the city council passed a reduction ordinance. that was groundbreaking and put new requirements on city vehicles. and, there are issues like how composting across the board. janet: any fear that some regulations might stump business growth? michelle: it is always a conversation we need to have. there were ways to protect our smallest businesses while we go forward with environmental protections. at the end of the day, i think about my son. the most pressing issue facing him and his generation is going ed: when he is 30, what will the world be like? we know you just got elected president of boston city council, you know how we are? we speculate about future aspirations. any interest in public office? michelle: i' m very happy with my job. i could not be happier on city council. right now i intend to run for reelection. and, we' ll have a great time. janet: will you have another political office far down the road? michelle: i' m in this because i see government as the best way to make a difference in people' s lives. i did not antici

two new dubuque city council members are stepping up to the plate. mayor roy buol officially swore in new council members luis del toro and jake rios last night. in november's election, del toro beat long-time council member karla braig. and voters elected rios over council member lynn sutton. both new council members say public safety and cutting wasteful spending are their top priorities. iowa city has a new mayor. the city council held a special meeting yesterday and selected jim throgmorton to serve as mayor. he's a retired university of iowa professor who was beginning his second term on the council. hayek, who had to step down at the end of his term. the city council also chose kingsley botchway as mayor pro tem. quentin hart is officially the first african- american mayor of waterloo. he was sworn in last night at the city council chambers. an overflow crowd of family, friends and others gave him a standing ovation when he walked into the room. hart says he plans to focus on 5 things as mayor. "safer streets, economic development, 20-25 plan, u

among city council? the city pools... parks and rec director matt salvatore says the city's five pools will remain open in 20-16. however, their future after that remains uncertain. the city plans to eventually shut down leeds and cook pools. the council has moved to wait for the completion of a financial plan... because althought a splash pad is an option... the city only has enough in their budget to install one splash pad right now. jessica rae: after the council concluded their meeting, last night we asked a few council members to share their new year's resolutions... and councilwoman rhonda capron has this report.... "dan, what would be your resolution for the year? said rhonda capron," "i want to make sioux city the best place i really mean that," said dan moore "so that people will want to move to sioux city instead of move out of sioux city." "my resolution is for my wife and i to spend more time with my grandchildren in 2016," said pete groetken "my resolution for the council would be that we continue to being im

two new dubuque city council members took the reigns tonight. mayor roy buol officially swore in new council members luis del toro and jake rios. in november's election, del toro beat long time council member karla braig. and voters elected rios over council member lynn sutton. both new council members say public safety and cutting wasteful spending top their priority lists. three incumbents and the one new council member took oaths of office in cedar rapids this morning. the newest member, scott overland, says one of his priorities is to help rehabilitate older housing in the city council members ann poe, susie weinacht and scott olson were also sworn in for four-year terms. dozens of budding musicians in dubuque now have a more comfortable place to sit. today, flexsteel industries donated 12 new chairs to the the northeast iowa school of music. that music school helps develop the musical skills of people of all ages, and it offers one on one lessons. the dubuque based furniture maker made the chairs for the school, which replace the school's o

as of now, the city plans to eventually shut down leeds a cook pools. this evening the council moved to wait for the compleon of a before voting on recommendations by the pool committee to replace the pools. splash pad is an option... but at the moment... the city in their budget to pad. being that today was the first city council meeting of the new year... we asked a few council members to share their new year's resolutions... and we got a little help with these interviews from councilwoman rhonda capron. "dan, what would be your resolution for the year? said rhonda capron," "i want to make sioux city the best place ever and i really mean that," said dan moore "so that people will want to move to sioux city instead of move out of sioux city." "my resolution is for my wife and i to spend more time with my grandchildren in 2016," said pete groetken "my resolution for the that we continue to move forward with issues that we've identified as really being important to the community. economic development, the ver front, the swimming pool issue." "you know, i think my resolution is t

this comes after recent drama over a city council members. many portsmouth residents don't agree with it, and they say council is suffering from a lack of transparency. tonight will be the first regularly- scheduled dollar fine for breaking that new city rule, which prohibits members from speaking about information discussed in closed door meetings. last week, in a community meeting with council members, residents spoke up about openness among elected officials. mayor kenny wright and a few councilmembers didn't seem to offer any solutions, but their collective message was for people to watch the public access channel for meetings and go to the council's website. we know this is an important issue for you so here's how you can speak out about things happening in your government. here are three ways you can sign up to speak at tonight's meeting. you can call the number on your screen, email city council, or sign up in person. according to city rules, you are only to three minutes. tonight's city council meeting starts at 7:00 at city hall. a fo

