here we're asking advise and federal bureau e feedback for the fields that are professionals in. kathleen duly is one of the members. we're looking for feedback and people to enable us to get the information outlining anti. how, you help. we ask you shire those through your e-mails and merchant associations and social networks and then notify your guests at the library. before i get to the questions part i really want to acknowledge a few people. i first want to acknowledge regunmen for whom so much of this project has been driven she's made herself and staff and all resources available and asking us how they can do better. i want to thank the director of the economic workforce demonstrate todd he asks how to remind san francisco businesses how they can be open. greg has completely turned his personal life up and down who goes to all the meetings. last week, we started at a bar at the 8:30 in the morning and ended at 8:30 at night. also gloria chang who's the communication person from the office of economic development. 0 how do we reach more people she wanted to know and so she'

moved, commissioners, that motion passes unanimously 7 to zero and item 7 the draft minutes for federal bureau >> any public comment on draft minutes seeing none, public comment is closed. marry commissioner fung >> motion to approve the draft minutes commissioner antonini. commissioner johnck. commissioner moore. commissioner sugaya. commissioner fung and president fong so moved, commissioners, that motion passes that motion passes unanimously >> well, this is a week when my opinion there's good news and bad news. good news obligating is going to acquire a building on alabama where they'll put 2 hundred employees and that's good more people putting employees into san francisco. along those lines a good article in the chronic talking about the towers in first and mission this talks about how this is an excellent opportunity for technical companies perhaps headquarters here. those are particularly a couple of them are iconic and certainly it was be appealing if one were the leader of one of those companies. we see this today like trans america that didn't own the trans america pyramid but they

thank you for this promise and to dan and carla and we notify i all join us for planting day on federal bureau february >> all vote all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion carries go back we're excited about it. >> i have 13 agreement and authorize the general manager to solicit playthings and execute grant all of the elements. >> it's been moved and seconded and seeing none, public comment is closed vote all in favor, say i. opposed? the motion passes. >> stem 14 approve amendment one to c s-29 through j. >> commissioners. >> so moved. >> and second. any public comment on this item. i'll call for a vote please so i have by you >> approved the plans and award kraekt contract and i do want to note that the commissioners have a new resolution i put at your desk that changes the fund source to the c pishgs - p. i'll call for a vote all in favor, say i. opposed? the i's have it madam secretary >> item 16 hold a public hearing under the water section and possible action to adapt a resolution of intent to adapted the water management plan for the west side. >> commissioners. >> so moved and it's be

the federal bureau of reclamation approved $4 million in grants.ll help farmers and water saving irrigation systems for the crops. this is in addition to $20 million promised from the u.s. agricultural department. >> the drought will mean bigger electric bills. utility companies rely on hydroelectric power. utilities will have to turn to natural gas fired plants. that costs three times as much to produce. >>> the rain is falling, this is the steady stream of rain in sonoma county. bill martin is tracking the rain and how long it will stay in the forecast. >> sure nice to hear the rain coming down. you will hear it tonight and it will be afternoon for the morning commute. february is starting office. >>. getting rain in here, two storm systems to talk about. storm number 1 tonight. and storm number 2 on the bay area weekend. watch the north bay.  red poke in there, over the course of the day into sunday. 7 inches in the north way hills. 4 inches around the bay area as we go through sunday. great news. the fact we have rain in the forecast. is this

and now the federal bureau of investigation has a problem.es" a few months ago used the freedom of information act to pry loose these records of the fbi. records about the 70 people who fbi agents shot and killed over a roughly 20-year period. from 1993 to 2011, fbi agents shot and killed 70 people and shot and wounded 80 people. so 150 shootings altogether. and every one of those instances, the shooting was reviewed by the fbi itself internally. and in every one of those instances, all 150 of those shootings, the fbi determined that the shooting was justified. 70 people killed, 80 people wounded. 150 people in total shot by fbi agents. every single one of them ruled by the fbi to be a justified shooting. they're 150-0. they're batting 1.000. and maybe fbi agents are angels. or maybe god has assigned individual perfect angels to guide every single bullet ever fired by an fbi agent. ever. so that those bullets only ever go exactly where they want to belong every time. but the fact is that no one else really reviews fbi shootings other than the

