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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 southweeast sector. thank you for being willing to serve. be audacious. moses is wanting to change things up. prada. vry proud of -- very proud of becca. we had to coerce her to do this, illegally. and she was kind of letting us. and now she loves this. and now she is going to get a full term. all that i ask is, did not forget who i am. thank you for being willing to be reappointed. larry del carlo. this is a legend down in the mission. he does a lot of great things and i won't even start. and her coffee is getting cold. larry is great and he will be a great contributor to the work on treasure island. this is a major deal. we are 99% finished with this. this will be revit

and the president of armenia to turkey is the beginning of a dialogue. a dialog which hopefully will lead to reconciliation which will lead to facing the past, which will be to healing. but by good people demanding that we do this and that unfortunately that will not bring anybody back to life. [inaudible question] >> my question basically is my perception over most of my life, subtly the last 25 years of my life, most groups that suffered some form of oppression seem to -- you use the term several times in your remarks, good people. you use the term good people over and over again. it seems that in our response to these afflictions we tend to forget about the good people and only 10 to focus in on a small group of people who no doubt have been in an enormous amount of pain but it seems to me that healing, moving forward and getting beyond this is pretty much to focus on the larger group which is good people. that is what the solution is. i say this as a black man. it appears to me that we don't do that. when are we going to start focusing on the good pe

the woman told agents in iran she would be killed if she returned to armenia.orts. we are told the paper that reported the arrest is not known for reliable information. >>> 5:43. good morning and thanks for joining us. >> we are going to check on weather if a few minutes. it's cold out there. >> major road construction in the east bay this morning. drivers in oakland will see road closures and maybe detours and hear a lot of noise too. marla tellez is live along the embarcadero below 880 with what drivers need to look for. marla? >> reporter: good morning, brent. we are on embarcadero this morning. right behind me is fifth avenue. we are below 880. the construction you see here and equipment is all part of the fifth avenue improvement project that got started in the summer of 2009. about a year and a half ago. the whole point is to retro fit the bridge portion of 880. here's what's happening today. from 7:00 this morning until 4:00 this afternoon, fifth avenue between embarcadero and east eighth street will be closed. the detour signs are posted for drivers. th

year-old woman had spying equipment hidden on her body when she arrived in iran from neighboring armenia without a visa. shane bauer and josh fattal have been imprisoned in iran since july of 2009, facing spying charges. sarah shourd was released last september on compassionate grounds. the three grads all adamantly deny the spy charges. >>> today's "wall street j ournal" reports the u.s. plans to send 1400 more marines to afghanistan. they want to increase the forces this spring to fight the t aliban. the troops have been told to be ready for duty in just a few weeks. at the same time, the obama administration is sticking by its pledge to start withdrawing u.s. troops this summer. the ultimate goal is for the u.s. to completely hand over security to afghan forces by the year 2014. >>> blueshield of california policyholders, some of them, about the company's third p lanned rate hike in less than six months. blueshield says it needs to raise rates starting march 1st because of its increasing costs from new healthcare laws but some consumers say that means they will be paying nearly 60% mo

the night earliest known winery has been uncovered in the mountains of armenia. fermentation jurors and even a cup dating 6000 years ago was found in the cave by international team of researchers will older evidence of wine drinking has been found, this is the earliest example of production. >> 6:27 a.m., we will be back with more on a couple of minutes. we will get a look at the james lick. quiet out right now. you can see here in san francisco the roads are dry. the internet on a plane! are you from the future? um, no. cleveland. listen cleveland, your savings account is stuck in the past! earn more with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking baby! so instead of making peanuts, your savings will be earning three times the national average. oops. sorry. three times more? i'll have that! it is now safe to go online to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? buh-bye... call me. 6:29 a.m., wheel of focusing done storm trucker for we are seeing rain in the north. >> on the radar as well. dealing with light rain this morning, continuing to s