. >> west columbia city council decided to put a redevelopment situation on hold. >> loren thomas was at tonight's meeting and has more on why they are waiting to give a go-ahead for the property. >> reporter: this parcel -- one by one residents voice their concern for the proposed development breanne in west columbia. >> this is a one-time shot. if we goof it up, people will talk about us forever.>> reporter: the preservation speaks about the history. >> the last thing this community needs is another big residential area with its back turned to new brookland facing out over the river that compromises the investment we have made in the community. >> reporter: the $60 million retail and residential units. >> there were glaring loopholes in the things that were being proposed rsus the pictures we saw. >> reporter: a local investor from west columbia brought in a rendering of what the property could look like. while it's an extreme take a when the developers could do, they fall in the current planned development agreement with councilman tim i'll says why they have decided not to go forw

so we had one in 2011 featured in the experts and policymakers in the reports for the city council. and at the end of the day biggest thing is if you are going to be in our city you need to be 1200 feet away. but what happened after that, it was still going on and we realized the biggest one where the operators that said we are grandfathered in the regulations that were written before. so no matter what we pass in 2013 or 2014, so we were stuck with the speaker delivers native process so they faced the decision are we going to be going pretty neighborhood which is what we had to do with the name and here is the number to call. are we going to draw a line in the sand in the activity that would prohibit it and i think maybe that's -- i will read a little bit from the book [inaudible] somebody said we are going to be fracking )-right-paren. [inaudible] this whole politic is a chance for us to work together. in the museum that featured they had the fracking line which is a move for the education system to promote the interest of the industry and a noticeable energy exited [inaudible] i t

city. hart and two new council members will take their oath of office at tonight's city council meeting. and in just a few minutes we'll sit downnwith quentin hart -- decision 2016...republican presidential candidate mike huckabee continues a swing through iowatoday... huckabee mad a stop in urbandale yesterday -- and spent his time criticizing hillary clinton. a man asked huckabee what russian president vladimir putin would think of clinton as this countnty's next presiient... huckabee said putin would want clinton to be president... syria...there was no red line, can get away with whatever he barack obama and hillary huckabee has five iowa stops scheduled for today -- all in central iowa on the democratic side, martin o'malley made a stop in sioux city. he talkeke about immigrgrtion and brightest from all over the make our nation stronger. we comprehensive immigration reform with a pathway to citizenship for all and in the mean tii i intend to use the president's executive authority to keep families together where ever possible," in the past few days, o'malley found out he did not qual

council was waiting until after they received a traffic study. the developer remains hopeful. >> we want to make sure the development is filled with parks and core doors. -- core doors. >> the city is giving developers more time. the council is expected to vote on january 20. >>> we told you about a proposed project in acres that would build hundreds of apartments along with shops and restaurants. in order for that development to take place, the property needs to be rezoned. last night they voted on over 100 people showed up. most of those spoke against that happening. in the end, the commission voted that the city council would approve the rezoning of the property. we all know that. i'm opposed to the apartments because 300 more residents -- that's however many more people. i am not surprised but i am upset that a lot of people came out and it seemed like they did not care. >> the city council will most likely here that project in february. >>> to midland leaders were charged with not paying taxes. they are brand-new men and kevin washington who is currently serving on richland county council. both men turned themselves in yesterday. not decided what to play. the richland count

letting his followers know -- the city council is still discussing removing this controversial confederate monument. ( 36:24 i didnt break any law but 5 members of the council felt like i shouldnt give people a heads up on what issue is going to be discussed he didn )t break a law -- but he did violate a new city council rule moody says was introduced by mayor kenny wright in september. a rule that says any elected official will be fined a minimum of 1500 for publicly speaking on issues discussed in a closed meeting. 24:15 it just further indicates to me that this particular majority this particular city council wants to operate on the sly in a veil of secrecy and because of this post -- moody was fined. 24:49 so i think its an attack on my first amendment rights -- he says he got a letter yesterday signed by 5 of the council members -- saying he was ing fined for quote sbehaving. :21 what is running from a for a traffic stop - 39:33 is that misbehavior we tried to ask the mayor -- for his side -- after he signed his warrant for felony eluding police. with a smile -- he had no words but mo

in 2015, the city council approved an ordinance checks for all uber drivers. shortly after that went into effect, uber removed iowa city from its list for potential expansion. now, a final look at the forecast... the cold weather is here once again! temperatures will sit in the single digits all morning and all afternoon, before bottoming out below zero. w wds won't help! wind at 15 to 25 mph and gusting 30 plus at times, wind chills will be -20 to - 30 throughout the day and as low as -40 for some saturday night into sunday morning. sunday high temperatures won't even make it above zero. winds will continue to blow out of the northwest at 10-15 mph. this will once again cause dangerous wind chills. please make sure if you are going outdoors, not to stay out for more 10 to 15 minutes at a time and wear layers of clothing. also remember, if you are cold so are your >>> good morning, america. campaign countdown just weeks before the first voting and the gloves are officially off. ted cruz's sorry not sorry apology over that new york >> i apologize to the millions

