, alternative institutions, alternative approaches to try to move this thing forward. we just want to encourage you as lafco to take the bull by the horns. we would be happy to work with you around some of these suggestions. we think that it's really a crucial time to get the sf puc quickly on the move or to find some alternate approach. thank you very much. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> good afternoon commissioners, eric brooks, local green committee. a lot of interesting things have been said i think it's incredibly important to point out that i think as late as 6-7 months ago, even the advocates to the consternation to the allies who said this isn't ready to go yet. this has to do with rates and how much is developed. and then not to hopefully don't give too big of a head but malcolm came and started to move this in a big way. we started to talk about rate more than a year and kim came along and started working on that. the highest rate is 11.5 percent which will beat pg & e and as $0.11 as provided to the committee. without good rates you are going to have

use those alternates. a water mainenue break. east joppa or taylor all your alternates. delay starting to format baltimore national pike. big problem southbound 295 shutdown at 175. take 95 as your alternate. we will keep you posted. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a case of distracted driving has a driver facing some pretty serious jail time. jennifer franciotti is live to explain. good morning. >> good morning. it is not a new message but it is a consistent one. police are writing citations for using a handheld cell phone device behind the wheel. they want drivers to pay attention. it did not take long for this man to learn the impact of distracted driving as he navigated a simulator. >> it is really, really hard. >> he crashed right away on his first try. the consequences are real out on the road. police say elizabeth meyers was texting back in march when she encountered a young father riding a motorcycle. >> she was distracted and did not see an approaching motorcyclist who was driving on a roadway and he had the right of way. >> jonathan roberts died. eli

it is a two year program that aims to be an alternative to what aims to be a higher alternative. he works with the president of air time. video communications company. >> he is in a great job of grabbing onto a task and receiving input and learning along the way. it has actually been productive for us. more and more people are looking for al teternatives for a colle education. probably because they earn more over their life time, recent college grads have struggled. these kinds of numbers are what prom prompted them to act. >> we believe that you need to learn. you don't just graduate high school ready to rubn a company. we just believe that you need to learn in different ways. >> both are big believers that learning on the job provides more value than learning in the classroom. >> i joined the starred up community with a harvard mba it was the biggest thing. i stopped mentioning that i was an mba, people have many interpretations of what that means and they don't know how good you are. i started working at another start-up for me. soon after, when she got a job, her bloof was re

there's an extraordinary opportunity for alternative a new investments to. influence the people who make these decisions in the states. they're able to. give an extraordinary amount of money to politicians who who make these decisions and to invest in five a one c three type organizations and in return they're able to get enormous investments of public money and i think i think that's more the problem i don't think this is as much ideologically or philosophically driven as it is just simply politically driven ok now is that you mentioned this before that part of the problem is a lack of transparency in fees to the public and performance that does not allow the public to make intelligent decisions about how the money is allocated what do you think would be a better solution. well i think they should be completely open with with. especially the members of on the pension boards typically what you have in the states is you'll have one or two union reps who sit on the pension board and there's no requirement that that anybody on most of these boards have any kind

we do have team coverage including a look at the commute alternatives. we start with mike inouye with a look at the roads now. you're not alone outside if you head out. >> a lot of company sadly already. it's 5:00 in the morning. marla you showed interstate 80. heading to the bay bridge. as you drive along the east shore freeway a lot of lights. you are close to the limit. look at the backup for the cash lanes, fast track lanes are moving. we look at the map i talked about cash, more folks on the road because of that b.a.r.t. strike which is going on today and we see a smooth drive through the maze, more congestion will mean delays building. interstate 80, the east shore freeway expecting a lot of traffic and 24 action 680, 580 and oakland 880. back to you. >> thank you. 5:00 right now. there are a number of alternatives for b.a.r.t. riders to get you where you need to go