. >> the federal bureau of investigation alleges that you accepted tens of thousands in bribes in exchange for supporting allegations. >> like i said, i'm not going answer anything. >> ron calderon has plenty to answer for now. if convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. the charges carry a maximum sentence of nearly 400 years. he's expected to turn himself in to federal authorities on monday. >> democratic leader of california state senate is calling for ron calderon to resign or take a leave of absence. a meeting between president obama and dalai lama went forward, despite protests from the chinese government. officials accused the u.s. of meddling in its affairs and demanded the meeting be cancelled, claiming it would damage washington's relationship with budget. in retaliation, beijing call for a top u.s. official to condemn the meeting. >> u.s. is downplaying tension with china. the u.s. army chief of staff met with his chinese counterpart and held talks on setting up dialogue between the u.s. and chinese armies and relations between the two militaries are friendly. t

came in a tweet from the new york office: >> in the closely coordinated transatlantic action federal bureau of investigation agents in new york arrested seven suspected members. at the same time italian authorities nabbed 17 alleged associates of another crime organization. >> american and italian law enforcement determined that the ndrangheta aimed to move narcotics across boundaries, attempting to build a bridge of criminality to corruption, stretching from south america, italy and new york. >> five of the seven suspects live in brooklyn new york. including a bakery owner, the limping pin of the plot. according it the indictment. the father-in-law is a member of ndrangheta, italy's version of the mafia. the associates sold more than a kilogram of heroin and plotted to ship 500 kilos of cocaine from south america to italy. authorities say it was the first time ndrangheta attempted to gain a toe hold in the u.s. ndrangheta can and has to be considered a powerful organization for handling international drug traffic. >> they maintained a money laundering network handling proceeds from narcoti

you'd like it to be the prosecutor who sits across from a police officer, sits across from an federal bureau of investigation agent and a dea and says "you're kidding, we are not doing this.". the community is chiming in about a lot not knowing it's a crime. they say: should not the state of minds or the intention also matter when >> ignorance isn't a defense, but shouldn't the state of mind matter when it comes to charging individuals that don't know they are committing a crime. >> absolutely. we always consider a person's intent. we know we shouldn't kill each other and we have to intend to kill each other, and we have lost the distinction between crimes we know are inherently bad and crimes that are not necessarily inherently bad, they break a regulation. the other important n point is what is the punishment. ignorance as a law may not be an excuse. but do we have to pubbish every violation, sening them to gaol or a criminal court. we can do fines, penalties, restitution, not every problem in this country can be solved with prison, and not every problem should be solved with prison. >> be

[captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] welcome to "california country." i'm tracy sellers. we're at a really unique restaurant today. it's half-city, half-country, and all the idea of one even more unique couple. part chefs, part greeters, even part busboys, ron and his wife terri gilliland do a little bit of everything at their wildly popular roxy restaurant in sacramento. >> uh, it's nice to be able to wear different hats and not be tied down to the same thing every day. uh, both in the restaurant and in the agricultural industry, things change daily, uh, and no day is the same. there's always something different that goes on, whether good or bad. >> but their jobs don't just end at the restaurant. when the last customers have folded up their napkins and put their forks down, this couple is on to their next job. that's right. in addition to being full-time restaurateurs, they're also full-time ranchers. at their lucky dog ranch in nearby dixon, the couple often begins and ends each day with their aptly named dog lucky and tend to a herd of 3,500 strong.

[captioning made possible by california farm bureau federation] for anybody who has tried a piece of california citrus, it's not surprising it's been called the best in the west. and it's yet another of the products that made the golden state a leading force in the world of agriculture. california is the leading producer of fresh citrus fruits. but as the industry has gotten larger, the size of the fruit has actualy gotten smaller. in fact, many think that this little guy may be a big part of the future of citrus farming in california. so, what's bright orange, fits in your pocket, and has marketing potential in california? if you answered mandarin oranges, you'd be right. you see, while oranges count for 2/3 of the state's citrus crop, there is something gaining in popularity these days--their pint-size peers, tangerines, mandarins, and clementines. in fact, they're so big here, california may someday overtake the citrus capital of the u.s., florida, in production of them--all of which doesn't surprise farmers like craig kaprelian one bit. >> california has a much better climate to

the goshi ations with the united states department of state which in turn corresponds with the federal bureau of prisons and the agency within the jurisdiction of the justice department and i know that discussions are currently held to allow russian doctors to. have access to your i shan't go and to evaluate his health. the final determination of those requests by the russian side i don't know whether the united states has granted those requests or whether access is given to russian officials and medics to him what about his eventual. situation could he be handed over to rusher is that what you're hoping as. well we're hopeful that the case of constantine euro shanteau will be resolved. sooner than the twenty year sentence or runs out. we contend was unduly abducted in the country or fly bierria subject to two or three days of brutal torture where his teeth were knocked out now and it was all in violation of international law and and even national law for that matter of course. should be addressed. at the national level between russia and the united states and to comes into the ocean to live

