he's challenging the very fabric of society. in a post cannonball world! was it grilled cheese?lty! the aquatic delinquency is a larger issue to this ♪ you did it again, didn't you? yup. ♪ scourge of 20th century city life. raiser of blood pressure. disrupter of supply chains. stealer of bedtime stories. polluter. frustrater. time thief. [cars honking] and one day soon, we'll see the last one ever. cisco is building the internet of everything for connected cities today, that will confine the traffic jam to yesterday. cisco... ...tomorrow starts here. meet thsuperpower.ewest energy surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue. log on to learn more. hi, you've reached emma. i'm out of the office right now, but will get back to you just as soon as i possib

. >> reporter: quilting is the fabric of linda hannawalt's life. >> quilts mean something to people. we call them a fabric hug. >> reporter: a hug from linda and her 100 volunteers at quiltworks, the san francisco nonprofit she founded four years ago. >> our goal this year is 800 to 1,000 quilts. >> reporter: she distributes hundreds of hand crafted gifts a year to the homeless, veterans and low-income families and most recently foster children. >> the children all were so excited about the pillowcases. >> reporter: and linda started talking to caseworkers to find out what foster children need and that led to another project. >> these are for the foster children. >> reporter: the project targets 18-year-olds who grow out of foster care. >> and what broke my heart is i was told they don't have suitcases when they age out. they hand them a garbage bag to put their belongings in. and i said, no. i said i want something really colorful and fun. >> reporter: so linda asked the delancey street foundation to help sell hundreds of personalized duffel bags. >> at least they have something tha

you can see some rebar fabricated in the lower right. it gives you a pretty good perspective of the diameter of the rebar with the workers standing besides it. we are going to continue the concrete on the steel bar and the modeling is on going. that's important next step for us. there is a team of workers on that everyday. over the next 60-90 days, march anticipate, structural steel in the central zone and fab -- fabrication and legal and plumbing. a break down in the bay area, no real change here, east bay and san francisco are well represented. and here is our apprentice breakdown which is no real change there either. labor trades breakdown. i think this increases every month, 2000 different individuals. i hope i didn't go too fast. i wanted to get through it. any questions? comments? >> thank you very much. excellent. city clerk: thank you, jack. the next item i'm going to introduce as a presentation on our sponsor ship opportunities we have a philanthropic family to name the station and components and see their name and logo at every

you pick every piece of fabric -- >> we have lots of renovations.e bought a hotel in hollywood, california. we finished up a $30 million renovation. in nashville, tennessee -- $12 million on a new lobby and a restaurant. we redid all of the guest bathrooms. i pick every fabric. >> what is it like? you walk into a room and say yes, yes, no, no? >> i will sit there with designers, and they will show lots of different fabrics. i will ask to make it greener. can you make this bluer? can this be darker? lighter? we will be in their offices or they will be in our offices throwing around different fabric swatches. >> do you have an idea that this is what the room will look like? these are the color schemes? >> i did, but it took us a few iterations to get to the point that we as a company were happy. when people ask me what i would be doing if i wasn't in the hotel business, i really quickly admit that i'm a frustrated architect. >> you love this stuff. >> i really do. >> some people would go nuts having to make all of those decisions. >> i get excited abo

but what happened is i got a delivery of the fabric. and the supplier had substituted a yarn that performed differently. i had to stop the production. so i was getting clothes back from customers and really thought i was going to lose the business. i had to diversify. so i started developing the styles in all different fabrics. my whole line just exploded. and then i was seen as not just the french terry lady but somebody who did these sample clothes in all kinds of beautiful fabrics. to just stop and take a few minutes, and however we do it i journal and sit in my purpose chair. and stop and think what is important every day. it's so easy to be distracted. and so just if we stop before the day begins and, you know sit down and just take stock of ourselves and what we care about and what matters, then we're more likely to stay on track. >>> getting feedback from your target audience is an important step when launching a new product or service. if you're looking for an affordable way to survey opinion panels, check out our website of the

