department and john paul scott from the mayor's office on disability and maggie omaro, from caltran and ellen vanderslice from the city of portland. help me welcome our panelists. >> our first speaker is david allenbar and he's a senior urban design are for the san francisco planning department and manages the city design group and concerns itself with urban design and the public realm and he works on the city street plan. >> thanks christina, it's a pleasure to be here today. and as christina said, we work with the city design group and concern ourselves with the design of the public realm and the street space and that plan we are working on, will probably be released in late may and early june and hope you take the time to look at that. and we are working on plans for other parts, including the mission district that's now starting up and fisherman's wharf and octavia and better neighborhood plan and that's for adoption today and i am here to talk about the pedestrian safety and you may ask why urban designers are here to talk about pedestrian safety issues. and what particular expertise mig

and ellen mentioned the conflict of turning vehicles and pedestrians. and we use the pedestrian scrambles in the financial district and south of market and union square when we have tight intersections and in larger intersections, doing a pedestrian scramble would require more signal time and that could have negative impacts on muny -- muni and those are things that we balance. >> and [inaudible] intersection is always my nightmare, and if we re[inaudible] driver's license and make a tough examination and they have to pass every question and if they don't pass, no license, make it work out. [applause] and instead of spending money, educating, there is no need for more education, they know but they ignore it. and we have to make it very, very, enforce the law very strongly. and in england and hong kong, and you know when you cross the street, you cannot pass [inaudible] and this side they got a green [inaudible] it hold up other traffic. so we have to maybe, be wise from them and make it tough not to get driver's license easily. and if they abuse and fin

and ellen's fans really feel a connection to her. >> reporter: ellen can dance, too.rge audience with her, that she's most famous for being part of a morning show ensemble. as for anderson and ellen, who have popular solo shows, the viewers will have the final say. here's a challenge. do you remember life before oprah? i tried to wrack my brain this morning. >> she's so huge. she's huge in the book industry. she's sold so many books. >> there's no replacing oprah. >> it's a phenomenon. >> who will be at the top of the pack? we want everybody at home for that. vote who you think will be the next champ of daytime television. even if they're not the next oprah. >>> but now, let's look at the top stories of the morning with juju chang. >> good morning, guys. good morning, everyone. parts of the east coast are bracing for more severe storms this morning, while the south begins cleaning up. high winds, rain and lightning ripped through the region, uprooting trees, including one that crashed through a man's bedroom in georgia. hundreds of thousands of people lost power. in a

[applause] >> thank you ellen, as you can all tell, we have a wealth of knowledge on stage and now is your time to ask questions of our panelists. >> i would like to know, what degree of cross discipline fertilization to take place between the planning department and public works department and redevelopment agency in planning a project. and for example, and 6th street cordar -- corridor and when the project was finished, it didn't address the pedestrians of that area. and i would like to make sure that those issues are addressed. and if you can share some information with me how you interface with those agencies, i would deeply appreciate it today. >> that's an interesting question, and i think when we started the better's street program, a year ago, we were pretty green about the difficults of the coordination between the different agencies. and in the year or so we have worked on the better streets plans and we are coordinating that work. and you will see that better streets plan is an integrated plan for a number of agencies. and see some idea s that come from that and follow ups

he's not done with tv, can you catch him monday on "the ellen show." ellen and steve sit down to talk about this final episode. >>> the 49ers with a curious draft decision. laurence scott is up next. [ female announcer ] at the jcpenney biggest sale of the season... ...save on everything! no exclusions! don't miss big buys now through saturday... ...like worthington essentials shirts -- just $14.99... ...and $14.99 st. john's bay and arizona shorts. choose your color with $59.99 protocol carry-ons... ...and save big on diamond jewelry -- just $59.99 each! plus with jcp cash, get $10 off when you spend just 25! no exclusions! unlikether stores, we don't make you come back to save! go to jcp.com to see everything on sale. we make style affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney. >>> the first round of the nfl draft was tonight. the raider not have a pick in the first round. the 49er at 7, and here's how they used it. >> with the seventh pick, the san francisco 49ers select halden smith, defensive end missouri. >> alden smith is a sack specialist and the nin

