. >>> still ahead, connected homes, connected people, and connected cities. it could be a . >>> apple responds to two of its investors as we reported yesterda jana partners callister's urged apple to take a responsible approach to helping parents protect children. apple said, quote, with today's ios devices parents have the ability to control and restrict apps, websites, movies, songs, and books, as well as cellular data and otherfeatures. >>> intel's ceo says the company will issue updates to all its processors released in the past five years. they will do that before the end of the month. the announcement was made at a conference in las vegas. it follows the disclosure of massive security vulnerabilities in its chips that we told you about last week. >> our processors, products, introduced in the past five years, intel expects to issue updates for more than 90% of them within a week. t we believe the performance impact of these updates is highly workload dependent. >> those security flaws could theoretically allow malicious programs to steal data including

we will lean on the mayors and cities for those connections. we don't have the personnel. i'm overextended. chattanooga is hosting an event in october. i think we're daulg it the strong cities network, summit of the americas. the caribbean. mayor burke and his staff, they're reaching out to several corporations, just to say that we do need -- we are going to lean heavily on the mayors for those engagements. hopefully the network is just over two years old. when i took over we had about 37 members, now we have 125. we probably have another good 20 to 30 other cities kicking the tires on joining the network. it's something that if i could report back to you in a year or two with the progress we've made. certainly just like us with our foreign assistance, companies aren't necessarily walking around with a checkbook looking to -- there's a long process for them to determine who they want to donate to. we have to -- or the strong cities network has to figure out the rules and apply. it's just to say a lot of work remains to be done. >> thank you. >> thank you. there we go. thank

mayors out there to develop connections between cities. our role, the state department role, is to facilitate that connection. once that connection is established, we can back away and certainly we don't want to play a large role in this. we want to coordinate. this concludes the formal component of my presentation. again, i'd like to thank the public diplomacy council for the opportunity to speak with you. i'm happy to answer any and all of your questions. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, mike. you have the first question. > thank you for your resentation. the trump administration has been almost virulently anti-muslim and also anti-immigration. i'm wondering what the impact of that attitude is on getting cooperation from muslim communities and cities around the country. michael: it's hard for me to talk necessarily about -- >> does it come up in your iscussion? michael: it's something that i would just say that the mayors that we talk with, domestically and internationally, they are looking -- i think that they recognize our ro

transport for the north which was set up to coordinate improvements says the scheme will connect major citiesing. danny savage reports. the hills of the north. beautiful, but a physical barrier between the conurbations either side of the pennines. travelling by car can be painful. the few routes over the top are often congested. as for the trains, they're frequent but relatively slow, and can be overcrowded. because there's always delays on the train, we do want the train service to be a bit more quicker than what it usually is. and, well, halifax to leeds, are like this, are like an old bus, draughty, hot, old. recent key infrastructure projects have included crossrail in london, with crossrail two now being proposed. and hs2 from london to birmingham and beyond is still on the cards. the strong feeling in the north is that it is time for some simultaneous big projects there too. improving transport links across the pennines is nothing new. this is the leeds liverpool canal built more than 200 years ago. but instead of taking a few days by water, the hope is, for example, getting from leeds

a connected city. we're excited about this. we said if we can place the subs transcription based transportation system we would get city 5.0. we skipped 4.0. i love hawaii 5.0. it sound really good. city 5.0. it's 5 g. fifth generation is coming our way. it has a lot of promise. widespread connectivity. we're excited about 35 g. we're excited about dedicated short range community contaminatiocommunit communication. i want to add that. for the deputy administrator. imagine a day when you're city provides your communication stm provides you with better information to make better decision. that's what we want to do. this is just the smart energy. imagine the grid tells you before it goes out instead of that whole neighborhood is dark. smart buildings. hvac systems will go out. why autonomous vehicles. we said over and over safer roads. about 50% of the congestion in california is non-recurrent. special events. weather. the first time it rains a lot of accidents. the system will get more efficient if cars refuse to crash. air qualit

