brig. >> similar response to the pg&e in terms of back-up centers. the only thing i would add again is the human element. we make sure all the knowledge does not reside in one person. we have a lot of bridges in the area, not all our employees live in san francisco. so it may not be possible to get some of our senior managers here or key employees here quickly within a day, within two days, and it's a constant challenge to make sure we have documentation and broad training for whoever does arrive at the eoc, they are in charge until someone else gets there and that could be a long time. >> thank you. mr. angelus. >> for verizon wireless in northern california we have two separate offices, we have in walnut creek and also folsom near sacramento. we have another redundancy center in texas. we have it all across our infrastructure and also with our teams. >> thank you. we have one question in the back. >> yes, my question is regarding your ability to bring in repair equipment or crews to make repairs or back-up equipment in case your infrastructure is b

brig. >> good afternoon. when we talk about resill yepbs and resiliency for the san francisco public works, the sfpuc not only provides those life lines to san francisco, but we also operate the hetch hetchy regional water system that supplies a great amount of water for a large part of the bay area, 2 1/2 million customers. and for a regional supplier like ourselves when resiliency comes sbat conversation you are talking about earthquakes come up already and terrorism as well and we've done a lot to put our money where our mouth is. we are right in the middle of investing 4 1/2 billion dollars in our water system. most of that is in the regional transition system, but about a billion of that is in san francisco itself and i can tell you that to put your money where your mouth is and really tackle capital investment when you talk about resiliency, it starts and ends there with capital investment. to be able to put your money where your mouth is, you have to convince your rate payer base that they want it and

mayor lee wants to establish a nonprofitÑç organization to brig events here, including the 2024 olympicames. the mayor said the idea grew out of recent efforts to raise up to $20 million to help cover the city's cost for hosting the america's cup this summer. >> 49er fans are representing their team and share their photos with abc7. this is a niners gear day. a group of students, faculty, and staff. and look at this itty-bitty baby. so adorable. share your photos with us and e-mail them to ureport@kgo-tv.com,. >> let's going to leigh for a check on the weather. >> leigh: a little cooler today thanks to high clouds starting to move in live doppler 7hd showing you the high clouds streaming in, and they will continue to pass overhead overnight tonight. weles had quite a bit of fog and that helped to keep temperatures down, too. here's the current readings. 52 degrees in san francisco. all of these numbers down as much as six degrees from this time yesterday. 60 right now in livermore and antioch, and only 5 4 , overcast sky in san jose. the clouds will be with us. we'll look for a little f

virginia bareet and i'm with the anti-pathology s s poems for the movement and i'm a member of the poet's brig gate and alhando and i was happy to here that supervisor mar attended the inauguration this sunday day in a desire to bring more poetry to city hall and to the city in jeep i have brought a small poem to read read and i hope this beginning a weekly practice here and this was written in support of occupy. the ability to fly. gray sayingels are lined up like bankers in suits along the jag ed edge of the old coastal road now slipped into the sand. winnings held tight at their side, they stair out at the waves as it's trying to earth as contain if the [spelling?] market will bring a highly yield and that the ocean is a continuous flow of give and tack while the bankers think of agreed agreedy's sake of only the ladder of take and take what a difference the ability to fly can make thank you, and i urge you to bring more poetry into the schools and i teach in mar inand they have stooded grades sen through 8pm and i have also taught poetry in san francisco but very little there is not enough

to introduce melissa vancrum who is an associate in my office and i am in the office of hansen and brig et and she is an associate in the firm as well. first of all, a lot of misconceptions have to do with this being an insurance agency. i can understand chu's office stating that it should have a conditional use permit if it is an insurance agency but it is not. and you have misheard a lot of the facts. the point is first of all the lease the actual lease sign shows the name of the entity and as you can see it is called could you read it to me? >> vocal point financial network. vocal point financial network is a separate company, the secretary of state office has issued something showing that it is a separate company. it is business is financial services it is helping people invest their money. yes the principal of it also as an insurance company called vocal point insurance. it has a different office in the city. it has an office in oakland. the entity that mr. williams mentioned that is in irvine has a similar name but it is not the tenant in the lease but it is not affiliated with mr

>> reporter: emmanuel brigs used to be the water drop, but today he's a judge. >> various ages and backgrounds. >> very happy and exciting and energetic. >> look at the mascot, it's one big refreshing drop of water. to see that, it would entice me to get a nice cold cup of tap water, dc tap water. >> reporter: in washington, beth parker, fox 5 news. >> good luck to whoever gets the water drop job. thanks so much for joining us tonight. here's brian with the news edge at 11:00. >>> we start off with a winter weather alert after the midwest was hit hard by a powerful winter storm. the northeast now bracing for more problems this weekend. to gary mcgrady we go. >> thanks a lot. that storm out west that dropped all the snow out there, even blizzard-like conditions, it basically split in two. it kind of went to the north of us and to the south of us, and part of it will reorganize basically, there will be a storm system along the east coast this weekend. it will stay to the east of us. important tonight, the temperatures, and if anything is falling from the sky, we look at sentinel radar right now.

