but what about an entire city?lace that affectionately calls itself christmas town. >> flip the switch. welcome to christmas town, u.s.a. ♪ >> so today, is a very exciting day for the town. this is a day that we prepare for since labor day. we begin looking at the strands of lights around labor day. our crew spends three months getting the town ready. tonight we will have a child flip the switch, the famous switch that turns on the lights. this is our tree lighting ceremony. all about the children ushering us into the christmas season. >> merry christmas. ♪ my favorite time of >> what's really cool is about how it has grown over the years. the coolest thing that has happened over the years is people who came here as children visiting christmas town are now bringing their children. >> i have been coming since i was a little girl. >> we get over 6,000 visitors every year. >> i am from tennessee. and my husband brought me down here today and i hope to come every year. >> we bring you into the christmas spirit before t

promises to make the country easier to run safer help doctors and patients and control traffic an entire city administrations some see it as big brother with a credit system penalizing over awarding citizens based on their behavior sometimes it's pretty tricky to draw a line between the benefits all the threats of artificially intelligent systems. the in for vision start up in beijing as at the forefront of a medical revolution its employees use artificial intelligence algorithms to help doctors identify illnesses like lung cancer more accurately and faster. after studying in the u.s. in for visions founder chen kwan made a point of returning to china. i think the lack of good doctors is actually more severe in china i can see there are so many patients in china and we have like you know a larger and larger demand for medical services beyond medicine china is investing massively an artificial intelligence a district in a high tech metropolis and then has become the first to install a so-called brain it's huge monitor portrays data collected from local authority sensors and all public closed c

san francisco supervisor: "when you're talking about sports teams it is a thing that implicates an entire city it's more than just about an individual business and their decisions. this will be viewed as the city and county of san francisco stepping in and intervening in a way that hurts oakland. so i hope that the giants understand that, that when they are doing this, in some way they are acting on behalf of all of us and this is more than just a business decision. it is about what's right">city leaders in oakland say the city's anti-trust law suit for breach of contract against the nfl has nothing to do with raiders playing the 2019 season at the coliseum. officials with the raiders see it differently...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news ( robin ) troops got a christmas surprise wednesday. the president and first lady quietly left washington christmas night -- to meet with u-s service members stationed in iraq. mary moloney has the details of the trumps' trip. an enthusiastic welcome from u-s troops to the commander-in- chief.the president and first lady traveled to the al asad air bas

san francisco supervisor: "when you're talking about sports teams it is a thing that implicates an entire city. it's more than just about an individual business and their decisions. this will be viewed as the city and county of san francisco stepping in and intervening in a way that hurts oakland. so i hope that the giants understand that, that when they are doing this, in some way they are acting on behalf of all of us and this is more than just a business decision. it is about what's right">city leaders in oakland say the city's anti-trust law suit for breach of contract against the nfl has nothing to do with raiders playing the 2019 season at the coliseum. officials with the raiders see it differently...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news (vicki)troops overseas got a post-christmas surprise from the commander-in-chief today. (ken)president trump and first lady melania made an unannounced trip to iraq.grant lodes joins us now in studio with more. (grant) this is president trump's first visit to troops in a war zone since taking office. the president... and first lady melania leaving in

san francisco supervisor: "when you're talking about sports teams it is a thing that implicates an entire city. it's more than just about an individual business and their decisions. this will be viewed as the city and county of san francisco stepping in and intervening in a way that hurts oakland. so i hope that the giants understand that, that when they are doing this, in some way they are acting on behalf of all of us and this is more than just a business decision. it is about what's right">city leaders in oakland say the city's anti-trust law suit for breach of contract against the nfl has nothing to do with raiders playing the 2019 season at the coliseum. officials with the raiders see it differently...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news (grant) police in oakland have just revealed that an officer's s-u-v was stolen during monday night's raiders game. the ford s-u-v was reported missing at around 9:30. police say it was taken during the game at the coliseum. officers later found the s-u-v with minor damage on elmwood avenue. they say no guns were inside when it was stolen. no arrests