the report said she arrived in iran from neighboring armenia without a visa.si as hal talaian and said she was found to have "a microphone" between her teeth. it did not say when she was detained. iran's semiofficial fars news agency quoted an unnamed official as saying the woman was taken into custody "about one week ago." armenian authorities had no immediate comment on the reported arrest. if the woman's arrest is confirmed, she would be the fourth american iran has detained and accused of spying in less than two years. the pentagon is sending 1,400 more marine combat forces to afghanistan. defence department spokesman col. dave lapan said thursday the marines are now being notified and are expected to go within weeks. defence secretary robert gates approved the additional forces wednesday in hopes of consolidating gains already made during the troop buildup in afghanistan and of putting extra pressure on insurgents. shock waves furnaces and i school principal was shot and killed by a student. the student shot the principal as well who is in serious but sta

. >> archaeologists uncovered the earliest known winery in the mountains of armenia. they got a vat to ferment grapes and even a drinking bowl dating back about 6,000 years. >> too bad they didn't find wine that was well-aged. they were codirected by an archaeologist from ucla. they are announced by the national geographic society. they found the oldest known l leather shoe. >> that would add to the taste. the experts say a rule needs to be instilled in classrooms goes squirrel goes into tiger habitat. how this all turned out twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. >> good tuesday morning. waking up to warmer temperatures, but rain is on the way as you take a live look outside. where is it going to hit and when? we will check in with christina loren. >> celebrating lee jackson day. the holiday honors robert e. lee and stonewall jackson for leaders in tactical accomplishments among the historic energies flown is the confederate battle. the local sons wanted to fly that flag this friday and throughout weekend. lexington city officials said no to that, but they could fly

successful, but the exchange of visits between the president of turkey to armenian, and the president of armenia to turkey is the beginning of a dialogue. a dialogue which hopefully will lead to reconciliation, which will lead to facing the past, which will lead to healing. by good people demanding that we do this and that, unfortunately, that will not bring anybody back to life, nor will it resolve respectfully the issue of history. >> i'm sorry. go ahead. and then we'll do joanna. >> that's right. let mark go ahead. >> mr. foxman, my question basically is my perception over most of my life, certainly the last 25 years of my life is that most groups that have suffered some form of oppression seems to, and you used the term several times in your remarks, you use the term good people. you use the term good people over and over again. and it seems that in our response to these afflictions, we tend to forget about the good people. we only tend to focus in on that small group of people who know doubt inflicted an enormous amount of pain. but it seems to me that healing, moving forward, and getting b

. >> reporter: samuel's parents were born in armenia, where chess masters are celebrated.im beating an international chess master might make him a rockstar there. >> classic! [ laughter ] >> reporter: he still has a ways to go before reaching his ultimate goal of becoming a world champion. he finds the challenges in the game even when he's not in tournament play, like playing against his dad, when not even looking at the game board. >> queen face queen -- >> reporter: next year, sam plans to compete in the world champions in rio. his family says they will continue to support his passion. >> kind of, you know, hard to keep a kid, you know, to be enthusiastic about chess all the time. but he loves it. i turn around, he's on the internet playing a game, chess game. >>> finally, high school hoops, in florida, attempting the rebound, look what happens! that's right, the game delayed an hour and 15 minutes, as crews had to install a new back board. something you rarely see. >> wow. >> never happens. >> when you play, you used to hang off the rim. >> two guys. >> great chess stor

american woman had spying equipment hidden on her body when she arrived in iran from neighboring armenia without a visa. as we've been reporting uc berkeley graduates have been imprisoned in iran since july 2009. sara who was arrested with them was released last september. >>> well, passengers on board a turkish airlines flight from norway overpowered a man who tried to hijack a plane as it landed at the airport in istanbul yesterday. police say the man is turkish and he said he had a bomb and demanded the plane return to norway. not clear what his motive was but police say he has a mental illness. no injuries or explosives were found. >>> the u.s. will send an extra 1400 marines to afghanistan. the pentagon reportedly wants to increase its combat forces against the taliban this spring. at the same time, the obama administration is sticking by its pledge to start withdrawing american troops this summer. the ultimate goal is for the u.s. to completely hand over security to afghan forces by the year 2014. >>> now the republicans are in charge of the u.s. house, their first order of busines

