once again this happening in the chico areaown in durham. take my weather maps as well, perhaps we can squeeze them back and share it with the video we're taking live.ar this covers chico, durham, also paradise up until 6:45. if you know anyone that lives in the area, it is time to seek shelter especially those near paradise, highway 191 and anyone along 99 that is driving up that way in a car will want to pull aside and find some other way around that and just wait this out. as we pull off the tornado warning, we're looking at three particular areas of concern. that area just south of chico. then near durham this thunderstorm cell kind of splitting apart and that's another area of this strong weather. there's a picture coming in. this is a rare california tornado. the base not very wide. in terms of damage, it wouldn't really produce much but, still, all it takes is one tornado, even a small tornado at times, and you can have deadly weather. this all coming, of course, after that string of severe .iofhe eastern u.s.ughout rn we'll be tracki

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to profit off what is happening in the arab middle east today i'm joined by michael monger in durham he is a professor at duke university in new york we have a loan ben my year he's a professor at new york university and in boston across again your pipes he's an author and director of the middle east forum all right gentlemen this is cross talk and there's only one rule you can jump in anytime you want i could go to michael in durham first do you feel comfortable with this term revolutions occurring in the arab world because they are so many different examples when go all the way from tunisia to yemen to bahrain egypt we can go on and on do you like to term revolution for anything that's going on in that region right now. one of the things political scientists debate is actually what constitutes a revolution and in a way a revolution is just a successful change of regime it needn't be violent they can be peaceful it's not clear that what's actually going on here is revolutions what we have is a lot of violence by organized military and government it's not clear that these are going t

here is the actual event south of durham. a couple of tornadoes touching down. again look at the damage. we go up to the air, these pictures given to us today. that's an almond orchard. the trees have been defoliated. that's a lot of damage. that's more than i would expect from an ef1. the national weather service is on-site and will determine if it was an ef1, maybe an ef2. but very rare and tornadoes. coming up we'll have the bay area holiday weekend weather coming up. >>> and the danger of avalanches, yosemite national park will be opened but it could be closed at any time if there is more snowfall. tayaga pass will remain closed and probably won't open until mid-june. and then pay to take the shuttle bus into the park. >>> pretrial discussions took place for dozens of lawsuits. more than 60 lawsuits were filed against pg & e over the incident that killed eight people and destroyed homes. pg & e reps tell us they'll be meeting in court again on june 30th. >>> and pg & e got an approval for a rate change. pg & e says the move will help people who live in hot c

the twister touched down in durham a tiny farming community five miles south of chico in a sparsely populatedht. it produced large hail and wind. it also produced some spectacular rainbows and a full report coming up a bit later at 10:50. >> also posted more of that incredible video at ktvu.com. just look for the stormtracker tab on the front page. >> this is strange weather for this late in may. today's storm also brought snow to the sierra. i-80 at is he soda springs was closed in both direction earlier today because of a major accident. two big rigs and at least two cars collided. a winter weather advisory remains in effect right now. several inches of snow is expected by morning above 4500 feet. at this hour caltrans is not reporting any problems or delays on i-80. >> rain soaked parts of the bay area today. the south bay doesn't see much but the rest of the area got wet from san francisco to the east bay. construction crews working on a80 in north oakland told ktvu crews that rain put them on a tight schedule to finish their work by the deadline at the end of next month. today's wet weat

one touched down near durham, a rural community five miles south of chico. meteorologist dave dempsey grew up in chico and said he has never seen anything like this. >> shaped at a classic funnel shape. good healthy thunderstorm. it reaches the ground. you can see the debris kicked up by the tornado and spun around. it's just magnificent. fortunately not anything like the devastating one that hit alabama and missouri recently. >> each year, only six to 12 tornadoes form in california. >>> the bart board is expected to vote today on a plan to arm every bart police officer with their own taser. bart directors will decide whether to purchase 130 tasers, enough to outfit every officer on a permanent basis. making them more familiar with the non-lethal weapons. the $140,000 measure needs two-third majority to pass. they share 60 tasers. this issue came to light following the 2009 shooting death of bart passenger oscar grant by officer johannes mehserle. mehserle claimed he meant to pull the borrowed taser but pulled the handgun instead. >>> a healer in san franci

