minister ensure the house today that the future of the coast guard station -- that it will be for air city rescue and that the people of northern ireland in northern ireland will be safe and secure? >> i have been lobbied sensitively about the rescue including by people from all walks of life, if i can put it that way and i totally understand the need for air, sea, rescue. i think what matters is not necessarily who is carrying it out but are they fully qualified? and is it a good service and is that valued for money. >> in reviewing antiterrorist laws, will my right honorable friend ensure that there's a balance between the police having the powers and detention and arrest and making sure that there is a return to the rule of law as it is understood? >> i think my honorable friend is absolutely right. that we should not depart from normal procedures and practices in terms of british law and justice unless it's absolutely necessary. you have to defend every change in that way. and i think -- as i said earlier, we do face a terrorist threat that is materially different to what we face for t

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air. the city is saturated with tens of thousands of police, but in spite of the heavy-handed tactics, the demonstrators show no signs of giving up. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, cairo. >> couric: back in this country, critics say it's too vague, comics joke about it. tomorrow the obama administration will announce the color-coded terror warning system created after 9/11 is fading into history. homeland security will continue to put out public warnings when warranted, but starting in late april, the warnings will include specific information about new threats. and still ahead here on the cbs evening news, how she's helping kids in need help themselves with their own art work. tonight's "american spirit." but up next, stopping w-w-d: walking while distracted. ÷ >> couric: driving can be particularly dangerous if you're distracted by a cell phone or the radio. but walking while distracted can be dangerous as well. and national correspondent jim axelrod reports there is a new push to get us to watch where we're walking. >> reporter: the body under the tarp was a man named jason king. last month

air. the city is saturated with tens of thousands of police. in spite of the heavy-handed tactics, the demonstrators show no signs of giving up. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, cairo. >>> straight ahead your thursday morning weather. and in sports, the nba's top scorer hits for a career high. the best device for everything you love to read editors' choice. best dedicated ereader. magazines look spectacular. fantastic device. touch the future of reading at barnes and noble. nookcolor. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. new york, partly cloudy, 36. miami, sunny and 74. chicago, light snow, 26. dallas, sunny there, 63. l.a., sunny and a warm 78. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. the latest satellite picture shows -- the latest winter storm in the northeast is moving out to sea. clouds cover the northern plains and northeast. and there are mostly clear skies in the southeast, and southwest. later today, though, the snow will come to an end in the northeast. lake-effect snow showers could form in western

supply, handling hazard materials and emergency x toxicities and removal of those and enforcing cities air and noise codes. they also have substantial responsibility outside of new york city managering 2 thousand square miles of the hudson valley. prior to heading up this agency commissioner loyd served as executive vice president for public affairs at colombia university and was in the administration for ten years and commissioner for sanitation under mayor, jenkins and was ma developer at port an authority and commissioner for traffic and parking for the city of boston. emily, thank you so much. we are so glad to have your energy, your smarts to lead us to this tough topic this morning. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, susan. well, as the only - at least self identifying water system manager from the east coast, i had originally planned briefly present some highlights of our climate change experience in new york city but after listening yesterday i thought i could spare you anguish and tell you a brief new york story in a brief new york minute. i live in brooklyn and a little backyard

now, we will have clean air, not cleaner air, and the city is a much better place for the leadership. thank you all very much. [applause] >> as has been said, this would not have been done without a lot of city staff working on things. the puc staff. the city attorney stuff with just relentless at getting information, demanding change. >> thank you. i do not think i have ever been at a celebratory event where everybody was so candid about the ups and downs. there are a lot of phone calls, arguments, disputes, but the fact of the matter is everybody was focused on the same goal. that was getting this plant shut, so i wanted to thank yakut for his sticktoitiveness. to mayor newsom, i cannot imagine a better partner in this, because you stop to what you said you were going to do when you came into office, and we have to remember it was a little more than 10 years ago when we were not talking about shutting down the plant. there were discussions about making it bigger. i think it was because of the support of my supervisor who made sure that we all kept our nose to the grindstone and the

