you know what i mean we all know explain to our viewers what cyprus is what it is to be russian money coming back. into the left only ninety's mainly and then coming back yes the chinese money is only two billion of that is amazing and if you look at the size of the country and the opportunities that the chinese are going to go into africa because what they're after you are apart from infrastructure they're looking for raw materials and oil and africa is the place to go because that's where they can basically manage to actually get hold of assets and even think that you're welcome you know and you know i really like what simon had to say because you know the infrastructure is very important here but at the same time it's a lot of money and it has to be a lot of trust your i mean is this the kind of next step that the russian of the russian government has to push to bring huge amounts of money in our experience we're seeing activity course whole broad range of spectrum changes in business climate in terms of administrative areas bureaucracy you're a critic simplifications massive progr

>> as i said, i think greece is going to happen eventually for f chew gal and cyprus. ireland can remain the you'euro but have to restructure. >> how worried are you about spain today, the yields, the banks needing to hold on to more capital? >> i'm worried about spain, but as i say, it's going to be slow motion. by the end of the year, they're going to lose market access and bailout and keep them out of the markets for euro two. that's not going to work out. maybe three years down the line, then the course of reconstruction with the debt. with the debt, restore it and eventually even spain could exit the eurozone. it's not something that's going to happen in 12 months. that's why i think of it as being a slow motion process to unravel over the next few years. >> what does that mean not only for the u.s. markets but the u.s. economy? >> there is a risk of contagion. the trade link between u.s. are modest but the financial links are important. in the spring of 2010 when there was the first greek crisis, you had the correction of 20% not only of european but the u.s. equ

. >>> 2012 tour of california cyprus is under way in sonoma county tomorrow. stage one is round trip with start and finish in santa rosa. in other stages include san francisco to aptos, stage 3 from san jose is to the east foothills to livermore the race ends may 20th and los angeles. postal carriers to more than deliver mail today the delivered to people in need, today was the stamp out under a food drive its largest single-day food drive to support families at risk of under carrier sped that bags of food from homes to be donated to bay area food banks. more than 70 million lbs. of food collected each year. this week's cover of time magazine sparked debates about breast feeding experts say forget the cover what they say is the real issue and it could ultimately save a baby's life. president obama's acceptance of gay marriage turns into big bucks into his campaign >>> a potent weapon at the well for governor on a it is willing to step up and take advantage of our president who is out of touch with the values of america. >>> how the gop plans to use same-sex ma

there are two sides to that on cyprus. and third, there are some very worrisome developments with turkey itself in the last several months, restrictions on turkish journalists and the rest of over 100 turkish generals and military officers who will now stand trial. we do not want to take sides in these internal turkish matters, but just to say that there is considerable disquiet in the united states, canada, and year, and that we feel personally about this actions of the turkish government, and i suppose that if turkey is to play this leadership role, many of these deficiencies are going to have to be overcome by the turkish government. >> one other question on turkey. turkey would like an article for consultation. maybe you can explain to the audience, but nonetheless, if you could explain what that is, and why is there such a reluctance in nato to take this on? >> we do have a televised audience. we will explain this nÉe to 101. there is a tree. we are committed to it. it obligates us. article 5, if an alliance member sa

the third one, not a big surprise, westbound 580 from cyprus to clear out the university ave. let's take a look at the live traffic map and show you where we are. there is red on the map because we're just about to go from four lanes down to two lanes. here is the problem, it takes about a half-hour to go to miles every morning and every afternoon. i'm sympathetic, i go through the caldecott tunnel situation every day and it is kind of the same thing. they're trying to fix roads, there is a lot of housing out here and people live out here so there is a lot of traffic. they're telling us that with a little bit of luck, the 135,000 drivers to go through here every day might get relief by 2015. use patience and stay cool. >> you can hit the beach this summer without the fear of getting sick. the group called heal the bay put out its annual beach report card. nearly all the area beaches courting grades of a's or bees. the only northern california beach bomber is cal beach, the most polluted beach in california. >> to kids they might look like candy but colorful little laundry pack