when i was in the fashion industry, i would go to a fabric mill and by small --buy small roles of fabric. you could make any garment you wanted from that role of fabric. when i got into technology, i was so far from what you could do. you could never -- you had to mwait months and years for new technologies. so we saw innovation where it was a downturn in engineers here going into the garages. they were starting to prototype products. they had -- we noticed that they had tools for the fabrics of technology were changing. today you have connected modules , which is phenomenal. you have 3-d printing and androids. now you have the fabrics to actually prototype. everyone says there was a renaissance in manufacturing. we think there was a renaissance in prototyping. that prototyping generally came out of energy around creativity of fee is -- physical goods. that is where we actually play and what we look for his entrepreneurs i want to build companies around that. that is where we are always looking for. today, you can sketch a piece of hardware and then in a very short time, you can produce

>> it's got a great fabric. they have phenomenal people like the people in this room. we have so much going. we need the incentives. we can't take away those

i'd love to know why. >> what was the fabric? >> it's a velvet, so it's a beautiful sort of shimmery lavender. a wedding personally. lavender velvet with a matching hat with little flowers toward the back. >> i think she looks better with the contrast. >> so it wasn't uncommon at all for first ladies to recycle looks and wear things numerous times. >> yes. you wear your clothes again, especially during a depression, during a war, but you also -- it's something you can say to show that you are not as extravagant as people might think that you might be. and the press will note if you're wearing something again, and depending upon the event, the press, and how popular you are, you're either going to get credit for that or it's going to be a detriment and people are going to remark that you're not supporting the fashion industry enough, that you're not buying enough new clothing, that you're not giving a good impression of the united states. you can't win. you cannot win when you're the first lady with your clothes. >> these were ser

we're doing them in scuba fabric. >> scuba fabric?end fantacy pants -- >> it's great, it sucks you in and feels good. >> if you want to keep showing some of your designs and dresses past. and this is yours. >> yes. >> this came from your brand. >> yes -- from your brain. >> yes. >> how do you do that? >> i think it's a process. we did that with ellie tahari for mary judge. blige. >> how does this happen? how do you go from here to what we see? >> it's funny because to me it seems like such a natural thing, an easy thing. and i guess because i've been doing it for so long, it's something that i'm -- i'm passionate about. and so then i have conversations with other people like you know the dress should be like this -- they're like what do you mean? >> can you walk me through one dress? for example whatever it is that susan sarandon is wearing do you start with a fabric, a cut -- >> you start with a fabric i think, and an idea. it's scuba fabric it's close to the body and form fitting. and then you think about the seaming in the dress an

inside it was printed cotton fabric and red leather. inside this trunk, where gallons, --gowns, a trademark turbine, a beautiful gold leon silk slippers, pieces of fabric and muslim, and treasures that many of us which keep that were mementos of the past. they all belong to dolley madison. >> this is probably one of our most popular first lady's. she was born may 20 1768 to a quaker family. she lived in american life which took her to eventually become one of the most popular figures in our early american history. she had seven brothers and sisters. after a stay at a farm here in guilford county, they moved to virginia. eventually moving to philadelphia when dolly was about 15. it is there that she married her first husband, a young attorney and had two sons. she experienced the tragedy of loss during the yellow fever when she lost her son and husband and in-laws. she moved later to the washington city at the age of 25, aaron burr and james madison introduced her. she was married. we know that she had an outgoing personality and made up

that is some of our tattered social patrick -- social fabric. let us alleviate the anxieties of our parents. they bring harmony and hope back to our lives. they return to the truths that have guided this country so well and so long. the elections are not just any election. we stand at the threshold of a new era of possibility. the next term will end on because of a new century. a century that a century that the man's new thinking, new perspectives, the imagination and creativity of all the american people. i am an optimist, but i am aware of the pitfalls of a national campaign. you don't give up the security to meet presidential politics unless you have a serious purpose. i intend to offer the american people something they haven't been offered so far. for the other candidates, talk about a flat tax. they talk about term limits. i mean it and i will do it. they don't even dream about making our currency's sound and stable, never mind talking about it. i mean it and i do it. they are the culture of washington. i'm the one who will change washingt