. >> january 2009, israeli's air force is pounding gaza city. eration cost led left 1 1/2 thousand gazans dead. this is what the israeli air force left behind the last time they were here two years ago. this used to be the interior ministry, the heart of the hamas government in gaza. another war here now would be a disaster for hamas and its top leadership has told us that they're doing everything they can to stop the rocket fire against israel and to prevent another conflict. >> if the israeli is going to stop the aggression -- or all sort of military activities on the border, including this, all of the palestinian sections are -- will stop resistance, stop sending rockets. >> this is -- my house. >> most gazans are exhausted by the endless conflict. he shows me where his family once owned six harnl houses. they were blown -- large houses. they were blown up two years ago. >> my dream is black, my future is black. nothing. i don't see any future. for me, maybe -- maybe for me it is okay, but my kids nothing zero. >> unable to find work and unabl

dozens of members of the political elite died when the plane crashed near the russian city. >> it was an air disaster which shocked the world. on board flight 101 was polish president kaczynski and dozens of senior polish officials. there were no survivors. today, russian 88 -- russian aviation officials announced the results of their investigation. they held the polish group responsible. >> among the causes of the catastrophe, the crew decided to make a tiny decision. the crew had been no divided repeated the that the conditions were too bad for landing. >> the rain is ahead. this is a moment before it hit the ground. the image is a computer reconstruction, but the voices are real. presidents kaczynski was heading a large delegation to russia. crash investigators believe the crew felt pressure not to change course despite the weather after fear that the president would be angry. officials say that psychological pressure increased when other high-ranking strategist entered the cockpit. >> the presence of the polish commander on the flight deck right up until deep impact put psychological pre

with our brothers and sisters to the south of us but also still paying attention to the air pollution in our city? do you have any thoughts? >> i saw some of the information, but i have not had the privilege to see all of its and all the research done in to that, but i think it is interesting. i saw where the table to a further date and not making any move on it as a board, so i look forward to doing more research on it and then make comments afterwards. supervisor campos: thank you. i just wanted to ask you a couple of questions. as you know and every member of the public knows, the mta, muni, is one of those agencies that we in city hall and throughout the city really care about and think about and talk about, and a lot has been said. i think it is important for us to have as strong a board of directors of that agency as possible. with respect to the fiscal and financial expertise that you bring, i think that is something that is badly needed and one of the things that we saw last year was an audit of some of the work that was done by the board of directors, and i was really shocked to see that

city counselman to represent 200,000 people. i thought it was my responsibility to give them a voice, not to mention the millions of frustrated airtravelers subject to these scans in new york city, home to the country's largest airport. the first thing i did was put in the legislative request to ban these scanners in all of new york city. after all, drawing on lessons learned in florida where these scanners were used in courthouses and tens of thousands of nude images saved, there was no question we in the city counsel have the authority from banning these machines. additionally i incomed a ban for use of the scanners in new york city airports. the legal rational was simple. new york city owns the land that the airports operate on. yes, they lease and operate the land, but considering new york city owns the land, i believe that we can regulate what takes place on that land. our legislation has over a dozen members of the city counsel who support it, and quite frankly, i expect the port authority to serve the city if the legislation becomes law. that's beside the point. i have no problem with the legal challenge because that would

some of the cold air is filtered through areas of nevada and extreme eastern portions of washington state near spokane. boise down to 25, salt lake city at 23. a chunk of that cold air has made it to the west, but not the southwest. l.a. still nice, phoenix looks good, too, vegas and much of california is going to be sunny and the best weather by far in the nation is all experienced here in the desert southwest. the weather pattern will change ever so slightly because we're going to watch that jet stream dipping a little bit here. there's a big what we call a ridge of high pressure that's warm and nice conditions. this next storm system is going to sink down. washington state, you're dry, but later today some moisture is going to creep in especially north of seattle, eventually work its way down to seattle and by tomorrow, it will work its way down a little further. but much of california as i mentioned you're going to stay dry. that's a look at your tucson, maybe you can get away with shorts at 70. 70 degrees in tucson, can you get away with shorts? >> you could absolutely get away with shorts, yeah. bikini top, anything. >> really?