i want to make sure that i had circulated on those alternatives that we want to violated. it was the full board that comes to consensus. i said we can't do under policy now so how do we decide who the person is that gets the appointment and consider that alternative we can bring that back to rules absolutely >> when is you're next meeting. >> the third wednesday so that would be november 20th. >> yeah. >> okay. any other reports from board members. >> just one final last comment that is a standing item at rules xhez committee it's not finished we'll be working on this issue for a sometime. i want to make sure that other board members - i'm sorry president norton that other board members feel free to attend the meeting. pardon me, ma'am, >> can i just clarify it's a standing item but i think what i've heard is that the standing item is not for q ta but for the process of all the board appointed adversities committees so as we heard earlier tonight there's a lot of questions on b cc and all of them it's a standing item. >> we're all starting at such a different place how man

americans will have a choice, we'll put alternatives in front of them. and so that's the purpose of the delay for a year. one, because it's dysfunctional. two, because americans deserve a second chance to express their opinions on this bill. this has already been passed by the house of representatives and my colleague, representative todd young of indiana sponsored that. it gained bipartisan support. 22 democrats -- house democrats recognized the need to give americans the same relief from obamacare that businesses are receiving. so codifying the employer delay -- delay on the employer mandate which the president has proposed and put into practice, and doing that for individuals and families that don't fall under the employer category, only is a matter of fairness and that also is something that has to be addressed. recently, several senate democrats have come out and supported delaying parts or all of the president's health care law as well. so i think the opportunity here before -- is before us to put the brakes on trying to jam through something that

commuters are rubbing to -- rushing to find alternatives. nick? >> in oakland the ferries are pulling up and transporting commuters. people are boarding the first ferry leaving to san francisco right now. a lot of the commuters got here super early because they remember what it was like in july during that bart strike and how packed the ferries were. we have a few from sky 7, jammed lines of commuters. there are two options, jack london square to san francisco. in july, the san francisco bay ferries carried 7,000 people the first morning. that was up from a typical morning of 2,500. to reduce the congestion, golden gate ferry will add an additional landing to move the commuters in and out. the first ferry took off this morning at 5:00 a.m. and that is because it is a longer commute. the ferries here have been added to the boats. they have added four more ferries. people have already started to line up. the first ferry will take off and if you do not have a ticket, you will need a ticket or a clipper card in order to board. we have learned that. yo

the architecture work was not designed for sleeping but those folks had no alternative. i walked next door and noticed a vacant warehouse. the owner is the same owner who owns the drop center. i said there's money coming in 3 months let's make this a shelter. this was probable july or august of naivete. the application was did you august 2012. so i made the decision to move forward and recognizing there's no time we had to put together the grant and the cost estimates would it would do to rehab it. sometimes humanity has to trumpet the process and i made the decision this time it needed to be. we applied for the grant and received the grant. i'm calling it a grant. we ieshtd conversations about the lease. that's the story of how it evolved. when we look at the need for the shelter in the bayview there's clearly one. we do a bio analysis and what we found was we count both shelter homeless and unsheltered homeless so folks who are living on the street as well. we found for the first time there were more individuals living on the street - can i - there were more individual

we'll break down the transportation alternatives. >> and a woman is caught on video, stealing mail from an apartment complex. we'll hear from the building manager and why he is so upset about the theft. >> we are waking up to a few high cults. there is no problem with visibility but the temperatures are on the cooler side. we are ranging from the mid-40s to the upper 50s. we are expected to climb into the upper 70's for some of the inland spots. your 7 day or around the bay will be coming up. >> we are still tracking a pretty good ride around the bay with no hot spots or major problems. there is an incident reported on 880 northbound. it is on the shoulder. >> in less than 24 hours, commuters may be searching for ways to get around other than bart. workers could walk off the job tonight at midnight. and joining us live now with the latest in the contract negotiations is kron 4's will tran. we are less than 18 hours away from a another strike. new information to pass along. we have learned that they plan to be at the board of director