are experiencing at the time every little thing seems to have a purpose this was the design of an entire city like the fact that they were thinking about where people would need to eat and drink and what they would need to drink just the basic necessities in creating affordable housing about houses like not just artistically progressive but also socially progressive and that's a whole aspect that we didn't understand. i'm now in the city park in the middle of death where the new powerhouse museum is under construction ahead of the bow houses hundredth anniversary celebrations. and a guy who's come as press officer for bauhaus just out she's going to show me the building site. of the museum is scheduled to open on september eighth twenty one thousand. there are still many bauhaus buildings around couldn't they have house the works from investigators because here there is no boat house museum in tesco yet there is the original boathouse architecture which is now ninety years old i'm not all that suited to be a museum of the museum was. to show our collection we have the second biggest collectio

san francisco supervisor: "when you're talking about sports teams it is a thing that implicates an entire cityan just about an individual business and their decisions. this will be viewed as the city and county of san francisco stepping in and intervening in a way that hurts oakland. so i hope that the giants understand that, that when they are doing this, in some way they are acting on behalf of all of us and this is more than just a business decision. it is about what's right">city leaders in oakland say the city's anti-trust law suit for breach of contract against the nfl has nothing to do with raiders playing the 2019 season at the coliseum. officials with the raiders see it differently...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news police in oakland say officer's s-u-v was stolen during monday night's raiders game. the ford s-u-v was taken during the game at the coliseum. officers later found the s-u-v with minor damage on elmwood avenue. that's near the nimitz freeway and fruitvale avenue. they say no guns were inside when it was stolen. no arrests have been made. ( darya ) in national headl

will just have to wait for the official version but of course it's very hard to guard an entire city like this where you have tens of thousands of people visiting this christmas market especially at this time of year and then we have the security threat level for france has been raised max hoffman there with the very latest from stross baraka where we know that this gunman is still on the run thank you so much . well now to some other news on british prime minister and theresa may is fighting for her political life as rebel lawmakers in her conservative party say that they have enough support to mount a leadership challenge or move earlier this week to delay a vote on her bribes that plan has infuriated m.p.'s on all sides of the debate on tuesday she travelled to several european capitals seeking support from e.u. leaders for changes to her brags it deal to make it more acceptable to lawmakers at home. struggling to get her country out of the e.u. to reason may also struggle to get out of her car in berlin. on a whirlwind tour of europe her talks with german chancellor angela merkel

at home tonight, and to the dramatic video of a fire here in new york city, sweeping through an entire city block. then suddenly, a massive backdraft. flames, smoke exploding from the front of the building, knocking firefighters right off their feet. 12 people were injured, seven of them firefighters. and abc's linsey davis is on the scene there tonight. >> reporter: the fire broke out in a storefront in queens, new york, around 2:15 a.m., quickly growing to five alarms, engulfing the block. firefighters fighting flames on the roof, attempting to pry open a front door when suddenly -- a powerful explosion, engulfing multiple firefighters in clouds of smoke, sending them scrambling for safety. watch again. >> oh, my god! >> reporter: the blast injuring seven firefighters and five civilians. >> we're suspecting a backdraft type of situation. a smoke explosion which caused the structure to collapse. >> reporter: the result, six bu old, gutted tonight. >> i was outside and i couldn't breathe, i had to go. >> major fire here going on, guys. >> reporter: one witness says he saw three firefighters