. >>> nbc's brian williams is suspended for fabricating a story. jon stewart announces he's leaving the daily show. >>> a malaysian cartoonist faces extradition charges just weeks before after he tells bbc he's feared he will be arrested. a warm welcome to the program. a glimmer of hope. the words of angel merkel spokesman on top level talks on ukraine to take place soon between russia france ukraine and germany. there is little common ground it seems? . what are the different sides pushing for? ukraine would like control over the break away regions in the east. wants to see rebel force disarmed and russian troops pulled back. and wanting to keep their weapons and amnesty for their leaders. russia wants guaranteed rights for russian speaksers and full autonomy for the luhansk and donetsk region. >>> the u.s. wants to see territorial zone redrawn. >> the president of ukraine went to the town that had come under rocket far. >> this is a severe incident almost 50 kilometers from the front fighting and the russian and terrorists attacking civilians, at

putting stitched fabric next to each other. and in one of the quilts, we saw there were dress fabrics. it gave us a great indication of what all resources were available. yesterday, we saw a baseball uniform from a baseball player from the negro league. that was an exciting piece. later on in the day, the family came back. we just saw a cloth today, a traditional textile made by -- people. we have seen all kinds of things. a lot of dolls came in. not everything is old or worn out. sometimes they were special things that people safe. quite the array. our concern with textiles is that they do not get light damage. so, a lot of times people say that they are priority. caring fork and being able to pass it on. we encourage them to put it away and take it out for special occasions. but we do show people how to use acid free tissue paper and boxes, and how to support it so it will not deteriorate. we are protecting it from dust and light and little hands or pets. this is what we call preventive conservation. >> we started in 2008 in

i want to be treated as a larger fabric of the society yip. >> if i can jump in. law enforcement. we have a role to play in national security. our functional active is to improve quality of life and communities, give access to under serve communities to resources, connect social services and mental health. those type of things it's a long-term sustainabilities. we are there for 30, 35 years. we are on the landscape. eyes and ears. we do it's not a national roll. >> deputy chief, and linda, thank you both for joining me. thanks for joining us where you are on this edition of "inside story". get in touch on facebook follow us on twitter and watch us in washington. i'm ray suarez. grease tries to buy more time. time -- greece tries to buy more time. hello, you're watching al jazeera live from doha. on the program. in venezuela after the arrest of the mayor of caracas. >> i'm jonah hurl in kiev where exactly a year ago acknowledge three weeks

let us sew up our nation's tattered social fabric. let's bind up the wounds caused by three decades of mistaken social policy that has undermined america's families. let us alleviate the anxieties of parents, and broaden the future for our children; bring harmony and hope back to our lives, and return to the truths that have guided this country so well for so long. the election before us is not just any election. we stand at the threshold of a new era of possibility. the next president's term will end on the cusp of a new century. a new century that demands new thinking, new perspectives, the imagination and creativity of all the american people. i am an optimist. but i am well aware of the pitfalls of a national campaign. you don't give up the security and freedom of private life to go into the meatgrinder of presidential politics in the modern age, unless you have a serious purpose. i have one. i intend to offer the american people something they haven't been offered so far: a vision and a voice, a true vision and an honest voice. f

i want to be treated as a larger fabric of the society yip. >> if i can jump in. law enforcement.e have a role to play in national security. our functional active is to improve quality of life and communities, give access to under serve communities to resources, connect social services and mental health. those type of things, it's a long-term sustainabilities. we are there for 30, 35 years. we are on the landscape. eyes and ears. we do, it's not a national roll. >> deputy chief, and linda, thank you both for joining me. thanks for joining us where you are on this edition of "inside story". get in touch on facebook, follow us on twitter and watch us in washington. i'm >> the mountains of west virginia have provided generations with jobs in coal. but on january 9th, 2014, the state woke up to an example of the costs of it's industrial economy. a tank containing a chemical used the process of coal production had leaked its contents into the elk