commission, i would not be able to attend due to a scheduling conflict, and as you are aware, the federal bureau of investigation, values its working relationship with the san francisco police department and its assistance to the task force, as we have stated in the previous correspondence and numerous personal meeting, the f.b.i. cannot and does not investigate persons based solely on the expression of any first amendment protected activity. >> and we are very appreciative of your department's efforts. and with regard to the jttf, and in keeping our community safe david johnson. >> and that concludes my presentation. >> i would just like to south dakota, that barge, the staff attorney for the national staff and civil right's program for the asian american adjusting justice, contacted our office for a copy of this report, and we furnished it in hopes that we could have a better conversation, i think it was a good question by her. >> so i assume that there are people there to do that. >> right. >> okay. >> and so that concludes our report. >> absent any questions that you may have. >> questions?

while a person is in the custody of the federal bureau of prisons why in your shunt goes case. the. my client's repeated requests to the authorities to have medical treatment provided. have not come to. fruition is a big question for me so as you said he's going to be going through some medical tests here very shortly but how how much does this actually satisfy your complaints that this process has taken so long at this point again we would like to have addressed immediately and without. any further delays those. heart condition because that could potentially lead to very drastic results quickly we don't ask you were there is tunick illness of which you've been in touch with the prison authorities or are they explaining the situation to you. well what they have said is that here ocean co never officially filed a complaint with them to the effect that he has any kind of heart problems while my client stated to me today that this was actually in that curates he has written a number of requests to. the prison councilors to have. hearts condition evaluated. so as to and all of the specu

less than their public counterpart institutions like the state department of correction or the federal bureau of prisons is already required to do and so a good way to think about it essentially is what our coalition strike is attempting to do here is to invite these private prison companies to substantia. sheet their claims of efficacy of efficiency that they've made for the past thirty years we know what the claims are we know what the arguments are but because they they lack transparency there's very little way to get a lot of this data and you know my study was a result of about two years of concentrated effort and over sixty five for your requests and again as i said to public institutions thank you so much for coming on breaking down your excellent research president the trial a ph d. candidate at u.c. berkeley. thanks so much coming up we'll talk the radical roots of d.c. statehood don't miss it. i've got a quote for you. it's pretty tough. because they were it's a story. let's get this go look let's be you're about done stead of working for the people both issues the beach the media f

. >> federal bureau of investigation teaming up with cops in italy. arrests. >> they brought down accused mob leaders o atlantic. >> people are gathering for demonstrations against president hosni mubarak. >> this defies anything. >> we begin with a cry for help for the syrian people and some remarkable pictures from the heart of a conflict between syria's moderate opposition and one of the country's radical groups. meetings on tuesday at geneva went no war. an opinion peace was published called "use force to find peace." and this: >> for more i'm joined from gen ver by the author of that opinion peace in the times, and he's the director of the center more middle east studies at the university of denver. great to have you on the show. you write 800,000 people are under siege in syria. another article quotes a dutch priest saying people are going mad from hunger. how bad have things gotten for innocent syrians? >> it's gotten bad, it's getting worse. unless the international community substance up, the worst is yet to come. we had three years of confli

obviously the federal bureau of investigation are setting it up. >> it's a serious problem. >>> taking the stand. he's accused of murdering a teenager that was playing loud music. what he told the jury. >> rampage - a report on the search for a tiger who killed at least 10 people. >> in florida, a pivotal day in the murder trial of michael dunn, accused of shooting dead a teen after an argument over loud music. was it self-defence or murder. today the defendant took the stand and our correspondent was there. >> i have every right of self-defence, and i took it. >> michael dunn repeated the sentiment at every opportunity, testifying in his own defense. in an emotional moment the 47-year-old florida software engineer described what was going through his mind. he said he was concerned about his safety and that of his fiancee. she had gone in the store at jacksonville gas station to buy a bottle of line. >> it wasn't just my life i was worried about. >> dunn said he saw what looked like the barrel of a shotgun, that the victim jordan davis got out the suv, and was threatening to kill him.

