used for approval for 4.3 million for dolores park. 800 thousand for the playground and for the beach los angeles. supervisors i would note if you appropriate these funds today it would be strictly up to the department of recs to make the allocations. with regard to the dispositions being requested for the department manager 1 position and each in fiscal year 13-146789 for the additional annual salary $238,000 for both positions. the total on going salary and benefit cost is approximately $321,000. all the positions would be taken from bond funds and they current have eight project managers and 110 projects to manage which rpd indicates is not sufficient. however, as of our report, rpd does not provide enough information, existing staff assignments, comparison with other bond projects, staffing and the need for the requested two new positions to meet this work load. the bottom line is these position had not been justified. we are not negative on the positions but anytime the department requests positions we need the information to report to you to determine whether or not that has been justified.

he left the city for a while i moved to venice beach in los angeles. he tried to find a new project to work on. you will have three people to find out where he is and what he does. he is the character in the story who set out to find something and try to build something that would make him feel less alone. thatarned along the way technology is a thing that can connect you to people. >> it is published by penguin. the name of the book is hatching twitter: a true story of money, power, friendship, and betrayal ." nick bilton is the author. >> c-span, created by american cable companies in 19 evan a nine. -- 1979. >> millions of addictions came down from the street. >> this defies any definition. >> after landing and driving irwards tyree or square -- tah square, they searched the car. they find my previous film. it is called "egypt we are watching you." that is not a good title for police to find in the car. i went to a place, i do not know the location. at the time, you do not know who was interrogating you. i realize that a certain point that this is t

this is los angeles, hermosa beach, manhattan beach and pacific palisades and this is downtown los angelesthe east and north, this is glendora and this is where it started, and now the flames are moving up the canyons here, and they're trying to keep it away from the angeles national forest. if it spreads there they've got real trouble. crews say they now focusing on northern end of the fireline in an effort to keep the spread from happening. officials let folks in glendora go back their homes last night but thousands of people are still under mandatory evacuation orders. the cops arrested three suspects whom they believe started this thing when they tossed paper into a campfire. cops say looks like it was an doesn't. here's more from our extreme weather center. the question is, what is fueling this? i know it's bone dry out there. >> it's the drought. that's a bigger problem, and santa ana winds. you get those winds this time of year, december, november, january, but generally you don't have such dry conditions across much of california. in fact all of it. here's where the red-flag warnin

in addition, mayor foster from long beach, we talked to him about his port, the long beach and los angeles port. and as we traveled around the country getting input from mayors, it was absolutely critical to helping us develop this bill. and we were fortunate to be able to talk to enough stakeholders and be able to get the stakeholders to talk the their members of congress. so it passed out of the house with a 417 vote, only 3 opposed. i guess i'm happy to say it was bipartisan approval, but i was not happy with the bipartisan three against us, two republicans, one democrat. but i think we were able to get to the core of the issue, making sure it was fiscally responsible, everybody said we've got to get the corps of engineers moving. taking 15 years is far too long. and finally, it was important to me to make sure that the congress didn't give up its authority to the executive branch. we've done this for far too long, and i'm a republican, i don't care if it's a republican president or a democrat president, the congress needs to maintain its authority to be able to do things. we were able

through today, burbank should have 6 1/3 inches of rain, los angeles over 5 3/4 inches of rain, but look at that, almost nothing between long beach a lot of crops. they should have upwards of 18 inches of rain in santa rosa, mercer getting over 5 inches. and again, just no rain in sight. it just continues. and so, we've got a high fire threat today, and it has been continuing, gusts to 60 miles per hour in the mountains, high fire danger. plus, again, record warmth temperature and low humidity. so we've already got wildfires kicking up and it's going to >>> hard to believe how quickly these temperatures are creeping up. we're at 58 degrees at this point in san francisco. that's the warmest city, 52 along the peninsula and 49 in the south bay. record levels today, we will peak at about 77 degrees along the peninsula. 74 in san francisco today and 73 in the north bay. dress for the two very different parts of the day. throughout the remainder of the week the temperatures will drop off and 80 degrees is a new record if we hit that in santa cruz. >>> coming up next, has everyone at your office been calling out sick? well, the flu is