one believed to have touched down in durham, rural community outside of chico.cisco state meteorologist dave dempsey grew up there. >> mike will agree we have the quota for the year. >> hopefully we're done. as far as rain, we're not done yet. >> nothing is unusual about our weather either. it hasn't been as excuse in the midwest and southeast. yet it was extreme. with report of tornadoes. we saw it just blow that semi-truck apart. that was amazing. all right, here is what happened. that lone, one lone supercell thunderstorm that moved through. we had cold air in the upper part of the atmosphere. warm air at the bottom because of the sun. twisting of the low pressure behind the cold front. that's all you needed. there you go. that is gone. we have a zonal flow and the winds are moving west to east. sea breeze, cooling sea breeze. even with the sunshine and mixture of clouds, below average again. 40s and 50s at 8:00. not much change from now. noon will be in the upper 50s to low 60s around the bay shore and coast. low to mid-60s in east bay valley. by 4:00, in th

the twister touched down in durham a tiny farming community five miles south of chico in a sparsely populateda. a tornado warning in place until 7:30 tonight. it produced large hail and wind. it also produced some spectacular rainbows and a full report coming up a bit later at 10:50. >> also posted more of that incredible video at ktvu.com. just look for the stormtracker tab on the front page. >> this is strange weather for this late in may. today's storm also brought snow to the sierra. i-80 at is he soda springs was closed in both direction earlier today because of a major accident. two big rigs and at least two cars collided. a winter weather advisory remains in effect right now. several inches of snow is expected by morning above 4500 feet. at this hour caltrans is not reporting any problems or delays on i-80. >> rain soaked parts of the bay area today. the south bay doesn't see much but the rest of the area got wet from san francisco to the east bay. construction crews working on a80 in north oakland told ktvu crews that rain put them on a tight schedule to finish their work by the deadl

this is video of a twister near durham, which a tiny farming community, about five miles south of chico. no one was hurt. ktvu has a reporter in the northern sacramento valley checking the damage. he will have reports tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> the supreme court ruled in favor of an arizona law that punishes businesses for hiring imlegal immigrants. the justices ruled 5-3. under the law, the state can suspend all business licenses if an employer knowingly hires illegal immigrants. a second offense within three years can put the company out of business. opponents say it opens the door for more discrimination. the obama administration says it steps on federal authority. >>> president obama and russia's president promised to continue to work on a european missile defense system that the russians feel they can live with. their meeting came during a gathering of g-8 leaders in france. the group represents -- represents most of the richest nations. one of the major topics before them is the ability repay their debt. a question that's weighed on investors worldwide for months. >>> arnold sc

one touched near durham, a rural community south of chico. leslie brinkly is here with the latest on the storms. >> it is amazing to see the video of these tornados undulating and touching down around 6:40. that's when three twisters hit a largely agricultural area south of chico. there was hail, lightning and dramatic funnel cloud formations. the tornados spun out over boutte, glen and calussa counties north of sacking is a. san francisco state meteorologist grew up in chico and he said he has never seen anything like this. >> the shape is a classic funnel shape coming down from a good, healthy thunderstorm and reaches the ground. you can see the debris kicked up by the tornado and spun around. it is magnificent. fortunately not lying the devastating ones that hit alabama and missouri recently in joplin. the wind speeds were measured close to 200 miles an hour. the ones you get in california are never anywhere near that strong. they might be in the 70 to 80, 90 miles an hour. >> each year only 6 to 12 tornados form in the whole state of cali

senior kyle singler left his mark on the durham campus with these incredible trick shots, all true, noditing here folks. from the chapel. from the chapel. singler with a prayer. and it was answered. incredible. >> what you don't see is day 301, go ahead, try it again. >> yeah. >> do you have to wreck it? those were all first attempts, ,,,,,,,,,,

and i went down to the city in durham. i found a gym there. and iended up finding this great boxing coach, earl blair, my training partner derek humphrey and we fght together almost every night that ias in college. >> did you continue that when you went to oxford? >> i did. i went to oxford and oxford had a great boxing team and a really good boxing program and had a great coach there as well, henry dean. >> you alssaid at oxford you found the kind of joy about learning and about the pursuit of the poetry of life. >> yeah. one of the tngs that was so great about oxford was that even when i was doing a masters gree, you didn't have to do a lot of, you know, there wasn't this constant daily pressure behi the academic work. you were free to pursue anything that you wanted to do. and all you had to do at the end of the two years was to show up and pass an exam. so as long as you were on track to do that you can could pursue whatever international interests you had. and combined with that oxford had these long breaks so i could leave oxford and go