the big one hit the day after christmas, more than 20 inches of snow paralyzing new york city and air travel nationwide. january 8th, another several inches in the northeast. january 11th, snow and ice slammed the south. cars stuck in atlanta that buried peopled up two feet of snow. january 18th, snow and sleet blanketed the northeast again. and on january 21st, another seven inches in boston. now, word of another storm coming this week. >> are you kidding me? my god, i am done. i have seen enough snow till next year. >> reporter: i think a lot of people feel that way here in the east. up and down the east coast, really. i know it is supposed to snow in the winter but not like this. lester, for example, in new york city, hartford and boston, they have already seen more snow already this season than they usually do in an entire winter. as you know, there are still many months left of winter. >> we know that too well. jeff rossen, thank you. >>> the south is about to get hit with a wintery mix. the weather channel's adam berg is tracking the south for us. good evening. >> reporter: good

minister ensure the house today that the future of the coast guard station -- that it will be for air city rescue and that the people of northern ireland in northern ireland will be safe and secure? >> i have been lobbied sensitively about the rescue including by people from all walks of life, if i can put it that way and i totally understand the need for air, sea, rescue. i think what matters is not necessarily who is carrying it out but are they fully qualified? and is it a good service and is that valued for money. >> in reviewing antiterrorist laws, will my right honorable friend ensure that there's a balance between the police having the powers and detention and arrest and making sure that there is a return to the rule of law as it is understood? >> i think my honorable friend is absolutely right. that we should not depart from normal procedures and practices in terms of british law and justice unless it's absolutely necessary. you have to defend every change in that way. and i think -- as i said earlier, we do face a terrorist threat that is materially different to what we face for t

specifically would like to call out the financial support we received from the bay area air quality management district and the city of oakland. they both came through with really substantial grants that allowed this to happen. sfmta, transportation planners also helped as well as my agency which i feel a little arm twisting back at the office. with that, i will hand it over to ellen, i would just like to find, if i can, jessica manzi, are you in this room? jessica helped a great deal to put together this program and i really appreciated all of her help and time over the last few weeks. so with that, ellen. >> thanks, doug. i want to make sure everyone can hear me. i have a love-hate relationship with microphones. i want to thank you all for coming today. this is really a wonderful turnout for us. the german marshall fund, for those of you who don't what the fund is, wire a 501 c public charity that was funded as a gift from the german people. we were set up as an american institution to work on a broad mandate of tackling the changes that are faced by advanced industrialized societies. that is a broad mandate. we

the boeing seven to seven domestic flight from to run failed to land there is destination the city of only air and it broke into pieces that follows a number of deadly crashes in iran in recent years with almost two hundred killed in two separate incidents last july. the u.s. congresswoman is in a critical condition after being shot in the head in a bloody rampage outside a supermarket in the state of arizona a gunman opened fire on a public meeting held by democratic. giffords it killed six and nine hundred twelve one of her aides was among the dead as well as a nine year old girl and a district judge a twenty two year old suspect is now in custody while authorities are looking for a possible accomplice. the polls closed in sudan after the first day of a weeklong referendum the could see one of africa's poorest and most troubled nation is split into two the christian dominated south of expected to vote for independence from the mainly muslim north deadly clashes of mar the run up to the ballot votes part of the two thousand and five peace deal which ended decades of civil war two million live

