the iowa city community school district says this is a discussion that started in the fall of 2014.now they want to know how much interest there is in making it a reality. reality. some parents in the iowa city community school district are interested in learning more coming magnet school.katie andernacht, coralville mothehe 09:2:233 i haven't done a a t ofofesearch into it, but i think the magnet schools could be a good thing, anything that can help enhance the learning of our children in any way can't be a badthing. andernacht thinks her children could be interested in fine arts.09:30:01 my oldest child really likes anything additional other than learning math and science and reading. the district says students would still follow the iowa core curriculum.stephen murley, iowa city community school district superintendent 09:35:50 it's an opportunity to look at programming in our $& schools that's different than what we currently have. that could be theme based, it could be focused on specific things like arts and sciences or stem or other programs that the community may have an intere

new york city mayor bill de blasio recently announced an affordable-housing plan that promises to benefit so many in the latino community throughout the city. however, there are concerns from latino leaders who say it will market. we'll talk to the new york city housing commissioner and the union head that represents thousands of building workers, workers who support the plan. minutes. right now, though, the national immigrant integration conference just wrapped up in brooklyn. it was a three-day meeting involving hundreds of and national and local leaders who came together to find ways to help and defend immigrants in our area, even though there's little progress across the nation right now on immigration reform. here to tell us what was accomplished, manuel castro, executive director of the new immigrant community empowerment, and marcy suarez, youth organizer from make the road new york. she got to meet someone very important. we'll hear about that in a second. un placer. thank you for joining us this morning. manuel, the goal of the conference going in, and tell me if you met the goal after it was all over. conferen

joining forces.gov to see how you can serve the troops, veterans and military families in your communities. >> city meals and wheels delivered holiday cheer to needy new yorkers on christmas day. this morning volunteers prepared meals at the carter center for the aging and delivered those to homebound and older new yorkers. a hot meal is only part of the service. >> those that we're delivering to, 80, 90, even 100 years old, are so appreciative. if it weren't for us coming to the door, many of them would be all alone today. >> the people who deliver the meals for us every day are the only ones they see at all. they're essentially trapped in their apartments. christina: city meals delivered 4700 meals to elderly new yorkers this christmas. these loving angels delivered 2 million meals every year. >>> and more than 150 homeless coats today, all part of the 27th annual new york cares coat drive. one of the largest coat drives in the country. new york city cares is still taking donations through next thursday at all nypd precincts, penn station, grand central, and many other locations in the city. >>>

"i assure the community that w take matrs of this nature very gausman. sioux city community school alerted authorities, and hours later, sursely resigned the job that started in 2013. court documents paint a deeper picture. a 15-year-old student on the receiving end of a picture of sursely in his underwear. then, asking that student something sexual in nature. all of which, according to the documents, sursley admitted to authorities that friday. "the districts top priority is to ensure a safe learning environment for our students," said dr. paul gausman. susurintendent dr. paul gausman says sursely resignation accelerates the distance between "there are times where a resignation brings that closure with a certain level of immediacy in certain areas," said dr. paul gausmann. just a few months ago, sursely directed students at starfest, talking out the effort put i io the marching band d stival. "what's a lot of fun is putting in all the work in august and september and then going out and performing and doing the biggest group project you can ever imagine," said luca

. >> reporter: at a community city in car carakrs mothers scramble to get caps. just ahead of the arrival of one of its top con aggressional candidates. this woman ashores us that the voting system is tamper proof. >> translation: the system has been audited and will reflect the true will of the people after they go to the polls on sunday. >> reporter: indeed, this time around even the opposition coalition says it's satisfied venezuela's electronic voting system gives sufficient guarantees. but is that enough? it's not the actual voting process that is raising red flags but everything leading up to it. the top of the list is the use and abuse of states resources to tip in favor of the ruling party candidates. the socialist candidate is distributing a government subsidy benefit to young mothers who are being reminded that it's their duty to defend the revolution with their vote. the government overwhelmingly controls venezuelan's television networks, bombarding the airways with propaganda against the opposition. ngos monitoring the campaign are also concerned the

