then, senator john mccain and others speak at the annual halifax security forum on the u.s. role in global politics. and later we're live from the brookings institution with a forum on potential budget cuts to defense spending and how they could affect the nation's national security. >> host: well, with the 113th congress convening this month, we thought we'd take this opportunity on "the communicators" and look at their legislative agenda and the policy agenda of the federal communications commission. joining us are three reporters who cover technology policy. gautham nagesh of congressional quarterly, what's an issue that you see forthcoming in the next congress? >> guest: well, i think cybersecurity remains the top priority because of its national security implications. we saw that congress failed to reach an agreement on cybersecurity legislation in 2012 as perhaps many would have predicted. they remain very far apart because industry is very opposed to any sort of cybersecurity standards. that being said, the administration has threatened to implement a lot of their leg

this is a nissan that backed into halifax bank. this was a bank robbery in progress. this bystander happens to catch it all on film. watch what happens. >> you mean to tell me the getaway car was in the bank. >> in the bank. that's how they got in to rob the place. according to the video, they backed through the door of the bank, breaking through that entire glass section. >> police say they got away with a lot of cash in the bank robbery. they have recovered the vehicle but they are looking for people who robbed the bank. >> sounds like it was well thought out. the nissan is a small car, small doorway. they thought this is perfect. our getaway car is right there. we won't waste any time. it's, i don't know, professional. >> now we're going to move from the uk to the sunshine kitchen and moonshine lounge. in this video we're looking for a nasty set of ladies who appear to be stealing tips from one of the servers. this is the woman they are hoping someone will recognize. if you notice she's looking around. >> there's another woman involved, according to the posters of

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this stream of moisture goes up to new england almost to halifax. it is moving away. tornado watches. we had terrible dang in atlanta, but the only place -- damage in atlanta, but the only place i saw tornadoes reported tonight was in northwestern georgia. the back edge is showing on some of the snow behind the system. let's go forward in time to show you what we expect. at 2 a.m. we're still getting bands of heavy rain coming through. any one of these is capable of dropping another inch if they really get going or 2. that's enough to cause flooding. look at how it changes over to snow. 5 a.m. it's to the bay moving on east out of here for the morning rush, but the snow continues. we've been watching this feature a couple days. friday morning our futurecast still suggests there's going to be a band of snow somewhere around. maybe it's just flurries or a snow shower. we still need to watch that because the model has been insistent there will be something coming late tomorrow night into friday morning. finally they dropped most of the tornado watch for our area, but it

we're live in the traffic center to take a look at halifax to commit. >> 29 is cold and the north bound. 29 at 37 shutdown. the southbound side of 29 is open. west 37 still close to 29 and 80. 80 is slow in both directions approaching highway 37. folks are trying to get around the closure. east bound 80 connecting ramp, excuse me eastbound 80 easton was connecting ramp. a quick update on a hot spot in the east bay. west for after 242 as you work your way to convert all laser shutdown there is an accident involving a big rig and a school bus. chp is diverting traffic all of to 42. >> thank you robyn. we're taking a live look outside for mount tam cam. not the foggy picture we saw the last couple of days. we did wake of the stray showers along the san mateo coastal area. in the santa cruz mountains we saw snow dusting at about 2,400 ft.. mostly clear and cool conditions it will be another cold chilly night. into tomorrow morning. a freeze warning has been issued for the north and east bay and the interior bauer is. a frost advisory for the rest of the bay area. we are expecting cold and u

we're not seeing any residual halifax there and westbound 24 looks good and some of bell's 680.ng badly... >> as mavericks' as the way east of the pacific ocean come crashing over the breakwaters so does the bad behavior. answering the park there are numerous signs that simply read all dogs must be on net lease. the wildlife there referring to see live in bird life. every two weeks bird surveyors had over to the appoint less than halfway to count the of and migrating birds. according to a surveyor's it is become more difficult to get an accurate account because of of leashed dogs. when mature bird watcher had this to say >> the odds of police chase birds or people let their dogs just run around and the birds can't use this area of store and is probably some of the only shore bird habitat on this section of the coast. and now i try to talk to members dog owners on-camera and one man told me know thanks because he doesn't trust the media. another lady told me designs only people to the new people is in the park, i'm not making this up. another dog owners only it's a steep loss of

. >> a discussion now on drones and cyberattacks as tools as modern warfare at the recent halifax security forum, participants talked about the resource to find attacks and rules for engagement with unmanned drones. speakers include elisa massimino of the groups human rights first. this is about an hour. >> thank you very much. nice to see all of you. thank you for sticking around for our last session. you will remember in the debates that president obama made quite a sensation when he said we have fewer horses and bayonettes because the nature of the military changed. that launched thousands upon thousands of tweets and means and how appropriate was that given the fact that one of the new instruments of war is the mouse, the joy stick. we're going to discuss those evolutions of technology today and what they mean and whether we've adapted to them adequately in terms of our strategies, in terms of our legal system, and in terms of our capabilities. we have a great panel to talk with us today. i'll introduce them one by one. at the end, there's mohammed abulahoum, head of yemen's justice pa

and that's, i think, one of the great benefits of opportunities like halifax, to have a very in-depth discussion about how we act as a community; a community of democracies, a community of countries that care, that are compassionate and that are able to do something to stop the slaughter of innocent civilians. >> of the many who say that we need to as we have more young, emerging democracies like your own that they need to be stepping up to the plate and taking more of the responsibilities. so we're talking indonesia, india, brazil, turkey, south africa. but at the same time, i also hear the statement made and as they get involved increasingly and should step up to the plate and helping to nurture democracy protect human rights, that those countries also have to be careful to make sure their own house is in order in that respect, that those in glass houses can't throw stones. what are your thoughts on that? >> well, i think certainly more nations now have a role to play, and definitely in our case we're trying to play that role based on our experience. as you maybe might know, most of