senator ellen corbett, a longtime earthquake safety advocate, commissioned a study to identify those schools over a decade ago. >> there wasn't statewide information about where the needs were. >> corbett's study produced this list, more than 7,500 school buildings statewide considered most at risk. >> one of them is philadelphia elementary in pomona. >> we've got schools that are old and have been deteriorating over the years. >> state evaluators said four of philadelphia's seven buildings are "likely not to perform well" in an earthquake, but the school hasn't received any state funds to fix them. >> we didn't qualify for funding, or what was considered by those standards the dsa put out as a seismically vulnerable critical site. >> in fact, an analysis by california watch shows just 38 of the 7,500 of the most vulnerable school buildings even qualified for funding. why? to be eligible, a district had to show that an earthquake would subject a school to an intense level of ground shaking, or what's called g-forces, of 1.7 gs. >> these are very, very large earthquake forces. >> that

hey guys welcome michel ancel on the ellen show part of our guests not to sound the topics now i want to hear from the audience says go on you tube the video response or to twitter for part of the question that we've posted on you tube every monday and on the first day of the show and long response is the only place your voice be heard. get us some closure see a story and it seems so horribly sleep is if you understand it and then a glimpse something else hears you some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know much on her blog or the big picture . hard time for tides and tool time award and tonight because to a politician from illinois democratic congressman jesse jackson jr is going after apple and i pad he believes the i pad has cost people their jobs here in the u.s. and he spoke on the house floor i claim that i pad is part of the reason that we have thirteen million americans out of work take a listen. steve jobs is doing pretty well it's created the i pad. it's made life more efficient for americans but the i pad is produced in china it's

hey guys welcome to shell and tell on the ellen show we've heard our guests have to say on the topic now i want to hear. just go on to you tube does video respond to our twitter profile of the questions that we post on you tube every monday and on thursday the show long response is. our it's time for tonight's tool time award the great state of texas has decided to jump on the bandwagon of banning shari'a law but i have to say is not so shocking i mean expects it but naturally the move by g.o.p. lawmakers comes at a time when there. no documented cases of sharia law being used in the state not one single case no proof so why would the state move to ban something that has actually never been a problem well just as texas state representative leo germann who is pushing for this ban he says that lawmakers in the lone star state must stop shari'a law from ever happening there because it's happening in other parts of the country during his testimony berman insisted the judges in dearborn michigan were using shari'a law in their courtrooms and sadly for leo that's actually not true yes dear

know ellen loren to realize that the execution would also claim other victims sean's family. sean's biological father who had abandoned him when he was to heard about his son's coming execution. he sent him a video message from california. there are think good look for. certain in terms of these characters with the. predicate back there if you perform. well that i could almost have the. summer for you stable enough to do this. lucky i'm talking to you or this this or to communicate with me i care i can't stand. alone you who wish they were different. could by. the execution was a terrible ordeal for sean's grandfather jim douglas father. jim often took care of the little boy when his mother was out on the road. i met jim twelve years ago when i came here the first time it was a few days before the execution. jim had already lost his daughter avanza and now the state was about to put his only grandson to death. he still migraines are. still moderates or. i would love to say it's not going to affect me one where they were made for him to be a third of. but i don't know whether.