caught this tornado near durham just after 6:00 p.m. you can see in the video it touching the ground. >> this is your baseboard and the wall were connected to this right here. >> reporter: ripped, gone, done. >> done. >> reporter: these chickens were unharmed but there is no roof. in entire structure used to have a roof on it. the tornado ripped it clean off, leaving the chickens unharmed. despite all of this damage, miraculously, nope one was injured. >> in a very small scale we see the shock and the incredible destructive power. this wasn't even much of a twister. >> reporter: small twister, big damage. you can see it destroyed this garage and i want to show you something interesting. while the government is pretty much decimated look at how far of the bits of the garage got up into in tree. 20, 30, 40 feet high there, is debris from the garage in the tree. somehow it destroyed this garage 20 feet away was the home. nothing happened to it. the homeowner was just down the road, saw the twister and pulled up just seconds after it had do

the tornadoes hit near chico, paradise, and durham in butte county. that's about 100 miles north of sacramento. most of the damage was to the almond crop in that area, which could severely impact the economy there and the supply of almonds nationwide. almond trees take four to five years to turn profitable, apparently. the tornadoes also hit, as you saw there, some homes and garages. one almond grower said he lost 25,000 trees. others say the storm took them completely by surprise. >> tornado in california. i mean, i saw it when i was on down the road, and i just stopped and was amazed. i'd never seen anything like that. >> reporter: farmers say the damage to the crops could reach into the tens of millions of dollars. >>> the los angeles police department is pursuing cautiously in the bryan stow beating case. the police chief saying today lapd will present its case soon. the case against 31-year-old giovanni ramirez, who they detained last weekend. lapd also remained tight-lipped about the results of last night's line-up, where witnesses were asked if

this twister touched down near durham. take a look hat that one. a tiny farming community about five miles south of chico. a tornado warning was in place until about 7:30 last night. we have more of that incredible video on our website at ktvu.com. look for it under the right now section right on our front page. >>> about a dozen states in the midwest are under tornado warnings and watches this morning. no deaths are being reported in the latest hit in missouri or indiana after tornadoes touched down there yesterday. storms tuesday night in arkansas, oklahoma and kansas did kill at least 15 people at this point. and the search for survivors continues in joplin, missouri, where 125 people were killed. >>> air traffic over europe is returning to normal this morning. we want to show you final eruptions. take a look at these pictures. that's from the volcano in iceland. that occurred early wednesday morning. now europe's air traffic control agency says activity has sharply declined. the ash in the air is breaking up. and they do expect all air traffic

senior kyle singler left his mark on the durham campus with these incredible trick shots, all true, noe editing here folks. from the chapel. from the chapel. singler with a prayer. and it was answered. incredible. >> what you don't see is day 301, go ahead, try it again. >> yeah. >> do you have to wreck it? those were all first attempts, we know that. >> okay. >>> we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> wow. is it already david letterman? >> is it already almost friday? >> th

>> you know, it would be great if their dad moved back to durham. there are jobs in durham.tainly can find jobs. i have friends who graduated with him from business school who live and work in durham with their families. so i would like to see him move back to durham. >> we'll follow the legal side of this closely. most importantly, we wish you the best. >> thank you so much. >> great to meet you, thank you. >> it was a pleasure to be here. >> let's switch gears and get a check of the weather from al. he's in vicksburg, mississippi this morning. al, good morning again. >> all right. good morning, matt. the river has dropped a little bit now to 53.4 feet. i have been told that can fluctuate and it will probably start rising within the next hour or two. let's get a look at what's going on currently. as you look at the satellite radar, you can see we have clouds making their way to the pacific northwest. we have storms in the midwest and down around texas. we have sunshine in the northeast mid-atlantic, slight risk of storms in the southeast and slight risk in texas up to the m