air and on the roads n. the east, as you mentioned, it's foggy. we have fog advisories around new york city and parts of the northeast. the fog, visibilities are down to a half mile and more in spots. that should start to lift later on this afternoon with improving conditions. it's relatively quiet for now. back to you, jenna. >> now to politics and the new power base on capitol hill. the 112th congress begins this week with tea party freshman taking aim at president obama's agenda. for more we are joined by david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning, jenna. >> we're not the only ones with new year's resolutions. the president is trying to get the economy back on track. in his weekly address he talked about working across the aisle. let's take a look. >> i'm willing to work with anyone in either party who's got a good idea and the commitment to see it through. we should all expect you to hold us accountable for our progress or our failure to deliver. >> this isn't the first time the president said he's willing to listen to anyone with a good idea. but as we

so this low will bring its own warm air and moisture. many citiesh snow and ice and quickly to rain. we're hoping that's the case. on the west coast, showers on >> all that weather was brought to you by breathe right. robin, george. >> we're right here, sam. >>> it is the "gma" advice guru finals. we've gone from 15,000 finalists down to the final four. in the next few days each of them will join us live in the studios and answer questions live. and on the cameras. we'll talking to dr. coop, he's here. let's talk more. >> lease a ph.d. cook, musician, animal lover and he wants to be your advice guru. >> the secret to a good life really is about embracing change. >> reporter: dr. coop, as his patients call him, grew up in st. joe, a small farm town in rural minnesota. cooper went on to college with experience in counseling inspired him to pursue a doctorate in psychology. >> it changed my life. it taught me that i had more choices other than the life i was leading at the time. >> reporter: he soon moved to new york. and over the next 20 years worked

main purpose of going to the city is going to city to meet other people in society and to have fresh air and exercise and whatever you can do in a fantastic city. we have also seen how the season is being wider and wider now. in the beginning you could have no sidewalk because the climate was so bad. now the chairs come out march and go out in christmas and we have limited to november and january's february and two days in march which is quite, but it shows it is very important for people this public life and they will do whatever they can with carpets and blankets and coal fires to extend the people season in the city like this one. we found in copenhagen, and many of the other cities which have turned around and decided to do something for people, is that people would like it very much and furthermore, it's very good economy for the city. it's good economy also in the competition between cities that you have the image of being a very fine city. and the latest news, my friends, are that they've just decided to widen all the bicycle path and take further traffic lanes away. the other thi

whole of the russian capital what's the feeling there at the moment do you sense that an air of tension in the city at the moment there you are right there in the streets what what's it like to be in moscow at the moment. in the center of moscow there is a visibly heightened police presence especially around. near the kremlin and the that some of the central government buildings there there's a sense that there is a heightened security presence but also here in the center that this is the airport is quite a long way it does give echoes though of the to the matter of bombings back in march last year where a soon as it happened the full east presence was instantly heightens an extra vigilance is is present really throughout all of the cities major public transport hubs not just an impact here on the russian capital not just in russia itself but of course many are saying this is a global tragedy this affects international communities we've had the president of russia speaking out what sort of reaction we've already heard a little from washington but what do you think the reaction will be from other in

agreements with the bay area air quality management district with contract terms of more than 10 years. supervisor avalos: do we have a presentation from anyone from the city? >> sfmta. the reason we are here is we are requesting approval of three bicycle facility contracts, funding that we receive from the bay area quality management district. the bay area quality management district requires that their contract term -- the useful life of the facilities that we are constructing, plus three years. in this case, bike lanes we are constructing on the great highway have a useful life of 10 years. then we add three years to that, for a total of 13 years. that is the reason we are here, requesting the board's approval of these agreements. supervisor avalos: thank you. is this the first major round of bike racks we are putting in? the first grant we have had for that? >> let me refer to my colleague who is better qualified to answer that. >> the answer to your question is no. we have other services that provide racks. this is just one funding source. supervisor avalos: ok. thank you for the presentation. is there anyone from the public that would like to comment

all traffic tickets issued in the state now carry an extra $4 fee to pay for air ambulances and the city has made -- the state rather has made changes in the law that will make it easier for parents to get health insurance for children with pre-existing medical conditions. arnold schwarzenegger who swept into office after a recall election seven years ago has one more full day as governor. the 63-year-old actor and former body builder says once out of office he plans to hit the speech circuit, keep a hand in political activism, possibly write an autobiography. he might even get back into show biz if the right script comes along. a spokesperson for the governor said he has received a flood of offers. no specific plan. governor elect jerry brown takes the oath of office tomorrow. up next, the incident that triggered an evacuation of the u.s. capitol this weekend. sent military jets scrambling. the investigation how a russian plane caught fire before it got off the ground. plus the newborn girl who's believed to be the bay can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try.