buchanan mall was connecting city blocks from grove to turk street and once besieged by violence, todayban garden. this is where anyone who grew up in the neighborhood and spend out any time outside we spent time at buchanan mall and we hang with one another and made it work. we had fun together. the good news is that it seems like the activation is bringing the community back to the area. this garden, i think, can do a lot for bringing the community together. my hope is that with these cooking demos, that will bring folks out and they will start talking to one another when they probably normally wouldn't do that. crystal jem started cook as soon as she could start and the coordinator for community grows an organization that teaches cooking and nutrition, sanctifying growing spaces and nourishing communities. >> it was to have a sea of calm for pause and congregating. i see more people out. if they are out here playing, it's still safer. it's a beautiful spaces and people are less inclined to mess them up. it allows them to want to instill some sort of ownership over this good thing. be

private company has its way a high speed magnetic train will connect two cities. opposition may be in the way on this in laurel with the latest now tonight,ive an >> sarah, laurel september a letter to governor hogan a couple weeks ago and expressed his opposition to the project. we want to read you experts from that letter. it was sent before christmas, mo worries the high-speed train won't do anything for the residents of laurel or prince george county writing the mag lap will take people's home anticipates lands and seriously damage our etch etchment. and wrote better infra truck tour and not upgraded services and not commitment of funds for another system that serves none in the greater laurel area. here's what is called the fc mag lab being run by northeast mag lab. it uses magnets to hover between a track like guide. company hopes to be in construction 20 19 after environmental study that is funded partly by 30 million federal grant. construction could take about five years or so and it will be funded before a mix of public and private money and company behi

we can't connect cities. bridges were broken. roads are still closed. i have to tell this story. last night i tell a story, i will tell my story but i will tell a story because each one has a story. i began with the story -- the mayors told me a person died during the hurricane. after the hurricane, they have to for four days because they cannot take it to someone, to the capital. where do they go to a forensic institute. four days. this happened many other places. i have this guy, 75 years old, who lives in rural area. the rural area doesn't have power. four months later. and this guy, i told last night, he has 75 years old. a year ago, striking his house, costing about $35,000. because of regulation of his house. at 6:00 in the morning, when the hurricane began to hit us, his son call him. he live just across the street. move right now. they cross the street and move to his son's house. in five minutes his house was all destroyed. now he lost 25 pounds. he has been in the hospital. it is maybe one or two times a day he eats. he doesn't have no power. we get first generator for

we can't connect cities. the bridges were broken. i have to tell you the story. i'm going to tell my story because each one has a story. the mayor told me a person died in a hurricane. after the hurricane they had to maintain -- for four days. they cannot take it to someone for capital. were they supposed to go? this happened in many other places. i had this guy who is 70 was 75 years old. the rural area does not have power and this guy, 75 years old old. his house costs about $35,000 because of the renovation of this house. at 6 in the morning when the hurricane began to hit us his son called him. he just lived across the street. move right now. he moved to his own house and in five minutes his house was destroyed. now he has lost 25 pounds. he has been in the hospital. it's only one or two times a day he has no power. we get generators for special communities. the community has a special system for water. working with them, we got the first generator about three weeks ago. a week later somebody destroyed the generator. things like that have happened in many oth

anthony sorrick says pawlowski rigged city contracts in favor of law firms and business that is gave him money for campaigns. of course the defense denies any connectionween city work and contributions. pawlowski plans to testify in mistrial. >>> let's take you outside right now. new castle county. good evening wilmington. got to tell you though the rain is about to move in. meteorologist kathy orr joining us with your forecast at 11:00 much things are about to change my friend. >> they certainly are. talking about warm temperatures. some wind and also rain. it's looking good, quiet in old city philadelphia. the temperature is still mild. it's 52 degrees after a high of 62. and that normal only 40 for this time of year. take a look at the temperatures. in the poconos it's 36. 44 in wilmington and 49 in millville. temperatures not cooling off all that much on ultimate doppler we do have green for the eagles on the radar screen. some rain moving in. it's not a lot of about half an inch to an inch but it will come at a very condensed period of time in the morning for the rush and into the late morning peer. warm air tomorrow. one more day with this jet s