earlier this month, the council appointed jim throgmorton as the city's new mayor. now the new council is looking for a new city manager. that's because current city manager tom markus is leaving in march for a new job in kansas. throgmorton says he's not yet sure how long it will take the city council to fill the position. the c cy council has a stake in deciding if ride-sharing company uber will come to iowa city. in 2015, the city council that wouldldrequire a city issued i-d card and city background check for all uber drivers. shortly after that went into effect, uber removed iowa city from its list for potential expansion. but now, the city manager's office says the city council might take up the issue again, possibly as soon as march. 23:36:09 "right now, we're in discussion with an uber representative to see what their bottom line is for what mododications could be made to hopefully bring them into town. those talks will be ongoing. we're fairly early in the discussion." an uber spokesperson says iowa city needs to modify its code to account for business model

the city council could vote to extend the temporary moratorium on i evictions and rent hikes while itdebates the larger issue. >>> just into the newsroom, the city of oakland made decisions in the debate over gun control. just in the last few minutes we learned the city council unanimously passed all ordinances that include requires owners to store guns in locked boxes at home and in their cars. the city council banned large capacity magazines. critics had threatened legal action if the ordinances passed. >>> every time i think about those kids it gets me mad. >> president obama tearing up as he announced executive action on gun control. he was talking about the 20 first graders killed in new town, connecticut three years ago. the president surrounded by victims and their families. among the changes more back ground checks and the hiring of more fbi examiners to do those checks 24/7. >>> next at 11:00, the must-have tech gadgets of tomorrow on display today, we'll take you into the c.e.s. including an app that could change how you grocery shop. >>> are fit bits really tracking your he

two new dubuque city council members are stepping up to the plate. mayor roy buol officially swore in new council members luis del toro and jake rios last night. in november's election, del toro beat long-time council member karla braig. and voters elected rios over council member lynn sutton. both new council members say public safety and cutting wasteful priorities. iowa city has a new mayor. the city council held a special meeting yesterday and selected jim throgmorton to serve as mayor. he's a retired university of iowa professor who was beginning his throgmorton replaces mayor matt hayek, who his term. the city council also chose kingsley botchway as mayor pro tem. quentin hart is officially the first african- american mayor of waterloo. he city council chambers. an overflow crowd of family, friends and others gave him a standing ovation when he walked into the room. hart says he plans to focus on 5 things as mayor. "safer streets, economic development, 20-25 plan, united vision for the future, working with our neighborhood organizations to revit

tonight's city council meeting starts at 7:00 at city hall. still ahead, the big cleanup. we'll show you how people in washington, d-c and new york are digging out from blizzard 20-16. we are learning more about a shooting in hampton that sent a man to the hospital with life-threatening this morning, and why one friend believes someone targeted him. plus - "i remember seeing the train hit the trailer and then i felt the impact of the semi, rolled up in the a very close call for an ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: partly cloudy. warmer. highs will be in the low 60s. winds sw cloudy. a few showers late. lows will be in the low 40s. winds south/west 5-10mph. wednesday: mostly cloudy. scattered showers. highs will be in the low 40s. winds north 10-15mph. great weather today as warmer temperatures arrive. highs will be in the low 60s with quiet weather. tomorrow a cold front moves into the region and brings scattered showers. it will be cooler with highs in the 40s. the front may stall out offshore on thursday, but the area of offshore looks

says dating back to 2-thousand-5, burfoot used his political office for personal gain when he on city council, while also helping private companies at the same time. prosecutors say he promised city votes in exchange for gifts and cash from private companies, including now-defunct tivest development and construction. if convicted, burfoot could be in prison anywhere from five to twenty years, but his attorney is confident that won't happen. 1st bite - andrew sacks - attorney c10 3:45 - the public record will show best for the city. it has nothing to do with the fact that it was tivest. :54 later this afternoon, sources tell 10 on your side burfoot is expected to plead not guilty to the felony charges in court . we're told he is going to request a jury trial - and from there, the court will set a trial date. and, it'll most likely be burfoot has served the city for 14 years. he says he has no plans to step down, despite the serious allegations. live in norfolk, rico bush. 10 on your side. new this morning, isis is acknowledging the death of jihadi john. the "site intelligence group" tracks ter

well it was a unanimous decision by the virginia beach city council in my memory was first in july of last year city. synergy beach city hanson will be the right guy to take over for him. there will assassins and several council members spoke out today about their decision everyone talked about how confident they are that hinson will continue steering the city in the right direction. i also spoke dance in just minutes after his appointment he told me he is ready to hit the ground running. take a listen to when he told me his plans are to continue the levels of excellence that our city council expects of the employees of virginia beach to be innovative to be frugal in our efforts to be trustworthy and to earn the respect and confidence of our citizens is what we do everyday and to do otherwise would be disruptive so i think i'll just keep the ship heading in the direction of this new city manager work begins all right away and he will be dollars a year to do the job reporting live in virginia beach received her j co thirteen years now a nasty situation for people in york county there w