category, oak, grass, and olive, it may be a day here tomorrow to limit your outdoor exposure, cedar and cyprus in the moderate. 52, 53 in san jose, 53 in fremont, 48 in santa rosa. low 50s in san francisco. we have newly formed tropical storm bud. if you are traveling to new mexico right now, winds at 45 miles per hour, the storm track has moved north, if you're heading towards puerta vallarta, storm looks to weaken, but overall a lot of rain and high surf expected into the upcoming weekend. 76 in san jose, 74, mid-70s back for the tri-valley, pollen is going to get trapped for the east bay, unbearable for many of you. three-day forecast, those numbers going down thursday and look at friday, numbers in the 60s, not only that, but fog and drizzle, maybe a dusting of snow with rain mixed in on friday for all of you holiday weekend travelers, you want to watch out for slick conditions, but saturday and sunday it warms up and clears out. can't forget ggb turning 75 on sunday. >> jeff is hip, ggb. >> golden gate bridge. >> i was g oih tag. >> we all tweet, we can do it. >>> a glass vile being aucti

it started summer like in cyprus road. it are 50 a.. they called end -- it is 50 a..ther carter promised to help with this out. there is another fire in san jose. it was a medical clinic that caught fire last night. nobody was and in the boy was injured. firefighters were three hours to put this fire out. >>mark: we have some-storms that could pop up this afternoon. if wel >>mark: of all goes well today the space station crew will be opening dragon's hatch tomorrow. it's that the capsule is food, clothing and scientific experiments. the craft will remain in orbit for months before it falls back to earth. >>darya: the time now is 814. -- a 2:00 p.m.. -- h 2:00 p.m.. >>james: this morning is creasing clouds and windy at the coach -- coast. this afternoon will have spotty thunderstorms that will continue to the eating clear up tonight. we're watching and waiting for the storm that is heading of direction. by 12:00 we are looking at a sprinkle in the east bay. mr. ball is cloud cover. as we had into the evening hours we may see a few showers and the east bay. when we wake

cyprus during command. learn to 13% tomorrow the pollen count remains in the high side and i hear you out there and having a very rough time with the allergies as well. another problematic >>> day with the pollen and another snag in the forecast. winds becomes all the five-to- 10 were stagnant so that students get trapped close to the surface air quality will be on the moderate side very compromise. a little bit of a he's in the atmosphere along the coast '60s and south servants is going to millbrae into dominance in the '70s i was weak but the numbers at the low 90s. the '90s also in print with tracy and oakley in look at the north bay from the '60s through the '70s and '80s even snowmen 91 san francisco closed at 82 p to the marine layer in the morning hours with the cool down on wednesday but look good moms date back into the '90s that,,,, [ alarm beeping, motor revving ] [ motors revving ] ♪ [ motor turns over ] [ liquid pouring ] [ chain saw buzzing ] [ male announcer ] what if everything ran on gas? t

know there's a burgeoning conflict between turkey and greece over the eastern mediterranean over cyprus and that's linked to lebanon and the palestinian question. and that growing tension i think is really crucial and it's an

. >> hi, my name is joel cyprus. i'm from duluth, minnesota. i work in superior.sconsin, where tavern culture is alive and well. [ applause ] >> we had some real interesting meeting at the old town taverns last february and march. >> right. >> to do some planning for things in the streets. i've always heard or i once heard that when new hampshire was debating ratifying the constitution -- >> oh, no. >> i like the way this is going. >> oh no! >> that it was going to be a close vote and the pro constitution forces, some delegates took some antis out to lunch and got them drunk and they missed the vote, and that's how the constitution got ratified. is there any truth to that? >> duh. >> this is the respect with which we will answer any question. >> that will really encourage people to ask questions. >> you know what, we're doing capitalism and democracy, you know where they come together. it's election time and it began before the revolution with treating in virginia. that is if you're in one of those contested elections and most of them weren't, for the house of bur