now it appears that commuters must make alternative plans. tomorrow's strike could be called off before the midnight deadline. don't hold your breath, by all accounts a strike is imminent and the more pressing question, how long will it last? good evening. >> good evening, and tonight, for the first time since sunday. union leaders and b.a.r.t. officials have no plans to continue negotiations here at the caltrans building. talks broke down late this evening. both sides came out here tonight, blaming one another and the federal mediator he had is he is going home -- said he is going home. as it stands, the strike is on and b.a.r.t. riders will not have trains tomorrow. >> i'm very disappointed. >> i ride b.a.r.t. every day and i'm sick and tired of it. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. riders are frustrated that trains will not run on friday. patrice is so tired of the uncertainty during the labor negotiations, she gave up on b.a.r.t. and started riding the ferry. >> i'm tired of the threat, i'm just tired. >> reporter: the union leaders delivered on the

alternately, they want to build nuclear reactors around the world.securing the approval of a western regulator, opening that ambition a step closer. >> it was not the only big- ticket investment announced by george osborne during his chinese tour. there is more spending going on. >> the british chancellor also announced working with the beijing construction group. it is part of a one point $2 billion plan for a new airport city. the centerpiece of the government enterprise and competing with other european airport cities. >> we will now have space and buildings across the world for those that want to relocate in manchester. >> it will be one of the biggest construction project in the u.k. since the olympics and creating extreme thousand jobs -- 16,000 jobs. re>> it is second only to china as in east asia. -- china's in east asia. vietnam's energy industry could be a boon for companies. in light of japan's 2011 fukushima nuclear disaster, safety fears remain. investment in clean or render mobile energy like wind and solar has been on the rise in recen

having alternate mechanism for those to get justice. the u.n.tself calls for the standing claims commission. the treaty provision that the u.n. keeps citing, the main article is really to say that the u.n. is obligated to compensate people. and courts across the world have increasingly said that immunity cannot mean impunity. if an international organization refuses to give people harm by its operations an alternate mechanism for justice then courts should not allow the organization to invoke it's immunity clause. this will be the first time that an u.s. court does it, but there has never been a case where the evidence is so strong, nor the foreclosure of alternate americanismechanism so absolute. >> it said that it will improve the water standard in haiti and yes there were these nepales soldier who is had the cholera bacteria, but there was big infrastructure problems, and a lack of safe water supply. if the--do the haitian people see the u.n. as investing this money on their behalf? and help me understand the level of anger that you were talk

part of reason for that is because we have a very high level of alternative resolutions. for other counties for instance are barely using split sentences on the realignment. my option is meeting the state on the use of split sentencing which means a lot of people are out of jail way before they would be in any other community. these are post sentencing people that in another county would be county towards the racial population in the circle they are in the community. there is also a large number of people in place on community base supervision where another communities these people would be doing their time and incarceration. that has a tendency to impact the ratios because on the sentencing part of it, we are much more likely to release somebody into community that many other counties are. and we believe that has worked well for us. the crime rate has not gone up, in other areas it's low. we are the only one to do so and we are the only urban counties that have under population but the other ones are rural counties. i believe we are doing well. i believe with the sheriff

preferred alternative to 2011. accs responsible for stray and unwanted domestic animals and providing them new homes but we also provide rescue and facilitate wildlife rehabilitation per sec injured and orphaned animals throughout san francisco. therefore where an advocate for dogs and off leash play areas, but also for other animal welfare issues including coexistence with wildlife. the national park service's dog management plan for the gg nra notes the plant objectives are to provide high-quality visitor use experiences, maximize compliance with dog rules and to ensure the protection of natural cultural and recreational resources of that land. the issue of dogs on gg nra property has been presented as a matter of choosing the side of dogs or that of law enforcement and natural resources. one or the other. at the acc does not view this as an either or situation. while we share advocates concerns about wildlife and other environmental impact and also the problems caused by those who do not follow rules, we don't t