he left the city for a couple years and went to live in los angeles on venice beach, california. he tried to find new projects to work on. you will have to read at the end of the book to find out where he is. but he is the character in the story who set out trying to find and build something that would make him feel less alone and he learned along the way, and i don't think any of the other guys did it in the way noah did, that technology is another thing that will c

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lo que muchos jÓvenes, ojo, no solamente a famosos. ustedes piensan que este chico tiene, no, en playas de south beach, en los Ángeles, donde se reunieneo a la semana hacia una, y otra, otra. >>> sÍ. >>> los mensajes. >>> tarde que temprano sucede algo que sucediÓ. y eso. >>> no pasÓ nada mayor. >>> sudo ser peor. >>> no yendo al concierto, no seguir, el pÚblico tambiÉn. >>> sÍ. >>> estÁ afectando a los jÓvenes que lo siguen, como mala imagen. >>> no que estÉ en su pico mÁs alto, su Último sencillo vez no le fue tan bien. >>> sÍ. es merecido. >>> vamos a hacer un repaso, en colombia hizo graffitis. >>> sÍ. >>> en brasil, fue fotografiado con una chica en su habitaciÓn, borracho, en los Ángeles, los vecinos. >>> estuvo en cuba tambiÉn. >>> le lanzaba huevos en su casa. >>> le encontraron cocaÍna en una habitaciÓn que no era de Él, sino de un amigo, lo detuvieron en el carro mÚltiples veces en los Ángeles, no lo arrestaron. >>> de 6 meses para acÁ. >>> de escÁndalo en escandalo, consecuencia, el que la hace la paga. toda acciÓn tiene una reaccion, esto que sucede, sin duda alguna, tiene que servir de escarmiento para Él, y por supuesto pa

beach on dui charges. and on top of this, an investigation is still ongoing in los angeles into whether mr. bieber was responsible for pelting a neighbor's home with eggs. more than 175,000 americans have now signed on to a petition on the white house website calling for justin bieber to be deported to canada. no official reaction yet from the obama administration, but the obama team says that when they get more than 100,000 signatures on these web petitions, it will respond. so, we can expect the white house to say something about justin bieber. >> i think you might be on to something. i just missed your initial comment about the belieber, the bieber sell-off, the bieber down market, but if you put a chart over a chart of his woes, they almost match. >> conspiracy. interesting. >>> coming up, judgment day for amanda knox, on trial for a third time in the murder of her roommate. could the now freed american be forced to return to jail in italy? we're live with this. >>> plus, hundreds sick on board a caribbean cruise finally at home this morning. they're sharing their horror stories as we l

beach. that's what they did yesterday here at "the five." jimmy kimmel knew that better than anybody, so he had one of his guys go out to talk to some los angeleshe beach and see what happens when they started to brag about their warm climate. >> hi to all our friends back home. >> we're here in cali and it's 70. walking on the beach. >> we were tanning so we'll come back all bronzed. >> snowball! >> i want to say hi to my entire family back in new york who is freezing their [ bleep ] off while i'm in beautiful california. >> snow bucket. >> genius. >> don't send warm pictures back to your friends back east if you're in california. >> only freezing ones, only when i do it. >> tomorrow, president obama is going to announce what he calls five promise zones. san antonio, philly, l.a., southeastern kentucky, and oklahoma, where tax incentives and grants will battle poverty, but he calls these things promise zones. president obama promises. do we have any other promises he's recently made? >> if you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan. period. if you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period.