and that's one of the reasons why they ought to let bradley manning out of prison out of the marine brig because we need to know what's being done in our name and and we've been separated from the horrors of the war in iraq and afghanistan during vietnam it came into your living room every day at six thirty and you know it hasn't it hasn't been a rag and we get to see cartoon characters mark your thoughts on this war is messy and that's why it needs to be so clearly defined nothing is more important constitutionally when the president commander in chief goes to war in the name of the people that the people's most representative branches of government are spoken and this is it's a travesty that we do it at all we're not at war this internet we're all over the plan this intervention is policy is getting us nowhere but on this specifically when we talk about american citizens it's the you know it's definition of deprivation of life or limb this is deprivation of life without due process it's unconstitutional because we're not at war it's immoral the way it's being done and it's unconstituti

she refused to leave and they put her in the brig for the night. it could have been much, much worse. the folks were pretty much at their breaking point when the ship pulled into the dock. joining us by phone is one of her fellow passengers. jamie ed schultz good to have you with us tonight. i mean absolutely. this has been memorable to say the least. what is the first thing you are going to do when you get off the ship. >> i don't know. we have beeen talking about wha kind of food you want. >> we have family members meeting us. i might kiss the ground. jamie lamb with us a passenger on the ship. >> it had to offer up a wide range of emotions for you tell us about that. >> i mean, anytime you put ten girls together it is already anxious and things like that. and we have all had our breaking points. oddly enough they have happened at different times i had mine two days ago. this morning when one of our girls talked to her husband she broke down. we have had our breaking points it has been good that we have been together. we calm each other's nerve.

let bradley manning out of prison out of the marine brig because we need to know what's being done in our name and and we've been separated from the horrors of the war in iraq and afghanistan. it came into your living room every day at six thirty at an owner has and says it has a rag and we get to see cartoon characters mark your thoughts on this war is messy and that's why it needs to be so clearly defined nothing is more important constitutionally when the president commander in chief goes to war in the name of the people that the people most represent and branches of government are spoken and this is it's a travesty that we do it at all we're not at war this interview we're all over the plan this intervention is policy is getting us nowhere but on this specifically when we talk about american citizens it's the you know it's definition of deprivation of life or limb this is deprivation of life without due process it's unconstitutional because we're not at war it's immoral the way it's being done and it's unconstitutional because it's a fifth amendment violation because we're killing

off any sentence, ruling the military illegally punished him with harsh conditions at a marine corps brigtrace, we heard a lot here but we hear from bradley mapping in court today. reporter: yeah, we finally heard why he says he did it. he thought the documents would be embarrassing to the united states but not damaging because he didn't think there was anything that was necessarily sensitive in these documents. he went on to tell the judge here, quoting, i believe if the general public, especially the american public had access to the information, this could spark a domestic debate on the role of the military and our foreign policy in general. manning also said he first tried to fifth this information to the "new york times" as well as the "washington post" but they weren't interested. tried the web site politico but bad weather stopped that. and wikileaks is the one that published these documents in the end, shep. >> shepard: even if the judge accepts this guilty plea, this trial is still going on. reporter: yeah. unless the government decides that 20 years, which would be the penalty,

talk about the inner loop from central avenue heavy on the brigs all the way to pennsylvania avenue andiles. back over to you. >> thank you. up >>> good morning. storm team 4 radar showing a little bit of moisture coming out of kentucky and tennessee. mostly in the form of rain right now. but getting closer to us later this afternoon between now and then, we'll warm up. we're near freezing now. into the low and mid 50s this afternoon. rain initially maybe late afternoon early evening. changing to wet snow tonight. mainly grassy areas. could have slick spots tomorrow morning with it ending on

if i did, i would be falsifying a government document and put in the brig. consensual but admitted to hitting me during it. so they were going to proceed with assault charges and inappropriate relationship charge. >> i want to play a clip from the film. let's take a look. >> when you report something, you better be prepared for the repercussions. >> if a man gets accused of rape, it's a setup. the woman is lying. >> my friend catching him raping me, they still didn't believe me. >> i reported it two different times to my squad leader. he told me that there's nothing he can do about it because i didn't have proof. >> these woman seem to have hit a wall. even punished when it comes to reporting the abuse. after this documentary was released, what has changed for these women and do you think it's enough? >> well, what happened is several months after the documentary came out, secretary panetta did institute some very important first steps. he elevated the decision to investigate and prosecute these crimes from the level of unit command tore the level of colonel

if i did, i would be falsifying a government document and put in the brig.id the sex was consensual but admitted to hitting me during it. so they were going to proceed with assault charges and inappropriate relationship charge. >> i want to play a clip from the film. let's take a look. >> when you report something, you better be prepared for the repercussions. >> if a man gets accused of rape, it's a setup. the woman is lying. >> my friend catching him raping me, they still didn't believe me. >> i reported it two different times to my squad leader. he told me that there's nothing he can do about it because i didn't have proof. >> these woman seem to have hit a wall. even punished when it comes to reporting the abuse. after this documentary was released, what has changed for these women and do you think it's enough? >> well, what happened is several months after the documentary came out, secretary panetta did institute some very important first steps. he elevated the decision to investigate and prosecute these crimes from the level of unit command tore the le