. >> reporter: many regions where these traditions evolved-modern day turkey and iraq, armenia and russia to the north, as far south as india have seen war and upheaval through the ages. and just last october a syriac orthodox church was bombed in iraq all this increases the urgency to record the texts that have survived, says fr. columba. he is particularly interested in digitizing the syriac churchs collection in jerusalem. it will take dogged diplomacy. >> these eastern christian communities, many have been persecuted, massacres are within living memory, this stuff is really in their gut so you have to build a relationship where they understand that the motives that we bring to these projects is one of deep reverence. >> reporter: the minnesota library also brings all the money needed for such projects-- several hundred thousand dollars each year raised from various private donors. local church staff are trained in the tasks. and while copies go to minnesota, the local church retains copyright >> so if you have a monk or a layperson who you think could do this work? >> our monks always

the soviets invaded finland, they occupy some of armenia, the occupied the baltic states and along withgermany to join the occupied poland. the main subject of this chapter is the joint german soviet occupation of poland in which hundreds of thousands of people were deported and about 200,000 are killed. the striking thing about this period was that this is the time when the germans catch up to the soviets. this is the moment when they are going to gain a infamy leader ronnie and began to kill people in large numbers. the people they began to kill our polls. this is also the time interesting when the germans and soviets are in the closest agreement about what sorts of people should be killed. the demographic profile is such that very often the germans in that killing one sibling and the soviets and killing another sibling. and the reason this is so is that those troops are after the intelligence to get which is a word by way which is used in russian and german and polish it comes out of the 19th century and of course it has a significance of the ukrainians as well a significance of the

american woman is accused of having spy equipment hidden on her body when she arrived from neighboring armenia without a visa. shane baueand josh fattal have been imprisoned since 2009 t here. they are accused of being spies. sarah shourd was released. those three have add plantly denied the -- adamantly denied the charges. >>> the pentagon wants to increase troops to fight the taliban. those troops are told to be r eady for duty in a couple of weeks. the obama administration is sticking by the pledge to start withdrawing troops this sum he. the ultimate -- this summer. the malt goal is to completely hand over forces by 2014. right now, in the house of representatives, they are doing something that has never been done before. members of congress are taking turns reading the entire u.s. constitution. alison burns is following this historic moment from our washington, d.c. bureau. good morning, allison. >> reporter: good morning. let's get right away to a live look inside the u.s. capitol building. right now, members of congress are for the first time reading the united states constitution. now,

the earliest known a winery has been uncovered in the cave in amounts of armenia. all of got to press the gates, a cup sitting to but if this clause in years ago, or discovered in a cave complex by an international team of researchers. this is the earliest example of a complete wine production. we will take a break, a live picture coming out to share with you there a lot of snow on the ground of part of the major system that rolled through linton tennessee, kentucky, north carolina, marking its with the eastern seaboard as snow is falling. the whole lot of problems at airports, highways story we will be following. back with airports, highways story we will be following. back with more of this. foin a minute. mean licks of mustard and riffs of melty, bubbly cheese. catch 'em before the fresh toasted tour leaves town. subway big hot pastrami. crank up the flavor at subway. and we're back, they may go fully electronic and the next two years, we will follow that as the golden gate bridge as are imposed on that. john, forecasts checks on the forecast. louisa. >> chance

neither iran nor armenia reports having any record of the u.s.crossing for attempting to cross the iran armenia border as indicated in the accounts. we also take note of the fact that earlier today a lady, catherine ashton confirmed that the next round of the p-5+1 for e-3+5 will be in istanbul later this month. we look forward to the next round of discussions. we would like to see a meaningful negotiations process emerge. our partners are committed to pragmatic others to resolve the international community's concerns about iran's nuclear programs. but we are equally committed to holding iran accountable to its international obligations and will continue to focus on this until iran demonstrates through tangible steps that it is prepared to resolve international concerns. ambassador steve was worth is on his way back to the united states. he met earlier today with vice foreign minister kenichiro sasae and assistant chief cabinet secretary chikao sase. yet very useful and productive discussions chairman he next steps on korean peninsula issues has