they connect 80 city blocks and "action news" is in minneapolis and look for more of bob brook's live reports later today starting on "action news" at 4:00 and throughout the week. >>> love this, comedian and actor, kevin hart is from the tioga section of philadelphia. and always expressing his pride for the city and now the eagles are going to the super bowl he cannot contain his excitement. he is pumped. >> shout out to the city of brotherly love. philadelphia we going to super bowl and i predicted it and i said we'd beat the vikings. eagle! >> okay. what is your prediction for next week kevin? i want to find out on twitter i'll tweet him. he postd this pumped up video on facebook. with the caption standup philadelphia let make history. he recorded it on the road for his tour. >>> and tight end billy brown took a break from super bowl preps and they were in cherry hill new jersey, talking about the important of living a healthy lifestyle. they recorded in celebrity fitness trainer. and as we get closer to the super bowl you know we love it. post your photos and videos on social medi

will be able to explore downtown minneapolis through their skyway, the elevated enclosed bridges connect 80 citycks. pretty cool. >> bill cosby returned to the stage in philadelphia for his first public performance since his sexual assault trial ended in a hung jury. he shared stories in front of a friendly crowd there last night to honor cosby's friend and jazz musician tony williams. cosby also sang a few tunes and picked up the drum sticks at the larosa jazz club in germantown and spent part of his set discussing his blindness in old age. >> and that's another thing. you don't tell a blind person, look. why don't you just say listen. >> cosby told reporters he does not fear living life or going out to events. he says he just doesn't publicize them and refused to comment on his upcoming retrial on sexual assault charges. it was just announced yesterday that that retrial will begin on april 2nd. jury selection starts on march 29th and this time, jurors will be picked from montgomery county. the panel was selected in the pittsburgh area during the first trial and were bussed in to norristown. co

transport for the north, which was set up to co—ordinate improvements, says the scheme will connect major citieseds. the hills of the north. beautiful, but a physical barrier between the conurbations either side of the pennines. travelling by car can be painful. the few routes over the top are often congested. as for the trains, they're frequent but relatively slow, and can be overcrowded. because there are always delays on the train, we do want the train service to be a bit more quicker than what it usually is. most of the trains between halifax and bradford, and halifax to leeds, like this, are like an old bus — draughty, hot, old. recent key infrastructure projects have included crossrail in london, with crossrail 2 now been proposed. and hs2 from london to birmingham and beyond is still on the cards. the strong feeling in the north is that it is time for some simultaneous big projects there too. improving transport links across the pennines is nothing new. this is the leeds liverpool canal built more than 200 years ago. but instead of taking a few days by water, the hope is, for example, get

toare able to connect everything in the environment, you, roads, bridges, cities, and then connect to what's gone wrong. it's like the jetsons automatically clean for you. this will automatically manage for you. think cloud will come of age, the network will be valued again, and the devices will be everywhere. there is a big change coming. i think that is when we will see increases in productivity. tv is onan history c-span3 every weekend, featuring museum tours, archival films, and programs on the presidency, the civil war, and more. here is a clip from a recent program. >> it isn't the size of a brain that counts, it's what it can do. our three average men are equal. off,u take their skins there is no way to tell them apart. the heart, liver, lungs, blood, everything is the same. >> everything is the same, heart, liver, lungs, blood. no, not blood. blood is different. well, there are four different types of blood, a, b, a.b., and oh. >> we need a transfusion right away. >> i'll go. >> he's dead! >> yes, but he wouldn't be, if we had been more scientific about it. brother or no broth