community colleges to top four-year colleges. we'll let you know how you can also, look at this. the new york city health department is hosting community consultations in neighborhoods across the five boroughs. it's all part of the "take care new york 2020", and they really want latinos to participate. we'll talk this morning with the deputy health commissioner. right now, though, the campaign for fair latino representation, a city-wide coalition of latino leaders held its first of many community forums. and they're here to talk about it. here to share some of the campaign's goals for the upcoming year, our good friend, javier nieves, who has been on the show before, and joining us this morning, reverend samuel cruz, tambien. good to see you, my friend. >> how are you? toma bien? thank you. >> you've had a few of these forums, so let me -- 'cause i want to get to a lot here -- run tackled. tell me where we stand in terms of the campaign and moving forward. affordable housing. >> well, we are certainly pretty much talking about a lot of the issues, not only affordable housing, but affordable housin

the advantages of sioux city go is networking opportunities for sure, also getting involved in the community. sioux city go gives you the opportunity to get to know other things that are happening in sioux city and also meet people who want to do a great job in the community. if you want more information about either sioux city go or the event coming up on new years eve thursday december 31st 7 pm at howard johnson's just go to the website, it's siouxcitygo.com. britney thanks for joining us. thank you. thanks for joining us around siouxland. >> hundreds of santas took advantage of warm christmas eve weather to ride the waves in florida. "surfing santas" is an annual event to help raise money for local charities. almost 650-santas were out there hanging ten in cocoa beach. that's a guinness world record number of surfing saint nicks. organizers are hoping to raise more than 30- thousand dollars >> victor: you know, i still don't understand why daniel had to take parker to chicago. >> maggie: so he could be with his mother on christmas. >> justin: oh. how is parker? >> maggie: oh, he's wonder

development, the simplification of taxes and infrastructure.the icad group in iowa city is also trying to make this community more international taskforce.the group launched a welcome iowa city area website just a week ago providing resources to the international community... and hopefully...making them want to stay. kate moreland, icad group director of community relations we bring in all sorts of international talent from students to faculty and so that's the make up of our community and as the population of iowa is declining we need to look at ways to bring people to the area. area.the icad group says one thing they want to focus on in the next year is getting more international voices on their boards and commissions. we've been spoiled with warm temperatures all week, but lot of rain this weekend. justin roberts is in for terry the meavy rain expected is causing one of the corridor's ggest holiday events to be cancelled, the annual lighting of the luminaries planned for sunday won't be happening. there is some good news, all other asile of lights activities in coralvivie are still on. you can help give s

city. but now is the time for fresh eyes and new leadership to confront the challenges the department, the community, and our city are facing. i have asked first deputy to serve as acting commissioner until the police force has conducted a thorough search. from body cameras to today's task force, to the new superintendent, this is not the end of the problem, but it is the beginning of the solution to the problem. there are systematic challenges that will require sustained reforms. it is a work in progress as we continue to build the confidence and the trust by the public in our police force. everyone has a role to play. and i'm just as responsible and as accountable as everyone else in working towards that solution. i do not take that responsibility lightly, and will work to ensure that every day we ensure we realize a strong chicago we all want and the public deserves. >> reporter: you talked about [ inaudible ] accountability, if you knew [ inaudible ]? >> well, two points lauren i would say. one is as you know, the family contacted the counsel's office on february 27th, and they -- that informati

license plates d-e-b... 1-5-7.anyone with information is asked to call the sioux city police department. 3 3 the siouxland community health center is expanding its operations.the health center is now operating a satellite clinic in south sioux city. siouxland community health of nebraska will serve e nortrtast nebraska from its fafality on highway 77.health center officials hope the new facility relieves some of the workload on its current sioux 3 "we have walk-in slots for our walk-in urgent care patients available as well but we have scheduled patients. we're just really excited to have a presence here in south sioux city. we have large percentage of patients that are from the south sioux city area, dakota county, and so to have a sight here just makes sense for us."faldmo says they hope to add dental services at the new clinic, sometime in the next year. appointments are now being taken by calling the siouxland community health center of nebraska. we have that number in this story on our website siouxland news dot com 3 "captain lewis i give you absolute authority to carry out this military mission of exploring