after his lawyers in florida entered a not guilty plea on his behalf in miami beach on dui charges. and out in los angelesre still looking into whether bieber was responsible for pelting a neighbor's home with eggs. so, all that is going on, and now, of course, there is potential white house involvement. the white house will now have to respond to a petition on its website calling for bieber to be deported. more than 175,000 americans have now signed on to that petition. this white house says if more than 100,000 people sign these online petitions, that there will be some kind of response. >> it's rare to see questions about a pop star like a state department briefing or a white house briefing, but you're getting these questions. >> yes. you can see the face on the people at the briefings, you know, just go blank. >> at the highest levels of government. >>> coming up, a texas man sharing his heartache. the tragedy that left his wife brain-dead. you've heard this story. it's so heartbreaking. the hospital that refused to honor her end-of-life wishes. we'll hear from him next. i need proof of insurance. tha

beach early this morning. just a week after his los angeles mansion was raided by police. police saying the 19-year-old pop star was taken into custody for drag racing and driving under the influence. details of the incident are still coming in to nbc news. we'll keep you updated right here. >>> just released video shows the dramatic rescue of a new mexico woman from a burning car early sunday morning. the car bursting into flames after crashing into a pole. the driver was unconscious, but quick action by three albuquerque police officers is credited with saving her life. an officer's lapel camera showing them struggling to rescue the woman. >> got her? >> no. >> she stuck? >> yeah. >> hang on. hang on. her arm is caught. she's stuck on the seat. hang on. >> and then they finally pulled 23-year-old kelly to safety. she's hospitalized in stable condition. the three hero officers were largely unheard, except for one who had some minor burns. >>> a volunteer evacuation order is in effect for about 50 homes near a burning plant in mississippi. a fuel tank exploded causing a fi

. >> beach erosion is already causing problems on the california coast making rising sea levels a real danger. brian rooney tells us about cities like los angeles that are looking for ways to adjust. >> marina del rey, cities like los angeles are going to have to start to think about engineering a future about rising california storms. >> as we have more severe storms we have bigger waves and when those are coupled with high tides we will see more flooding. we will certainly see more flooding in those coaflt areas. >> in potential danger are densely populated areas like the famous venice beach. these power plants will be vulnerable to flooding. bigger waves and higher tides beach communities in southern california and beyond may have to begin building protective barriers for homes and public facilities along the coast. los angeles officials say they need to do it in the next few years and not when it becomes an emergency. especially in communities where low income renters live in older buildings that are not prepared to weather storm. >> those are the places where we expect to see the most flooding. they are also the communities that have the m

i was living in los angeles and living on the beach. i fell in love with it. >> and then there is this before we turn off lights. we hope to thaw things out. >> unexpected takes the viewer along for an experience they did not think they're going to get. >> i think it's a fire alarm. >> that is quite a day. >> there is no fire. never a fire here. >> but they go off. in just a moment a dude on the 50th floor will go hello? this is the fire warden. nothing real happened. there is a lady stuck in the toilet of the 31 is the floor. >> seriously now. hurricane katrina. >> yes. >> how did you stand in front that have camera looking into that black circle? and ask and try to help the country understand? >> i wasn't trying to help anyone except those people, there. >> do you return to that moment personally? is that -- >> i try not to return to many of those moments of moments i can't fix. >> three days, 12 people in an attic of a home. and for those three days they were flooded up, up to the second floor. more than 14 feet of water. >> drew pet

now from union beach, new jersey and los angeles is cnn senior political analyst and editorial director of the national journal. to you first. you are there on the ground. me about this lieutenant governor and what exactly did she say today? >> the lieutenant governor is vehemently denying the claims that came during a highly orchestrated event and he came here to new jersey and said exactly what she wanted to say. nothing more than that. she left before answering a single question. she was greeting volunteers who are spending the day helping to rebuild homes that were destroyed after greeting the volunteers, she turned to the press and addressed the controversy unfolding over the use of sandy relief funds. he made an allegation that he was tying the funds for a private real estate development project. he took the opportunity today to respond to the allegations and here's what she had to say. >> the mayor's version of our conversation in may of 2013 is not only false, but illogical and does not with stand scrutiny when all of the facts are examined. any suggestion that sandy funds were