portsmouth residents fired off concerns during last night's city council meeting. the meeting marked the first since disputes between city leaders made national headlines. the room was so packed, some residents were forced to stand. several folks expressed disapproval of the fine facing councilman bill moody - who paid 15- hundred dollars to council for a facebook post. councilman moody is fighing that fine. other residents called out mayor kenny wright for allegedly eluding the sheriff, and police officers, when they tried to pull him over after the last meeting. c29 10:47:04 "our mayor, allegedly, refusing to submit to law enforcement orders and has been charged with a felony. no apologies to citizens. what an example to teenagers. how flattering to portsmouth... just like your grin right now." butt to c22 10:08:33 "what we the people have seen from our elected officials is destructive and malicious to yield to an authority requesting a stop, eluding the police." the mayor responded to certain concerns -- like, crime in the city. but he had nothing to say to folks

now today the pacifica city council will confirm whether or not city manager declaration. if they do say that, yes, we agree with the city manager, then the city could apply for emergency assistance from the states and federal assistance. battered pacifica with large waves not only eroding the cliffs but causing damage to the pier and city wall. you might recall when we were out here during the big winter storms i would say about six years ago when the city condemned 320 and 330. those apartment buildings are a couple doors down. they never did fall into the ocean, but they are still deemed too unsafe to live in and now people are looking at 310. we just spoke to somebody who lives here who says that it it is safe and that there's no problem here that there is still plenty of cliff left. again, as you heard from the city manager, they have declared a local state of emergency. up to the city council where to confirm that decision some time later today. reporting live here in pacifica, bob redell. >>> the thing is, more big waves are on the way. let's check in with meteorolo

were sworn in and darrell clark was elected city council president for a second term. he received a standing ovation. mayor kenny will be heading up broad street to city hall to greet people along the way. this evening, there's a block party that's taking place at the convention center. live at the academy of music, scott ask the channel 6 "action news." >>> thank you, our other big story this noon is the freezing temperatures that has taken over the tri-state area. sky6 live hd the sun is out, but it's cold in center city philadelphia. the windchills are making it down right frigid him for more on that, let's check in with david murphy on big board. >> reporter: we have a cold front to the south, you can see the bulge in the cold air coming down through canada. philadelphia, 32. boston, 25 degrees. 11 in buffalo. this air up here below zero. as it comes to the south, the next 24 hours it will moderate. despite the fact it is cold and chilly and uncomfortable, the worst of it is on its way here that will hit later on tonight and tomorrow morning that's when the windchil

tonight the virginia beach council is expected to appoint a new city manager. council held a closed session this afternoon and is meeting right now to vote and approve a new city manager contract. the new manager will replace james spore. he served as city manager for 24 years. he just retired december 31st. portsmouth city council meets tonight after recent drama over a policy aimed at silencing members-- and the mayor's recent arrest. tonight will be the first regularly- scheduled council meeting since councilman bill moody paid a 15- hundred dollar new rule, which prohibits members from speaking about information discussed in closed door meetings. 10 on your side's andy fox will have an update on moody's fine-- ahead on wavy news 10 at 6. you can sign up to speak at tonight's meeting. according to city rules, you are only allowed to speak for up to three minutes. it starts at 7:00, at city hall. coming up on wavy news 10 - ride sharing companies versus taxis. why this is now becoming an "air" war in france. the aftermath continues following a jet fuel leak th

you'll definitely have some warmer air in the short term forecast no the six right now the hampton city council is talking about tougher regulations on some gun owners if they pass the measure you will be able to drive around the city with certain types of loaded firearms are generally talk to gun owners about this this is something that really only demand that people who own shotguns and rifles the city council passed a nine carry one in your car or on any public street or highway. i think is a violation of anybody's rights. i am carrying a loaded shotgun or rifle in your car could soon be legal in the city of canton i don't think that right but i'm sure people are still going to do it after him to gun laws. chief terry sold decided that something you need to be done to make sure that people are transporting in faith knowing he is asking city council members to ok the change citing that twenty one other cities and counties in virginia have similar laws from here to virginia beach or whatever you know alleged gunman unloaded when you get back and that's just not going to happen. people are goin

if the city council votes in favor of starting work... construction spring. a marshalltown man is behind bars this morning for an overnight sexual assault. 22-year-old dakota lee koehrsen morning. officers say he sexually assaulted a female at a marshalltown motel last night... he is now being held in marshall county jail. drivers in urbandale and johnston are in for a longer commute this year... crews will soon begin tearing down the northwest 100th street bridge where important link between the two towns for over half a century... but reconstruction is essential to make way for a new interchanged planned there. the new, 9-million dollar bridge is set to open this fall. a stalled downtown pool project is hoping for a restart in 2016... 17:31:23:27 - 17:31:30:26 we're laser focused to make sure we can fund the crown jewel... of the wellmark y... the downtown y-m-c-a has announced they're looking for a new leader to help get the crown jewel in place... vernon delpesce, the gym's president and c-e-o resigned yesterday under fire for the long-delayed completion