ellen to be certain that i finished before i get a little -- i am just proud. i am proud to be on this board at this time. i want to thank you for saying it. and thank you to all of the supports. i have to thank our love. and her leadership, reverend brown, it is nice to have an assignment from new. thank you, va., for gathering us when we are often tired. thank you for coming out and thank you for your support as well. >> i believe we have a belated happy birthday to you as well. i believe you've just turned 91. i think it is important to note. a happy belated birthday to you. our gift to you, this is a real honor for all of us. it doesn't honor the committee in the way they you have honored our community. from my house, i can see the child development center. every time i looked out my window, this will be a reminder of this wonderful celebration. we spent a lot of time this evening on this because these moments are few and far between. we are honored and happy that you were here to join us this evening. at this time, i would like to call the vote. >> [roll c

on friday'ses we talk love with ellen mccarthy at the washington post.lways nice to hear about these couples. i'm a big-time dog lover. >> are you? >> i understand that dogs brought your wedding couple together. >> isn't that so fun? yeah, this is a dog park love story, and the dogs kind of got introduced first, as they often do. you know this, this is my dog, and then they introduce themselves to each other. so this is dana and dennis. what's funny, she used to see him jogging around their alexandria neighborhood and would jokingly say to herself, there goes my boyfriend. right? and then they sort of finally met. and he happens to be a chef in alexandria. and so he said oh come in sometime for a snack. and so she showed up for a snack and it turned out to be this 13-course tasting menu with wine pairings. and she cleaned her plate. and he thought oh, she's a good eater. so that was his first sign, aside from the dogs, and they had similar taste in music. so they finally sort of kind of tied the nknot a few weeks ago. and the dogs were there. >> he liked

. >>> and you just saw singers gwyneth paltrow on "ellen," now we track "american idol" james durbin's roots from santa cruz to the national stage. hear from the people from the beginning of his rise to fame. a great looking lawn like this, but trying to grow grass from seed in tough areas like deep shade, along the driveway, and where the kids play can be a little intimidating... until now. with scotts ez seed. it's scotts best grass seed, starter fertilizer and a growing material that absorbs water and expands to surround and protect the seeds, you'll get a thick, green scotts lawn even if you've never been successful with other seed before. the revolutionary scotts ez seed. grow grass anywhere. >>> redwood city officials have called in experts to help them deal with about two dozen dead and distressed leopard sharks found in bay front lagoons. they say while the numbers are a cause for concern, they are not alarming. according to experts, dieoffs are a relatively routine thing. tomorrow they'll begin work to identify the problem and relocate any distressed animals. catherine greer i

let's do this, and invite the experts back to the front here, that would be ellen, vanderslice and michael and peter and jack and maggie, and we are lessons learned and i really appreciate the feedback and you staying with us throughout this day. >> i guess, i will kick this off, and start at the far left, jack, would you. would you like to reflect on what you have heard or maybe, i think the forum itself presented some new ideas with your work in san francisco. would you like to share those? >> thank you very much for sticking around and i got a lot of notes, about 10 pages and i will have to di -- digest it and i heard that there are streets that are too wide and i heard the discussion about bulbs out and i know they are expensive and work with the better streets and the most cost effective way and there are great ways and to get scientific on resources. and i heard about speeding, and i heard some good suggestions and heard about statistics from the police, i would like to find out more about that and how many sites are we writing and that's an important part of reduction. and good idea

the chapter executive from the central valley chapter is ellen knapp.ase join me in welcoming them to the bay area. [applause] we are very honored to have such a distinguished crowd here today. we have gathered to discuss the topic of the utmost importance. that is the disaster readiness for northern california. it is so important. we have seen what can happen in communities. we want to make sure we are the most prepared community anywhere in the world. it is hard to think about a place like japan suffering the way that is currently. back in 2009, in january, i had the privilege of being a speaker at the kobe earthquake symposium. the progress they have made since the earthquake was stunning. it was amazing to see how organized and prepared they were as a community. with all of their preparedness, no community can withstand the horrific series of disasters they had to face. 1st the earthquake, then the tsunami, followed by the radiation attacking the community as we speak. that is why we're here today, to figure out ways to make the bay area the most pr