and in general are there people who cannot get hold still or is the parts of the city are there an entire city in lockdown areas. yeah i mean for example i can get home that's really not a problem if you look at what has happened in the city right here but parts of the city are still locked down some of the hotels have shut their doors for example and you can only get inside after you've identified yourself as a guest of the hotel so everybody's still extremely careful because after all you have an ongoing operation in the city as long as the police doesn't say that they have actually captured the man that they are looking for but of course the emphasis of the whole operation has shifted throughout the evening when all of this started around eight pm local time it was right in the heart of strasburg close to this very famous gypsy drolling close to the christmas market as well and that is where the people were asked mr day in the bar in the restaurant on also at home now it has shifted to the south for a different neighborhood so you assume that the person that the police are trying to get a h

an entire city on lockdown and word this morning the suspect was previously known to police. >>> sentencing day for michael cohen. the president's former lawyer learning his fate this morning. plus, the tense moments on live tv as trump goes head-to-head with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi arguing about immigration in the oval office. a government shutdown now looming. this morning, pelosi's controversial comments on the president's manhood. >>> video just in from texas overnight. firefighters scrambling to save a boy trapped in this massive fire. how they pulled it off. >>> plus, close call. stunning video of a woman and child avoiding i >>> the major new lawsuit against the nfl. could the raiders be stopped from moving to las vegas? >>> and girl power at the movies. the new research on female-led films opening eyes and wallets in hollywood. >>> good wednesday morning, everyone. we begin with the intense manhunt in the heart of europe overnight after a deadly attack on a christmas market. >> france has now raised its terror threat level after a gunman opened fire on a crowd of holiday visi

san francisco supervisor: "when you're talking about sports teams it is a thing that implicates an entire cityabout an individual business and their decisions. this will be viewed as the city and county of san francisco stepping in and intervening in a way that hurts oakland. so i hope that the giants understand that, that when they are doing this, in some way they are acting on behalf of all of us and this is more than just a business decision. it is about what's right">city leaders in oakland say the city's anti-trust law suit for breach of contract against the nfl has nothing to do with raiders playing the 2019 season at the coliseum. officials with the raiders see it differently...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news police in oakland say officer's s-u-v was stolen during monday night's raiders game. the ford s-u-v was taken during the game at the coliseum. officers later found the s-u-v with minor damage on elmwood avenue. that's near the nimitz freeway and fruitvale avenue. they say no guns were inside when it was stolen. no arrests have been made. ( darya ) a 1-point-4 billion dolla

and it is simply not fair to allow two people to affect the night life for an entire city. our city deserves and needs high quality night life and entertainment options, and that's what halcyon is offering. in addition, i think it's important to consider the fact that throughout the entire period of time that halcyon has been in operation, there have not been incidents that have required the police, there have not been fights, there have not been ambulances or medical staff that's needed to be called because of any sorts of issues. it's -- it's a top-quality organization. thank you. are there any questions that i could answer? >> thank you. now are we going to hear from miss milano directly? okay. >> hello, commissioners. i didn't prepare a statement this evening because i thought my attorneys would be covering this, but i'll state what i've taken notes on thus far this evening. entertainment in san francisco is all i've ever known or done. i bartended before owning and prasing my own club at the age of 26. i have owned and operated seven hospitality businesses in san franci

not necessarily indictment of this agency, indictment of an entire city. we are not going to solve. we can't keep waiting to deal with a problem because we are trying to solve one aspect of it. we have to do a lot of different things in parts of your life, not one area. that is somewhat we have to do. >> it would be hip full to have staff -- helpful for staff to peak to the impetus of it. >> i have to say i do notice these are no parking overnight for everyone. what i brought up the last time we had something in front of us. it was no overnight parking for oversized vehicles. neighbors said it was a parking overnight. perhaps staff to speak to how these got on the consent calendar. >> indeed. andy with the streets division. these two, one of them is a piece of a street they came from businesses complaining about parking availability and congestion, garbage and debris and general disorder. towards that point in our policy document that is hand waving. there is a location prone to dumping and parking congestion. as directors have noted and staff this agency is in a tough spot charged