just a few hours of the west columbia city council voted to move forward with plans other $40 million development. >> leah holloway was there tonight when the city leaders made that decision. >> reporter: west columbia city council has been working on the brooklyn development for almost two years now . the council voted five to three tonight for the condominiums that will be in the development to have a maximum of 235 units. people who live nearby say that is just too many and the area simply can't handle that much extra traffic. >> betrayed and blindsided. really. >> people who live in west columbia are not happy with the decision i city council. to continue with plans for a $40 million development. the number of units the number of parking spaces and the draw that this area already pulls. >> committee members community members worry about how congested this area will be once the new development is finished. >> 's event development size will be issues traffic will be tighter the way parking issues the city is committed to finding solutions to those problems. >> it is disappointed and

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but the city council says taylor morris can't build wherever he wants. hear why they are denying his plans to build a "smart home" in the city. news at four front door open guy fishing on river good afternoon ... i'm sonya heitshusen. .and i'm dan winters ... thanks for joining us. clouds will hold on over central iowa through the night. gradually fall from the 20s to the teens overnight with lows in the mid teens by tomorrow morning. we begin today with an arrest in we begin today with an arrest in the hit-and-run death of an iowa state student. police now say a cy-ride bus driver is to blame for the death of emmalee jacobs. today 23-year old benjamin clague of gilbert was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failure to obey a traffic control device. jannay towne joins us live from ames now with more on what police say happened and how they found clague. police spent the last five weeks trying to find the driver who ran over dark and rainy december morning. today, authorities say they found the man behind the wheel... benjamin c

at the time he was only serving on city council. for years -- the indictment states -- burfoot was given hundreds of thousands of dollars, car payments, and home appliances from tivest managers -- in exchange for burfoot voting in favor of city ordinances that benefitted tivest. one of those projects -- the broad creek homes. the documents show that burfoot promoted tivest s interest in the project -- even though tivest was not a member in good standing with the local builder and designers guild -- which was a requirement to construct homes in the neighborhood. but sacks says -- burfoot was never a silent partner. he refers to that project -- as one of sacks ) biggest accomplishments . he speaks directly to this, i just don )t also accused of convincing a developer to pay the mother of his children 25- thousand dollars to help pay for a condo at widgeons point. in exchange -- burfoot used his votes to open a gentlemans club downtown -- according to the indictment. but sacks -- denied all the allegations -- and said burfoot will not s

monday city council approved plans to begin preparing the land for the proposed "cone park" "with city council's vote today the preparation phase in the cone park project begins. the next step is to secure a contract with a company that will remove and dispose of all standing trees in clearing areas. bringing cone park one step closer to becomingng reality," said deborah souverain, abc9 news. parks and recreation director matt salvatore says clearing the trees is estimated to cost 150-thousand dollars. it's expected to be completed by march 31st...keeping the city on track for an end of the year the 4 million dollar project. "yea we're looking at december 2016 as our target date," said matt salvatore, sioux city parks & recreation director. "a lot of things have to fall into place for that to happen."including making up a more than 300- thousand dollar budget short fall. "we are right now in negotiations with the state of iowa on the last 318 thousand, and [we're] doing some fundraising locally to get us to our goal," said anderson. cone park will feature winter activities...like sledd

coming up -- a city council woman's dog is shot twice... in the week's after the council woman receives harassing threats. and... an inmate, who made a daring escape from jail, is back in custody -- find out how he was apprehended that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full --------- --------- --------- --------- informaanother mild day with temperatures about 5-10 degrees above normal. this is mother nature's way of clearing the "old" snow and ice to make way for some more. saturday will be a pleasant day to get outside. it will be dry with highs near 40. highs sunday will be near 40 as well, but a few light rain showers will chance to light snow showers late in the afternoon as temperatures drop. caucus day and evening will be dry with temperatures in the mid 30s. we are still tracking a major winter storm to begin late monday night, after midnight. snow moves in from the snow will fall all day tuesday and then gradually ta

city manager. pastue will present a plan to the council that will include a resignation for himself ..and the deputy city manager. k the mount dora city council meets tonight at 7-30. we'll be sure to let you know what happens. president obama banning the use of solitary confinement for certain prisoners. why he says juvenile offenders should not be included. plus-- caught on camera! orlando police releasing new video... showing an officer firing shots at a stolen car. coming up... why the f-d-l-e is now it's ??? outside. you can follow us on twitter, or tweet us-- just use #g-d-o hour-- public health officials say the zika virus is spreading. it is causing birth defects in thousands of babies-- born to women who were bitten by infected mosquitos. the virus is now in many central american and south american countries --as well as in the carribean. health officials in florida are warning pregnant woman not to travel to those countries... including popular destinations like brazil... mexico... and puerto rico. a major drug company is now working on vaccines to stop the outbreak. president obama is ban