. >> chris rock coming up and ellen page. >> all right. bye. ,,

. >> reporter: same frustration for ellen at another gym. another was taken out instead of the agreed-upon monthly installment, a full payment. >> what's going on. >> reporter: auto pay meant to make life easier but doing just the opposite. >> just beyond irritated. >> don't let any company come into your bank account and grab money. >> reporter: consumer advocate linda sherry says auto pay pretty much gives the company access to your entire bank account. >> you should control the payments out of your checking account, not the company. >> reporter: instead of auto pay, she recommends scheduling online bill pay through your bank's website. then you control how much you pay and when. if a company requires automatic payments, use your credit card instead of a debit card or routeing number tied to your bank account. >> with a credit card at least you can dispute that on the credit card. if it's your debit card they may continue to take money out of your checking account. >> reporter: when the charges don't stop some say the banks won't help with

>>reporter: california watch brought its findingq to state senator ellen. >> i think we should do whatever we can to make sure that these rules and laws are placed on the book are being enforced. >>reporter: she chairs the earthquake disaster preparedness committee. >> we need to ask tough questions to find out where the problems are and do something about it. >>reporter: for the i team, abc 7 news. >> now the los angeles unified school district maintenance that the middle school shown in this story was constructed to field standard and critical phase of the design were approved by the state architect office. but inspector who work on the job says the district needs to tear open the wall to verify the proper fix were his made. that work has yet to be done. you can read california watch report at california watch.org or on our web site abc 7 news.com. >>> let's check back in with spencer now. things have quieted down on live doppler 7. >> they have indeed. all we have left is just a couple of small isolated patches of moisture around the bay area. we have the little blob of moisture that wa

follow just say this part of russia is like the area around rosabelle in new mexico high with food with ellen visitors but some experts like what are skeptical of the sighting and many can be explained but not all of them are credited our region has a very high frequency a real extraterrestrial activity always a poised in the whole country and in places like salt cheap which is a big city that stretches along with coast there is of course a better chance to spot something unusual so why all this interstellar traffic in the russian south and maybe they're getting sneak preview of the sochi olympics. or maybe they're just like the place whatever it is the truth is out there somewhere there is a lot ski r.t. crossing the region your life still fascinates people is death still raises questions our special report on the first man in space is coming up for you later this hour. chosen from among many. he was given a clear cut mission. a mission he successfully accomplished. became the first ever again over space king. of the soviet union one of the best known persons in the world l. his thoughts wer

. >> reporter: the home of mary ellen norton-hayes and her family in bridgeton is now just a pile ofe. the only thing left intact-- her sense of humor. >> well, i thought about downsizing and i often thought about taking a bulldozer to the house. >> reporter: the massive funnel clouds started in the northwest suburbs, slicing through 30 miles, nine cities, damaging or destroying 2,700 buildings before it ended up across the mississippi near granite city, illinois. you can follow the track of this storm from the trail of devastation left behind, including some of the costliest just about four miles that way at the st. louis airport. surveillance video shows employees and travelers scrambling to safety as winds of at least 166 miles per hour blew the roof off concourse "c". flights were departing mostly as scheduled today. there are tense days still ahead here in missouri, and in arkansas, kentucky and tennessee. there are more threats of tornadoes from this system, and fears that flooding could happen. in fact, katie, you can see it's pouring now. >> couric: all right. cynthia bowers

jane lieu ellen johnson would not have liked how we sang this song. this was a brother from jacksonville. he's a brother from florida. he spoke spanish and french. he was an envoy to haiti and nake rag wa. -- nicaragua. you didn't know that, did you? he also wa the first black man to pass the bar in the state of florida in 1913. can you imagine a brother passing the bar in 1913? and his brother was as bad as he was. that's who james wheldon johnson was. you ever heard of jenny slew? 1719, her smom white. her zad black. you know, even back then a good man was hard to find, you follow me? so we understand this. this thing has been going on for a very, very long time, ok? jenny slew, 46 years later she sues for her freedom and back pay. and guess what? wins because in the state of massachusetts a person of color could sue back in those days. you know what the superior court said? well, we can't let this happen because you were married to an enslaved person. let me say this right now. we don't use the word "slave." i want everybody to say "enslaved." say