federal bureau of reclamation decided the california farmers get if water from the central valley project and urban areas like silicon valley will see its allocation cut in half. here's l david louie. >> this is truly just an unprecedented circumstances that the state water project and central valley water project limited in what they can provide. >>reporter: first the state deciding 3 week ago it can't supply any water. now u.s. bureau of wreck will mission central valley project saying it's allocation will be 50% of normal for residential and business users. and zero for agriculture. silicon valley normally gets 40 percent of the water from those 2 sources. losing that water is prompting the agency staff to urge users to cut back consumption by 20 percent instead of the 10% requested last month. >> still hopeful that we were lacking at dry as opposed to critically dry. i think now we all know that if even if it rained l it was very wet for the rest of the year we would not see the run off certainly state wide. >>reporter: that puts pressure directly on homeowners. san jose resident adam

the federal bureau of reclamation decided california farmers will get no water from the central valleyject and urban areas like the silicon valley will see theirs cut in half. here's abc7 news reporter david louie. >> this is truly an unprecedented circumstance that the state water project and the central valley project are so limited in what they can provide. >> reporter: first it was the state deciding three weeks ago it can't provide water and now the u.s. bureau of reclamation central valley project saying it's allocation will be 50% of normal for residential users and business users and zero for agriculture. silicon valley normally gets 40% of their water from those two sources. losing the water is prompting agency staff to urge users to cut back on consumption by 20% instead of the 10% requested last month. >> we are still hopeful that we were looking at dry as opposed to critically dry. i think now we all know that even if it rained -- it was very wet for the rest of the year, we would not see the run-off certainly statewide. >> that puts pressure directly on homeowners. san jos

the federal bureau of reclamation decided california farmers will get any water from the central valleyvalley will see theirs half. >> this is truly an unprecedented circumstance that the state water project and the central valley project are so limited in what they can provide. >> reporter: first it was the state deciding three weeks ago it can't provide water and now the u.s. bureau of reclamation central valley project sag it's allocation will be 50% of normal for residential users and 0 for agriculture. they normally get their water from those two sources. losing the water is prompting agency staff to urge users to cut back on consumption by 20% instead of the 10% requested last month. >> we are still hopeful that we were looking at dry as opposed to critically dry. i think now we all know that even if it rained -- it was very wet for the rest of the year we would not see the run off certainly statewide. >> that puts pressure directly on homeowners. san jose resident jean adams thinks the 20% reduction is do-able. >> anything i can do, not let the water keep running when i'm brushin

the director of the federal bureau of prisons testified about the practice that the seizure sherry many hearing in one year from former inmate and author of orange is the new black and from nl exonerating death row inmate who spent 15 years in solitary confinement. this is an hour and 20 minutes. canada. >> this hearing begins. today's hearing is entitled reasing soly human-rights cruz for his opening statement. thank you for those in person person & those falling online. there was so much interest we moved to this larger room. and we have an overflow room as well. you will see a number of pictures of children during the course of the hearing who are being held in solitary confinement. i want to thank richard ross, the photographer, for allowing us to use these. we have worked on programs around the world and we have an obligation to consider our rates at home. 5 percent of the world's populatipo population gives us 20 percent of the incarcerated prisoners. african-americans and mexicans are incarcerated at a higher rate and we hold more prisoners in solitary confinement than any other

the director of the federal bureau of investigation, jim tommy, the director of the defense intelligence agency, lieutenant general michael flynn, and the director of the national counterterrorism center, matt olson. every year at this hearing, members and intelligence officials alike talk about how the threats to the united states are more varied and complex than ever before. this year is no exception. rather than listing all the sources of instability and proliferation of weapons capable of causing physical and computer damage, i would like to focus my opening remarks on the threats posed by terrorism. thanks in large part to the efforts of the men and man of the intelligence community, there have been no terrorist attacks against -- in the u.s. homeland since our last thread hearing. and numerous plots have been prevented. i am concerned that this success has led to a popular misconception that the threat has diminished. it has not. the presence of terrorist groups including those formally affiliated with al qaeda and others has spread over the past year. while the threat emanating fr

i urge that the federal bureau prisons take action to limit solitary on women and visit as many women institutions as policy and she should include discussions with the women incarcerate the. last week my home state of new announced significant reforms including prohibition of lacing pregnant women in solitary and bureau of prisons embrace states should such reforms. thank you for the opportunity to testify and help the address this issue. i'm hopeful it will mark the next step in urgently needed long-term jeff sight and reform. a muffled will mark the next up and evidently needed long-term oversight and reform. >> thank you. as i said to my review the testimony of all the members of this panel. it is extraordinary, and i don't want to miss it. if you could hang around for a few more minutes we will be back. this committee will stand in recess for tenants. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> this airing of the subcommittee will resume. it would have been ten minutes except the senate train broke down. [laughter] we