mark carlson joins mark, officials in iowa city are working harder than ever to attract the international community to that area? yes, and this has nothing to do with donald trump. in fact they've been working on making iowa city more internationally friendly over the past couple years here. earlier this week we told you from the corridor business journal that found there are more job openings than unemployed people here in the corridor. the iowa city area development group of i- cad- says one way to fill those jobs is to attract skilled workers from around the world. many who are already here studying at the university of iowa. recently i-cad held focus groups to hear from the international community about what they want to see more of in iowa city. they've since put together a multi-lingual website full of resources for the international community. on the site people can find things like transportation and child care options. city officials say making people feel welcome ultimately will be good for the economy. "iowa city is in one of those fortunate positions where we have a rate of unemployment

the iowa city community school reality. somearents in the iowa city community school district are interested in learning more ababt the possibility of a andernacht, coralville mother 09:29:33 i haven't done a lot of research into it, but i think the magnet schools could be a good thing, anything that can help enhance the learning of our children in any way can't be a bad thing. andernacht thinks her children could be interested in fine arts.09:30:01 my oldest child really likes anything additional other than learnini math and science and reading. the district says students would still follow the iowa core curriculum.stephen murley, iowa city community school district superintendent 09:35:50 it's an opportunity to look at programming in our schools that's different than what we currently have. that could be theme based, it could be focused on specific things like arts and sciences or stem or other programs that the community may have an intetest .superintendent stephen murley says the idea came from community members.that sta

communities. "i think the ho-chunk development is very exciting for the city of south sioux city. it's goign to develop an area along the riverfront and quality houses in the community, something that we headquist. "you know, this particular development that ho-chunk's doing, the up-scale apartment complex, will be a good edition to the housing mix that's currently available in dakota dunes," said dodey. bria: ceo lance morgan says the development project should not negatively affect tax payers, but boost the tax base dramactically with the possiblity of lowering taxes. reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. tim: in the wake of another mass shooting, gun control advocates have a message for politicians: your prayers aren't enough. republican candidates ted cruz, ben carson, "prayers" for those impacted... but gun control advocates want more. a scathing new york daily news cover this morning read--"god isn't fixing this." president obama also asked for prayers for the victims. but during an oval office meeting with the fbi director and attorney general he again called for t

the mother of a sex exploitation victim has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the sioux city community school district. the complaint filed thursday says the negligence of sioux city community schools and iowajag inc. was responsible for erick delele's abilily to have contact with the girl after school hours. the lawsuit includes a claim against the former high school soccer coach for assault and battery or sexual exploitation. thirty-year-old deleon, the district and ijag face a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress while the girl's mother is seeking an unspecified amount of damages. three years of probation and a suspended fifi-year prison ntence in the case. the yankton school district is making changes to its security protocols and systems after two men were arrested last week for entering the high school. the district today told parents the front entrances of the schools will now remain locked. a camera and buzzer were installed at yankton high school, and now people may only go inside the building i ia staff member authorizes it. the same system will be installed

tschss the leader sioux city community schools reacts after the arrest of the formemeband director at north high school. if you're just getting home sioux city police are charging lucas sursely with sexual exploitation of a minor. court documents show he admitted to police to sending sexual text messages to a 15 year-old student. new details are being released following a threat made friday against sheldon high school. according to the o'brien county attorney, a 14-year-old boy was taken into custody on saturday. the county attorney confirmed he was a student of the high school. chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us with the forecast. temperatures today may have felt a bit cool, but this is what average feels like (after quite a warm stretch). it was still breezy today but that wininwill settle down tonight and temperatures will be colder with lows settling back into the teens. we'll clear out the sky on friday although that sunshine will not help our highs as we only top out in the upper 20s. warmer weather does start returning over the weekend with upper 30s by saturday and lowew

themselves themselvesthousands of federal dollars are going towards housing and community development projects in iowa city. city.cbs 2 news reporter mellaney moore was at a meeting where people learned how to be part of it. two annual programs called the community development block partnership will benefit organizations like habitat for humanity. humanity. we've been successful the majority of years, the last 10, 15 years.now iowa city is accepting fiscal year 2017 applications.patton wants to try again. again. we apply for the housing portion of it to try to subsidize the cost of the housing that we build.habitat will apply for the home funding, which can be used for things like building affordable housing, which patton says is a need in the greater iowa city area. area. because of the university and the high percentage of student renters that we have, its great for our economy, obviously, but having all of that competition for housing makes prices go up. ackerson says that means people can have trouble finding housing they can afford.he says the funds and the organizations that get them impact a lot of