to them, commissioner wiener's request and effectively implemented with late night services connecting daily city and the mission. another regional initiative we partnered with them on was a capacity -- transit core capacity study that looked at the bay bridge corridor, short and long-term minimums for the corridor. it's a complex corridor but we know bart for example carry twice as many. we need to work on aspects of that. treasure island, this had multiple facets and continue to work on the transit plan, the bus and ferry services. i appreciate chair kim's leadership there and we worked on affordability in terms of the guidance of the board. had great outreach and initiated some agreements with ac transit and other partners, eric, thanking him for his team's work on the treasure island area and securing funding for the next stage of infrastructure on the island as well. on the funding side, we continue to collect robust sales tax dollars around $100 million a year. we allocated 125 million in 2017 and managed a total of about a billion dollars under the transportation authority from props k thr

he was raised in chicago and his late mother was connected to the city. it could be a tribute to her. >> it's very sweet. >> sweet. >> since we're talking babies we have the latest on black and gwen's plan to have kids of their own. their romance burning hot south of the border. ♪ >> drinks in hand, check. big smiles, yep an gwen's itty bitty white bikini? yep, she's got that going on too. >> the two are getting r and r in mexico. gwen posted this video and this shot of her and blake's feet d cuddled up together. look who blake was kissing? his buddy luke bryan. >> mr. blake shelton. he loves the beach. i got him in some shorts. he's going to let us crash his stage crash his playa. >> i love luke like a brother. >> as for the super hot in love couple we've got a relationship update. a source tells us the pair has discussed marriage. the source said don't expect them walking down the aisle any time source. another source said they would like to start a family together, but they're happy with the family they have now. >> i just like being with her. >> i thi

johnson,cetti, mayor city 3.0, a connected city, they are excited about this. said in contra costa county, if we could place a subscription-based transportation system within that community, we would get city 5.0. the reason we skipped 4.0? i love hawaii 5.0. [laughter] randy: it sounds really good, right? technology is coming our way and has a lot of promise. lower late fees, less dropped calls widespread connectivity. , we are excited about 5g. we are excited about dedicated short-range communication, 5.9 gigahertz for safety measures. there have been political issues in washington, d.c. on that, but we're still pushing that, hopefully with 5g technology. i want to add that for the deputy administrator's perspective. imagine a day when your city provides you, your communication system provides you with better , information to make better decision. that is what we want to do in contra costa county. these are the schematics. instead of southern california edison driving around -- smart buildings, hvac systems will go out. smart mobility. why autonomous vehicles

. -- the united states. 3.0, a connected city, they are excited about this. costa county, if we could place a transportation system within that connectivity, we would get 5.0. the reason we skipped 4.0? i love hawaii 5.0. [laughter] technology is coming our way and has a lot of promise. widespread connectivity. we are excited about 5g. we are excited about dedicated short-range communication, 5.9 gigahertz for safety measures. there have been political issues in washington but we are still pushing that the ago, infrastructure communication hopefully with five g technology. i want to add that for the deputy administrator's perspective. imagine a day when your city divides -- provides you with better information to make better decision. that is what we want to do. these are the schematics. smart energy. imagine the grid tells you before it goes out. smart buildings. out.systems will go why autonomous vehicles? over and over, less congestion. 50% of the congestion in california is not recurrent. they are special events. weather. accidents. the system will get mor

the reason why trump, a billionaire from new york city connected with people in the heartland is he spokeheir language. i want to know who asked the question. >> you're focusing on the language, but the bigger point here is, jack, that the president touted how he would bring on the best people. now he is saying what he said was so great. . >> i'm disappointed. as part of the campaign, i worked somewhat under steve bann bannon. she she a brilliant strategist. i think he didn't like some of the trump family members getting in position of authority. by april he had not found a portfolio in the white house and he was unhappy. i think the riff got worse and worse until he left, but i don't think any of us knew, and i'm not trying to act like i know from the ideas what it is, but i don't the we now had he must have been to talk like that. if you look back at some of the great staffers, i think that's one of the thing that is a great disappointment, why did he have to go out and say all these things? >> michael, you wanted to add. >> as i listen to this trying to devoid myself of political point