city council how they feel about where the city is headed. more than 120 people piled into the churchland library last night. for almost an hour, residents asked why there was a lack of city's government. we tried to talk to the mayor aftwerwards about a number of issues but he did not answer our questions. "the people tonight were concerned about the lack of information and transparency. how will you adress that. "how will you address the lack of transparency?" there were about a hundred people from portsmouth, thousand will be watching, what do you want to say to them?" "hey how ya doin? goodnight" during the meeting the mayor blamed the lack of transparency on media coverage. he and council members pointed to the city's public access channel for information. other taxpayers say its not just the lack of openness, it's the in-fighting among elected officials. clip0043 leon j harris 1:24:12 "it's government transparency listen to the people that pay your salary listen to the people that you have to govern if you stop being alright" 1:24:27 ru

dozens of portsmouth residents came out to tell the mayor and city council how they feel about where the city is headed. more than 120 people piled into the churchland library last night. for almost an hour, residents asked why there was a lack of transparency in the city's government. we tried to talk to the mayor aftwerwards about a number of issues but he did not answer our questions. clip 110 1:51:08-1:51:41 "the people tonight were concerned about the lack of information and transparency. how will you adress that. "how will you address the lack of transparency?" there were about a hundred people from portsmouth, thousand will be watching, what do you want to say to them?" goodnight" during the meeting the mayor blamed the lack of transparency on media coverage. he and council members pointed to the city's public access channel for information. other taxpayers say it's not just the lack of openness, it's the in-fighting among elected officials. clip0043 leon j harris 1:24:12 "it's government transparency listen to the people that pay your salary listen to the people that you have

the city council just agreed to instead of charging offenders with a misdemeanor...the city could issue *citations to people caught with up to* 20-grams of pot. the fines would start as low as 70- dollars... and increase for repeat offenses. the council will meet again on the topic next month. pinellas county is debating a similar ordinance. 3 3 the tampa bay rays are one step closer, to finding a new home. the st. pete city council has agreed in *terms, to a new deal proposed by mayor rick kriseman. 3 it requires the team to pay up to 24-million dollars annually if they leave before their contract is up. any redevelopment revenue for the 85-acres of tropicana field land would go into an interest- bearing escrow account. if the rays stay in the city to the end of their contract in 20-27 -- the team gets half of that money. it the team leaves *before their lease is up.. the city keeps *all the money. the rays also can't announce a new home for six months. the city council could formally *vote on the plan, as soon as next thursday.. just one more reason to play the "powerball" this weeken

if city council approves a necessary zoning change... construction could begin this spring. 3 3 also happeing today... the city of asheville may devote a day totonative americans in place of columbus day. councilman gordon smith is proposing a resolution to establish "indigenous peoples' day." it recognizes the heritage and contributions of native americans here in the mountains. the resolution is on the asheville city council agenda. 3 3 happening tonight, wildlife officials will hold a meeting to discuss how to manage a growing elk population around the great smokies. one proposal is to have a short, and very limited elk hunting season. the hunt would only apply to bulls, and would be allowed only on private land. the hearing is open to the public. it will be at haywood community college, it starts 3 president obama in his final state of the union address tonight is expected to talk about how far we have come in the past seven years since he has been in office. this comes just a week after he announced his executive actions on gun cont

it can also cause learning difficultlies. >>> a city council meeting in atlantic city. city officials will discuss filing for bankruptcy. last week governor chris christie rejected a financial aid package for the city. the mayor says with no help from the state, the city council has to consider all options. >>> the world heatlh organization is warning that the zika virus is likely to spread all throughout the that would include everywhere except canada and chile. it's suspected of causing birth defects. it'snew to the region so few have been affected by it. there have been no local infections so far in the u.s. >>> and america now has an official comfort food. can you guess what it is by that video? it's pizza. the harris poll interviewed u.s. adults and pizza topped the list of 15% of them. that's a big win over chocolate and ice cream. those two tied with 7% each. the study also showed that 54% of women reach for comfort food when stressed while the majority of men indulge after a good day. it made me realize, considering i always reach for pizza, chocolate, and ice c