i was living in los angeles and playing volleyball on the beach.e, i fell in love with it. >> get ready for the fox report. >> and then there is this before we turn off the lights in studio b. >> we create a run line every day in hopes of getting it out. >> but you take the viewer along on an experience they did not think they were going to get either. >> i think of the fire alarm. >> that was quite a day. >> there was not a fire. and they go off. and some dude on the 50th floor will come on and say hello, this is the fire warden, nothing weird will happen. there is a lady stuck in the toilet on the 31st floor. >>> seriously now, katrina, how did you stand in front of that camera and look into that black circle and try and help the country understand? >> i wasn't trying to help anybody except the people there. >> do you return to that moment personally? >> i try not to return to many of those moments -- moments that i can't fix. >> for three days, 12 people in an attic of a home and for those three days they were flooded up to the second floor, mor

. >> the man accused of driving into a crowd at a los angeles beach last summer has been ordered to stand trial. one person was killed and more than a dozen injured when nathan lewis campbell sped his car down the venice boardwalk last august. he is being charged with murder, assault with a deadly weapon and leaving the scene of an accident. new york is set to become the latest state to loosen its grip on marijuana us. governor cuomo discussed it during the state of the state address. twenty states allow limited use of the drug. new yorkers would be allowed to manage the pain and treatment of cancer and other serious illnesses. >> 20 states have already started to use it. we'll establish a program allowing up to 20 hospitals to prescribe medical marijuana and we will monitor the program to evaluate the effectiveness and the feasibility of a medical marv system. >> recreational marijuana use remains legal in new york but in recent years, possession of small amounts have been reduced to a low level violation, subject to a fine instead of jail time. >> alaska may be the third state to legali

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beaches in southern california and beyond may have to build barriers to homes along the coast. los angeles said it needs to do it in the next few years. not when it becomes an emergency. >> that's where we expect to see the most flooding. there are the communities that have the most social vulnerabl vulnerability. the populations that are least able to deal with problems. >> there are people in rental units and poor populations that live in low lying coastal areas that could be hit. you lose the beach in california, you lose 40 million tourist as year. >> brian. thank you. the u.s. government has a warning for americans headed to the winter olympics. the concerns over terror threats in russia coming up. >>> also nearly 100 american troops died trying to save the iraqi city of fallujah from insurgents. a decade later the city falls again. we'll hear from a marine who are wawasthere in 2004. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here is a look at your top stories. a chemical leak in a river has prompted a state of emergency. officials are advising people do not drink, bathe cook using tap w

. >> beach erosion is already causing problems in the california coast making exchanges like rising sea levels a real danger. city of los angeles is making bryan rooney reports. >> every at low tide, the study says that the pacific could rise by as much as two feet by the year 2050 which is a lot if there's a big storm. cities like los angeles are going to have to think about engineering a future that could survive rising sea levels and raging storms. >> the danger is that more severe storms and bigger waves, coupled with high tides, we will see more flooding, certainly see more flooding in those coastal areas. >> in potential danger are densely populated coastal areas, this waste water plant and power plants would be vulnerable to flooding. as storms become bigger and more powerful with bigger waves and higher tides, beach communities in southern california and beyond may have to begin building protective barriers for homes and public facilities along the coast. los angeles officials say they need to do it in the next few years, and not when it becomes an emergency. especially in communities where low-income renters live in ol

