can be gay, but i didn't make any video. then he was shown the video. oh, that. it was an anti-bullying video. it was a gay rights video. brooks and his teammate eventually agreed gay teens are very often the victims of bullying. the it gets better project has removed the video from the website. >>> up next, republican men behaving badly. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. yes, you could. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you

other nfl news, ahmad bradshaw was caught by the new york that giants for money which would have beensaid get him out of their so they have a rookie named david wilson who is going to play. this is signing date for college recruiters across the nation, cal is ranked 30th in the nation led by former star quarterback jared both of marin catholic high school. alabama had been number one class. to have the show on espn now and there are 40 and 50 year-old guys to win over 17 year- old. this kids will expand, high-school sports should not be televised, the tickets can handle it? i was touched upon one of 17. when you are 22 is better. warriors being whelps in kansas city. pau thisgasol will be out six weeks. when we return we have not teamed up since the rocking new year's eve show but if you've calmed down, and sobered up? yes i have. you did not seem out of blowing horns and having fun. robert that catherine? catherine and i screamed one. two. three. happy new year!. you'll be have the ties and feel better right here on kron4. back with catherine in a moment. [ man ] it's big. quickly re

ahmad, known as mohammed jamal is connected to the current leadership of al-qaeda and that relationshipgoes back to the '90s. experts to track say that abu ahmed is a player. >> he established training camps in libya and drawing from north africa, egypt and train them in terms of how to operate in mortars and heavy artillery. and it's that type of artillery used in the attack on benghazi. >> ahmed is not expected to directly take part in an attack that left four americans including ambassador chris stevens dead. this is the second time that u.s. interrogators have been denied access to a suspect held by a foreign government and it took lindsey graham for the fbi to get access to al harzi suspected in taking part in the attack. the cia pressed on this issue during the recent confirmation hearings. >> well, we have someone who is a suspect in the potential attack-- in the attack on benghazi, they didn't give us access to him and we don't have any information from him. >> we work with our partners across the boarden when they're able to detain individuals, we work to see if they have the a

this week, the nose tackle isaac sopoaga and ahmad brooks said they were not in it.his is america. if somebody wants to be gaye, they can be but i didn't make a video. they realized their ways but not before the damage was done. chris has to walk back about homosexual remarks he made earlier in the week. when it comes to rights of lbgt americans is it getting better in profootball? i mean, it is possible that they just weren't quite sure what was going on. it also feels there's a set of pressures the kids are facing or maybe they are just homophobic. >> i can't expect a 23-year-old kid -- i'm 40 years old, i can't expect them to have the same responsibility of what comes out of his mouth during super bowl. he rescinded his comment and took it back. i think, at that age, at 23, i don't think i would have felt differently. we all had a fear football, that's the opposite of being gaye. that in the locker room culture is what the fear is. it's not the lifestyle. it's the fear. >> which makes the baltimore raven, brendon -- i have been working on that all day. he did some

they are anticipating the sequester will go into effect and they are not willing to deal with the ahmadk -- to deal with the american public's support. they are not willing to protect the jobs of what the cbo predicts could be up to 750,000 americans by asking oil and gas companies to forgo their taxpayer subsidies. they are not willing to do that. this is very disappointing. >> on the military spending, even if the cuts go into effect, the u.s. will spend more than china, russia, all of europe combined. if we are a second-rate power, who is first rate? >> i did not think the issue is the language used to describe it. the impact will be negative. will harm our national security and that as a problem. it will harm thousands of children thrown off of head start. it will harm children who depend on mental health services. seniors who depend on services. it will harm first responders across the country who will get furlough notices are layoff notices. teachers and the like. the consequences of this are real. there seems to be willing ness, unfortunately, among republicans on the hill, to re

i do with all of our manageres, there is a huge ahmad of the killed here and a huge number of mannesmann decisions we're try to make it into the uncertainty that he mentioned -- is huge number of management decisions we are trying to make in the uncertainty that he mentioned. we do tend to make conservative decisions. if this all goes away, we will regret. because they will introduce inefficiency for no reason at all. >> thank you. >> senator blunt. >> thank you. thank you for the time. we keep talking about the fact that we can take some balanced approach between spending cuts and revenues. i am confused by the idea that there appear to be no spending cuts that can be taken. we have $60 billion of new revenue this year that we would not have had last year. but we cannot find $85 billion for the -- worth the cost. i will accept the idea that nobody told anybody this sequester was going to happen even though it was in the law. i had the chance to be in a hearing with secretary carter this week and i ask what no. did they submit for the omb budget planning this year and he said they submit

i do with all of our manageres, there is a huge ahmad of the killed here and a huge number of mannesmann decisions we're try to make it into the uncertainty that he mentioned -- is huge number of management decisions we are trying to make in the uncertainty that he mentioned. we do tend to make conservative decisions. if this ball goes away, we will regret. because they will introduce inefficiency for no reason at all. >> thank you. >> senator blunt. >> thank you. thank you for the time. we keep talking about the fact that we can take some balanced approach between spending cuts and revenues. i am confused by the idea that there appear to be no spending cuts that can be taken. we have $60 billion of new revenue this year that we would not have had last year. but we cannot find $85 billion for the -- worth the cost. i will accept the idea that nobody told anybody this sequester was going to happen even though it was in the law. i had the chance to be in a hearing with secretary carter this week and i ask what no. did they submit for the omb budget planning this year and he said they submi