city and st. louis. travel is going to be very difficult tonight and into tuesday here in the middle of the country. anyone doing any airtravel from chicago to st. louis, des moines, kansas city, there's a good chance your flights will probably just be canceled. even dallas where the super bowl preparations are underway will get some winter weather out of this. then the storm heads to the east coast, and we'll see amazing and hefty snowfall totals. as much as 12 to 18 inches for chicago and detroit. lynn, just, you know, we got until about thursday or friday, and then the storm will be gone, and then hopefully we can catch our breath. >> hopefully february will be a little bit easier. thank you. we'll have much more on the weather with bill coming up shortly. >>> first, secretary of state hulk hillary rodham clinton says despite disagreement over who should be eligible to run for haiti's next president, the united states has no plans to cut off aid to that nation. however, speaking during a brief visit to the earthquake-ravaged country yesterday, clinton did insist that the current president's chosen successor be droppe

city. ginsberg would say that this would bring a breath of fresh air. this commission is getting into the next level. i am very happy that she was wanting to do this. the people in this city are going to be well served by this appointment. [applause] steven lee and nattie ramirez, thank you for being reappointed to the relocation appeals court. there are a lot of relocations and appeals. some projects -- this commission will matter. this is about to get very busy. thank you for staying around with the real work in front of you in the next few years. nattie, we know you. when can we get her on a commission? nattie is known to many p offeopl-- people. to armenia brown. to her willingness to serve on this commission. i know you like this. she is my cheerleading section. we want to do something for her. she is there in my ofice. fice. stand up, soon to be co mmissioner. i can't just say good morning. she will say to call her by her appropriate name. to brown and willy kennedy. thank you for your good work. for everything you've done for the city in the south

9015.1 master architect for replacement air traffic control tower/terminal 1 complex redevelopment program between howard, needles, tammen & bergendoff, and the city and county of san francisco, acting by and through its airport commission, in the lump sum amount of $11,704,955, and a contingency budget of $1,626,412 for airport and faa requested changes, pursuant to san francisco charter section 9.118(b). supervisor avalos: let's call items 7 and 8 as well. all the airport items. >> item 7. resolution approving the international terminal museum/gallery store lease between san francisco museum of modern art and the city and county of san francisco, acting by and through its airport commission. item eight. ordinance establishing a special fund to receive donations and authorizing expenditures for the purpose of holding events to promote the opening of the newly renovated terminal 2 of the san francisco international airport; and deleting obsolete provisions. supervisor avalos: ms. widener, welcome. >> thank you. kathy widener with e san francisco international airport. i will start with item six which is seeking your approval for a professional ser

city during a snowstorm. iran has suffered a number of air accidents in recent decades. sanctions mean that the country cannot buy spare parts for the american-made boeing's. residents of the third largest city in the australia have been putting sdbags buy their homes after the threat of a large third largest city threat of mo. >> the daily news came without warning, inundating scan -- deluge came without warning, inundating streets and was wiping away cars. now the government is offering compensation for those who have lost income. >> this nation will assist people who are not able to do their normal income earning work and get their normal income because of flood and disaster circumstances. >> and some two hundred thousand people across queensland have already been affected by the worst flooding in decades. another city has also been hit hard, but it is just one of t 40 townsin state of emergency. the forecasts say more rain is on the web. >> flooding that has inundated cities and towns in germany could be it subsiding in the coming hours. it reached a peak level by tue