why wouldn't there bement and her strength and even when she comes up against brig walk-- brick wallsons that go where she wants or colleagues that don't believe in her lead, she doesn't take no for an answer. i was so inspired by her. and of course working with kathryn bigelow so immediately i sent kathryn an e-mail that said if you want me, i'm there, if we can make the schedule work, i'm there. >> are you happiest getting inside the character or the actual filming of the material. >> i'm always happiest in filming because there is a freedom in that. you do all the work before which sometimes is really difficult because you have to go to very dark places, learn things about humanity that you didn't know or you know, these horrible things, create secrets for your character. once i do that, i have this kind of book. this is who i am. i don't have to think about it any more. i just show up there and now it's in me. and it's like there's the intimacy between the actors that i find so incredible. just being able to look at someone and have it mean so much. it's very rare even in, you kno

generac and brigs and stratton. they are the same but also different. generac is u.s.ompany while briggs sean stratton does work around the world. and they are an engine company, not just power generation company. let's talk about the storms, infrastructure and yes, joining us first, from milwaukee is aaron, ceo. many of us used to think that generators were a luxury. with our infrastructure and storms, it is also a necessity, unless you want to be out of power for a week. do you see a paradime shift and how people in the northeast think about your products in. >> we do, brian. we see this shift occurring nationwide. obviously the northeast has been hit with a lot of outages here the last few years but the infrastructure, you mentioned in your comments, there's a huge investment gap in the infrastructure, in particular in the grid in distribution and i think people are tired of it. it is showing what happens when you underinvest. you get the us is septemberbility of these types of storms. i think that back up power is becoming the kind of thing that homes and businesse

and that's one of the reasons why they ought to let bradley manning out of prison out of the marine brig because we need to know what's being done and our name and and we've been separated from the horrors of the war in iraq and afghanistan during vietnam it came into your living room every day at six thirty and you know it hasn't it hasn't it's a rag and we get to see cartoon characters mark your thoughts on this war is messy and that's why it needs to be so clearly defined nothing is more important constitutionally when the president commander in chief goes to war in the name of the people than that the people's most representative branches of government are spoken and this is it's a travesty that we do it at all we're not at war this interview we're all over the plan this intervention is policy is getting us nowhere but on this specifically when we talk about american citizens it's the you know it's definition of deprivation of life or limb this is deprivation of life without due process it's unconstitutional because we're not at war it's immoral the way it's being done and it's uncon

. >>> brig-named companies reported higher quarterly earnings.ed jobless claims are falling. but the budget battle still casting a shadow over the market. the dow is up 12. the nasdaq is up 7. s&p up 2. and those weekly applications for jobless benefits dropped by 22,000 last -- last week. that puts the new claims at 344,000. analysts say that's a sign that companies are laying off fewer workers and do start fire -- could start hiring more. california saw 22,000 less claims. >>> this past hour we heard from house minority leader nancy pelosi and house speaker john boehner criticizing each other's party for allowing automatic government budget cuts to kick in tomorrow. as cute eight kyla campbell reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, all of this comes as the senate get the ready to vote -- getting ready to vote in a couple of hours on how to avoid the sequestration. >> reporter: nancy pelosi focused on possible job cuts. john boehner says americans should not have to pay any more in taxes. >> understands the difference between investments fo

and 6.7% raise in brig. shares rising because of the opt stick outlook for 2013. swiss livestock up 7%. their numbers came in with expectations. shares rising after the c.o. said further writedowns are unlikely. and cable deutsche down 4.5% on reports that vodaphone will have a takeover bid. italy, 4.86%. as peter said, 5%. anything blow that might be a low result. this is interesting, draw your tension to gilt yields, 1.95% ever since the moody's down grade. gilt yields have fallen. below 2% for the first time in a month. there you go. going to down downgrade yields for, not because of down grade, of course, but mainly because of the risk of attitude elsewhere. the pound getting a safe haven flow. who would have thought that once you lost the aaa rating? euro/dollar, 130.72. 13 .17 was the seven-week low. dollar/yen, 91.65. trading way back from 94.77 mark. aussie/dollar weaker, below 102 today. we could get down to a four-month low of 101.98, as well. that's where we stand in europe. let's recap that asian trading session today. we have more from singapore. >>>

. >> brian: last night was there a brig brawl again? >> steve: probably.terview with phil broken stein, who did a piece for he is require magazine. the man who killed osama bin laden, look at that, is screwed. it tells the story about how this guy has no job right now, no insurance, no pension, and he really didn't get any help transitioning from the military and the navy to private life. in fact, at one point one of the higher ups said, you know, you're looking for work? i think i know somebody who can get you a job driving a beer truck in milwaukee. >> brian: part of his cover, his family has to change their name. they want to get his name offment not that they want to get away from him, but they want to make sure his family won't be targeted. and they can't go to the base for protection because he's technically not in. as alumni, you can go to college campus u about not a military base. he's eligible for some financial health care. he's been pursuing that for a couple years. he's not gotten any progress. but his family is not covered. >> steve: he thoug