and it will help connect smart cities. assuring that the traffic lights are in sync. >>> another trend is your smart home and the smart assistants inside them. amazon's alexa is now featured in virtually everything from oven and refrigerators to cars. and a light switch. so help is always close by. and the internet of things, a fancy term for the all the devices connected to the net is getting a few more things. >> there were dozens of wearables that do everything from help with your golf game to ensure a good night's sleep. all the devices need a lot more of the wi-fi connection and the good news is a handful of companies showed off wireless hubs. some offer fire wall protection. at the ces in las vegas, brett larson, fox news. >>> it was a wet start to the week and it's going to end on a dry note. >> we have to wait a few days. tuesday would be the next shot at rainfall. >> a bit of a warming trend for both days with lots of 60s across a good portion of the bay area. you've been seeing all the devastation down towards so

one reason that donald trump, a billionaire from new york city, connected with people in the heartlands because he spoke their language. >> you're missing the bigger point. you can have your opinion about the language. but the bigger point is that the president touted how he would bring on the best people. he's fired a number of them. i've lost count. now, he's calling the guy he said i was so great and wonderful a few months ago, sloppy steve, he was begging for his job. >> i'm disappointed. as part of the campaign, i somewhat worked under steve bannon. he's a brilliant strategist. i think he did not like some of the trump family members getting positions. he didn't have a portfolio in the white house and he was unhappy. and i think the rift got worse and worse before he left. i don't think any of us knew -- i'm not pretending that i know what it is. i don't think anybody would know how mad he must have been to talk like this in public. you look back over -- you look back at some of the great presidential staffers from ari fleisher to paul begala, they've always been loyal to their bo

. >> seth: and it must be wonderful to take a show like that outside of this city, to other places and connecte maybe in a city you don't know with a story like that to mean so much to you? >> it's been fantastic. i've been to 35 cities so far and places is had never been and probably would never have been. like galveston and lexington and oklahoma city and st. louis. i always head right for the museum, right for whatever they consider the place you have to see before you leave town. this often involves barbecue. >> seth: yeah, i was going to say. [ laughter ] at least three of the places you mentioned it's barbecue. >> right. >> seth: yeah. >> exactly. but it's great. it's kind of like what bill maher does. you know, you just get out there and actually connect with audiences across the country. >> seth: well, that's fantastic. i'm so glad you're doing that. i'm so -- but you're going to stick around, all right? >> yeah, i will. >> seth: we'll be right back with more from john lithgow, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ cards in our basement. what's cool is, today, we have 400 people working

anthony soar rick says paw law ski rigged city contracts in favor of law firms and business that is gave him money for campaigns. now the defense denies any connection city work and contributions. by the pawlowski plans to testify in the trial. >> the fed a go is on its way to being back in business. senate voted to fund the government for another three weeks. caroline shively is in washington with details on what happens next. >> reporter: after nearly three days of fighting and finger pointing, lawmakers have come together with a plan to end the government shut down. >> mr. schumer? >> ay. >> with that vote, the senate took the first crucial step to reopening the federal governme government. thanks to deal struck by democratic and republican leaders. >> chuck and mitch had to come together for the good of the country and said, we hear you loud and clear. you'll get a chance. >> reporter: to get to this vote, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell promised democrats that he'd allow a vote on daca to help the 800,000 immigrants had were brought here illegally as children before protections run out for dreamers march 5th. but the white house las laid

prosecutors charged that pawlowski rigged city contracts in favor have the law firms and business that is gave him money for campaigns. the defense denied any connection between city work and contributions, pawlowski could be taking the stand this week. >>> president trump is preparing to deliver his first state of the union address tomorrow night, majority of the americans want president trum top talk about health care, jobs, and the economy, a new political poll also find four in 10 voters believe reducing illegal immigration is an important topic. on "fox news" sunday white house director of legislative affairs mark short says the president's address will focus on the nation's growth over the past year. >> i think the president should talk about how america 's back. he will talk about where we are as far as growing in an economy, an economy that has lowest unemployment rate in 17 years. >> the survey shows americans also want to hear about terrorism and climate change, of course, fox 29 will bring you live coverage of the president trump's state of the union address tomorrow night at 9:00 o'clock. >>> 4:11 is the time. jay has 99 problems, is the p