a councilman says city council slapped him with a hefty fine -- over a facebook post. during last night's meeting, councilman bill moody announced he has to pay $15- hundred dollars. it's for breaking a new city rule that bans city leaders from talking publicly about private city matters. moody said he was fined for a facebook post - which mentioned that leaders were set to talk about the city's confederate memorial. during the meeting - and told the public he won't be silent. sot portsmouth councilman bill moody c41 01:14:13 "freedom of speech does apply to elected officials as well" 16:11 "you're not going to muzzle me, i was elected by the people" 14:55 "transparency in portsmouth's government is worth fighting for" council reportedly voted 5 out of 7 to fine moody. moody says he contacted the a-c-l-u. the mayor had no comment - and ignored 10 on your side's questions while walking out of the meeting. today marks the continuance of the longest serving legislative body in the western hemisphere. when the virginia general assembly gavels in at noon, for the first time

and you'll also hear who's opening the newly named venue this tonight portsmouth city council will vote on allowing food trucks on private property, which is currently against city code. for instance, one council person pointed out the trucks that sell sausages outside of most lowe's stores are not currently allowed at the portsmouth store. tonight's vote could change that. farm bureau live is no more. the venue is still part of the virginia beach concert scene, but the name has changed it's now the 'veterans united home loans ampitheatre'. also announced today: the 20-16 concert season. jimmy buffet opens the season april 16th. tickets go on sale january 22nd. but first -- a virginia beach man sacrifices his life in battle and his widow is denied survivor benefits. now new at five -- a widow of war in virginia beach could soon get a survivor benefit that she was technicality. investigation brought the loophole to her lawmaker, and now he's fighting to make things right for the mother of four who lost her husband in battle. investigative reporter chris horne has more on why the law need

city- directed master plan for redevelopment of the trop site". they also can't leave st. pete before 2018. but hillsborough county commissioner ken hagan hopes the rays head to tampa. at least five of the eight council members-- are expected to vote for the measure-- possibly as early as next thursday. for marijuana-- might not land you in jail for much longer. "tampa police and city leaders"-- are discussing the possibility of issuing tickets instead of taking people to jail for small amounts of marijuana. city council will discuss the issue at its "february 18th meeting. " time now for headlines around the nation and the world in 60 seconds. the mother of the so-called affluenza teen has been booked into a north texas jail. tonya couch is scheduled to go before a judge. she faces a charge of hindering the apprehension of a felon. authorities believe she and her son, ethan, fled to mexico as prosecutors investigated whether ethan violated his probation. he's still being held in mexico city. tarmac delays and disability complaints have lead united airlines to be fined 2-point-75 million dollars. the government says the airline failed to properly assist disabled passengers. also, there were 5 instanc

the cedar rapids city council will s sk national register of historic places status for a former downtown furniture store building. the doors at smulekoff's closed in late 2014 and the city chose a developer last year to renovate the site into a mixture of offices and housisi. a national register designation makes tax credits available for the project. the city hopes to have a revised development agreement ready in either february or march with work starting sometime after that. the city council also agreed on a partial tax exemption for a historic preservation project on the edge of the newbo district. the one-time ideal theater is scheduled for conversion this year into o social hall for banquets and events. the developer expects to get a building permit following today's tax incentive decision. construction should take about a year. the hawkeyes are looking ahead, preparing for their big game thursday night at maryland. and the cyclones are talking about their big win last night against the kansas jayhawks. the middle of the week. overnight lows drop into the teens with highs back into

tonight, city council planned to discuss a proposal for the 15th street pier. mayor will sessoms says leaders will be working with the developers and the public to make it happen -- sessoms on 15th street pier proposal - clip 48 about that do i know if the numbers will work yet? i don't. private group has asked to re-develop the area between 14th and 16th streets at the oceanfront. we could see a new pier, hotel, restaurants, and more parking. it would cost 245-million. the mayor also discussed plans for a fitness park at the oceanfront. city council did not approve the project when they voted on it earlier telling people not to give up hope. feeds fitness park 17;06;40 i'm happy to say some of the city staff has been working to find another location -- and hopefully with everyone on board supporting it. a virginia beach non-profit offered to donate the park -- just like this one in santa monica. it would have gone on the sand near 40th street. republican frontrunner donald trump says he will not take part in thursday's presidential debate. he will skip the fox

and the ceremony attended by 17 members of city council also being sworn in. here is a little bit of what the new mayor had to say after he became the new mayor. >> so to all of those philadelphians, all of the rest to have entrusted me with this great responsibility, thank you. thank you from the bottom of my heart. i promise to serve you, to be accountable to you, and most importantly, to listen and to work with you. so that we together as philadelphians can make every single neighborhood in the city of philadelphia the best that it can be. god bless you, and let's go to work. >> now,, ken jim kenney is the son of philadelphia firefighter spent 23 years on the city council. city council members 17 of them also being sworn in here today, just moments ago, the new mayor, walking up broad street, they'll be an insider day and evening of festivities, kenny very much in line with his neighborhood jim theme. tonight instead of black tie we will be having inaugural block party. that's his way of saying welcome me to office, what goes onioned here, his priorities, f