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and there was video of a tornado touches down near durham . before we get to that. show you a wide view of live doppler hd. there is not much in the rainfall . lightt precipitation in sonoma county . here is where all of the action has been. parts of butet and glen county under a tornado warning and chicko and dur mam and all areas near that spot. these thunderstorms are rumbling on and now no fewer than three actual tornados touching down and one expires. they are violent and dangerous storms. on to our locall weather tomorrow. high temperatures in the afternoon and clearing after cloudy skies in the morn highs will range from upper 60 to low 70s in the inland areas and low to mid60 in the bay. here is our 7-day forecast. we may have showers on friday . clouds will thicken and a little front moves through . breezy and warmer continues and memorial day, on monday is looking nice. sunny and mild. >> two dozen teens are getting paid not to go to college. a silicon valley company is giving them money to have a tech venture. here's why college is not for them. >> dale s

knowledge of foreign languages six to seven percent said they speak english twenty eight percent durham and another five percent can speak french though english today has a dominant position other languages are taking a stand so what playing which will the world's future and will we all ever speak the same language peter i jump on if i go back to you first one of the things i think is interesting is that you actually kind of a baby correct me if i'm wrong kind of a linguistic nationalist yourself you want to preserve good french ok how do you balance it with globish and being someone that really is a connoisseur of the french language where people in france used to be very proud because it was to be the language of diplomacy. you have your say which was mostly discussed in english and then from there on french supremacy and people who are very good you know that it was he praised very english for each and every purpose mornings and these would be no turn back because you leash is now our language which is going around the world look very well i was doing very poorly even for researchers

knowledge of foreign languages six to seven percent said they speak english twenty eight percent durham and another five percent can speak french though english today has a dominant position other languages are taking a stand so what plank which will the world speak in future and will we all ever speak the same language peter i usually paul if i go back you first one of the things i think is interesting is that you actually kind of a maybe correct me if i'm wrong kind of a linguistic nationalist yourself you you want to preserve good french how do you balance it with globalization and being someone that really is a a connoisseur of the french language where. you go to france used to be very proud because you can still be doing great of diplomacy. if you have your say which was mostly discussed in english and then from there on. you surprised to see and people had you know that it was you praise very least for each and every group was more or less and these we've been working on back because english is now our language which is spoken on the world not very well very poorly even for resea

if you are familiar with the county, durham, not a lot of homes, farmland, chico, if it were a tornado it would certainly be -- not a large one, size of the tornado -- i will get information. the size of the tornado, top is 17,000 feet, that's an indication of what you got in terms of power, wind speed. i know these -- if you live up here, 525, this system -- 5:25, this system moves through. giving us an idea. see where it says 17,000, tornadoes are interesting. if you get enough vertical height, 50,000 feet, then you get the ef-5s. on a storm like this, 17,000 feet, it's tough to get over a ef1. tornado warning in northern california. well be effect for the next 35 minutes. santa rosa got some train rain today. san francisco. showers moved through rapidly. now we are starting to clear. for us, we are clear, there could be a stray sprinkle tonight. we will warm up into the weekend. i will have the specifics, see you back here with the forecast. >> a boy from texas is the winner of the national geographics spelling be. he beat out 9 other finests in washington today, winning a $25,000 s

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this one touched down near durham yesterday. that's a tiny farming community five miles south of chico. this is incredible. at least three tornadoes were spotted in that sparsely populated area. luckily no injuries have been reported. but they do have some minor damage as you can imagine. we posted more video of those twisters from northern california on our channel 2 website ktvu.com. take a look at it. look under the right now section of our front page. >>> well, this morning we have the suspect's mug shot. up next we're going to go live to los angeles to find out what's next in the bryan stow beating case. >>> also a very emotional homecoming for people evacuated from a town near japan's nuclear power plant. how much time they were given to try to collect their belongings. >>> welcome back. good morning to you. time now 6:15. president obama's meeting with other world leaders at the g-8 summit in france. ktvu's allison burns live in our washington d.c. newsroom to tell us about mr. obama's one on one meeting with the presiden