this point, that you must have an alternative.ublican party stands for nothing except no. and that's ridiculous. they have a lot to offer. >> a positive agenda for two things. have their own health care plan that people can relate to. that would have helped a lot. and a government program to generate dwroet in the economy. we don't hear a word anymore out of them. all it is is against this, against that. >> but there's more to come. because what doug was just saying is, you know, it's a fight, a fight, a fight. and one guy stands out and waits for his next opportunity. now it is the republican's opportunity. what strategy do they take. and they'll have a feather in their cap this time, because p obama care is rolling out -- well, i think pat's expression says it all. he's not choking. >> laughing. >> so stay put. we want to take a fox fast forward look at what the shutdown fallout could mean for the 2014 and 2016 elections. >>> and also, obama care and where we are with it now. >>> and gunshots at our nation's border with mexico,

we can constrain opec's pricing power with these alternatives. but do not think that we are going to break the power of opec. they will continue to prosper as long as the international nvironment continues as it is. >> i want to jump over to greg. methanol institute. talk to us a little bit about the growth in production capacity around the world over we nt years and really what can expect going forward. >> sure. i guess i'd start off looking at china. if you go back about ten years, china had less than a billion gallons of methanol production capacity. today they have about 15 billion gallons of production capacity. so they've grown that much in just the past decade. as you mentioned in most of their production capacity is using coal as a feed stack. and china has made the decision that natural gas based coal is a strategic transportation fuel -- >> methanol. >> coal based methanol. >> right. but if you look at what is happening here in the u.s., if you go back to 12i79 u.s. had 30% of the world's production capacity for methanol. we had twenty

building real compelling alternatives to the current systems using this technology. the truth is it's all very early stage. there is not a lot of mature insurances staougsz that understand radical connectivity. wikipedia is probably one of the most mature institutions out there that understands the power that every individual carries around, the computing power and what that means for knowledge and expertise. even wikipedia isn't that old and is struggling to wigger out what it means to be an institution. i think that that is a very -- it's very telling about our time. at the close of the book i talk about -- i open the last capture with barbara tuckman's the guns of august, talking about the funeral of king edward vii in 1910. over between 1910 and 1990, monarchy and colonies disappeared globally. that feels to us today like of course they disappeared. but if you were a part of a royal family in 1910 it was not evident or clear that monarchies are disappearing nor should they. yet in retrospect it feels clear. i feel like we're in the same moment right now. all the

three-quarters of americans will have moved to alternatives. the national proud band plan recognizes that this i.p. transition is underway, it is happening today. i pause, and my fellow panelists recognize this as well. the communications marketplace has changed dramatically and so has my company in response to that. oday we provide communications choices in a robust economy. consumers exercise their choices on a daily basis. they are abandoning the network system in droves. they are moving to i.p. offered by a host of different providers. in fact, it is sfimented that p.o.t.s., ingly call which is "plain old telephone service" would be confined to only 25% of u.s. households. in fact in florida, only about 15% of homes are still connected to the legacy wire line network today. second point, this transition to an all i.p. network is a good thing, and it should be embraced. this is a huge and crucial undertaking for our company. are replacing the network that served us us -- served us well for 100 years and we are replacing this with networks we

that will get you around that stretch of roadway, the alternate. and, a crash will be slowing things down at route 10. we're getting -- route 108. we're getting word that a car struck a deer, so hopefully, that will get cleared out quickly. construction not too bad on 295. we have a live shot on 395 heading to the 14th street bridge. light traffic conditions at this time. back to you. >> amanda, thank you. 5:12 is your time. it is 62 degrees. >> a horrifying school bus crash, all caught on camera. >> a horrifying school bus crash, alall the chickenera. in your grocery store is inspected by the usda... but peue asked them to go further. they verify that all our chickens are cared for in a clean, safe environment... and fed an all-veggie diet. no other chicken company does this. but at perdue, we believe in a better chicken. well, at perdue, we say you are what you eat...eats. so we feed our chickens an all-veggie diet, including corn and marigolds with no added animal by-products... hhormones...or steroids. because at perdue, we believe in a better