, city council, particular the mayor has wanted to tear down it's 76 years old. it's time to go." there's no timeline yet for the complex that will replace gonzales gardens, but the columbia housing authority says it will be a mixed-income complex with units for seniors and families. the new project is expected to total 60 million dollars. coming up, we're looking a head to a cold forecast ahead--and a deeper freeze next week. plus --- if you're feeling lucky ... a huge jackpot is on the line tomorrow. we'll check out all those zeroes, next. millions of people across the assist those whose lives were changed by extreme flooding in october. two federal agencies report they have given grants and loans to help people deal with the flooding aftermath. that includes 79 million dollars in grants by fema's individuals and households assistance program. fema's public assistance program has also provided 17 point 2 million dollars in grants to local governments and communities. that's in addition to more than 122 million dollars in low-interest disaster loan

at the time he was only serving on city council. for years -- the indictment states -- burfoot was given hundreds payments, and home appliances -- in exchange for burfoot voting in favor of city ordinances that benefitted tivest. one of those projects -- the broad creek homes. the documents show that burfoot promoted tivest s interest in the project -- even though tivest was not a member in good standing with the local builder and designers guild -- which was a requirement to construct homes in the neighborhood. but sacks says -- burfoot was never a silent partner. 21;34 can you say why he consistently supported tivest if he didn t have personal interests - any decisions that anthony burfoot made in the city were for the best interest of the city burfoot is also accused of convincing a developer to pay the mother of his children 25- thousand dollars to help pay for a condo at widgeons point. in exchange -- burfoot used his votes to open a gentlemans club downtown -- according to the indictment. under oath -- the documents say -- burf

says dating back to 2-thousand-5, burfoot used his political office for personal gain when he on city council, while also helping private companies at the same time. prosecutors say he promised city votes in exchange for gifts and cash from private companies, including now-defunct tivest development and construction. could be in prison anywhere from five to twenty years, but his attorney is confident that won't happen. 1st bite - andrew sacks - attorney c10 3:45 - the he did because it was best for the city. it has nothing to do with the fact that it was tivest. :54 later this afternoon, sources tell 10 on your side burfoot is expected to plead not guilty to the felony charges in court . we're told he is going to request a jury trial - and from there, the court will set a trial date. and, it'll most likely be months from now. burfoot has served the city for 14 years. he says he has no plans to step down, despite the serious allegations. live in norfolk, rico bush. 10 on your side. today norfolk leaders are scheduled to break ground on another school. officials will hold a ceremony later this

we reached out to the entire city council. we got in touch with danny meeks - who calls the situation a black eye for portsmouth. 36:50 i think all of this drama has caused the citizenry to pay much more attention to the actual work that each member of counsel is doing and how they behave and i hope it )ll be reflected in the ballot box in november according to the website --the next city council meeting is scheduled for january 26th - which gives everybody a few days to cool off. live in the studio, mk, newschannel 3 more breaking news former governor bob mcdonnell will get his day before the u.s. supreme court. the court today agreed to hear federal corruption charges. in september 20- 14 a jury in richmond found bob mcdonnell and his wife maureen guilty of doing favors for businessman gifts and loans of about 170- thousand dollars. bob maureen to one year and one day. arguments at the supreme court are expected in april and the court should rule by the end of its term in june. the former virginia governor issued the followi

the chesapeake city council improve -- approved code changes to make sure the businesses have top or licensing. >> i am glad we are ferreting it out and i hope he other cities in the area will strengthen their rulings. reporter: paper works -- paperwork says the massage parlors or seen on online databases listed as places that there is no evidence at this time the massage parlors are related or part of some kind of ring. the 14 women faced different charges which are all listed on our website. nicole: we have coverage of this story since it broke linked to today's developments on wavy.com. tom: police are searching for a suspect after an overnight police pursuit ended in the crash. it began around 2:30 a.m. when a driver was told over for something faulty on the car. the chase went on to 264 in norfolk, ending with the driver crashing into the side of a home in norfolk. no injuries and no damage to the home. the driver got out and took off and has not been found yet. nicole: a man is rushed to the hospital after being stabbed this afternoon at the edgewater. the victim and the suspect

resources from the dubuque clinic to its cedar rapids location where it's seeing a the cedar rapids city council will seek national register of historic places status for the old smulekoff's building. the furniture store closed in late 20-14 and the city chose a developer last year to renovate the site into a mixture of offices and housing. a national register designation makes tax credits available for the project. the city hopes to have a revised development agreement ready in either february or march. the city council also agreed on a partial tax exemption for a historic preservation project on the edge of the newbo district. scheduled for conversion this year into a and events. construction should about a year. tonight, dozens of truckloads of dirt will be in preparation for the world's toughest rodeo national tour. this is video from last year's show. officials say they will be hauling in 16 tons of dirt tonight starting at midnight. now here's our morning mugshot wednesday. it's cedar valley habitat for humanity's home team huddle fundraiser. the game individuals, families and community gr