car sand and growth of gas demand in asia and once again he doesn't have any option other than by ellen she gets including russia now and she saw as a result of that there is there is some free space in the e.u. gas balance we should need to dispute and needs to be through probably with a pipeline gas from russia so as a result of that i would say that now currently you sure are all for russian gas industry and its ability to compete to alan she is significantly more even taking into account high prices for oil which leads to the high gas prices closer to the end of the year. russia's gas monopoly gazprom has reported pumped up results from last year that profit rose by a quarter to over thirty five billion dollars that's higher than the price of the pre-crisis level benefited from strong local sales twenty seven percent seven europe slipped one percent however analysts expect amounts of pickup partially as usual supply disruptions from the middle east and africa. now is take a look at how the markets are performing in asia the hang sang was losing point three percent on concerns china

for next to people of ellen his cross talk guests discuss whether the foreign intervention in libya or pave the way for al qaida to take root in the country. can. start. to think. hello and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle opening the door to tear the al qaeda franchise has been largely absent from the arab awakening in north africa people appear to be embracing democracy and not radical islam however this may change the military intervention in libya and the violence in yemen could be an opportunity for al qaida. can. still. discuss al qaeda in the arab world today i'm joined by an old abbas like he's in washington he's a senior political scientist at the rand corporation also in washington we have been rami he is a human and civil rights program director at the muslim american society freedom and in austin we go to derrick crow he is a political director at the brave new foundation in another member of our cross talking you know on the hunger right derrick in austin you got up early as for this program so i'm going to go you first. is thanks to you know during the day we look

will meet ellen with some. unknown flying objects in the space they didn't ask they did. it for the zebras here. they don't have the instruction but. have this instruction ok well thank you very much for that insight as well again the preparations that are happening it's not just for the crew and i've managed to speak to the families a very important part of the be a celebration to the families of come to say their farewells to the three men going on the mission take a look at this story. before every blast off comes the fanfare so you see i'm a twenty one crew member stand in the spotlight their families close by it's only a matter of hours before they shoot into orbit in a spacecraft bearing the image of you to god in the first man in space to celebrate the achievements fiftieth anniversary what's more the crew's captain was once called the guardian when i was in kindergarten they gave us a player that i spent all my time and saw it and i would let all the kids get in there since then they started calling me god and preparations have been intense both for the crew and t

hey guys welcome michel ancel on the ellen show with part of our guest stop to sound the topics now i want to hear from audience just going to video responses or to twitter or follow the question that we've host on you tube every monday and on thursday the show your responses please play more of what they have. it's time for tonight's tool time award and we have a repeat winner for you this evening the hate mail and crazy bryan fischer he's a conservative radio host for the social conservative group the american family association is not a fan of gay rights he's against abortion and he has a lot of problems when it comes to immigration and on his radio show this week he took the issue of muslims coming to the u.s. last month he bravely declared that muslims have no first amendment rights now he believes that the u.s. should out right restrict immigration from muslim countries so we allow unrestricted muslim immigration in the united states we are welcoming to our shores welcoming to our borders. who are determined to destroy us they've said it themselves it's in their own writings it'

i got is welcome michel ancel on the ellen show we've heard our guests have to say on the topic now i want to hear audio just go on to you tube his video response to twitter for part of the question is a queen post on you tube every monday and on thursday the show long response is going to please let your voice be heard. for. for the. lead. artist time for tonight's tool time reward our public in montana congressman is in some hot water alan hale was speaking on the house floor in helena about drunk driving but not in the way that you might think the lawmakers in the state are currently debating a bill that allows courts to look at a person's driving background from the previous ten years when they're being sentenced for a dui because currently the court system can only go back five years but congressman alan hale is not a bit happy about the proposed new law take a listen to his stance on drunk driving on the house floor these new oil laws are not doing our small businesses in our state any good at all they're destroying them . they're destroying a way of life that has been in montan