con forms and the concert of interior the work is comparable and clearly dlaechd and replaced the fabric to matching themes and incorporate a new paving system and replace non-historic features and will preserve the historic character of the location the staff review of the document as noted it ongoing as noted in our case report and draft motion staff recommends several conditions of approval for the finishes of this project subject to the storefront and metal handrails and refer to the updated the document to make sure those teachers features and materials are comparable with the character and fine features of that property staff recommendations condition of approvals rewarding the specifications and review of the make ups of the paint remove from the mustard building and for additional documents of the paving prior to its removal in public comments have been received since packets were summit and the staff recommends approval that concludes my presentation. unless there's questions and the project sponsor is here with a presentation as well thank you. >> when she starts speaking into

. >> reporter: quilting is the fabric of linda's life. >> quilts mean something to people.> reporter: she founded a san francisco nonprofit four years ago, quiltworks. >> our goal is up to 1,000 quilts. >> reporter: she contributed hundreds of hand craft gifts to the homeless, veterans and low- income families and most recently foster children. >> the children all were so excited about the pillowcases and. >> reporter: linda started talking to case workers to find out what foster children need and that led to another project. >> these are for the foster children. >> reporter: the project targets 18-year-olds who grow out of foster care. >> and what broke my heart is i was told they don't have suitcases when they age out. they hand them a garbage bag to put their belongings in. and i said, no. i said i want something really colorful and fun. >> reporter: so linda asked the delancey street foundation to help sew hundreds of personalized did you feel bags. >> at least they have something that's theirs on day one. >> reporter: board member alice thomas admires linda's endless e

why there is a growing backlash over this fabric. >> i am abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. rising temps to record levels. a i make a lot of purchases for my business and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase. like 60,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 times the rewards on internet, phone services and at office supply stores. with ink plus i can choose how to redeem my points. travel, gift cards even cash back. and my rewards points won't expire. so you can make owning a business even more rewarding. ink from chase. so you can. >>> breaking news out of san jose. there is a manhunt for a gunman who shot a woman. it happened at 9:00 tonight on center road. police arrived to find her with at least one gunshot wound. she is at the hospital listed in stable condition right now. do stay with abc7 news for any breaking updates and follow us on twitter at abc7 news bay area. >>> well, it has been nearly a year since the popular fit bit force activity tracker was recalled for causing terrible rashes. >> and yet

did the jury perhaps think he might have been faking or fabricating this?ink his choice of words suggest that it was contrived with the use of his words and the way he said it. the jury didn't buy the ptsd circumstances. they didn't feel it was a self-defense issue because both men were shot in the back. the fact that he was voluntarily ingesting drugs and alcohol while on prescription medications and the fact he fled the scene and admitted to the police, his girlfriend, his psychiatrist that he knew what he did was wrong. there was a mountain of facts that cut against the defendant and the jury took little time discounting and coming to the verdict. >> very little time. just over two hours to bring back the verdict. all along we heard folks saying when you talk about a lay jury, it might be difficult for them to make the distinction between mental illness and the definition of legally insane. it seems that this jury did not have that problem. >> seems like with 2 1/2 hours of deliberations, they didn't have a lot of dispute among them. you're absolutely ri

the economic implications of the shift is expected to change the social fabric of cuba in ways that no other u.s. administration managed to do. david arioso went to havana to see how cuban society is in the throes of change >>> for restaurant owners in cuba this is a picture of progress - live music, free-flowing rum and customers. cubans dine and drink. for a country that has long aspired to do away with notions of rich and poor. a new and historic shift in policy could deep the divide in this country, where new wealth and class lines are starting to form. while revolutionaries still line the streets, cuba is inching towards an economic model bringing free market enterprise to the forefront. under raul castro forming reforms, a tax structure and shrinking state pay rolls allowed privately owned small businesses to crop up across the island. this is one of the top private restaurants in havana and it's amazing that you can see it like this. it was just a brick wall a couple of years ago, shrouding the restaurant so if you walked by, you wouldn't know it existed. it's a secret enclave.