los angeles passed the law. >> they become trash, clog the gutters, pol ute the river and trash the beaches. >> if you want to see a fish destroyed, see what plastic does to the fish, to the food chain, what it does to life itself. >> now been 90 city and county governments in california banned or limited plastic bags. one of the prime movers is the environmental group heal the bay in santa monica. >> i think it will have impacts larger than locally. we'll start to see momentum on the issue of plastic pollution, and its consequences. statewide nationally and internationally as we start to see that simply changes like just bringing a reasonable bag can make a lot of difference. getting shoppers in the habit is the big trip. >> they gave me a free bag. a nice bag. >> you didn't bring it here today. >> i didn't bring it here. it's in the trunk of my car though. >> change is not in the bag quite yet. >> those stores that don't comply can be fined between 100 and $500. >> after two weeks of fun and relaxation in hawaii. president obama is heading back to work in washington. the president swapped sun and sand for t

he left the city for a couple years and went to live in los angeles on venice beach, california. he tried to find new projects to work on. you will have to read at the end of the book to find out where he is. but he is the character in the story who set out trying to find and build something that would make him feel less alone and he learned along the way, and i don't think any of the other guys did it in the way noah did, that technology is another thing that will connect you to people and it is those human connections. >> host: the name of the book is "hatching twitter: a true story of money, power, friendship and betrayal" nick bilton of "the new york times" is the author. >> a look at the role the administration wants young people to have on the affordable care act. and then the south carolina tea party's convention. and then the hudson forum on communication policy. >> a look at the role the administration wants young adults to have. our guest was rebecca adams of cq health beat. follow us on twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. >host: our guest for this segmet is reb

beach under fire again. this time for an egg throwing incident. today los angelesunty sheriff's deputy served search warrant at the pop singer home while bieber was there. tvl brandy has the story. >> in and out of the house. >> his southern california mansion was surrounded by law enforcement serving a felony search warrant. all tied to teing vandalism incident at his neighbor house mrichlt bieber was present. he was not arrested nor exonerated at this time. >>reporter: 19-year-old singing sensation is accused of throwing eggs at the neighbor home last thursday evening. which tmz says was captured on this cell phone video. >> i see you. come right over here you bleep. >>reporter: deputy say the damage estimate roughly 20,000 dollars that make this is a felony case. >> it was done with egg which make you feel that it's a lower level crime but felony crime is a felony crime no matter how you commit it. >>reporter: lacking for surveillance video and other evidence deputy arrested another person on narcotics violation. >> he was staying in a bedroom when we came there

los angeles. there are two other weather extremes. dangerous surf in paradise. beach goers had to be rescued. from the beach to the bitter cold, the polar vortex is expected to come back next week. dylan dreier is here with the forecast. good morning. >> good morning, alex. we are talking about another polar vortex. this one is not as intense as the last one. we are going to see things cool down over the course of the next couple days as we get into next week where we see temperatures below average. not as far below as it was when we had the big cool down and the arctic air mass last time. we are going to notice a chill. right now, 39 degrees in new york city. it's cold in minneapolis and chicago. right now around 11, 12 degrees. the rest of the country is seeing temperatures above average this morning. it is going to stay above average through this afternoon. a couple spots of wintry weather. in the northeast, central and northern new england we see most of the accumulating snow in massachusetts. it is mostly rain at this point and starting to lift to the north. eastern pennsylvania and part

stop overs to win frame three and los angeles deputy foreign affairs minister simon close as kids my way to travel to africa before central america. like hamlet beach sixty hours. pictured is expected to consolidate the republic of china's ties with two of its diplomatic ally. and also provide an opportunity to have to reduce the risk and that i want to copy the contents into a nation are progressing the president's entourage will include senior government officials legislators and industry representatives. but firstly decreased team style is not expected to accompany mom and then he can. a search term as dance to and pc homepage chairman kang kong to announce that acer will acquire seven million shares the pc on pay as part of the company's plan to branch out into the third party payments business. a searing chairman stan shih npc homepage here mentality cohen as the two companies' future collaboration on the third party payment business. taken as a hardware based company was starting to e commerce business by purchasing seven million shares of pc home pay. the so called third party payment of ten section methods using e commerce to reinforce the