hey guys welcome to show itself on the ellen show with part of our guest stop to say on the topic now i want to hear audio is going to you tube the video response part of twitter first part of the question that we've hostile uses every monday and on thursday with the show your responses please play. if. it's time for tonight's cool time award apparently republican lawmakers in florida believe that the word uterus is a dirty word and it shouldn't be mentioned on the state capital floor let me explain here there was a debate taking place over a bill that would prohibit governments from deducting union dues out of a worker's paycheck last week and that's when florida state congressman scott randolph a democrat from orlando made the claim the republican seem to only be against regulations when it comes to big business so in his speech on the house floor randolph said that his wife should incorporate her uterus and attempt to stop the g.o.p. from passing more restrictive abortion laws so way to go cards congressman randolph excuse me i think i was a very good one what needless to say the c

doesn't get on the nightly dunes there are american columns coming back but ellen's it seems that there's an expectation that we should just keep this up forever are you as outraged as you were back then are you still outraged over u.s. policy. but it's probably in europe or dealt you know reached its or sustain a kind of coverage where it seems like nothing happens change for the better colleges . what is the culture so far not much. and i have and i want to appreciate you for bringing us your thoughts here that you made a movie that still feels very very relevant today that was william roth producer and director of the true story of our less ali. so i hear our t.v. but the government doesn't want you to know our case it's down the former governor and author jesse ventura the one on one interview next. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else here's some other part of it and realized everything is. hard to. believe the man of many titles former minnesota governor russell or bestselling author get the of interest la

hey guys welcome michel as hell on the ellen show we've heard our guests have to say on the topic now i want to hear from our audience has gotten you to video respond to twitter first one of the questions that we've host on you tube every monday and on thursday to show your responses we've played a whole. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so silly you think you understand it and then he did something else here's some other part of it and realize that everything you say you don't. charge. all right it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight former massachusetts governor mitt romney is the winner since his defeat in the two thousand and eight g.o.p. presidential primary romney has kept a semi low profile he's avoided most requests from t.v. and newspaper interviews and instead he's been focusing on a new strategy of writing our bets then strategically placing them in newspapers around the country and he's using those opinion pieces to target president obama and challenge him on both domestic and foreign policy issues and this week he placed an op ed in the new ham

there was even a tweet from the "ellen show" at the time.an american flag with the words "made in china." and just this morning, we opened this video from a viewer in nebraska, from china. their bunting, china. there was one e-mail from steve in clearwater, florida, who told us he knew of u.s. flags made in this country. perhaps you could highlight annin, he wrote, and so we did. the factory in koshoton, ohio, population, 7,000. we knew we were getting closer. the colors were everywhere. flags on mailboxes. even the silos in the middle of the field painted red, white and blue. but this time, there was something different on these flags, the labels. an american flag made in america. and on this gray day, we were about to discover an enormous bright spot in this economy, a red, white and blue one. >> made by americans for americans to fly by americans. >> reporter: in fact, all the way back to the civil war, world wars i and ii. iwa jim snarks that was there flag. and that moment on the moon? saluting that flag on the moon -- >> that was ours.

you guys welcome michel ancel on the ellen show part of our guests have to say on the topic now i want to hear audio just go on to you tube does video respond or to twitter first lot of the questions that we host on you tube every monday and on thursday the show long response is that we like your voice. all right it's time for tonight's tool time award and tonight it goes to donald trump but now for being a burger and then taking credit for obama releasing his birth certificate we're going to get to that in just a moment now tonight we're calling out the donald for his comments over china since he began talking about a possible presidential run next year trump has been calling out china and the media just take a listen to his rhetoric i mean this is a country that is ripping off the united states like the case ever done before but i certainly wouldn't be saying as i've been hearing you for the last few minutes as your representatives and people on the show up and saying oh we're making progress with china these are not french cities or enemies if you look at what countries like china a