there are two sides of that story on cyprus.s over the last several months. restrictions on turkish journalists and the arrest of over 100 turkish generals and military officers who now will stand trial. we don't want to take sides in these internal turkish matters, but just to say that there is considerable disquiet in the united states, canada and europe that we heard and we feel personally about the actions of the turkish government. and i suppose that turkey used to play that leadership role, many of these deficiencies are going to have to be overcome by the turkish government. >> one other question on turkey. turkey is like an article for consultation in chicago on syria. maybe you can explain to the audience, a pretty intelligent audience, but nonetheless if you explain what that is and why is there such a reluctance in nato to take this on, and should it take it on? >> i think is all of you remember we do have a televised audience. we will explain this nato one-to-one. we are all members of a tree. we are committed to it.

. >>> trees are knocked down but still ceder cyprus, weeds are held in check at least for right now and many suffering big time and mainly blame the grasses and not the trees. supplement noma and kept wood 40, saab lastian 42. we still have low clouds around and still looking at the cameras mostly cloudy but we will burn out and manically inland as we head for thursday and really cool napa ends at 43 and 50s very low, even san jose with a cloud cover, high pressure will nose in and that means temperature is coming up ,it will be warmer, still low breeze, can't get rid of this. some very low 80s. sun noma in the valley. walnut creek of ever, pleasanton 76, same for gilroy, that is what that says 73 san jose, sunnyville is in there, san bruno 65 and hand mop bay 62. fog comes back to a cool down. >>> election protests in egypt, why they are unhappy with the choice of candidates. >>> good morning, highway 4 traffic looks good, a little slowed trave being in the usual spots, it looks good straight ahead. lysol knows the soft places we love could be home to bacteria. so use lysol disinfectan

commutes', highway 4 west bound in the morning from hillcrest avenue to bailey. 580 in berkeley from cyprus to university in the afternoon and 101 at sunnyvale from failed fairoaks. a woman was crushed to death by a big rig when it overturned in san jose. highway patrol says it appears the truck driver was speeding as he was getting on the interstate, he lost control. his trailer swarm onto a car and killed a female passenger of the car. her daughter was in the car and we're told she is not seriously hurt but the truck driver is in critical condition. >> a long-running battle over 80s of golden gate park could come to a head. the fight pits some environmentalist against park officials were pushing for a facelift of athletic fields. joe vasquez is here with what is at stake. >> take a look behind me and you can see kids playing right here on a lot of sense of city hall. that is just a few of the many that have come here. there are hundreds of people upstairs at a public hearing right now. the overwhelming majority of whom are in support of a renovated soccer field. everyone agrees, kids need

martin, italy, cyprus, beijing, ireland. >> they seem to be very well connected. they're there, we're not. >> reporter: paul as mus has been trying to convince nasa to fly relief missions out of there for years. >> they're supposed to treat everybody equally. >> reporter: their principals give money, that allows them to have a special relationship, a seat at the table with nasa. true or not if. >> not. >> has nothing to do with it? approximate financial solvency. outlined in the air field strategy. nasa mission alignment, financial solvency. >> reporter: you see where criticism would come in, here's a private company using taxpayer-supported property to i was their operations? >> and paying for it? sounds like good government to me. >> reporter: the initial agreement between h-211 and nasa expired in june of last year. it has now been extended through 2014. nasa insists there are no special favors here. nasa says if any other private company is willing to pay and follow their criteria, they're willing to play and allow them to fly out of nasa ames just like the pr

men and women that i could >>darya: oikos university is on probation in the college of nursing in cyprus graduates passed the boards. the university has two years to fix these problems or runs the risk of not a license. >>darya: will be back with the helping news any minute. we have breaking news of the land a car on fire and the lower deck of the bay bridge. you can see the back up here of people trying to answer the lower deck from >>george: there are some concern that some of the pavement could have melted. and i have to do emergency road repair it could last for a good part of the day. this week to back up for quite some time. we will come back with more affirmation later. welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. the time is 9:40 a.m.. there is slightly better news for the the local fire on a lawyer back of the bay bridge. the-floor deck of the bay bridge your lab that the blockage is only down with two left lanes. even so the traffic is backed up all way through seven cisco. if you look at this shot you can tell the traffic is basically at a standstill. >>justine: this story just cr

