you know, a lot of people also think this is just a big-city problem. well let me tell you some of the stories of north dakota. just last june a 13-year-old runaway from minneapolis was rescued and her traffickers were arrested in fargo morehead. police believe that the traffickers were more than likely on their way out to our oil patch with the victim, and they stopped over in fargo morehead to make a little cash by selling these children in the area. this is a story we hear over and over again the vulnerability of children, the trafficking of children into the oil patch in western north dakota. in fact, talking to the experts who track advertising of young children whether it is in the deep or dark net or whether it is in things like back pages what they will tell you is the spike up in trafficking and ads in western north dakota alarms them and should alarm us. this is not a big city problem. we know this is a problem that affects north dakota. if traffickers are willing to snatch runaways in the big cities and bring them out to north dakota you know

. ♪ >> a common tradition in japan in the spring is the youth movement to the big city.ll of the kids from rural areas in the spring time frequently move to tokyo to either go to college or to chase their dreams in the big city. it's a time of happiness, also a time of sadness and trepidation and excitement. this film documents three kids making that big move leaving their families leaving their friends, how does it feel when you first get into that big city? imagine, if this happened wouldn't you feel a little bit inspired? instead of a call from home you get a personalized message. [ speaking foreign language ] >> shock and surprise come over their face. this is really cool technology put out by kdd, a communication firm in japan. using a technology a proximity detector. as this girl got off the train platform in tokyo, walked past this large billboard, the same with this girl and other guy, they get their personalized messages from home from their friends from their family. at first it's hey, are you safe? we love you, we miss you. then it goes on to be inspirational.

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big cities, like los angeles, new orleans, we don't have much of a track record of the d.o.j. using small cities outside of east haven connecticut. we can estimate a couple of costs that ferguson is likely to bear. the first is the city of ferguson will likely have to pay for the appointment of an external monitor. something the d.o.j. and city of ferguson will have to agree pon, a team of law enforcement experts. civil rights attorneys, coming together to oversee the implementations of reforms. the cost alone can range up to a million, 2 million a year. that's part of the overall bill. the big part of the bill will come from the reforms that the d.o.j. will demand. >> there are two things that strike me as a cost. they don't have the right training. when you can't amortise it. this is a problem. in a force where you have problems, you can make them effective. secondly you may not pay for the police. this is a big deal. >> i think they are good points. one of the major reforms that are required. is that they require significant changes in training. while you are on the job, as

i want to move to the big city. would you allow that?him or someone tell him in the big city, not anything. better life here. better food. everything's better here. >> yeah. >> come here, come, come, come, come. come on, sweetie, come. >> one, two. yeah. good. >> seeing these beautiful kids through western eyes and also feeling that there must be medicine they need or what education might do for their futures, is that an imperialistic attitude? >> i think perhaps it is. but i think that they don't need help, to be honest. they look as if they're helping themselves. they have absolutely everything that they have to be able to objectively choose as posed to running like we do like headless chickens for more and more and more and more. >> do you think you can live like this forever? [ speaking foreign language ] speaking of relaxed, i hear there's a secret ingredient that helps keep these folks so easy going. it's called kava and the prime minister of vanuatu has invited me over to his nearby village to try some, which seems absolutely deli

what you need know if you are a freelancer or know someone who is and the new trend in big city housing is small apartments. when we say small we mean tiny. what is it? and why are yos big bucks more? "on the money"it starts right now. >> "on the money"is your life, your future. now becky quickly. >> look at what's making news into a new week. third month of in a row a disappointing retail sales number. the commerce department says they fell by .6 percent in part of lower gas prices and harsh rewinter weather. stocks didn't seem to mind. they bounced back thursday with the dow climbing 250 after its biggest two day decline since january. but the market fell friday. stocks reacting to the strengthening dollar making u.s. product more expensive overseas and hurts companies relying on exports. if you plan on flying any time soon get ready for a lot of company. just what you waned when you were flying. airlines are expected to carry more passengers this spring than in seven years. 134 million passengers in march and april up almost 2% from the same time last year. good luck finding any elbo

the fabric of some big cities is rapidly disappearing.ow a movement is trying to save d l how much should you spend when you need to know how much you owe? what >>> it's problem from doce coast and even oversees and it is growing. rising rents in big cities are pushing mom and poppies out of their store fronts. neighborhood institutions having been the fabric for decades have finding themselves with no place to go. kate rogers joins was more. >> hi becky. and a grasds roots camp pain in new york city is aiming to same some of the businesses. ke look. >> many consider this a institution in the west village. the current owner has been there three decades but by next month he'll close his doors building e fund who then tripled his rent every month. >> we were thriving here. we were still able to increase business because we provided a service . sp. >> but steady businessen isn't enough. office space and store front rentals have increased by more than 20% in the past five years. and in san francisco the problem is even worse. with store front

