benefit from this new requirement, given the fact that many municipalities are moving towards demanding progress -- products that are reusable but can withstand the legislation in terms of being able to be washed, being used multiple times, that the industry has started to meet and make these atbags available to merchants across the country, so we are seeing large traditional manufacturers starting to comply as well as seeing a significant amount of new entrants into the marketplace who are looking for the opportunity to meet the demand in terms of compose the ball plastic -- compostable plastered. everyone assumes the a canvas bag like this is the only kind of reusable bag that is available. it makes sense if i am going grocery shopping, but if i am going to the store to purchase items, i might not always have this. we want to be clear that the options businesses have are quite broad, so you have the kind of traditional canvas bags that meet our definition to the tee as well as a bag that is reusable, you could put it in your bag. it is all around you. here is a small manufacturer who came up w

benefit from this new requirement, given the fact that many municipalities are moving towards demanding progress -- products that are reusable but can withstand the legislation in terms of being able to be washed, being used

nine hundred eighty one which is what the bills called comes from several fronts demand progress has already received ninety thousand signatures patriot groups have written blog posts on how damning this would be that became law and of course the read of there is have expressed opposition to it to paul supporters are also coming out against the protecting children from child pornographers act now if you'd like to join this growing opposition we'd like to show you who's behind the proposal and if you're a regular viewer of the show i'm going to say you probably aren't. to be that shocked it is none other than a representative lamar smith the same one that wrote and co-sponsored those techniques mike masnick pointed out he's perhaps the single largest threat to freedom on the internet right now so there you have it want to join the movement then you might as well put lamar smith as enemy number one because despite criticism he's sticking to a guns to his guns when it comes to protecting the protecting children from child pornographers act so far and he's working tirelessly to change th

war on terror joining me from our studio in new york is aaron swartz the executive director of demand progress and thanks so much for joining us tonight and i guess for starters you think this is a good idea that you think that we need a consumer privacy bill of rights these days. oh thanks so much for having me i think it's exciting to see this and i think it's a story of the power of activism a young man named chris of going came up with this simple idea a couple of years ago just a do not track button that could be built in your web browser that would force companies and other online service providers to stop tracking you and he pushed and pushed it for years he talked all the browser companies he talked of the standards bodies he pushed everyone he could think of he got everyone to sign on except for google and today the white house the president indorsed it and google announced they were finally signing on and now every major browser in every major ad company well today starting today have this do not track button that will opt out of some adam work so it's an exciting step and there's de

i cannot expect them in practice to demand progress on every issue beyond a ballistic missile defense. i think it is certain to be on the table. one of the remaining issues is not obvious at this point. at any case, there is a cemetery. u.s. wants to deal with nuclear, russia wants to deal with conventional. negotiations are going to be extremely long and difficult. and, of course, each side is limited on what it is able to deal. on top of that, the politics is deeply inauspicious right now. it is very hard to imagine either state in 2012 being willing to really take a risk on arms control negotiations. a comprehensive treaty i think is a long way off. there's been some talk in the u.s. about what i call new start heavy, if you like. it would be a new star with lower limits. i think it is a great idea. i think russia is interested in that. i did nothing that is going anywhere. gatt the discussions will presumably continue. those, i think, are very important for scoping out the issues to identify possible opportunities. they're not negotiations. another thing that i think that happen i

. >> lawmakers in washington demanded answers about the progress of the war in afghanistan and the recent violence that followed the burnings of copies of the koran. senator barbara mikulski made comments about the death of a major from baltimore. the national guardsmen and father of four is one of two american military officers killed over the weekend. >> my question is what do i tell his family? what do i tell his family today? was it worth it? because they are angry. >> i could never justify the death of any one person. but i can with a clear conscience say the work we have done their has made america a safer, and has created the possibility for a better future for the afghan people. >> the obama administration insists afghanistan will be ready to stand on its own, and u.s. troops will be out by the end of 2014. >> and 18-year-old girl who was one of those shot in the chardon high school rampage yesterday has been released from the hospital. three others died in hospital. a student admits to firing the shots at students in the cafeteria. the latest from chardon. >> thousands gathered f