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san francisco supervisor: "when you're talking about sports teams it is a thing that implicates an entire city it's more than just about an individual business and their decisions. this will be viewed as the city and county of san francisco stepping in and intervening in a way that hurts oakland. so i hope that the giants understand that, that when they are doing this, in some way they are acting on behalf of all of us and this is more than just a business decision. it is about what's right">city leaders in oakland say the city's anti-trust law suit for breach of contract against the nfl has nothing to do with raiders playing the 2019 season at the coliseum. officials with the raiders see it differently...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news (vicki) in the north bay... four people trapped by a fire in san rafael say they had to tie bed sheets together to escape. it happened just after 10:30 this morning at an apartment complex on larkspur street. fire officials say the people living there weren't able to get out the front door because of the flames. they then resorted to tying together bed

san francisco supervisor: "when you're talking about sports teams it is a thing that implicates an entire city. it's more than just about an individual business and their decisions. this will be viewed as the city and county of san francisco stepping in and intervening in a way that hurts oakland. so i hope that the giants understand that, that when they are doing this, in some way they are acting on behalf of all of us and this is more than just a business decision. it is about what's right">city leaders in oakland say the city's anti-trust law suit for breach of contract against the nfl has nothing to do with raiders playing the 2019 season at the coliseum. officials with the raiders see it differently...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news (vicki) police in oakland have just revealed that an officer's s-u-v was stolen during monday night's raiders game. the ford s-u-v was reported missing at around 9:30. police say it was taken during the game at the coliseum. officers later found the s-u-v with minor damage on elmwood avenue. they say no guns were inside when it was stolen. no arrests

what do you talk about those individuals of an entire city wiped out in california? for those farmers that have to plant again from the hurricanes that hit from north carolina? or the air base that was hit down in florida as well? these are things that need to get done this year and we should put people before politics and it's going to come down to chuck schumer and what does he want to do? >> bret: steel slats, was this talked about at the white house? >> what people see today and what he has built already going forward, the new design -- it protects and you can view through it because of the flats that are going through, i think these are some of the ideas when you look at what chuck schumer and dianne feinstein and what others voted for a few years back in the senate, i think if they see this they would be more apt to support border security as well. >> bret: defense secretary jim mattis announcing his resignation, there is no shading the fact that it comes after the announcement of a withdrawal of troops from syria, your thoughts on this? >> i want to thank gene

matt francisco supervisor: "when you're talking about sports teams it is a thing that implicates an entire city. it's more than just about an individual business and their decisions. this will be viewed as the city and county of san francisco stepping in and intervening in a way that hurts oakland. so i hope that the giants understand that, that when they are doing this, in some way they are acting on behalf of all of us and this is more than just a business decision. it is about what's right">city leaders in oakland say the city's anti-trust law suit for breach of contract against the nfl has nothing to do with raiders playing the 2019 season at the coliseum. officials with the raiders see it differently...in san francisco haaziq madyun kron4news (ken) police in (ken) (ken) police in oakland have just revealed that an officer's s-u-v was stolen during monday night's raiders game. the ford s-u-v was reported missing at around 9:30. police say it was taken during the game at the coliseum. officers later found the s-u-v with minor damage on elmwood avenue. that's near the nimitz freeway and fruit

this is an entire city block and they're starting to let traffic flow in one direction on the street.u look back this way, they're just starting to open that up. there are still nypd personnel out on the street here. most of the folks in tactical gear have all left. not happy to be standing out here and reporting a bomb threat. someone who thought it was okay, maybe a joke to collin and say there were five bombs inside of our building here in new york city. the interesting thing is we have to take it seriously. this has happened to us not once but twice. once when pipe bombs were sent to this building and another time when a pipe bomb was sent to our headquarters in atlanta but was picked up by a postal facility. so these are the times we're living in right now. we're still out here on the street. it's cold, a lot of people have been displaced. take a look at the nypd officers who have to come out and do this as their job tonight instead of doing other things and protecting the city, the citizens of new york. so here we are outside in the cold weather. once again i can remember my col