city this s rning. forrest, how can the community help? seventy percent of johnson county's ringers are paid, taking a cut from the overall amount raised at the end ofofhe season. in essence, they need more volunteers. current donations: $153,214 leaving just over half $171,786 to go. red kettles will be out through december 24th red kettles are located at: all three iowa city hy- vee's & the rochester ave. hy-vee drug store, ic & coralville walmarts, ic dollar tree, ic & nl fareway, ic coralveille & hwy965 wallgreens, paul's discount, sycamore mall, lobby counter top kettles are located at: all johnson county university of iowa community credit union branches and sam's market in solon online kettles can be created to raise a personal goal to support the johnson county salvation army by jumping off icsalvationar my.org http: holiday donations make up approximately 60% of the johnson county salvation army's annual budget. currently utilizing 70% of ringers who are paid- thus costing more money to come from our budget that could be used for

water quality may be on the rise for some 15 iowa communities... these cities are getting more than nine-million dollars in interest-free loans to help do just that. the money comes from the state government. it will pay for a variety of projects.... from treatment plant improvements... to storm runoff systems... and stream restoration. none of the money went to buena vista, calhoun or sac county.... where they're facing a lawsuits for allowing polluted farm runoff to flow into area streams. the lawsuit is scheduled to go before a federal judge in august of next year. meanwhile... the iowa dnr is considering running iowa's beaches dry... it wants to ban alcohol at all state-run beaches. that's as dnr officials say they see more over-consumption... which makes for unsafe public waterways. alcohol would still be allowed on rental sites near beaches ... but not on the beaches themselves. the dnr is accepting public you can find out how to make your voice heard by visiting w-h-o-t-v- dot-com. christmas is now just over a week away... and many of are still searching

and local city council members and community leaders got the opportunity to meet with state legislatures while at city hall... local leaders talked about everything from the economy to railroads. the meeting is intended to help leaders find innovative solutions to their challenges and to help move the community forward. sioux city council members jointly presented an agenda book of recent accomplishments and issues to be addressed in sioux city among some of the topics discussed: taxes, economic development, body cameras, railroads, and work to improve and an expansion of trail systems throughout northwest iowa, which was just one of the hottest topics of interest of the meeting, members of parks and recreation say they are working on a final plan to finish the trail along i-29. "by bolstering the trail system, it's going to help those communities...le mars, sergeant bluff, all of those in pull together. and you can do more in partnerships than you can do alone" says dan moore, city council. jessica rae: rough estimates for the cost of the three mile trail running from chitaqua park to c

appointed by the disisict board in 2014.for now -- the district is hoping for community feedback on their survey. stephen murley, iowa city community school district superintendent09:35:50 it's an opportunity to look at programming in our schools that's different than what we currently have. that could be theme based, it could be focused on specific things like arts and sciences or stem or other programs that the community may have an interest in. in.magnet schools would likely cost the district more money. it could take two to three years to get the elementary family in the district could apply. a group ofoftudents from the university of iowa is heading to india. india.the undergraduate and graduate students met for the first time last night with traditional indian food to discuss the goals for their journey.they will leave cember 27 to work with an e clinic there.group leaders say the clinic helps provide surgery to those who can't afford it-- saving their sight and livelihood. "we've identified 4 different projects for us to meet with the clinicians, observrvwhat's going on and come up with ideas on how to problem solv

was legislative day here in sioux city, jenna: it's an annual meeting where our local city council members and community leaders get the opportunity to meet with state legislatures while at today's meeting this morning at city call, local leaders talked about everything from the economy to railroads in sioux city. the meeting is intended to help leaders find innovative solutions to their challenges and to help move the community forward. elisa raffa brings us more from this year's meeting. elisa: sioux city council members jointly presented an agenda book of recent accomplishments and issues to be addressed in sioux city to state representatives this morning. among some of the topics discussed: taxes, economic development, body cameras, railroads, and work to improve and an expansion of trail systems throughout northwest iowa, which was just one of the interest of the meeting, members of parks and recreation here in sioux city say they are working on a final plan to finish the trail along i-29. "by bolstering the trail system, it's going to help those communities...le mars, sergeant bluff, all of those