i don't inspect them actually in practice to demand progress on every issue, but beyond ballistic, oneof the remaining issues is not at all clear to me at this point. but in any case it is this asymmetry. the u.s. wants to do with nuclear russia wants to deal with conventional. so because the two sides will have to be making these trade-offs across different areas, negotiations are to be extremely long and difficult. each side is limited on what is willing to do. the u.s. is not willing to accept negotiator limit on ballistic defense, for instance. and on top of that, the politics are deeply an auspicious right now but i think it's very hard to imagine in 2012 of being willing to really take a risk on arms control negotiations. so a comprehensive treaty i think is a long way off. there's been some talk in your is about what i call new s.t.a.r.t. heavy if you like, which would be new s.t.a.r.t. with lower limbs. i think that's a great idea. i think russians have absolutely zero interest in that i don't see that going anywhere. so i think, my message is really a lot could happen in the n

continued progress in the growth market will need more demand in production. the job market remains far from normal. the unemployment rate remains elevated and long-term unemployment is near record levels and a number of persons working part time for economic reasons is very high. household spending advanced moderately in the second half, boosted by a fourth quarter of vehicle purchases. however, the fundmentals that support spending continue to be weak. real household income and wealth were flat in 2011 and access to credit remained restricts from any poe he poe borrowers -- in the housing sector, affordablity has increased as a result of the decline of the house prices and low interest rates on mortgages. unfortunately many buyers lacked down payment and credit history to qualify for loans and others are hesitating to get loans because of their employment, and future path of house prices. on the supply side, 30% of recent home sales have consisted of foreclosed properties. more positive side, the pick up in construction of the multi-family sector and increas

unconstitutional and it took a populist movement the progressive movement people challenging both parties in the streets educating themselves demanding change and they passed the concept the constitutional amendment to have an income tax they changed banking in the system they took on the power they curb the power of the big trust recollection the sun an extraordinary reforms it took movement and that's the lesson that bob started with and i think it's a really important for people people to see that it doesn't happen through the electoral process it doesn't happen through the two parties they are now corrupted it will take citizens in motion cleansing this process and challenging it and putting forth very bold reforms in demanding a lot for this to train takes us to the occupy movement natalie yeah and i think it's important that we have citizen voices in d.c. but i think it's also important oh yes it is in voices challenging corporations in this country a young woman on our staff is twenty two years old. got graduated from college no job thousands of in student debts and bank of america wanted to leverage a five dollar fee. on her

finance minister coalition leaders are opposed to outside demands for further civil service cuts that inspectors are in athens to check the progress of imposed cuts in private sector pay and new austerity measures athens needs to come up with fourteen point four billion euros for loan repayment by and large twenty. more than three thousand afghans were killed in two thousand and eleven making last year the deadliest on record for the country's civilians according to a un report most of the casualties were caused by militants with fourteen percent by international and local troops meanwhile nato is preparing to pull out of. afghanistan by twenty fourteen leaving afghan security forces to take charge of fighting the insurgency. europe's week long cold snap has now claimed two hundred twenty lives as countries struggle with record low temperatures ukraine is being hit the hardest as more than one hundred died when temperatures plummet into mind is thirty eight degrees celsius most of the victims were homeless people meanwhile bosnian authorities declared a state of emergency in the capital sarajevo when snow cause power outages and c