it's quite a big building and takes up an entire city block here. simone procupez or crime and justice reporter has been working with pd to get information. they took this seriously as they always will, but they were in the building for quite some time. in order for them to evacuate a media company, a building like this -- >> that is big undertaking for the nypd and that's not something, probably a decision they made lightly because they had to know we were on the air here at the time they were going to evacuate. but clearly there was something that concerned them greatly to do this kind of an evacuation on just a phoned in bomb threat is not something that the nypd takes -- it's not a decision they take lightly. so clearly they were very concerned here given the climate, given the history, given what we have been through already with those other package bombs, the one that was mailed here to us in new york and also the one in atlanta. and so that was on their mind when they went ahead and made this decision to evacuate. look, it's not often that th

it's quite a big building and it takes up an entire city block. shimon prokupecz who's our crime and justice reporter, has been working with the nypd, his sources as well, getting information. they certainly took this serious ly as they always will. but they were in the building for quite some time. and in order for them to evacuate a media company like this -- >> that is a big undertaking for the nypd. that's not a decision they made lightly because they had to know we were on the air here at the time that they were going to evacuate. but clearly there was something that concerned them greatly. to do this kind of an evacuation on just a phoned-in bomb threat is not something the nypd takes -- it's not a decision they take lightly. clearly they were very concerned here. given the climate, given the history, given what we have been through already with those other package bombs, the one that was mailed here to us in new york and also the one in atlanta. so that was all on their mind when they went ahead and made this decision to evacuate. look, it'

what if you could change your whole neighborhood or even an entire city?roduce you to some people who are doing just that, with amazing results. downtown las vegas has a rich history, but as the famous strip got built up and the suburbs grew outward, well, much of old vegas -- it became abandoned. then came the recession, which devastated the entire area. attorney oscar goodman was mayor at that time. his wife, carolyn, now is the current mayor. >> when you become the mayor, you see the first signs of blight. i didn't even know what the word meant at the time. windows were becoming boarded up in the downtown. i had been around the country. i went through various downtowns, and i saw what looked to me like war zones -- rubble and the like. and i didn't want that here for las vegas. >> things were looking pretty bleak for vegas, especially downtown, and despite the financial troubles, the city had already committed to moving out of this building, which housed city hall, the municipal court, and the metropolitan police department. that would have left this en

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. >> and anna clark, was that an emergency administrator state decision to make the switch, or city decision? >> it was entirely made by the emergency manager. there was -- >> appointed by the governor. >> right. he did convene the city council for a vote about whether they thought it would be a good idea to get the city council on record about this. the city council also voted for a switch in their water source, but that vote did not include using the flint river which is what -- which is what catalyzed this crisis. >> so in essence, was it the state government's fault at this point? because there's been some discussion of whether it was the city who caused this or the state who caused this, and everybody seems to have suffered politically. >> right. well, in a lot of ways, that question is being contested in courtrooms right now, but yes, the state has the bulk of the responsibility here. the local government, for whatever vote they might have made, did not have the power of their vote. both the political authorities through the emergency manager, the oversight responsibility of our department of environmenta

data centers at just under thirteen terawatt alice that's about as much energy as the city of berlin uses an entire year for the amount of offshore energy that's produced in the baltic all no saying. that's all it is these numbers will increase by as much as twenty five percent over the next five or six years. of all. visitors to the trade fair contest augmented or virtual reality technology and find out more about the latest developments in robotics. this technology will soon be available just about everywhere and it too will require a lot of energy. into israel just wants increasingly larger data centers we call the hyperscale facility. there is because several football fields consume as much electricity is a town or small city. corporations like google and facebook microsoft and apple are building their own data centers. face microsoft there are about three hundred fifty of such facilities right now around the world. and we expect that number to double over the next five years and yet. many believe that digital technology will help reduce the consumption of fossil fuels like petroleum and natura