city. siouxland community health of nebraska will serve northeast nebraska from its facility on highway 77.health center officials hope the new facility relieves some of the workload on its current sioux city clinic. 3 "we have walk-in slots for our walk-in urgent care patients scheduled patients. we're just really excited to have a presence here ininouth sioux city. we have large percentage of patients that are from the south sioux city area, dakota county, and so to have a sight here just makes sense for us."faldmo says they hope to add dental services at the new clinic, sometime in the next year. appointments are now being taken by calling the siouxland community health center of nebraska. we have that number in this story on our website siouxland news dot com 3 "captain lewis i igive you absolute authority y carry out this military mission of exploring the west." 3 that's president thomas jefferson... as voiced by woodbury county supervisor mark monson... part of a new exhibit at the lewis & clark interpretive center.that exhibit focuses on the inspiration for lewis & clark's corps of d

see kumbaya new top-level domains with their communities in the city's soul new york city has adopt nyse. women dash and communities also have their own because i belong to a minority of communities to be in cyberspace is also important. so for them to express their identity. we opened in the major way the top-level domain that was spelled in arabic script stick and there will be over 1,000 coming into the internet will that be a shock for some consumers? you have played a huge role in and what is the role going forward to educate consumers? that they exist and they can safely navigate? >> icann will have a role in a decade to support to have more people to apply we operate in the public interest with safety to understand the choices we have it is more and more difficult on the existing top level domains kelso want to note those that engage in the campaign but there also engaged to have that opportunity if it is made more possible from either program. >> host: what about new york to get nyc. >> every applicant pays the same fees sometimes we give them support but in general they pay $185

the community needs to be cared for, and needs to be thought of as an important part of the community in the city of chicago, and there needs to be significant change. if there's not significant change, then this community that dies will take the whole city of chicago with it. >> here's the dilemma. i was in washington when it was the murder capital of the united states, and there were demands there for the police chief to go, and in some cases, the police chief was fired. but the probably doesn't go away in the i want rum when they search for a new superintendent in chicago. so will you be pulling the trigger that signals that there's no man in charge? >> i don't think so, but there needs to be a strong line shining on the fact that the process by which we choose the new superintendent needs to be seen and we need to change and how that's going to make a difference within the police department. it's important to us that there's an ex certainly investigation and an external source looking at what happened, not only with laquan mcdonald, but with all of other cases pending with the use of excessiv

bedford's mayor says provencher leaves behind legacy of modern and defective department and stronger community. city councilor says that he was battling cancer. old. track traffic and weather every ten minutes. live look outside at zakim bridge, see those foggy dreary conditions shiri has been talking about, leverett connector backed up right now. we will have the conditions in a moment. first here is shiri. >> shiri: doing anything for the morning commute, 47 now, 48 by 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 this morning about 50 , i will show what you time temperatures peak which is pretty unusual and when the heavy rain moves in coming up. >> sara: adele taking show on the road. coming up when friends will be able to snag tickets to see her in boston. return >> sara: tom leyden is here and patriots fans, tom, feeling a lot better. >> anchor: it is. >> tom: they saw the door was open and pats walked right through and helps when rob gronkowski is back on the field after missing one game with knee injury. he made impact and caught four passes yesterday. 86 yards but first one end-zone was shawn martin and gronkowski

a little community, a city. >> we spoke briefly, you mentioned you know now speaker of the house paul ryan. >> he was an aide to somebody on the budget committee. here's paul ryan's frustration of. the job of speaker is a job of bringing diverse groups together. paul's fundamentally a policy guy, and i think that's really critical because he can turn the ship in a certain direction. but his frustration is going to be that, as the speaker, sometimes he went be able to cling to the policy us a much as he would like to, and i saw newt gingrich go through that. one reason i never wanted to be a speaker because you have to give up your strongest held beliefs in order to make sure you can get things through, but good ideas and ability to not fall totally in love with all the things the believes, and i know how strongly he believes in things. he'll have more success. the frustration will come when people will not understand his vision or they're afraid of his vision. that's the challenge. >> we're here in the iowa capital rotunda -- >> by the way, i don't think anybody else has ever said thi