progress towards equality. >>> it was the more the merrier where high demand for valentine's day wedding prompted santa clara county to schedule a mass ceremony. several couples tied the knot. it was completely booked up for private ceremonies so it decided to offer the group. >>> san francisco is holding an all day celebration that's becoming the singular anthem. it was 50 years ago that tony bennett first sang at the fairmont hotel. patty. >> reporter: guests are starting to arrive to hear tony bennett perform his signature song. he's not going to sing until about 9:00. earlier today he gave reporters a preview. >> tony bennett warmed up his voice. >> it's san francisco. >> at the hotel where he first performed i left my heart at san francisco 50 years ago. >> it was a local song to put in a show at the fairmont hotel. >> it became the city's anthem and made bennett an international star. >> still thinking it would be a local song just for this area and had no idea how it changed my life so much because it became my signature song. >> valentine's day every 14th, 2012 as tony bennett day in san francisco. >

progressing. the greek cabinet has approved freshest erisa measures demanded by the e.u. and i.m.f. in return five vital one hundred thirty billion euros bailout without its the country could default in march parliament will vote on the plan on sunday six ministers have already resigned in protest over the new cars and some and a piece from two major coalition passes a thrashing to vote against it in parliament the draft bill suggests firing fifteen thousand civil servants and lowering the minimum wage raises to biggest trade unions have held forty eight hours trying against a new measures while demonstrators clashed with police and find a current economic analyst in its track it's bullies greece could already be in staines of an official default. it looks highly likely that the parliament will get enough votes to pass this package it only leads a majority of the three hundred members of deputies it's a unicameral system here what we have at the moment is a structured default in fact almost seventy percent of the net present value of all outstanding bugs which will reduce our debt b

i want to show the american people that the progress on these policies is being made. it is what they demand and deserve. none of us will get everything we want. our time is limited. i urge members to stick to their agenda and make the most of our team here today. one thing i learned from the so-called super committee, and i expect kyl and baucus and others to share and agree with me that it is impossible to make head way on anything when everything is on the table. by narrowing the focus today, i hope to get agreement. i want to recognize mr. baucus and then senator kyl. >> thank you. >> try it again. >> can you hear me now? thank you, mr. chairman. i'm very happy that we're here rolling up our sleeves getting to work. i'm good that the first subject is the payroll tax cut. it is so important to so many americans. millions of americans. individually along with you and i. it is a big boost to the gdp. i urge us to quickly wrap up this portion. i don't think there are many issues with respect to the payroll tax cut. we can get that agreed to here and get on to helping seniors get doctors that

progress. matt? >> there is such an international demand for oil. many governments are looking for cheaper and cleaner ways to power vehicles. in a move to clean up the environment, d.c. officials announce several new vehicles to pro -- that produce less pollution and use alternative fuels. >> reporter: it's not every day you see the mayor of d.c. driving himself or a snow plow. today, mayor gray wanted to show off the city's 10 new alternative fuel vehicle, which includes street sweepers, even trash trucks. >> overall, not only low emissions but they were lower somewhere between $601,000 a year to operate these vehicles. >> reporter: and that is even better news as gas prices rise to the pump. these days, many folks are starting to look for other ways to power their vehicles. >> nothing turns people off more than extremely high gas prices. >> reporter: john townsend said the last time fuel surged, the demand for alternative fuels, hybrids and electric cars surged los angeles. >> once gas prices began to recrowd, we go back to our old ways, our old

emus bailout demands and to be kept in but were presented with more terms as all sturdy leaves greek hospital struggling with going to tree unscathed. and iran's display of nuclear progress an offer of talks are dismissed by american israel as bluster and response to severe economic sanctions. the very it's over iran is just one of the issues discussed by joel cemented the founder of the trends research institute that gives these were in point not his predictions for the headlines of tomorrow that's coming up next. in the autumn of two thousand and eleven a phenomenon a grassroots movement that we all know as occupy wall street became the growing face and voice of america but at the start of two thousand and eleven there was one man that predicted of movement such as occupy wall street would be sweeping through the united states and that man is my current guest here to speak with our teeth gerald solenn t. founder of the trends research institute and publisher of the trends journal thank you for sitting down to speak with me again what do you think will happen with occupy wall street twenty twelve occupy wall street's gone global you know people keep looking to america f