of all kinds of heinous crimes and liberia which is basically a colony united states the president ellen sirleaf johnson. was propelled into office with a lot of money from mr soros i might add you know and the wife of here even told r.t. that she believed that the u.s. government actually targeted or set up her husband why you know what would the u.s. have to gain from that it looks like the americans may have two things in mind go in big or boot both were involved in weapons. some would say smuggling other would say transport sometimes are under contract to the united nations during the one nine hundred ninety s. in goal in liberia the two countries that were mentioned now we know that this trafficking was done with the full knowledge of the cia for example so is this an attempt to roll people out who may know too much or on the other hand is it an attempt to get rid of these russian arms dealers so american arms dealers america by the way is the largest exporter of small arms in the world is that is that it is that in an attempt to get rid of the competition i mean whether or not you

a guy's welcome to show and tell on the ellen show we've heard our guests have to say on the topic now we want to hear audio just go on to you tube the video response or the twitter for part of the questions that we post on you tube every monday and thursday to show your responses. your voice. tax day came and went and washington is hoping that that means americans have forgotten all about the disparities in our system all about the fact that the wealthiest americans have quadrupled their wealth in the last decade but have you not of taxes they pay and republicans are also hoping that taxpayers will forget all about the fact that the g.o.p. wants the wealthiest americans to enjoy continued tax breaks and it's sad to see them as the ones fighting the good fight and making the hard decisions when it comes to cutting spending and reducing our deficit because you know the way you know that that's the way that the media portrays it for many in their american public support where in which it's here you go you actually have the courage to put forward a plan so let's just stop right now and co

. >> they brought the findings to ellen corbet. >> we need to make sure it's placed on the books are >> she shares the earthquake and disaster preparedness committee. >> we need to ask tough questions and do something about it. >> los angeles unified school district maintains that the middle school shown in the story was constructed to field act standards and that critical phases of the design were approved by, a technicalities office. but they say they need to tear open the wall to make sure it was done properly and that hasn't been done yet. >> let's get another check on the forecast right now. >> spencer is in. >> you can see the precipitation is fading away. live look at doppler, not much left. a little activity down in the santa cruz mountains and moving down around the monterey bay. that is about it. intense activity has ended. hailstones on the ground in san jose early this morning. we had hail as you may recall around fairfield. and during the early morning hours, hail on the rooftops in san jose from this morning. these pictures submitted through ureport powered by youtube.

hey guys welcome michel intel on the ellen show with part of our guest stop to sound the topics now i want to hear from our audience just so i can use you to video response or to twitter for part of the question that we've posted on you tube every monday and on thursday when the show your responses we played your voice be heard. now as we discuss how the government shutdown will affect the country and the everyday american let's turn our focus to another area where peroration corporations are making headlines lately for not paying their taxes all the rest of the country is struggling to figure out how to budget the increasing debt so at this point maybe we should ask are we facing a budget crisis or is it a revenue crisis artie's christine purcell has the story. and it fuels the economy with innovation with jobs and yes with wind but it turns out not with tax dollars general electric one of america's oldest corporations is also one of america's most creative at least when it comes to doing taxes a new york times investigation found that in two thousand and ten g.e. reported worldwide

hey guys welcome michel ancel on the ellen show with part of our guest stop to say on the topic now i want to hear. just go on to. the twitter profile of the questions that we post on you tube every monday and on the first day of the show a long response to. your voice. all americans have been fixated on the government shutdown threats and the tit for tat between democrats and republicans let's not forget that this nation is still involved in a war in libya a war that's reach a stalemate and carries no clear answers as to what the outcome may look like over the weekend a delegation of the african union arrived in tripoli with a cease fire proposal which they said omar could off the accept it now proposal included an immediate cease fire the delivery of humanitarian aid and the protection of foreigners but the rebels are having none of it between one and two thousand demonstrators gathered outside the hotel in benghazi where the african union delegation met with opposition leaders who said that no cease fire can be agreed upon unless it includes cut off these removal so as time takes b