. >> mayor and city council standing with philadelphia's muslim community at city hall in the face of what they call a growing anti muslim sentiment after the attacks in san bernardino. >> we are not at war with muslims, we are not at war with islam, we are at war with terrorist. >> reporter: mayor's comments were in response to the republican presidential candidate calling for a ban on muslims entering the the united states, something that the the other candidates have publicly denounced asante american. >> we have no idea who is coming into our country. we have no idea if they love us, or if they hate us. we have no idea if they want to bomb us. >> reporter: this comes as monday as a pig's head was found at door at al-aqsa mosque. surveillance video shows two people in the red pickup truck threw a roasted pigs head out the window landing near the entrance. thinks second filled hate incident after a threatening voice mail was left on the machine at the islamic center just days earlier. >> we're paying special attention to religious institutions which we have been doing for a period o

this was unprecedented and brought over three hundred community ladders from community-based organizations philanthropy and city partners altogether the forum was an opportunity for the local leader to have break out groups and the milestones for the local action plan we know that in order to help our children be successful in

as a social worker, community organizer, city counselor, and the longest-serving woman in congress, sheas been a tireless advocate for families, women, children, and seniors. in the senate, barbara mikulski has wielded her power to fight for equality and fairness for the most vulnerable members of our society. her example helped pave the way for other women in elected office, and her legacy will endure in all those who climb the ladder of opportunity she fought to build. [applause] itzhak perlman. [laughter] [applause] a teacher, conductor, and one of the greatest violinists of our time, itzhak perlman has brought joy to millions, inspired countless new artists, and earned adoration from global audiences. born in israel, he has devoted his life to sharing his love of music. from tel aviv to shanghai, from london to moscow, he has served as one of the world's most cherished cultural ambassadors as well as a tireless advocate for the disabled. itzhak perlman's heartfelt performances on stage and dedicated efforts to educate the next generation will continue to enrich the human symphony. [

. >> now is the time for new leadership to con fortunate the challenge, the department, our community and city are facing. >> he also appointed a police accountability task force led by chicago native and former massachusetts governor duval patrick. >>> out of baltimore a court spokesperson says opening statements should begin tomorrow afternoon in the first trial in the freddie gray case. the jury is expected to be selected in the morning. dozens of potential jurors were questioned yesterday and today. the jury will hear the case of baltimore police officer william porter, one of six officers charged in connection with gray's death. >>> so, the first votes in the presidential race are two months away and candidates from both parties are now fighting hard to improve their poll numbers. craig boswell tells us who is winning and losing those battles. >> reporter: hillary clinton is in alabama marking the 60th anniversary of the montgomery bus boycott and park's refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger. >> that is when everything began to change. >> reporter: and clinton says she would no

some help themselves.thousands of federal dollars are going toward housing and community development projects in iowa city. city.the two annual programs are called the community development block grant and home investment partnership. iowa city is now accepting applications from organizations on how they want to use the money. the 160- thousand dollars of cdbg can be used for public services and facilities like shelters. the 290-thousand dollars in home funding, can be used for things like building affordable housing. applications are due january 15 and the council will approve recommendations in april. an emergency shelter meant to keep homeless people out of the cold overnight has its first few nights under its belt. belt.the temporary shelter opened up monday night. 26-people stayed the first night, more than tripling the number of guests in the first night last year.organizers say that means there are many are homeless, in need of housing and a warm place to sleep.the shelter is expected to stay open through mid march. saint lukes has just come out with the top local baby names of the year. emma rules