[unintelligible] >> she reportedly crossed over from armenia. [unintelligible] >> what we have heard so far is conflicting reports. rather than give those any kind of momentum or like, i would rather wait until we hear the facts. [unintelligible] >> what exactly happened as far as you know and what are you doing about it? >> there was an incident. anda u.s. diplomat -- a u.s. diplomat was injured. not seriously, but he was injured. we have official we registered a strong protest with the be the means government as well as would-be the amis -- protest with the vietnamese government as well as with the vietnamese ambassador. it appeared to be an incident between him and certain personnel. he was attending a pre arranged meeting with father lee. >> he was government security personnel and he was beaten up? >> he was injured. he is up and walking around now, but he was injured. i do not really want to get into it. i do not know what the extent of his injuries were. >> when was this? >> good question. january said. >> you say you registered a strong

the earliest known winery has been uncovered in a cave in the mountains of armenia. a vat to press the grapes, fermentation jars and even a cup and drinking bowl dating to about 6,000 years ago were discovered in the cave complex by an international team of researchers. while older evidence of wine drinking has been found, this is the earliest example of complete wine production. >> a live look outside that said francisco. quiet out there is a chilly morning. we are looking at changes in the weather right now rain in the north bay. we'll at changes in the weather right now rain in the north bay. we'll be right back. but your savings accounts are stuck in the stone age! earn more commodore with interestplus savings at capitalone.com. that's new school banking, baby! [ laughs ] instead of earning zilch, your savings will be earning three times the national average. three times more? roger that! go online and sign up at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet?! where to sputnik? [ chuckles ] live with the details. once we see the video we can understand how they felt the

. >> and archaeologists say they uncovered the oldest known winery in southern armenia near iran.rapevines and seeds. the discovery was made near the same spot where the oldest known leather shoe was discovered last year. >> it's now 6 minutes fast hour. a check of the weather with al. >> they also uncovered the remains of an ancient tv director by that winery. >> oh, ouch. >> let's take a look, show you what's happening. this is that big storm coming up the coast. plus we've got low pressure over the ohio river valley. that midwest low is going to transfer energy to the east coast and as it moves up the coast early tonight we're looking for the snow to develop into philadelphia, new york city, boston, we'll get into it by early tomorrow morning. winds will be 40 to 45 miles per hour, snow falling at a rate of one to three inches per hour. we're talking about upwards of two feet of snow in new england. boston, i should say chicago is going to look at six to 12 inches of snow over the next 24 hours. but the big winner, if you look at it that way, boston, 12 to 18, providence, har >

iranian state-media identified the woman as hall talian and says she crossed into iran from armenia withoutmington, delaware, shows former pentagon official, john wheeler, wandering and confused just hours before he was found lying dead in a local landfill. locals have recalled mistaking him for a homeless person. >>> a woman known to millions of television viewers made her first court appearance on wednesday, charged with lying to police about being attacked by a stranger. let's go to nbc's mike taibbi joining us from central park where the woman claims her ordeal began. mike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann, how are you? the woman for 37-year-old heidi jones says she never actually used the words attempted rape when she told police what happened to her in central park but prosecutors say the word she did use were a lie and a crime. outside court, lawyer paul callen spoke for jones, repeating his arraignment plea that she is not guilty. there has been a frenzy of press coverage in this case and she has been unfairly characterize and vilified in many press reports. >> most of t