a lot of people made alternate plans because they went to bed. they may just drive or car pool. >> let's go take a look at what we have now. a all kidding aside, we're watching it closely. some people may not be using the trains because it is known as pam said. right now we're looking at these commutes. it still looks very nice here at the bay bridge toll plaza a and we'll watch it closely for you. we don't know what's going to happen. we have reporters taking out negotiations and rider reaction on what's going to -- what could possibly happen tomorrow and that could be a strike. stay tuned. let's move along and look at the san mateo bridge, also the san raphael bridge. there's a little bit of a back up, but it's crowded over to marin county. and then we tilt down a little bit and look at 238 and 880 and 580 here and it still looks good. it is 4:49. let's go to steve. >> i worked in denver. it's one the first ones to usually open up there. people are riding, very quiet. not much going on until the end of the month. it looks really sunny and nice.

and it has been a part of this is an alternative as well. it's a very clean burning fuel and the cost of the vehicle would actually be lower than the cost and it would not look while require an expensive exhaust aftertreatment and this can be particularly important in china. and then let me mention one additional aspect. it was in the area of my interest including methanol that allow them to enable very large increases in the efficiency of internal combustion engines. this includes intrinsic octane, a cooling effect which has the same effect as high-octane. and the engines operate more efficiently and that is one area of efficiency increase. another area has to do with a fast burn of methanol. a further increases the efficiency. and this is part of the system. in august of this can increase the pressures of internal engine by 50% or more relative to present for a fuel injected gasoline and this includes the heavy-duty area. eventually methanol could save drivers money because they use less fuel. considerably less. and this includes greenhous

you might want to consider an alternate route. construction on the horseshoe casino and closures are expected to be in effect until july of 2014. the left lanes of northbound and southbound russell street will be shut down and it also affects drivers trying to get off the northbound 95 ramp onto russell street. some of the side streets will be affected. this is because of utility work to accommodate the new casino. crews will move infrastructure. things like electric wires, telecommunications, water and sewer. >> the way the casino is being built is they will be building awnings and walkways over top of streets where underground facilities currently are. we need to move them from their location to a place where we can easily access them and keep an eye on them to make sure there is no issues. >> officials plan to suspend work on ravens game days. russell street runs right by m&t bank stadium. drivers are urged to take different routes. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the trial begins today for a police officer accused of shooting a

ryder ship dropped shot sharply friday as commuters are bracing for a second possible strike, may alternatevel arrangements. >> ryder ship was down by about 20,000 passenger jets today compared to recent fridays. >> but officials say many writers who feared a strike would start friday morning had presumably already planned alternate transportation arrangements. >> union officials announced a round midnight that they would not go out on strike friday but issued a 72 hour notice warning of a possible strike on monday. >> but officials are warning writers to be prepared for a strike on monday, which means many will again be seeking alternate forms of transportation. >> continuing our coverage of the looming bart strike we all know the bay bridge will likely seek thousands more cars in the strike does happen. >> but come monday caltrans is changing the hours of enforcement for carpoolers and it is already confusing some bay area drivers. >> kron4 is the leak is djegal explains >> the chp will be enforcing koppel lanes on monday on the bay bridge. >> the chp says if there are no strikes you will

seat is there a reason why just a regular seat and because i received the e-mail was for the alternative i believe. >> if you had an opportunity to fill a regular seat would i - >> absolutely. >> any other questions okay. seeing none. any public comment on this it ? item?. is this correct can the public be a comment >> the commitments can speak during the period is not during the public comment period. >> any other individuals who may want to make comment? ? seeing none, public comment is closed. i - there's lots of applicants here and lots of seats for the 3 boards. and in anticipation of all those candidates and seats i wanted to see if we can move those items quickly. i looked at the seats and individual. i know at least for the people i've met and the people who have come to speak i feel their qualified people. so for the person the one person that we try to make contact with and there was no response we'll not support her at this point for any of the seats not knowing whether she's interested. and so there's not much interest on her part. i want to take a crack at this and my collea