>>justine: , cyprus in a back up at the bay bridge toll plaza. we do not have any accidents to report. the drive time is under 50 minutes -- 15 minutes from the maze to the plaza. as dick alive look here at the golden gate bridge. there is a little bit of fog on the deck. as we look at the traffic map. ec the first instances of slowing on 680. we did have an earlier accident but we're still checking temperatures the 24 mi. an hour cure let's sit look at was about 580 coming off the altar not pass. this is los spot where redounded to the single digits. this beats have improved at the 35 mi. an hour. a quick reminder the the be serviced on the california street cable line. >>darya: san francisco officials have put when a new 15 mi. an hour speed limit around schools. let's go to one of our reporters. example of where they are reducing the speed limits. we see the school in the corner. he see to lanes your want any distractions. they are basically focusing on to lanes streets and they're taking it down to 20 from 25 mi. an hour to 15 mi. an hour. th

>>erica: of the cyprus in more trouble in the back of the bay ridge cleared the dive time to check andbad at of 880 across. the icing more movement loss appeared if you're heading down to the cemetery bridge there is an eye wind its budget. the golden gate bridge is what is basically cars. and the traffic map. about 101 right and 87 and a change as a slump. we have not recovered yet from north and 80 brand ic. southbound 680 is moving well. there was a motor cycle accident at some 101 and lucas belive road. it is still slight slowdown there. >>justine: the secret service prostitution scandal happening right now. senator joe lieberman is chairing this committee. solomon did apologize for the conduct of the employees. secret service the members and member of the mutt militaria are accused of hire prostitutes could grant this is not an isolated incident. i'm watching this hearing and i will keep up to the current >>darya: is 9:21 a.m.. all know honolulu and los angeles have worse traffic condition incentives is the. this new report compared congestion levels around major cities tray >>mar

there are two sides to that story on cyprus. but thirdly there are very worrisome developments within turkey itself over the last several months. restrictions on turkish journalists and the arrest of over 100 turkish generals and military officers who now will stand trial. we don't want to take sides in these internal turkish matters, but just to say there is considerable disquiet in the united states, canada, and europe that we heard and that we feel personally about those actions of the sturkish government. i suppose that -- turkish government. i suppose that if turkey is to play this leadership role, many of these deficiencies have to be overcome. >> one other question on turkey. turkey would like an article 4 consultation in chicago on syria. maybe you can explain to the audience, pretty knowledgeable audience, but nevertheless if you could explain what that is and why is there such a reluctance of nato to take this on? >> i think as all of you remember, we do have a televised audience, nato 1501. nato, we are all members af

we're seeing everything from oak, mulberry, cedar, sign sign prus cyprus and grass pollen.an francisco this morning, you'll find more of the low clouds further inland tomorrow, which will tell us that tomorrow will be a cooler finish to the weekend. it should be fine for mom's day tomorrow, but a little bit cooler to wrap up the weekend. cooler start to the workweek with temperatures rebounding nicely by wednesday. >>> sounds good, thank you very much, rob. kids, parents, teachers and her clants in oakland marched for safer streets. they say they are fed up with prostitution and robberies near 17th and international and are demanding action for the city leaders. >> gunshots, car chases, and a bunch of police and all helicopters finding bad people. >> the police see the prostitution and drive by, do not stop to deal with it. i as an adult see it as a daily basis and allow it to continue, and i think our kids are paying the price. >> now the school board member says that oakland needs more police officers. the police department says it is conducting prostitution stings and is