deal with every single day and i think we cultivate the habit of action in our life by demanding that we make progressfor perfection. >> if we're at home and went over your five principles and say i don't do that, i don't do that. i don't do that. is there hope? >> absolutely. absolutely. i think we often write off the most successful people in the world and say they were always disciplined and they were always that way. but i'm telling you, we coach hundreds of people at southwestern through this process of understanding that you -- the wealthiest people in the world were often one time very broke. and the most healthy people were at one time not healthy. >> check out the book, it's an easy read and you can follow the seven steps to achieving true success. "take the stairs." great to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> nice meeting you. >> straight ahead, we go live to kentucky to meet this group of hard working americans. they can lose their jobs to convicted criminals. >> first on this day in history in 1967, "ruby tuesday" by the rolling stones was the number one song. [ male announcer ] what if

progress at the home. police was dispatched into the town of demand beat man and later died. the father of a man charged says he is very sorry about what happened is saying that his son is a mentally ill. he also added had police responded on time all of this could have been prevented. >>pam: armed robbers are targeting so collectors on the cooking as bridge. >> this flashing light means your face has just been recorded, you drove your video -- he drove her vehicle to the carquinez toll plaza. it is just one of five surveillance cameras. kron4 has learned of the california highway patrol investigators are now following up strong leads of surveillance video recorded on a recent poll the armed robbery here at the carquinez bridge. in addition to recording the identity of drivers the cameras are positioned to record license plates as well as the overall vehicle descriptions. once vehicles have passed through the toll plaza, these three elevator cameras on this fall are rolling as drivers continue their way onto eastbound interstate 80. that is the direction the armed robber took

demanded it. the americans and british and imf. we are doing this and making progress. the relevant banks are supplied with the necessary capital and where there problems, we are prepared to help. >> now here two weeks ago they said the problem about 2011 had been just sort of an endless stream of five. 2012, we had to find a proper solution. the fiscal pact is not that. >> at the close, the dow added five points, ending at 12,883. the nasdaq picked up 11 and the s&p gained two points. disney shares gained 2/3 of a percent and they reported a rise in the theme park attendance in the latest quarter. mcdonald's shares ended lower despite an upbeat sales report. the popularity of the breakfast menu pushed revenues up more than expected. the entertainment shares spiked 71% to close and you can see no operators and public debut after opening the day at just $9 apiece. impressive, but traders said the profit is likely due to the small size of the offering and shouldn't be seen as an inicator and how the broader market is doing. a fresh look at weekly claims which are expected

s bailout demands and to be kept in there when presented with more terms as the greek hospitals struggle in the military unscathed. and iran's display of nuclear progress and offer of talks are dismissed by america and israel as bluster in response to severe economic sanctions. transparency competition on the connection to the net. bill a. parliamentary elections. special report on indigenous peoples fighting to preserve their culture and political and often violent suppression. sure my. feet. here's one of the largest rivers in the world the plan is to dam all the major tributaries of the amazon river. there will be immense pressure not only on ecological reserves but also on the communities and the territories that are used sustainably by indigenous people. meanwhile agribusiness is encroaching illegal logging is taking place and so the single basin is now at a crossroads and this is there's a resistance against this dam project that has gone on for twenty years. we are gathered here to defend all waters as it on demand so right. to finish it and these energy will power and the big al-ameen in companies and on mining companies. well house and resourc

demand from india. and i think if you progress those trends this year you see china is becoming the biggest jewelry market in the world and you are increasingly seeing central banks, particularly emerging markets, diversifying the holdings out of euro, out of the u.s. into commodities and i think that means more solid growth for gold demand as well. >> so does that mean, martin, you see value in buying into gold miners? >> i think when you are looking at gold mining stock if you start to see some stability across the equity space, gold miners are looking like there is some pretty good value there. you see increasing margins because they weigh hedge books. so you are seeing some pretty solid fundamentals. >> i'm bullish on gold. i think the central banks in the western world manipulate equity markets and they try to lower volatility. the real reflection of where do you go in a world that isn't the same as it was and it's going to go through great turbulence is gold. if you look at the price patterns, it looks bullish. it's going sideways. didn't have another thrust. it will break its highs and it's one of