. >> justin bieber has been spotted on the beach in panama, this as prosecutors in los angeles decide whether to charge him with felony vandalism over an egging incident. and enough tests in miami to see whether bieber was driving high on marijuana in the incident last week. >> that's a little surprising. based on the allegations from the police, it seemed one way, results of the breathalyzer, we'll have to see what develops. all deserve fairness, celebrity or not. >> coming up, we know people can get sick on cruises, right, so many people in one confined space. but what is this mystery illness on this royal caribbean cruise that's spread so long quickly. and peyton manning dropping hints he may be back for more football in the fall. when you have diabetes like i do, getting the right nutrition isn't always easy. first, i want a way to help minimize my blood sugar spikes. then, a way to support heart health. ♪ and let's not forget immune support. ♪ but now i have new glucerna advance with three benefits in one. including carbsteady ultra to help minimize blood sugar spikes. it's the b

los angeles audience to write a big fat check for the democratic party. she came to this restaurant today to encourage donors to do the same. >> reporter: first lady michelle obama roared into north beach to help raise money for the democratic national party. >> it is great. we are here looking around to catch her before she gets in. >> the crowds and news cameras were kept at a distance. workers caught what may have been a glimpse of the first lady. >> big supporter of the obama administration and his lovely wife doing so many good things for the country. >>> the trip comes as democratics gear up for election -- democrats gear up for elections. >> she is the most popular obama. >> reporter: raise a crowd. many who stood for hours hoping to see her. >> we knew where it was. >> let's go. >> reporter: and this the motorcade heading to the second san francisco event. expected to raise $400,000. she will join house minority leader nancy pelosi tomorrow for a fundraising lunch inn. tickets are $32,000 a piece. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> let's talk the super bowl here. football fans aren't the only ones in new york for the super bowl. learning

los angeles city council passed a law. >> they become trash, clog the gutters, pollute the river and trash our beaches. >> if you want to a vish destroyed, go see what plastic does to a fish, what it does to the food chain, what it does to life itself. >> now about 90 city and county governments banned or limited plastic grocery bags. one of the prime movers behind the bans is the environment group heal the bay. it will have impact larger than locally. i think we'll start to see momentum on the issue of plastic pollution, and its consequences. state wide, nationally and internationally, as we see simple changes like bringing a reasonable bag can make a lot of differencism. >> getting shoppers in the habit is the big trip. >> they gave me a free bag. >> you didn't bring it here. >> i didn't bring it here. it's in the trunk of my car though. >> change is not in the bag quite yet. skimming the swamps in an airboat is synonymous with florida everglades national park. but their days may be numbered. >> those that live in the florida everglades say it takes a special person to live here. one of the ways they enjoy living here

beach. but here it is a liability. >> brit, we have the stories about, is he a bully? "new york times" says bully image trails christie. and "los angeles times" says this underscores his bully image with a senator who had a program canceled and all the videos which were christie unplugged are cited as evidence of a man who has a temper problem. here is one 69 "greatest hits." >> let me tell you something, after you graduate from law school you conduct yourself like that in the courtroom your rear end will get lone in jail, idiot. >> that was an ex navy seal who challenged him at townhall. >> i would have to say in this fell niced atmosphere in which we exist today muscular guys, old fashioned tough guys run some risks. what i mean, men today have learned the lessons the hard way if you act like a guy's guy, you are in constant danger of saying something that will get you in trouble and make you look like a sexist or like you are a thug. that is the atmosphere he operates. this guy is an old fashion obtained muscular guy and there are political risks associated with that. >> we are used to blow dried candidates who don't say anything th