you will have to take an alternative because it will not make stops.are increasing and a again three more buses and left. the bart manager stated that if possible they may go to convert about lafayette these-yes >> when you talk about these boys as accommodating peoplbuses accommodating people they just may not work out. >> we want to get you updated on the weather forecast. >> the temperatures right now are in the 40's and 50's. it will be a another warm day as we head into afternoon. take a look at pleasanton the temperatures will be in the upper 70's for the east bay shoreline career low 70's for downtown sampras's go. we will cool things down but we have want an average conditions for the afternoon. we have a chance to talk about for next week. the time is 6:23 a.m.. we will be right back. >> welcome back. we are following the latest with the bart strike. let's take a look get the kron4 web site. we have some tips for you that can help you navigate the heavy commute. we also have road sensor information. kron us for our viewers have been sending in

we just know that everyone wants you to use 100 as your alternate route.e'll keep you posted on that situation. >>> let's go to a live picture north of town at georgia avenue. this is the outer loop looking a little heavy through the silver spring area but the lanes are open leave be the 95 interchange right now. we'll take a look at our maps again. no problems coming in from the west. we'll go out live one more time and here's what it looks like on the west side at the american legion bridge. back you to guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> the commissioner of the n.f.l. talks about the growing talks for the team to change their name. >>> and a player coaching an eastern conference team. highlights coming up in sports. >> time to take another look at our question of the day on facebook. according to an ask men survey, which of these qualities makes a woman's relation -- makes a woman relationship material? is it a, a sense of loyalty, b, sense of humor or b, intelligence. >> one guy says b, sense of humor. i can be out there sometimes with my humor so a woman

we have real time traffic updates and transit alternatives running across the bottom of your screen all morning long. here's where things stand between b.a.r.t. and the unions. the unions say they sent a new proposal to b.a.r.t. in hopes of bringing both sides back to the bargaining table. as of last night b.a.r.t. says it has yet to see that proposal and as of right now no new talks are scheduled. this afternoon b.a.r.t.'s board of directors will hold an emergency closed door meeting to talk about labor negotiations. the key issues in negotiations continue to be wages and work rule changes. >> to help you navigate on the roads we have team coverage for the b.a.r.t. strike. mike inouye watching the traffic but we start off with christie smith live at the lake merritt b.a.r.t. station. picketers are up early this morning. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you. that's right. this is around the clock operation. i talked with some of the workers. they started their strike shift at midnight and will go to 5:00 a.m. these are members of seiu. a couple tell me their job wo

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. >> is the department willing to discuss alternative sites. >> absolutely but what we with see now and the need in the bayview and really sort of the ideal nature of this site where it's located next to the drop in site helps to the evidence will then show the money and the build out is one that's an existing shell. i know we looked at the potential for the key department of real estate to see what else we could locate it. a the grant is for the specific site so we'll probably have to forego the grant and apply again and second the stand alone costs are more. >> i understand this particular site is economic for the city but i'm asking you to consider what's in the best interest of the neighborhood not what makes fiscal citizens pr so if we could forego this location we should explore that. >> i hear you supervisor there are other factors other than the community. there's the conditions that folks are seeing every night. there's the urgent need for this when you had folks sleeping on chairs and not on the street >> i understand that. >> we have a track record of working whether it's the

alternative is going to cause an awful lot of hardship for everybody well yes absolutely but i mean what you've got here i hate to use this analogy but i'm going to use it if you have an addict a heroin addict for example he's got two choices he can either go through a lot of playing and sober up so. the two options we have and sooner or later if you want to cure the situation you've got to sober up and take your pain now you know all the u.s. is doing is continuously kicking the can down the road and delaying the day when the pain will come and the longer it goes on the more painful it's going to be when that day comes so you know yes there is pain now if they don't sort this out don't stop pushing up the debt ceiling there will be massively more pain in the future who is going to hand this pill what you're talking about there was brave enough to do it and of the. well i think that's another good question. you know what we have to remember here is that politicians are interested in one thing only and that's getting reelected what they're not interested in necessarily what you genui