while we have made significant progress, threats from terrorism, including but not limited to al qaeda and al qaeda-related groups persist and continually evolve. and the demands on dhs continue to grow. today's threats are not limited to any one individual, group or ideology and are not defined, nor contained, by national borders. terrorist tactics can be as simple as a homemade bomb and as sophisticated as a biological threat or coordinated cyber attack. we have had success in thwarting numerous terrorist plots, including the attempted bombing of the new york city subway in times square, foiled attacks against air cargo and other attempts across the country. nonetheless, continued threats from abroad and at home demonstrate how we must constantly remain vigilant and prepared. the president's fy 2013 budget for dhs allows us to continue to meet these evolving threats and challenges by preserving core front line operational priorities through the reduction of over $850 million in base resources from administrative and mission support areas. this continues our unprecedented commitment to fiscal discipline, which has led us to over $3 billion in cost avoidances

loss of a bailout demands only to be kept in limbo and presented with more trucks to stir the leaves greek hospital struggling military risking. wafts iran's display of nuclear progress and all talks are dismissed by america israel as it was for response to severe economic sanctions. two pm in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us now our top story activists in syria have accused regime forces of stepping up attacks on rebel held areas where the city of daraa the latest target well there are on verified reports of explosions and machine gun fire there meanwhile the announcement of a referendum on a new constitution does not appear to have helped stem the violence the vote which will take place at the end of february is aimed at significantly curbing the power of the ruling baath party and in a new york a new draft resolution on syria to pressure the ruling regime will be put to a vote at the u.n. general assembly well moscow was warned it won't about the document unless its adjusted amendments are taken into consideration all the changes have already been dismissed by some arab delegates are just not. in a fortnight of reports now from new yor

demand. and you sent a white paper to congress laying out a number of ide ideas, many of which my colleagues and i have been discussing and made less progress on than we hope. one is trying to enable large group ls of home that are sitting vacant and driving down crisis to reenter the rental market. i would add to that anything we can do to get homeowners back into the homes as well. it seems like on both fronts, and when that's not possible, getting the homes out of vacancy would be a strong strategy to stop the decline in values and start to restore the housing marke market. >> yes. i think it's an interesting direction. we provide analysis in the background paper that we circulated. right now house prices are still flat or falling. they're down more than 30% in nominal terms. there's a short oafage rental housing. we could move housing from single family to rental, i think that's positive, they have announced a trial program, to see details to be worked out. they've announced a program the related point is the heavy cost of leaving homes unoccupied. vandalism and neglect will cause the house value to decline significantly. it will hurt t

progressive populism in the country. i'm just a part of it. you wouldn't imagine the demand for accountability for the occupy movement would have taken place. for the president to say everyone should pay their fair share, there has to be one set of rules for everyone in the state of the union speech and back it up by empowering our task force to investigate the frauds that is a dramatic move and a lot of progressives forget, it's not who you elect, it's providing the movement to empower them to do the right thing. conservatives don't forget that, they don't go home after election day, they never go home. we have to have that same attitude. >> eric schneider spokesman, cochair of the fraud task force, congratulations today and thanks for helping us explain it to the country. >>> thank you, rachel. >> if you like a really good, seriously good and funny political speech about civil right, stick around for the best new thing in the world tonight, that's coming up. >>> the worst of political speechifying usually lacks heart. my opponent is a danger to democracy. we'll take the co