prosecutors say that he rigged the city contracts in favor have the law firms, business that is gave him money for campaigns, pay to play, the defense denies any connection between city work and contributions, pawlowski plans to testify in the trial, he just recently won his fourth term. >>> well, it is time to talk football. count down on for super bowl 52, just 12 more day before eagles take on patriots in minneapolis and the team says they are ready. also ready steve keeley joins us live from the art museum, hi there, steve. >> reporter: we're at the top of the steps because behind the scenes people thought this would be a good spot to show city sky line all draped in green. you would think i'm up in boston, i see a lot of red, a little bit of blue and not much green. do you see any green in the sky line, we have to pan all the way to the right, go across the schuylkill river, and there is one line of green on that apartment building near the university of pennsylvania, that you can see one strip of green. that is kind of sad, let's get it center city sky scraper people. put a green lamp shade on a light in an apartment or something, all right. anyway

we're live on the scene in berkeley with the city's connection to what happened. >>> tonight, bay areato the disparaging comments made by president trump about some countries. hear from people who have lived and worked in those places. >>> hear those stories from around the world where people have been missing for eight days, nine days, and they were found alive. >> hope remains but it is dwindling as days go by since mudslides buried the montecito community. see the latest rescue efforts. >>> now from abc 7, live breaking news. >>> a car going just 15 miles per hour hit a woman crossing the street in berkeley and the impact was enough to kill her. thanks for joining us. >> the crash happened just a block off berkeley's busy avenue at the intersection of channing way and fulton street. that intersection just recently reopened. >> abc 7 news reporter joins us live from the scene with the very latest. carlos? >> reporter: that's right. officials just reopened that intersection about an hour ago, but this is a crosswalk where the 70-year-old woman was crossing when she was struck by a veh

one thing he's been clear about is the future of 5g, where connected homes, connected people, connected citiesappening. content is one big piece of that future, so lowell has tied the content investments directly to where 5g is going, and he talked about that last year you have seen us do the nfl deal with a digital partner for ces within gadget. we have the makers conference in l.a. coming. you'll see a drum beat of us doing more content related things for us, you're seeing us being very careful to get very high quality content relationships. verizon is already one of the biggest players in content in the u.s. >> we talked about the fact you're competing against these two giants, google and facebook. facebook invested in bigger content. do you feel like you have to do a deal, m&a, to compete with those giants they're so massive it's tough being a third player. >> we're not the third player in mobile so if you look at, we have a billion people on oath properties you have 100 million people on verizon. you have 5 million or 7 million on fiose when you look at the mobile traffic, we're one of th

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five times faster than your current cell phone and will connect smart cities, ensuring our traffic lightsn sync and our air and water is clean. the smart home and smart assistant inside them. alexa dominates the market is now featured in virtually everything from new ovens and refrigerators to cars. even a light switch so help is always close by. >>> and the internet of things a fancy term for all of the devices we use connected to the net is getting a few more things. in the sports tech arena, there were dozens of wearables that will do everything from help with your golf game to ensure getting a good night's sleep. all of the devices will need more of your wi-fi connection. the good news is a handful of companies showed off new wireless hubs that will fill in the dead zones inside of your home but some offer firewall protection to keep your family safe and connected. at the ces in las vegas, brent larson, fox news. >>> 112 million people are expected to watch super bowl lii in the next couple of weeks. it will include the coverage of protests during the national anthem. it will keep cam