coast and it's great if you are doing something like heading to the beach this weekend to play volleyball saturday, sunday in los angelesund 80 degrees but the dry weather not good for ski resorts or the water pack and back to you guys. >> reporter: speaking of high temperatures another day of oppressive heat at the australian open and not slowing down a tennis player at all and we have the morning sports. >> it will take more than tough weather conditions to sideline this athlete and not only does the women feel they have to deal with the searing heat and face a serena williams, she won 78 of 82 matches last season and 11 titles including two grand slams and looks to carry that dominance in 2014 and williams won the first set and second and serena is working quick and the quick serve had the back end winner of the line and 3-1 and serena with an ace and up the middle and ten aces for the match and 5-3, this is match point, williams hits the forehand winner and up the line and 6-3-6-3 in one hour and 20 minutes and the 61st win at the australian open and the most all time in women's singles. baseball owners have unanimo

los angele angeles. phil and his brother don became famous in the late 50's and early 60's. the harmony influence the beatles. beachd countless other singers. he died of complication from heart disease. like patty says he fought the disease long and hard. she said it was the result of life time of cigarette smoking. phil was 7 74. >>> union turn to vote on revised bart labor contract to end months of heated negotiations. today members of the transit union local 1555 are casting their vote. the bart board approved the new deal yesterday. it dropped a controversial clause granting union members up to 6 week of paid family medical leave that bart said was mistakenly concluded. they will vote on the contract january 13. they recommend approval of the 4 year contract. >> warm and sunny weather here in california has brought a benefit to some. george warren found those who get the power from solar panel get a pleasant surprise as the bills arrive in the mail. >> best sales pitch the president of rancho cordoba aztec solar can offer is the own residential utility bill for 13.30 in december. 95 percent lower than last year

los angeles city council pated the law. >> they become trash. they clog our gutters. they pollute our river and they trash our beachesestroyed, go see what plastic does to a fish. what it does to the food chain, what it does to life, itself. >> now, about 90 city and county governments in california have banned or limited plastic grocery bags. one of the prime movers is heal the bay in santa monica? >> we will start to see momentum on the issue of plastic pollution and its consequences statewide, nationally and even internationally as we start to see that simple changes, like just bringing a reasonable bag can make a lot of difference. >> getting shoppers in the habit is the big trick. >> they gave me a free bag. >> nice bag. >> but you didn't bring it here today? >> i didn't bring it here. took it to my car. >> changes isn't in the bag quite yet. brian moony, al jazeera, los angeles. >> still ahead, a big step into the 21st century. how india is helping the blind take advantage of the latest technology. >>> cuba has lifted restrictions on buying cars. a new law makes car buying easier by eliminating the need for a p

got video, yes, they're surfing, yes, they're beaching and that is the positive part of all of the record warmth. burbank today will go to 90. los angeles80s and this heat, the drought, it is sticking at least for this pattern in the next week or so doesn't look like we break much much the red flag warnings up and down the state on the back side of the high pressure system. east coast, we have a much different story going on especially tomorrow morning much these are low temperatures tomorrow morning. some places in florida with a windchill in the 20s but we see temperatures here freeze watches and warnings all the way down ft. myers might even break a record at 38 tomorrow. miami, it will start the day in the low 40s. you will warm up, of >> this weather report brought to you by bank of america. i've got to tell you the center of the nation i talked about the snow but the wind will be a problem all the way south of kansas. >> thanks, ginger. >>> coming up country music star trace adkins takes on his own impersonator. the strange incident at sea and now his camp speaking out. >> coming back to that one. >>> also, a new parenting trend s

beach boys. they began with their recording, the hit song "wouldn't it be nice." it took the california band 21 takes at los angelesng track for the 1966 best-selling album "pet sounds." in 2003 "rolling stone" put the record on the list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. >> i could see that. >> it's just a happy song. i love to hear it. you do know that one, clarissa. >> it's before my time, but i remember it. >> i know you do. the jury cited sober and professional breaking news con raj on "cbs this morning," "cbs evening news," 48 hours, sunday morning, face the nation, and "60 minutes." ceo chairman jeff fager accepted the award. >> it's particularly meaningful for us at cbs news because it honors all of us at cbs news so many who worked on our television broadcast. we didn't given our coverage a democrat mattic name. we called it "newtown." from everybody who worked on the story the moment it broke knew that our story was not to be first but to be right. >> jeff fager of cbs news. >> he's exactly right about that. >> that does it for us on "cbs this morning." we'll see you tomorrow on "cbs this morning." s