not just san francisco and new york objected, hundreds of communities and cities and towns , wichita, kansas. atlanta, these are not -- liberalism that found secure communities problematic. so the main thing that pep does, it says that they will only take custody of people if they committed a serious crime, so limited to people who have committed felonies or multiple misdemeanors, instead of somebody who gets pulled over for a driving offense. that produces a lot of backlash. and it also allows communities to negotiate with the dhs, here is what our community is comfortable with, because many police chiefs and the zero present police -- and those who represent police, they have argued that to have the federal government mandate that local with dhs, -- compromises the police departments that have strong relationships with immigration communities. so then immigrants do not report crimes, they are unable to cooperate with investigations, so many jurisdictions around the country have weighed the pros and cons and found that they would rather have limited cooperation. senator: is there any

as an active member of the of exhibit a commitment to my community, neighbors and city in every decision i've made in local business or community group that i've worked with. over the years, i've worked closely with numerous event cannabis groups good businesses and employees from the over 35 professional four-time cannabis industry workers. with over a decade of experience in retail management in the cannabis industry i know i have a firm grasp on the challenges of labor, land use, finance most important, safety and education that comes with the sale and use of cannabis. i appreciate your consideration my application to work with this diverse group of community members on regulating adult use of cannabis here in san francisco. >> thank you. any questions i asked former applicants,, do you want to respond to? >> yes. i think i want to i think when use and access and financial advice and assistance is key to adult use and expansion of the industry here in san francisco. in california at large. so, i also want to emphasize that education on proper cannabis use. i think it's pivotal to the

. >> reporter: the mayor and city council standing with philadelphia muss him community at city halln the face of what they're calling a growing anti islam accept many in the aftermath of the san bernardino massacre does we're not at war with muslims. we are not at war with islam. we are at war with terroris ter. he and his message of hate have no place in philadelphia. report roar the mayor's comments were in response to trump calling for a ban muslims entering the united states this come as monday a pig's head was door at the islamic center oh germantown avenue in north philadelphia. sunday night surveillance video taken by the center shows a red pickup truck with two people inside throw the roved pig's head out the window at the front door. the second hate filled incident against the center after a threatening voicemail was left on their answering machine days earlier. something police are now investigating as a hate crime. >> religious institutions in general we're paying special attention to. which we have been doing for a peer of time. obviously after some of the incidents that

he leaves behind the legacy of a more modern and effective department and stronger community. city councilor said he was battling cancer. he was 59 years old. weather together every ten minutes. right now you are looking at an easy eight-minute commute on the expressway split brain on the expressway split braintree split to columbia road. >>> shiri? >> shiri: right now you are looking at a lot of cloud cover out there with temps in the 40s and a kind of mild start to the day. 46 now. 6 a.m., 47 degrees. we are going to map out the very slow warm-up next. closing arguments in the trial for phillip chism could come today. the last-minute witness that the defense wanted to bring in in. >>> and questioning the safety of a popular christmas gift. the major online retailer who says hoverboard could be too dangerous to sell introducing kisses with a whole-roasted hazelnut, delicate crisps, and layers of rich, creamy chocolate, they' re twice the size of the kisses chocolates you love. >>> back at 5:13. happening today, a man accused of a triple shooting will face murder charges. michael d

it make sense to take the time to drive slower to cycle and walk sloerp to enjoy the community here throughout the city so again congratulations to our city for completely all 24 projects as asked and promised by the city to how sour serious commitment to ending the traffic facilities and i looked at it to moving forward the next generation of project that continue to make the city safer for everyone. >> thank you all for scouting this morning, i'm ben the mire senior advisors on vision zero we want to action the folks behind me they're in calibration and zero is is a mix of 14 departments come together to commented to a bold and baby boomer goal it work is not possible without the leadership first, we have from the city architects sorry the city engineer from the d and kathy from walk sf which is one of our great strong community partners advocating forever the public safety and liveable streets in san francisco and sheryl brinkman vice president of the san francisco municipal transportation agency and we have tom maguire the sustainable streets at the sfmta and have tilly chang the executive director

san francisco departments should be educated about access to city employment and encourage to hire people who represent all the communities of people who live in the city including all our communities of people with disability. i say communities plural, this is not a homeo genius community but there are a number of communities with people with very different needs who represent our disability communities in san francisco and once we get those people hired, my recommend is that success stories should be shared in a way that respects the privacy of those employees but encourage other city departments to bring into our workforce people with disabilities. so, it is only through the past 3 years and not due to aging, but due to cancer that i havea quered disability and i have been dealing with personal changes and learning about what sorts of adjustments i need in order to keep working. i'm grateful to say i only found support from my own supervisor and from our hr folks that library. i haven't missed a step so i'm grateful for that. >> thank you. is there any more additions or anyone else who would like to speak? finally i wi