wall of the building for example, in most cases be perpendicular so they're not part of the historic fabric we've come up with solutions you see it on the canopy that is described you get a glance of the banner and looked at it other types of signage how you apply that to the building in the xhaesh historic district those signs were attached to the building so the requirement it fits within the architecture fabric using the colors that may blend in we also are looking at the improvements viewed collective 33ly they need to be with the resources and look at the proper amount that a building can take that requires discretion i mean, i'll give you example as we move forward we looked at bulk heads separately in order to develop the most appropriate response to each the bulk heads have several types of acres and smaller openings here's an example of the doors of the pier 79 and a half we examined how the signage what can be added done in ways that pass the historic test and this one you see the addition of the awnings over the windows and some the finding as we look at that we did a similar typ

when i was in the fashion industry, i would go to a fabric mill and by small --buy small roles of fabric. you could make any garment you wanted from that role of fabric. when i got into technology, i was so far from what you could do. you could never -- you had to mwait months and years for new technologies. so we saw innovation where it was a downturn in engineers here going into the garages. they were starting to prototype products. they had -- we noticed that they had tools for the fabrics of technology were changing. today you have connected modules , which is phenomenal. you have 3-d printing and androids. now you have the fabrics to actually prototype. everyone says there was a renaissance in manufacturing. we think there was a renaissance in prototyping. that prototyping generally came out of energy around creativity of fee is -- physical goods. that is where we actually play and what we look for his entrepreneurs i want to build companies around that. that is where we are always looking for. today, you can sketch a piece of hardware and then in a very short time, you can produce

a lot of fabrication and cost notes delivered almost 80% them are in oregon and the shop steel fabrication, four separate off-site locations has been ongoing. it started approximately during the summer and has been going very actively since then and will continue throughout the year with the steel, and of course, our steel in coming on-site is critical. this is a picture many of us were at the november 7th event. you see that first steel column go up. by the end of the year, we had basket -- column assembles in place. this picture was done somewhere around the first of the year and you can see the first steel column in two months and since then, even more has been installed which steve will show in his presentation, where we are at today. also the bus ramps commenced. the contractor was awarded to shimmick back in may. the dem mission of the underground structures are completed. we have drilled and poured out 10 of the 29cidh, those 29 range in size from smaller is 2', but all of the 9'ers are almost completed today. coordinated with caltrans for the sterling street substation and a lot of

fabric of the relationship.ake my point. it has always been bipartisan. israel wants it that way. the american people want to that way. when it becomes infused with politics that is a problem. >> you think he is coming here because he wants to influence the election in israel? >> i'm not going to ascribe motives. let him for himself. -- let him explain for himself. we want the relationship between the u.s. and israel to be strong and immutable. regardless of portal seasons in either country or which party may be in charge in either country. we worked very hard to have that and we will work hard to maintain and. >> ukraine. there is some talk, reading newspapers and talking to people, that a possible agreement might he for a time -- >> are we back to iran? >> yes we are talking about iran. the premise to coming here is also part of the question. the difference between the iran and the u.s. is an iranian question. there are some possible agreement that might be in the works in which they would be, over a time, a r