los angeles city council passed a law. >> they become trash, glowing the gutters and trash the beaches. if you want to be a fish, see what plastic does to a fish, and the food chain, what it does to life itself. >> now been 90 city and county governments in california have banned or limited plastic grocery bags. a prime mover is the environmental group heal the bay. i think it will have impacts larger than locally. we'll start to see momentum on the issue of plastic pollution, and its consequences state wide. and internationally. as we start to see simple changes like bringing a reasonable bag can make a difference. >> they gave me a free bag, it's very nice. >> but you didn't bridge it today? >> i didn't bring it. it's in the trunk of my car, though. >> change is not in the bag quite yet. >> stores that don't comlie could get fined up to $500. permissible pot. the use of medical marijuana. the governor plans to announce his store in the state address. 20 designated hospital will be allowed to dispense designated marijuana, and three states, along with columbia permit the use of medical

beach, california. i've heard many other stories from the members of the human trafficking congressional advisory committee that i established last year in my los angeles county district office. e forum for communicating on trafficking between law enforcement, advocates, service organizations and survivors has contributed profoundly to my own knowledge, my own understanding of this issue, and i encourage my colleagues to get to know those on the front lines of the fight against human trafficking, get to know them in their districts and know of their work and you're going to be informed, challenged and inspired by what you learn. this january, designated as national slavery and human trafficking prevention month, is a perfect time to shine a spotlight on the dark issue of trafficking, but awareness is only a first step. more needs to be done, and to that end, i would urge my colleagues to join me in co-sponsoring h.r. 3344, the fraudulent overseas recruitment and trafficking elimination act, to combat one critical form of recurring abuse, and namely that is unscrupulous recruiters by targeting the recruiters, we can do a lot. these recruiters who bait f

los angeles. tell us more, nischelle. >> justin bieber was arrested, like you said, early this morning on suspicion of drag racing while under the influence of alcohol. the miami beach police department tell us the arrest occurred at 4:09 a.m. after they spotted this lamborghini and a ferrari drag racing in a residential neighborhood in miami beach. police say two additional vehicles with unidentified drivers blocked off traffic on the street and made this kind of space, this makeshift space for drag racing. when police caught up to justin's lamborghini, he showed signs of impairment. they also say he failed a field sobriety test. they also tell us that he was given a sobriety test at the police department. we don't have results from that yet. police also tell us that the other driver was, in their words, bieber's associate and that he also showed signs of impairment. both of them were arrested on suspicion of dui. now justin bieber will be processed. he will be sent to the miami-dade county jail where more charges could come. that's what police tell us this morning. also, authorities in miami are also investigating now whether justin bieber was accompanied by an un

beach skate park. the arrest is the latest brush with the law for the 19-year-old star. a neighbor in his los angelesneighborhood accused the singer of causing thousands of dollars of damage by throwing eggs at his home. police raided his home, taking evidence, but no charges were filed. and right now i believe we are looking at some live pictures of justin bieber a short while ago when he was taken into custody earlier this morning. we're going to have much more on this story throughout the morning. >>> mean while, a big development is expected today regarding the future of the government's secret spying programs. a government task force is expected to recommend that the national security agency stop collecting americans' phone records. the privacy and civil liberties oversight board will also say the government should purge its huge database. in a speech last week, president obama laid out reforms but stopped short of getting rid of those programs. >>> the violence has gotten even worse in the ukraine overnight as opposition leaders issued an ultimatum to the government. protesters burned barricade

los angeles. tell us more, nischelle. >> justin bieber was arrested, like you said, early this morning on suspicion of drag racing while under the influence of alcohol. the miami beachat 09