including close coordination among the ncic, secret service, department much justice to include the federal bureau of investigation, intelligence community, agencies such as department of treasury, private sector entities simply critical to these efforts and state, local, tribal, territorial an international governments. in carrying out the particular responsibilities the ncic promotes cybersecurity which enables diverse partners to quickly share cybersecurity information which protect individual privacies civil rights and civil liberties. as you may know the ncic is a civilian organization that provides around the clock center where key government and private sector international partners work collaboratively together in fiscal and virtual environments. ncic is comprised four branches. u.s. cert. industrial control system. the national coordinating center for communications and options integration component n response to the recent retailer compromises the ncic leveraged the resources an cable of u.s. cert whose mission focus on computer network defense that includes protection mitigation, respon

we are hearing from the federal protection bureau that a lot of people are being hit, thousands of theyu at paying you up and who was that? i don't recognize the call? >> the basic instinct of humans who call individuals back and call in the middle of the night, 3:00 in the morning so you get this call from 268, i am from detroit, 248 and call back and you hear this music on the other line. >> your sitting there on hold. you can i understand charge $19.95 -- from the better business bureau -- for international call out of the gate and $9 a minute when you are sitting on hold. >> they have this rowboat call, they steal information and put them into a machine and people are getting cold, one call and did you pick up when they answer it, they will hang up right away because the idea is to make you miss the call and make you call back so they can start charging you. melissa: 2:00 in the morning i heard the phone rang and got up and answered, i have family, afraid there is an emergency, missed it, i see the number, luckily i paused and said wait a second. >> this is the new day of technology

bubble, we were in this town called mikop and there were plainclothes civilians, presumably federal security bureau, who were following my tv crew around in at least a half dozen cars. they moved into hotel rooms next to our hotel to give you a sense of how much the scrutiny was of us as outsiders coming into the city. we were outside of the olympic bubble. coming back in was very difficult. there were a number of people who tried to come in and protest, most notably this punk bad. they say they were detained at least three times in sochi when they were walking around and then attacked and whipped by cossacks at some point. so if you weren't welcome here, the russian forces made it very clear and there were a number of arrests as well. these are some of the measures that may have been used to keep undesirables out of this olympic city. >> a very clear picture painted. thank you so much. ivan watson, tom fuentes, appreciate your expertise as well. thank you. >> thank you. >>> we do want you to stick around because we'll talk to you a little later on about the capture of the most wanted mexican drug

. >> to the springfield police department and federal bureau of investigation, the swift action allowed for the quick and speedy capture and charging of this offender. my office is committed to seeking justice for haley. >> wood is held on first degree murder charges. prosecutors will first talk to haley's family before deciding to pursue the death penalty. >> new york state will ban the use of solitaire confinement for prisoners under 18 years old, making new york the largest prison system in the u.s. to do so. the decision comes after the new york civil liberties union sued the state in federal court for its confinement policies. new york's agreement with the civil rights group will keep prisoners under 18, pregnant women and those who develop mental disabilities out of extreme isolation. >> days after being defind by police in sochi, the band pussy riot was protesting at the olympic games, but this times they were roughed up by russian cossacks. >> this is the fourth day they have been in sochi and fourth day they have had one tangle or another with authorities here. >> they were rea

. >> the federal bureau of investigation is cracking down on people that point leasers at airplanes, shining the lights into cockpits can be dangerous, causing blindness for pilots or obscure visibility. the issue grounded the perhaps, including a jet blue flight. the fbi is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to rests or convictions. >> the minimum wage will go up for federal workers. president obama will sign an executive order to raise the hourly raise to $10.10. that's up from the current $7.25. the president mentioned in his state of the union address that he would take action if congress did not. this order could impact $250,000 workers. it's hoped he will raise the minimum raise. >> the senate will take up the bill on a clean debt limit. tracy potts reports, the move caused a split in the republican party. >> it feels like "alice in wonderland", totally upside down. >> 28 republicans joint the developments to allow america to borrow money. those that voted yes say the spending mus stop. >> we are on a spending trajectory that is unsustainable. the president knows