. >> reporter: near the town of durham, almond growers are counting what is left of their orchards. >> we probably lost not quite half. we've got a little 20-acre block there. so there's probably eight to ten acres gone. >> reporter: ron was just down the road when he spotted the twister coming over his property. floods, hail, rain, all things growers worry about. tornado wasn't one of them. >> tornado in california? i mean, i saw it when i was on down the road and i just stopped and was amazed. never seen anything like that. >> well, the almond industry in that part of the state is huge. i mean, that's going to be a huge hit to the economy there. brian hickey reporting. >>> okay, let's bring in jeff ranieri now, who's tracking all these storms yesterday and into today, and our own bay area forecaster. >> we're also looking at showers and clouds well off to the north. we're not expecting to get any of this activity from eureka to crescent city, but it is a sign of things to come as we head into the weekend. we're not going to be clear here as we head into saturday and sunday and we're

north carolina housing why the two or three veterans were living basically behind a bicycle rack in durham and one of the communities, one of the rural communities, that is where the university is also, but it's not a big mitropoulos and it should be effective. we can't lose sight of the role homelessness. let me turn to another topic and that is we all work on legislation that ultimately produced one aspect of what was in national housing trust fund. we originally thought we would fund the proceeds. that is not an option at this moment. so, we are working to try to tap into some of the profits that have been generated through the war and could again working together on this committee we insisted be part of the legislation which supported the banks over the last several years, and we've actually recouped about $9 billion in pure profit. in addition to the preferred dividends were paid when we sold the war and we picked up $9 billion just as i think they would have done if they were lending the money to us. that's one source. but to the larger issue of why it's important to get this trust f

this is video of a twister that touched down near durham yesterday which is a tiny farming community about five miles south of chico. look at that. at least three tornadoes were spotted in that sparsely populated area. no one was hurt. but some minor damage is being reported. now if you want to see more of that video, we've posted that video from the northern california tornadoes on our website at ktvu.com. just look for it under the right now section on our front page. >>> that's eye popping. >> incredible. >>> time now 5:07. let's check in with sal. i know you're watching the commute. how's the east shore? >> it's okay, dave. as a matter of fact, dave and pam, traffic looks pretty good heading on westbound interat a time 80 out to the macarthur maze. no major problems. you can see the traffic looks good all the way out to the bay bridge toll plaza. when you get to the toll plaza it should be a nice drive for you. no major issues on the bridge. the road construction on the lower deck is being picked up right now. it shouldn't be anything that you should worry about. northbound 280 t

this is video of a twister to touch down near durham yesterday which is a tiny farming community aboutive miles -- about five miles south of chico. at lee three tornadoes were spotted in the sparsely populated area. no one was hurt but some minor damage is being report. we posted more video of the twisters on the website at kight.com. just look for it under the "right now" second our front page. >>> 8:16. almost 8:17. we're getting our first look at the man accused in that savage beating of giants' fan brian -- bryan stow. our reporter is live in los angeles to tell haas is next in this case. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. the suspect in the beat, giovanni ramirez, has not been formally charged in the case. he's being held on a probation violation at the moment. yesterday, detectives brought witnesses -- witnesses to the beating here for lineup. the district attorney and the defense attorney agreed not to disclose the outcome. the l.a.p.d. said in a statement "it's satisfied with the result of the lineup" but give nothing further about what that meant. police believe giovanni ram

this is near durham. pure is more aerial video. this twister you can see dropping down the and just touching down. the second one to hit in the to area, some scary moments from people in the area, no major damage or injuries reported. this is cute county. her rather you can see the debris being picked up and thrown california averages about seven tornados a year. >>: her eighth fatal shooting in this neighborhood, craig skalar is live this morning. let's go live out to the scene. >>: the checkers and schulte is still blocked off, this is the site plate glass site where the shooting occurred. we will show you some pictures from this morning, this is a 2001 volkswagen theof that police believe belong to the victim. rebeccpeople are saying that thy heard shots in rapid succession. >>: it was a pop, pop, pop but it was pretty fast, they were not individual shots. >>: police say that they have not released the name of the victim pending notification of the next of kin. there is a possibility that this is gain related but there is no con

advocate, you know, describing how two or three veterans were living basically behind a bicycle rack in durham or one the communities, rural communities, again, that's where the university is also. but it's not a big metropolis, it's a place where this program could be effective and should be effective. we can't lose sight of the rural homelessness. let me turn to another topic. that is chairman johnson, senator shelby and i worked on legislation that produced one aspect of it was the national housing trust fund. we originally thought we were going to fund it with the proceeds. that is not an option at this moment. so we are working to try to tap into some of the profits that have been generated for the warrants that again working to get on this committee we insisted be part of the legislation which supported the banks over the last several years. and we have actually recooped about $9 billion in, you know, pure profit in addition to the preferred dividends that they were paying when we sold the warrants that we picked up $9 billion. just as i think they would have been if they were lending th