progress that's sustainable over time. >> but don't we also need to have the public demanding that as well?y it's in is because these negative campaigns work. that's how people get elected. that may be what we're trying to achieve, but at the end of the day, that's the environment we have. how do we get people to say this is our priority. right now, they are responding to nonsense. >> we need to make two things happen. first, we need to make the first three words of the constitution come alive. we the people. you do that by stating the facts and speaking the truth and understanding the tough choices. about helping provide a way forward. secondly, we have to make sure the president of the united states, whether it's barack obama's second term, mitt romney, or somebody else, that they end up using the bully pulpit to help the people understand what we need to do, why we need to do it, the risk of not making tough choices, and the benefits of doing so. if we want america to stay great, if we want our future better than our past, if we want the domestic tranquility in our streets to be there. w

progress on the issue but warns nothing is final if the tax extension is not passed. his speech comes one day after the house republican leaders offered to continue the payroll tax cuts without demanding spending cuts to pay for it. the two sides have gone back and forth on this issue for months. without action by congress by the end of the month, taxes will go up $40 purchase eight -- per check. he called on congress to act without drama and without the light. >> the -- no ideologic a drama, no sulfite and inflicted wounds, pass the extension of the taxes and unemployment insurance and i will pass it right away. >> it could still be some time before we see it happen but analysts say it since it is an election year, neither side wants to be responsible for pulling this off. officials said they could vote on the payroll tax measures sometime this week. brianne carter, abc7 news. >> as we turn now to vote 2012 a dead heat in the campaign trail. two polls showing a dead heat between romney and santorum. santorum shown skyrocketing 14%. romani continues to talk is on qualifications ignoring the numbers. -- romney continues to tout his qualifications. >> my experience comes from living my

decision is motivated by what we think will help students progress to higher levels and create better outcomes for kids. that means a more demanding. >> reporter: teachers will have to reapply for their jobs each year and those who are not selected will be reassigned elsewhere. the union says this will create instability at the schools. >> they are trying to find ways to cover for the fact that there are not enough resources in the schools to help the kids that are coming from many cases extremely difficult backgrounds. >> reporter: one of the teachers i spoke with said she is all for reapplying for her job. she is excited about trying something new. but the teachers union has already filed a grievance with the district and is considering filing unfair labor practice charges with the state. >> where is the data that shows that this is going to accelerate student learning? what is behind all this? >> do you see this as more of labor reorganization rather than educational reform? >> absolutely. i mean, i see it more as an attack on union contracts. >> reporter: it looks like this is headed toward mediation. it may be summer before t

s bailout demands and he kept his end to the alternatives as well sterile tea leaves greek hospital struggling with the military unscathed. iran's display of nuclear progress and offer of talks are dismissed by america and israel as bluster response to severe economic sanctions. those are the headlines next in spotlight without enough status. well. science technology innovation all the moves developments around russia we've got the future covered. power again a welcome to spotlight the interview show on our t.v. time our novel and true they will discuss social problems the subject proposed to the russian society by platitude march fourth russia will vote for a new person who ever is elected will have to face a number of social issues like low wages than pension income underfunded health care and education housing and other these topics have always been pretty disturbing and the voters expect them to be a top priority for the new president this week prime minister and presidential hopeful graham you've published another in a series of articles it's pursing his view on the problems russia is facing and making some proposals to discuss them now with political

demanding. we lay out a coherent plan to make them solvent, to make them sustainable. why haven't you done that? >> we've made significant progress. >> what does that mean? significant progress. >> look at the budget. the budget brings the deficit down below 3% of gdp. it maintains that compact that we have with -- >> mr. zients, i'm going to reclaim my time. a budget is a road map as to how you would solve these fiscal problems in the future. all right? it doesn't lay down some weak marker so that in the future we can cooperate. it's supposed to lay out an optimal plan. it's supposed to lay out, frankly, what the priorities of the administration are, which are ideas. and then we can find compromise with that. no, sir, sir, let me continue, please. without any specifics, you know what we're left with? we're left with talking points. we're left with political arguments. if we would lay out a scorable plan for each of these different programs, then we can find common ground which is exactly what the american people want. i'll give you an opportunity to respond to that point. >> i think i've told you about the president's budget and