in cyprus, a tourist leaps off a cliff into the mediterranean. hotshots.the vulnerability of america's bridges just a day after the fbi arrested five men accusing them of plotting to blow up a cleveland bridge. now we're finding out why they may have chosen that specific target. brian todd is working the story for us. brian, what are you learning? >> lots of potential damage when a bridge is blown up and it goes beyond what's obvious. they were going blow that bridge up this week according to law enforcement officials, but authorities say they had tracked the defendants almost the entire way through their planning. they thought about all sorts of plots including blowing up a cargo ship in the kay hogea river running through cleveland. they surveyed the area and planned a google map search and settled on the target, the northfield high level bridge, a major artery connecting two interstates near cliff land. that's according to a criminal complaint accusing five young americans with threatening to blow up the bridge with c-4 explosives. >> the defendants pla

there are two sides to that on cyprus.nd third, there are some very worrisome developments with turkey itself in the last several months, restrictions on turkish journalists and the rest of over 100 turkish generals and military officers who will now stand trial. we do not want to take sides in these internal turkish matters, but just to say that there is considerable disquiet in the united states, canada, and year, and that we feel personally about this actions of the turkish government, and i suppose that if turkey is to play this leadership role, many of these deficiencies are going to have to be overcome by the turkish government. >> one other question on turkey. turkey would like an article for consultation. maybe you can explain to the audience, but nonetheless, if you could explain what that is, and why is there such a reluctance in nato to take this on? >> we do have a televised audience. we will explain this nÉe to 101. there is a tree. we are committed to it. it obligates us. article 5, if an alliance member says

of turkoman religious inspiration when they have more staying power in the organization's national cyprus been periods of religious excitement are followed by dormancy that the united states has gone through several great awakenings over the course of our history the back to sleep once upon a time there was a ukraine back to the holy land was arrested of istanbul and compared to islam and of the masonic movement dissipated and the same is true that is the case in sudan who fought off the head back in the 1880s, and after a while he was killed in the media are, his movement went away as well, so i guess the point i'm driving at is the girl was motivated by religious commitments doesn't necessarily mean it's going to endure indefinitely the monotheistic religions in the world is the part of excitement so on and so forth go away people go back to sleep or return to their normal forms of religious expression. >> i'm not nearly as worried about truck bombs and airplanes as i am by the phenomenon in norway or the small team that went into mumbai. that is infinitely more lethal and much harder t

know there is a burgeoning conflict between turkey and greece over the eastern mediterranean and cyprusand it is linked to israel and lebanon and even the palestinian question, that growing intention, i think, is very crucial. it is the achilles heel to nato. i really think it needs to be addressed. >> julie, thank you for your remarks. i was just wondering, [inaudible] with defense and other scummy talk about pooling resources and capabilities and european defenses and see what countries could do. i wonder now, with your government, if you see burgeoning trends in that regard since then? >> thank you. a quick question. thank you for mentioning partnerships in your presentation. in particular, as it relates to defense, i was wondering whether you had any sense of the expectations tied to chicago in terms of associating partners to our discussions on smart defense >> i wonder if anyone on the panel might want to comment on the link between smart defense and nuclear issue, in particular, i think it has already been mentioned. the uk decision up to now to reduce the investments in conventi

he accused cyprus of chasing popularity rather than taking responsibility to solve the political crisis. >> we will have the coalition government emerging. otherwise, i fear if we go to a second election, either on president 10th or the 17th of june, there will be a government in place, but maybe the country will be destroyed by then. >> he said greek politicians must keep trying to form a coalition government in order to avoid another election. >>> the european union's top officials say they expect the eurozone economy to shrink this year. they're expecting a slow recovery to begin in the second half. >> the european economy is estimated to be currently in a mild but short-lived recession. >> european commission members say they expect eurozone gdp to shrink by 0.3% this year. they're forecasting gdp contractions of 4.7% in greece, 3.3% in portugal, and 1.8% in spain. analysts say the forecasts show austerity measures are putting a damper on the regional economy. european commission members say they expect the eurozone economy to start recovering in the second half of the year. the eu