difficult first off because most cities where the department of justice have utilized law enforcement, big cities like los angeles, new orleans pittsburgh cincinnati, we don't have much of a track record of the doj using it in small cities like steteubenville. ferguson is likely to have to pay for an external monitor. ateam of law enforcement experts, civil rights attorneys and the like, to come together to oversee the implementation of these reforms. this cost alone can sometimes range up to $1 million to $2 million a year, that is part of the overall bill. the big part of the bill is going to come from the reforms that the doj is going to demand. ferguson is a smaller department. >> there are two things that strike me as major cost to a little department like ferguson. one is their officers don't have the right training. training has got to cost good money and when you can't amortize it over a number of cops. secondly, we may not be paying to get the kind of police we need. this is a big deal. >> i think those are very good points. i think in fact one of the major reforms that the doj has requi

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google already offers free hot spot access and fiber internet access in several big cities. google says its new wireless service will allow users to switch between existing cell towers and wireless networks getting and keeping more people online. >>> we told you that costco and american express were parting ways. we now know who will be stepping in to replace the credit card. costco announced today a new partnership with visa and citigroup. citi will be the exclusive issuer and visa will replace american express as the exclusive card partner meaning visa will be the only card the wholesaler will accept. american express had been costco's exclusive partner since 1999. costco customers currently charge a reported $80 million a year on their amex cards. >>> ikea's new smart phone line features desks tables, and lampss all with built-in wireless charging pads. no need to use a charger. just slide the device on the furniture. the furniture does need to be plugged in. the multitasking furniture goes on sale next month. wireless charging isn't exactly new. last year starbucks start

rising rents in big cities are pushing mom and pops out of their storefronts.hood institutions are finding themselves with no place to go. small business reporter kate rogers joins us with more. >> now a social media campaign in new york city is aiming to save some of the big apple's main street businesses. take a look. >> reporter: many consider it an institution in new york's west village after opening in the 1830s. its current owner has been there for three decades. by next month he will close his doors for good. he says his building was sold to a hedgefund which tripled his rent. >> we have a thriving business here with the chain pharmacies around we still were able to increase business because we just provided a service here cht. >> reporter: steady business isn't enough in the face of soaring rents. office space and store front rentals in new york city have increased by more than 20%. in san francisco the problem is even worse with storefront rentals up over 30% since 2010. a new social media campaign called save nyc is hoping to change that. the effort w

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it's not just a big state big city problem. every state in the country is facing this issue including my home state of north dakota. but we currently have trouble addressing this problem because of the many needs including resource needs. after consultation with the attorney general's office, we learned that north dakota has had difficulty in applying for antihuman trafficking grants because to be eligible, the department of justice requires at least two years of local data on human trafficking. north dakota in recent years has been the fastest growing state in the country in terms of both population and income growth. consequently north dakota has only recently seen an increase in human trafficking issues. to remedy that i have offered an amendment to the cornyn-klobuchar bill to make sure it does not mandate required time period of collected data. the proposed amendment clarifies that a local or state government with a worthy trafficking initiative will not be precluded from receiving funds under the cornyn-klobuchar legislat

san jose tomorrowic one of the big cities around -- tomorrow, one of the big cities around the bay, 73 downtown. air quality is good. what we are seeing is, the spring pattern is firing up. we are seeing the winds, like the sail boats, the wind that comes on shore, it will keep the air quality nicer. so as far as -- for the tree pollens, especially around the bay, with the breeze, it stirs up the atmosphere and gets things going. 72 oakland. tomorrow. santa clara valley, mid-70s. the forecast carries through the next few days. 65 daly city. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. yeah. unusual because for so long, you know, weather was non-stop. this year, even though we had four years of slow weather, things happening, this year has been just -- in the other years we had events. we had rain. we had wind. this is like right now flat lining. never seen anything like this. >> i can't remember the last time it rained. >> real rain. been a while. >>> medical center is using a new device that will reduce the number of open heart surgeries and save lives. new at 5:00 p.m. k

big cities can walk and chew gun or say they need to appropriately invest. we need to invest, and we should. this is an investment in our quality of place. this helps make milwaukee attractive to companies that do business on a global basis, that are located and can attract and retain the talent they do. it's not a question of investing in other things, we believe it is appropriate to help to competitiveness. >> rusty, as you look at plans that have been floated, to house n.f.l. franchises, do you assess those based on which ones make the most jobs for your members? >> i think what we look to is what is the project that will have the most good quality jobs. it goes beyond the balance sheet of the city. it's about an idea of shared prosperity, that the community can benefit. we have had, you know, nearly four possible projects in the past four or five years in southern california. we hope football returns to southern california. we want to ensure that they are attached to the construction of the prospects, and the ongoing operations of them. >> hasn't the con