according to the president of the federal salt bureau for lack of a better description, we have plenty of salt. the issue is the bottleneck. there are only 10 minds in north america. the big one is in ontario. so there is plenty of salt. it is a question of getting the salt down to places like atlanta. >> where else will you get a ?alt map > does this mean we need a salt treaty? >> where is richard nixon when we need him. >> there is the front page. unbelievable. >> getting to the comcast story because that is front and center. .4%es are moving up to one in the premarket. time warner up almost 11%. sherman summing this up. all of the deal, the emotion. a lot of emotion in this deal that truly affects every american. esther sherman joins us here on bloomberg. what is my one need to know about this transaction? i would say they need to know is customers in many different that timeajor markets warner serves, new york, dallas, l.a., they are going to get a better product. comcast technology has been better than time warner cable for years and years. they have more money invested into the t

the bureau of consumer financial protection is one of the most powerful and unaccountable agencies in the entire federal government. unfortunately, the bureau reaches deeply into the everyday lives of kentuckians. in following its partisan ageneral dark the bureau makes it harder for small business osen -- businesses on main street to get a loan and grow their businesses. it makes it hard for families in kentucky to purchase a home. it makes it harder to get financing discounts to help kentuckians purchase a car or truck. the bureau is so out of touch it even regulates bath county in my district, one of the most rural counties in america, as, quote, nonrural. these concerns are not only voiced inside of washington. -- a small was business owner talked about how the rules are hrming his ability to do business in his community this avalanche of red tape is making life harder for millions of american which is is why we need to pass this legislation that will reform the bureau in a way that reins in the misguided rule this is a stem from its partisan excess and accountable culture. thank you and i yield bac

he is the director of the federal consumer financial protection bureau, so he's not allowed to receiveo fly to los angeles to compete in this tournament. now, frank, mark, and phoebe -- they don't have to worry about that. they will accept the money and enjoy it. [ laughter ] all right, good luck. let's go to work. what are the categories for this first round? here they are. that should bring back some great memories.

. >> california farmers affected by the drought won't get irritation water from the federal government. the bureaut announcement. they said they will continue to monitor but there is not water enough to give to them. last year they received 20% of their normal. unsaid without rain the summer and fall harvest could be the lowest in decades. >> going to see a big drop in what we grow, where we grow it and what's available in our markets. >> in the bay area water supplies were half a million people in the east bay were cut in half yesterday to 55 gallons a person per day which is the lowest in decades. >>> fishing on the russian river is temporarily banned because of the drought. the river was closed to fishing yesterday under emergency regulations designed to protect salmon and steelhead fish the closure will last through the end of april a large stretch of the american river was also closed this week. >>> our coverage of the california drought continues online. scroll down to the hot topics section and you will find all sorts of information including the current levels of the state's major reservoi

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federal prosecutors. before today's decision, our northern bureau chief spoke with him. they questioned by prosecutors have not filed charges in five months after that deadly shooting. >> a mysterious loud boom and the ground trembled. did residents in ocean city feel an earthquake? it was in fact a sonic boom. the result of two supersonic jets taking off from the naval air station. they were doing routine training exercises. at the time, many residents didn't know what to think. >> it vibrated the whole house. i thought it was on the day. >> no damage was reported. >> a break in the forecast but many are still paying the price of this week but freezing rain and sleet. we have an update on that in just a minute. first, doug has a look at the forecast. >> pretty quiet tonight. as we head into the weekend, a chance of some light snow. 32 now outside belfort furniture weather center. 27 in hagerstown. 32 in quantico. partly cloudy overnight into the early morning. 22 to 28 degrees. we will have a nice warm up with a lot of sunshine, light southwesterly winds. as we head int

. >> reporter: state and federal leaders say they are tackling california's drought as a united front. officials have the u.s. bureau of reclamation, fish and wildlife service and other state and federal agencies came together today to say california's drought emergency means all hands on deck. >> i can assure you that we'll go through this crisis together. >> reporter: officials say they are working on ways to ease the drought's impact, pledging to help struggling farmers and ranchers. >> i think it's great that they are working on this, and i think it's great that they are acknowledging the seriousness of the problem, and, you know, hopefully they can come up with an outcome that will help everybody. >> reporter: ron and kim loney know all too well how dire the situation is. they own a tractor company in solano county and say their customers are hurting. >> concerned, hesitant, a lot of uncertainty. things we haven't seen in a lifetime >> reporter: loneys worry that concern could impact their bottom line, too. sales of tractors and farm equipment have slowed down. >> they are not as easy to part with the money whe