when community providers work with city departments, when the private sector in the surrounding community all come together with us, we actually are creating a national model for ending homelessness. so, next year we are going to do something bold that skills up the cooperation and coordination this requires and we see at the navigation center all of that happening across the board on homelessness. i will call apauss all the departments to work together with our community based organizations, advocate and national expert to ert change and reform or government and other, and will create a department with a mission to end homelessness here in san francisco. [applause] i begin by not just making-i know people have worked on this for years and want to acknowledge first the great work of our past mayors, feinstein and agnos, mayor jordan and willie brown, of course gaveen newsome. i want to build on each of their legacies for addressing homelessness. of course our former supervisor alota talks about passion. she dedicated a life time to the work and want to say thank you for being here and tha

community. we end tonight with a retired officer hois reforming her own little corner of that city.on dahler. >> how you doing? >> how you doing young lady? >> reporter: her name is martha freeman, but on the tough streets of milwaukee, everyone calls her mama. >> thank you, mama. >> another honey, you're welcome. >> reporter: by night, this 77-year-old mother of five looks for trouble. >> hey, y'all, get off that corner. >> reporter: and stops it. the former corrections officer wields only two weapons -- kindness? >> >> why aren't you at church yesterday? >> reporter: and grit. >> is that your care? >> reporter: has any of them ever hurt you when you confronted them? >> no. >> reporter: you can handle yourself? >> yeah. >> i don't see them as bad people. i see them needing help. i think it's respect. i try to respect them, also. i'll give you an example. most of our young people nowadays walk around with their pants halfway down. you all all right? >> we're all right. >> what i usually do is say, "hey, i look like the color of those underwear," and they'll pull their pants hup. >>

city of chicago. but now's a time for fresh eyes and new leadership to confront the challenges the department and our community and our city are facing as we go forward. i have asked first deputy john escalante to serve as acting commissioner until the police force has conducted a thorough search. from body cameras to today's task force, to the new superintendent, this is not the end of the problem but it is the beginning of the solution to the problem. there are systematic challenges that will require sustained reforms. it is a work in progress as we continue to build the confidence and the trust by the public in our police force. everyone has a role to play. and i'm just as responsible and accountable as everyone else in working towards that solution. i do not take that responsibility lightly and will work to ensure that every day, we ensure we realize a strong chicago we all want and the public deserves. lori? >> you talk about transparency and accountability. if you knew about laquan mcdonald case before, why didn't you come out in front of it? >> two points i would say. one is as you know, the family cont

city. siouxland community health of nebraska will serve northeast nebrbrka from its facility on highway 77.health cenenr ofofcials hope e new facility lieves some of the workload on its current sioux city clinic. 3 "we have walk-in slots for our walk-in urgent care patients available as well but we have scheduled patients. we're just really excited to have a presence here in south sioux city. we have large percentage of patients that are from the south sioux city area, dakota county, and so to have a sight here just makes sense for us."faldmo says they hope to add dental rvices at the new clinic, sometime in the next year. appointments are now being taken by calling the siouxland community health center of nebraska. we have that number in this story on our website siouxland news dot com 3 "captain lewis i give you absolute authority to carry out this military mission of exploring the west." 3 that's president thomas woodbury county supervisor mark monson... part of a new exhibit at the lewis & clark interpretive center.that exhibit focuses on the inspiration for lewis & clark's corps of dis

community. announcer: our cities tour staff recently traveled to worcester, massachusetts to learn about its richtory. you are watching "american history tv," all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> during the civil war, an unprecedented number of american soldiers were killed in battle. and conventional practices of body recovery, identification, and burial were not able to keep up with the growing number of fallen soldiers. kirk savage gives an in-depth analysis of the practices adopted to identify fallen soldiers and the types of burials given to fallen civil war soldiers. the national gallery hosted this