panama is the southern most central american nation at the country's narrow is pointed canal connects the coastal cities of panama city and cologne the pacific with the atlantic and caribbean. the ticket hole in the station of the panama canal railway is low on charm and there aren't many customers it's the rainy season and that means low season. when you have. a total of ten diesel electric locomotives hold the passenger trains then named of the stations along the route that numbers derive from the early years of the railway in panama our trains ready it has a locomotive and both ends this push pull system means the stuff don't have to do any shunting at the final stops. is a tour guide he'll be showing as a very special corner of his country served by students trying to top up their income a small but welcome breakfast at seven fifteen on the don't the only passenger train of the day departs panama city for cooling the seventy seven kilometer trip takes around an hour. and only runs with days undeterred by the early hour passengers from many countries have come along for the ride the excursion is one

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namely in business all credit goes to the arabs who started modern transportation companies connecting with all cities and villages these companies also provide job opportunities herb's of new year explored various types of misogynists as they are scope for entry. despite its ethnic diversity asia seems to have successfully managed its racial problems. and in turn it into a degree that broke out in the north in one thousand nine hundred and in a solid peace agreement in two thousand and nine. now both dragon aabs enjoy a sizeable representation in the government and parliament too many troubled region it proves into make peace benefits nations. are dizzy. and now it's time to recap headlines south korea has accepted the north's rare offer of talks proposing the two sides meet next tuesday it follows kim jong un's new year address which struck a more friendly to have towards seoul. and the improvement of relations between north and south korea cannot go separately with the resolving north korea's nuclear program so the foreign ministry should coordinate closely with allies and the international. commun

it's designed to offer a better connection between major cities including manchester, liverpool, sheffieldport minister and deputy prime ministerjohn prescott stormed out of the launch in hull, denouncing the project. our yorkshire and lincolnshire political editor, tim iredale, is in hull. many say it is unacceptable that transport spending in the north of england continues to lag way behind the site, way behind london in particular, so that is why we have a new body set up called transport for the north which were the first time will oversee investment in transport projects right across the north of england, an area home to 16 million people, from tyneside in cumbria right down to morrissey and the humber estuary. those of the projects we have heard today are long—term, things like a high—speed rail link from leeds the manchester, the so—called northern powerhouse wheel, and a new tunnel under the pennines between sheffield and manchester. or i am today is the port of hull, so the priority here is getting goods in and out of the docks. offshore wind turbine blades, these blades used for

the elevated enclosed bridges connect 80 city blocks. >> bill cosby returned to the stage in philadelphia his first public performance since his sexual assault trial ended in a hung jury. the 80-year-old entertainer shared stories in front of a friendly crowd. he was there to honor tony williams. cosby also sang a few tunes and picked up the drum sticks at the larosa jazz club in germantown and spent part of his set discussing his blindness in old age. >> and that's another thing. you can't tell a person, look. why don't you just say listen >> [laughter] >> cosby told reporters he does not fear living life or going out to events. he says he just doesn't publicize them and he refused to comment on his upcoming retrial on sexual assault charges. he was just announced -- it was just announced yesterday that the retrial will begin on april 2nd. jury selection starts on march 29th. this time jurors will be picked from montgomery county. the panel was selected in the pittsburgh area during the first trial and were bussed in to norristown. cosby has pleaded not guilty on charges of drugging and

ground floor lobby, two within a seventh floor lobby and three with an exterior terrace connected to the future city park via a pedestrian bridge. the general placement of the art work is to function as a means of supporting intuitive way finding from the building entrance along the freemonts street footage via a public economy accessible elevator. the art work within the ground floor lobby is positioned to be highly visible and accessible from both the freemont street footage between the subject property and adjacent property at 199 freemont street. the pedestrian bridge is to be highly visible as well. the seventh floor lobby is envisioned to include a eating and drinking retail use, further activating the space. the project sponsor has purposely kolo indicated the artwork within the areas that are also satisfying the privately owned of public open space for the project. the spronlts required to provide 8300 square feet of open space that is open to the public. the seventh floor lobby adjacent terrace and pedestrian bridge area, areas of circulation, public restroom purchase saounlts to code secti