alternating. it alternates back, forth, back, forth. we call the kind of current that alternates back and forth guess what. - alternating. - alternating current, ac, okay? and here's how the ac current works. you see this washing machine right here? see the washing machine agitator? i'm gonna put my clothes in here. can you see that? look at the motor underneath there, gang. notice all it is, it's a region that contains water and it's got a paddle like that. and notice that paddle is hooked up here. and i wanna make this thing go, that's what i wanna do, right? and notice down here, it's all water tight. and i get that paddle. notice these two leads, see, they're lucite-- you can even see right through them, okay? filled with water, yeah? see these two holes in the wall? watch this. that's the power company. i put it right in there. look in that hole, you know what you see? you see a couple of pumps like this. it's all i got. that's what the power company does, okay? so you put this in, okay, you connect it, boom, what's your water doin

is crucial, too, because hopefully this will make the scaling alternatives up easier, right?cause efficiency and reduced consumption, it's just part of the equation and that's what i'm gratified to hear so much talk about competition because now the question is okay, if we can envision a world where we use less oil, can we went up real competition for it so that when you pull up to the gas pump its -- walking down the aisle in the grocery store as opposed to right now we have a monoculture basically in the energy sector. >> and, of course, actually just to wrap that up, for the supply-side whether it's electricity, whether it's liquids, whether it's gas, for us to the question is, talking about for nrdc, i can't speak for others. people talk about the environmental community, there's so much opinion and variation is an oxymoron, but for nrdc the question for us is what is the net environmental benefit of any substitute fuel in terms of carbon emissions and in terms of global environmental effects. it gets complicated but on the other hand, there's some pretty exciting alterna

treasury bonds and bills hold them for a very good reason and that the alternative which might be let's say the euro denominated bonds of the italian state are not going to become relatively speaking or magically more attractive because there is political drama in the united states so it's clear i think that nothing is happening on that front and i think it's a reasonably good bet that nothing will happen on that front but as a. shorty this couldn't come at the worst time as the u.s. economy is showing signs of recovery once you have some sort of impact on that recovery process if it goes on for a long time then you might expect that the. federal employees who are not getting paid will have to curtail some of their purchases and that will that might have a noticeable that but i say noticeable that you know the numbers are in the tenths of a percentage point on the growth rate and the difference between say two point five and two point three which is something that you know it will show up in the headlines but it will be very hard to isolate speak specifically what its impact is on the o

competitive carriers argue that they have no alternative to gain last mile access to business customers, and the simply accept the higher prices. mr. chairman, i would like to ask unanimous consent to place a copy of that article that appeared in "the wall street journal" this morning, and a copy of the ex parte filing that several companies made with the fcc in regard to those rate hikes. >> without objection >> thank you. let me ask mr. feld and mr. iannuzzi, how can at&t institute up to 24% price increases if these markets are competitive? and do you find fault in claims by some that competition today eliminates the need for a regulatory backstop, particularly in light that hud's actions will effectively raise special access prices? >> sure. only a comment market player can go and raise prices ad hoc at that magnitude. it was quite shocking to see that take place. those network elements are very vital to run the connectivity within our networks. so if there was true ability to shop and pick, then they would be for closing those sales and those revenue streams. at&t is in the business