. >> reporter: usually associated with big city slums tam 80 breeding carries a pistol to protect herself. >> you don't have to run me out of my house. this is my home, my kids home, you want to do it, take it elsewhere because we're not going to tolerate it here in this community. >> scott county so far has seen 79 hiv infections, linked to drug use,. >> when this case was reported, originally it was 26 cases. now it's 79 cases. if they don't do something about it, it is going to be hundreds of cases. it is an outbreak and until they really have a public health response it will continue to grow. >> governor mike pence has ordered a response that he does not support the distribution of needles. >> in that tends ocorrelate with high rates of hiv and authorities say they don't think the outbreak is over. they expect to find more cases. some residents say they are not entirety surprised. >> a little after we moved here neighbors told us there were prostitutes in the area. i thought oh my god you're kidding me. i found a used needle in the bushes i thought o my gosh. >> time honored approach

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tikrit is the first big city the first really big test that iraqi forces face, and part of the reason it's such a test is that it is a major sunni center. it's sadaam hussein's hometown. in the past few hours military officials say they have retaken the town where sadaam hussein ended up hiding when he was found. it's the base of operations of support for a group that has allied itself with isil, a former is a doom loyalists. they have retaken that town. tikrit is another matter. >> isil released 21 christians, but is still holding people in syria. they are abducted in the province in syria's northeast. others freed were welcomed to a church in the city. >> the plans of the u.s. led coalition to train what it calls moderate syrian rebels have suffered a setback. the movement, which was the first rebel group selected to receive the training has disbanded. the group's ranks collapsed after fighting against the al-qaeda al-nusra front in syria. we have a report from beirut. >> they lost many men in the fight and the movement appears to have collapsed, but these syrian release were not ki

we have very challenging issue that is all big cities are facing with the transportation the water, et cetera. so that city diplomacy paved the way for the national diplomacy. i did not do intentionally, but as a byproduct, these kinds of efforts of diplomacy -- stirred the international diplomacy. >> that was tokyo governor masuzoe speaking to nhk world's sho beppu. >>> they are scrambling to reach an agreement on tehran's nuclear development. foreign ministers for the five permanent u.n. security council members and germany. they've been at it for almost 18 months. western media report the leaders still need to resolve persistent obstacles. these include ending some sanctions and deciding the limits of iran's nuclear research and development. iranian deputy foreign minister said they had heated exchanges. >> translator: we cannot say we are close to resolving the issues, but we are hopeful and continue the efforts. >> the representatives will continue talks on tuesday. >>> western nations have temporarily lifted some of their sanctions on iran, but the ones that remain are having a s

this situation possibly fit into the kind of project you're talking about it didn't work in the big city environment that's what needs to be addressed. >> thanks ma'am our time is up. >> offering that's what the thing was okay. okay can i put a little tiny thing you, you motive think of during the rush hour closings the entrance to the freeway there are 3 hunters point other. >> ma'am our time is up you can submit your 09 concerns in writing. >> is there any public comment? >> commissioners i'm john a dissolve on second street the lady is right it starting at 2 o'clock and to 7:30 and 8 o'clock at night would r both directs back up in the morning we get the freight trucks trying to unload and the construction crews are taking the yellow zones now the freight trucks are double packing you have one lane of traffic that takes a half an hour to get from fulsome to second street i'm sorry from fremont to second so now that part of the problem can get expanded even more if you cannot lake a left-hand turn if howard to second street now you'll back up traffic further and put and put and put ora

lots of people traveling and visiting big cities and bigtime for sure. >> we talked about the historyf fendi. how important is the made in italy for the emerging markets. >> very important and something that speaks about the guarantee of the long lastingness of the products or the creation of the product. i believe there are not a lot of companies like fendi who can claim they are proud and the difference in the eye is that every single piece of any product of fendi is done in italy. so this is very important for us and it will be so in the future because made in italy is a guarantee of quality, a guarantee of our brand as we discussed how important it is. fendi is not only italian but a roman brand and we are in a recent initiative stressing we are from rome. it's very important for a customer to feel they can come to an italian house. >> finally, while fendi may be wrapped in heritage and tradition, no company can avoid looking forward. >> we are working on the three elements that make the company successful, the content of what you see in the store, the container of which we are in