compared to existing building fabric removed. there's no procedural reason to and no public benefit to be derived from disapproving the permit now under appeal and sending this half built project back to the very beginning of the review process when it has already been adjudicated in every possible venue. please allow this nine year june toe to proceed to completion and allow to uphold the permit. thank you. >> mr. sanchez? >> good evening, scott sanchez, planning department, just to respond to a couple of points, first in regards to the concerns about blight, after the collapse of the building, i did meet with the department of building inspection, they had in there -- and inspector duf if can get the terms right there's the engineer of the project sponsor, there was also the enbacker engineer for the adjacent project, there were meetings to discuss this, it was determined that the retaining walls, the foundation work needed to be done in order to stabilize the hillside so that was authorized by the department of building inspec

why there is a growing backlash over this fabric. >> i am abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. rising temps to record levels. we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number, and the ultimate sleep number event, going on now. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! now we can all choose amazing sleep only at a sleep number store. right now save 50% on the ultimate limited edition bed. know better sleep with sleep number. >>> breaking news out of san jose. there is a manhunt for a gunman who shot a woman. it happened at 9:00 tonight on center road. police arrived to find her with at least one gunshot wound. she is at the hospital listed in stable condition right now. do stay with abc7 news for any breaking updates and follow us on twitter at abc7 news bay area. >>> well, it has been nearly a year since the popular fit bit force activity tracker was recalled for causing terrible r

football players and gave about three of them over-the-counter ones and three of the seems custom fabricated ones and they were twice as likely to get injuries when wearing over-the- counter ones than custom fabricated ones. >> do they have more tushion in them or more -- cushion in them, more material? >> they're more comfortable. they can speak with them. there are three different kinds of mouth guards out there. the stock ones that are small, medium and large. we don't recommend those. >> they move around a lot. >> they move around a lot. people will cut them to fit properly, to fit better but it reduces its effectiveness. then there are the boil and bite ones. >> it's supposed to conform to your teeth. >> it's better but still usual error. the best ones are the ones that your dentist will make. it's an impression of your mouth that goes to the lab and they basically make it outside of your mouth. and then give it to you. it's 3 millimeters of thickness in the back. every season you need a new one because there will be wear and tear and it make as huge difference. >> how long does it take

painting this fabric of a woman's dress was important in conveying the significance of that person. and by the way, the chair is in the title of my book. i am going to read you a piece from the book, speaking of the book, about a 70 something to portrait of a country squire. he was in retirement at mount vernon and this would be his first portrait. peele's portrait was washington's first. despite the novelty, he found no joy in having his picture taken. the process he said put them in a mood that was grave and sullen. even so, washington came to like peele and cannot help but wonder given his on inability to concentrate, the painter could capture much of his character. i fancied the skill that his counsel put to it, disk -- pencil until it describing the man i am. it was revealing itself on the canvas and his bland expressionless look. a man who's eyes flashed with intelligence when he became engaged. as a trusted advisor later observed, his countenance was either joy or anger and full of expression and when the muscles are in a state of repose, his eyes lack animation. it was a det

compared to existing building fabric removed. there's no procedural reason to and no public benefit to be derived from disapproving the permit now under appeal and sending this half built project back to the very beginning of the review process when it has already been adjudicated in every possible venue. please allow this nine year june toe to proceed to completion and allow to uphold the permit. thank you. >>

ongoing structural steel erections, there are just some photos from the thompson metal fabrication folks, but we're still working in three or four different -- four different fabrication facilities from southern california to oregon and washington. the cast nodes as dennis were delivered to skanska. the barrettes were tested and passed with flying colors. no anomalis in the barrette pilots piles. shimmick choose to use a different subcontractor and were live clean bill of health you will start to see the pylon itself start to get constructed. looking forward this month and the next couple of months, i think i pointed most of this out -- the big goal is just to keep moving the lower concourse decking to the east from about where it is at fremont street and more form work and moving that alone. of course to do that, the walls below have to be completed of the structural steel erection is continuing and they have to do the timing between disassembling the trestleand moving into more erection areas. the next big obstruck obstacle will be crossing the street. in march and april start the stee

ag >> i don't think he didn't remember that, i think he fabricated that story. >> i want to apologize.