. >> do you think it will have an alternative to obama care?> absolute full alternative to obama care. >> wait. what? what day is this? paul ryan will present republicans' health care reform plan in january of 2014? after the president's law has been legislated, signed, upheld, litigated on the campaign trail by mitt romney and paul ryan? really, republicans? now you're going to offer your own plan. >> speaker boehner, bill crystal said on "morning joe" this morning that paul ryan would unveil the house gop plan for health care reform sometime in january. is it your understanding that's going to happen and can you give us an idea what it might look like? >> i'll let you talk to paul about that. >> we would love nothing more than to talk to paul ryan about that, but we can't. so let's get to our panel, my msnbc colleague, krystal ball has joined us, and professor shrum. what do you make of this remarkable earth-shattering development from bill crystal today, the republicans have suddenly decided to cover the 40-odd million people with health ins

go ahead and use i-95 as your alternate route. we'll take a quick look at a map so you can see what i'm talking about. everything closed on the parkway heading to route 175. go ahead and choose your alternate route. >>> time now to see what our partners over at cbs this morning are covering. >> gayle king is in new york. good morning, gayle. >> hi, andrea. jessica, good to see you. ahead, a salmonella outbreak linked to chicken in 18 states but still no recall. we'll ask a food safety expert why and how the government shutdown is playing a role. plus, medical tourism. peter greenberg takes us abroad to show us how americans are saving on surgeries and we'll talk to an american doctor about the risk. plus, last month's storm in colorado triggered an unexpected boom in gold. we'll show you the new rush in the rockies. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you at 7:00. andrea and jessica, back to you. >> thank you, gayle. have a good morning. we'll be watching. >>> the standoff over the federal budget goes on. yesterday presiden

we have assembled a range of resources at abc7 news come to plan the commute including alternate transit opens -- options. you can down load the traffic app to navigate the freeways. follow us on twitter@abcnewsbayarea. >> we have leyla gulen to tell us what is going on now. >> so far, it is quiet. it is green. it is at top speeds. we have potentially heavy traffic. hopefully it will be friday lite compared to normal on monday through thursday. if anyone is taking the early weekend, today is the day. in the north bay we have construction project southbound 101 headed from sir francis drake to the waldo tunnel. you will see construction crews wrapping up at 6:00 a.m. on the golden gate bridge you are at top speed. there is fog. be came. use your low beams. on the bay bridge toll plaza you can see traffic is heavier and you could see the metering lights come on at 5:00 this morning. mike? >> we will take a look at what is going on at the golden gate bridge. some of the cloud cover we talked about is hugging the coast. it is as far east as alcatraz. 42 do 58, chilly. but it will be mild by

how fast does the eros rebound or rise as a viable alternative to the dollar? the pressure is there. we should recognize we have no birthright that says the dollar is number one currency forever. we built up that reputation, good reputation over a long period of time, 200 years i would argue and squandered it over two, five years? it's appalling. >> when we look back at the debt crisis going up against the debt ceiling for the second time in a little more than two years, i wonder if you feel at some point if we run head long once again towards this cliff at some point we'll slip and actually go through that debt ceiling and have either in technical terms or real terms a default. do you think that will happen? >> yes, absolutely. look, the games that have been played are playing with fire. it extremely dangerous. you don't want to pretend or say or even perhaps mean to go up to a debt default situation or go beyond that and see what happens. that is not how reasonable countries behave, and if we continue to have this kind of absolutely pointless confrontation ov

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our study found the prices 40 to 80% lower than alternative sites of care and very high quality. we used evidence-based guidelines and after we see a patient, we send a note to their physician. we can help support the primary care shortage. patients know there are alternatives to be seen and our care is high patient satisfaction. >> i know you have a large number of stores but is there one part of the united states where you think penetration is greater and where is the growth area for you as you expand? >> yeah, we're adding clinics all over the country. this week we added hawaii and louisiana and beyond that, we're forming affiliations with health systems, as well. everywhere there is a need for high-quality, accessible -- >> thanks doctor. we have to run. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> that's it for "nightly business report" for tonight i'm sue herrera. >> and i'm susie gharib. have a good night. >>> "nightly business report" has been brought to you by. >> thestreet.com, interactive financial multi media tools for an ever changing financial world. our dividend stock advi