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. >> and that funnel clouds spotted as far west as california, believe it or not, in the town of durham in the central part of the state. severe weather knows no bounds. >> in joplin, the search for tornado victims goes on. an estimated 1500 people are unaccounted for. city officials say many may have been out of town when the twister hit or they left right after. that list is being created as they try to reconnect with those who might have fled the town. >> it may sound worse than it is. state officials will release a list of people still unaccounted for. that does not mean definitely missing. again, the cell service and other issues -- >> it is hard to communicate. they'll make a distinction between those people missing and those who haven't been able to be reached. casey wian is live for us in joplin. casey, this is as people start to find out the condition of their homes and where their loved ones are. >> yeah, ali. you were here. you know how bad it is. imagine surviving one of the worst tornadoes in u.s. history by hanging on to a couple of dog crates while you're home collapses a

again in the north west durham are people who work than a year ago. so the idea that jobs growth has been confined only so one or two parts is not the case. that's the first point i've made. the second point is if you can get someone to help in training they need so that they are no longer incapacitated from work, then they should be treated the same as someone who is seeking what the plans involve. but i'm more confident and that that if we give people that help in training that there are the jobs. there are 482,000 across the economy. and also the key thing is this hasn't been tried before in terms of proper payment by results. so the organizations that are doing the training are going to get paid more for dealing with the hard cases. now that hasn't been tried before. i think it can make a very big difference. and again, he can't find a job genuinely are available, you should be receiving benefits if you need them. >> the point as a result of changes -- >> as a set, if someone is in capacity -- an equivalent, they actually can be trained to the ext

actually chopper video of a twister that touched down on the ground, pulled debris into the air near durhamst night. so far, no reported injuries but plenty of damage to homes and cars. as we mentioned, certainly not to the degree of what they're experiencing down in the midwest.n weather and traffic after this. >>> good morning to you. well, we've got some clear conditions over the inland areas. still some clouds lingering over the peninsula and up in the north bay, a mix of sun and clouds. all expected to clear out of her before we hit 4:00 p.m. today. 70s. 71 for tomorrow. next week, the warming trend really ramps up. by next friday, seeing our temperatures in the mid-70s and climbing. >> lighter overall volume of traffic but 237 and 101 have minor accidents causing some slowing. and lark avenue off the southbound 17. there's a tree down across that off-ramp. here's the lower peninsula with no major issues here or through san mateo. approaching the toll plaza, we have a little glut of traffic coming down the east shore freeway. and also an accident on the east richmond bridge. >>> the "t

he spent three years trying to bring his son to durham north carolina and the fact he continues to do so just like all of the left behind parents who are struggling to reclaim their children. mr. bermudez. >> mr. goldman and the advocacy on behalf of all families victimized by international charnel of the auction is something i respect greatly. i'm grateful for your efforts and the opportunity to address the committee. my only son was born may 14th, 2007. like many parents i spent the months preceding his birth rearranging my priorities towards fatherhood and anxiously awaiting his arrival. i knew began his father would be the most important role in my life. in 2008, i had sign something was wrong with my wife and i had reservations about the viability of our relationship. i was ultimately had a loss of what to do while maintaining and demanded the work schedule to provide for my family. i tried not to read the writing that was in hindsight on walls. and i hope our problems would somehow work out with time or keep up long enough for me to find the time and energy to deal with them eff

north carolina housing why the two or three veterans were living basically behind a bicycle rack in durham and one of the communities, one of the rural communities, that is where the university is also, but it's not a big mitropoulos and it should be effective. we can't lose sight of the role homelessness. let me turn to another topic and that is we all work on legislation that ultimately produced one aspect of what was in national housing trust fund. we originally thought we would fund the proceeds. that is not an option at this moment. so, we are working to try to tap into some of the profits that have been generated through the war and could again working together on this committee we insisted be part of the legislation which supported the banks over the last several years, and we've actually recouped about $9 billion in pure profit. in addition to the preferred dividends were paid when we sold the war and we picked up $9 billion just as i think they would have done if they were lending the money to us. that's one source. but to the larger issue of why it's important to get this trust f