>> reporter: the philadelphia chamber of commerce says it will be big cities with mayors who fight for job creation. >> we think that that is the single highest priority for the next mayor of philadelphia. job creation should be number one. >> reporter: the mayoral candidates met before in a forum environment and will meet again later this morning being hit with questions from groups and organizations that defend on the new leadership. governor tom wolf is now calling for corporate and property taxes to be cut. but with it, a hike in personal income and sales taxes. >> how would that have an impact? >> well, the governor's budget as he announced yesterday, is an accommodation of tax increases and tax decreases. and i think it's way too early to pass judgment on his proposal. like most budgets that are proposed are elements that people will embrace and elements that people will oppose. >> reporter: republicans in the state capital plan to battle the proposal. but whatever the outcome, the chamber says the new mayor of philadelphia will have to battle again in another city to stay on top

and even big cities such as new york and washington d.c. possibly up to about 20 centimeters. that's definitely going to be hindering the traffic and commuters in the morning hours. the rain on thursday will then change its form to snow on your -- excuse me. rain on wednesday will turn its form to snow on thursday. so that's what we're looking at right now. and the temperatures people are expecting it to warm up. but no. temperatures are actually going to be falling into double digits on the negative area. minus 12 for the morning lows in boston. and new york reaching minus 10 degrees as well. really frigid temperatures will be gripping you again. and houston looking at just 4 degrees for the high. not a lot of people don't actually own stoves and heaters in your homes. so do bundle up, especially overnight on thursday hours. jet stream, 24 degrees. summer-like temperatures out there. across europe, we have a clash of air masses with the low pressure system that is still bringing unstable conditions. we may even see tornadic activities and flooding and hail as well. but the re

. >> it's part of the district's commitment to vision zero, an initiative adopted by many other big cities to end traffic deaths and injuries. >>> pothole season is upon us. as the weather warms up you'll probably notice a lot more bumps in the road or dips. while drivers try to dodge them, sometimes you can't avoid the craters. for those really bad ones you're going to end up in the repair shot. one repair shop already fixed a handful of cars dinged up from the street craters. >> sometimes you don't knoweven what's happening. >> i feel like it's worse than last year. we might be getting more. i'm sure there's more coming. >> i'm sure there's more coming too. one customer's car rang up a total of $1600 of damage from one pothole. if there's a pothole driving you crazy head to tellwusa9.com. fill out the form. we'll work on getting that pothole fixed. >>> freezing and thawing and freezing and thawing. the weather could be an issue on the drive home tomorrow but it's not snow you're concerned about. >> not snow. the ground is still frozen solid. so it's going to take a time to freeze and tha

and the least expensive of the big cities is oakland where it's still $3.35 a gallon. both oakland and san jose are now below the statewide average of $3.39. >>> they prove their loyalty is very much alive. the reunion concert that sold out in hours and left a small bay area post office buried in mail. >> a dramatic cliff side rescue along the coast. the lucky circumstances that helped a hiker survive. >> what was your reaction? >> i can't say on tv. >> selling his iphone turns in to a case of bait and switch. what you need to know before you make a deal with a buyer. >>> so if you've ever gotten a new cell phone you may have considered selling your old one. >> before you do that, you might want to watch this. consumer watch reporter julie watts with a case of seller beware. >> reporter: tony had a good reason for selling his iphone 6 to cash for iphones. >> they come up with the highest price. >> reporter: last month he says the company gave him an initial quote of $586 for his almost new phone. so he sent it in. a few days later he got an e-mail from the company of,

. >> locals say the rustic slice of the midwest faced problems associated with big city slums. tammy carries a pistol to protect her om... we are breaking into the story to take you to shamal sheikh. the sheikh is giving opening comments. we assume that the focus will be on yemen. let's listen in. >> all our appreciation and gratitude to my brother. my brother, abdul fatah al-sisi, the president of egypt. and the government and people of egypt for the warm reception and generous hospitality. and outstanding ground work to this summit which... which will contribute to us achieving what we are as spireing to. i extend welcome to the secretaries, generals for efforts during my presidency of the 25th annual summit. which helped us build on what we have achieved. commenting the ground work to the present summit. your royal highnesses excellenceies, ladies and gentlemen. it is with pleasure that i begin by thanking god that he bestowed recovery on my brother, extend extending my congratulations and myself praying to the almighty that he will enjoy help and wellbeing to continue to le