steven strassberg throwing to brice harper. it's the first time these two have ever faced each other. they have been in spring training for two weeks and position players, just one. i want to give you an idea -- harper said, i'm thankful he's on my team. i think we know who won that battle. first pitch tomorrow against the mets starts at 5:00 p.m. max scherzer will get the start. let's move on to college basketball. a win tonight would make both teams feel a lot better going into the atlantic tournament. pick this one up in the first half we are tied at 25. that is trey porter doing the alley-oop. and then for three. he nails it.

in fact, somebody can come to stephen harper's defense. the folks who sent these tweets say it is a symbol of oppression and has no place in canadian society. over 210,000 people have been killed in syria since the war began in march, 2011, and 2014 alone solve 76,000 deaths. this in a graphic -- this graphic was put together by the american foreign press. you can look at these alarming stats on the afp's website. miss pickle is not your average dog. as we can see from her instagram page, the french bulldog is rather partial to a bit of modern art. the regularly shared takes up the pooch posing alongside contemporary outlooks, and the endearing shots are on the picklesbeholding instagram page. ♪ american street artist joe iurato lets his works loose in public paces. head to his website to see more of these contemporary artworks. ♪ this youtube video was made by -- and you see one daredevil paragliding with his snowmobile. enjoy. homes. they're gaining in popularity and they're good for the environment. but does the cost make them an unreal

. >> dr requester you have 5 minutes >> i'm the property owner on harper street thank you for your time as he's included the residential design team recommended the private funds and maintain 9 planters at the height my concern is this center slash railing which is actually a solid structure and i will illustrate this right now this is the street view inch cut away the fad to see the 3 spaces that are adjudicate adjacent to my neighboring property that this is can the neighboring property in addition to built up and the doted lion it the stent to the building and this is the facing railing slash class which exceeds the rear bum out of 10 foot it will be a solid item that is in the plan here's the plan that was submitted or the zoomed in version planter is 5 by 60 feet long and 3 feet 6 inch high compatible to my bathroom it allows for trees to grow not only will their planter be a solid surface but have a significant amateur of feet this is through my bedroom to the deck it is shown the condition as proposed and if the planter is gone or if a safety rally of glass i recognize that per t

and if you've ever been to harper's ferry, you can see why immediately. it's surrounded by three towering bluffs in the blue ridge mountains. george washington thought that would make it easy to defend harper's ferry. as it turned out, it made harper's ferry completely indefensible, and there in 1859 a group of abolitionists -- led by one john brown -- crossed the potomac river seized the armory and took a number of hotsages. and one of those hostages was a man named louis washington who was actually george washington's great grand nephew. and john brown took something else from louis washington's house -- not him personally, he had his accomplices take something else -- and that was a sword that had once belonged to george washington. and for the entire time that john brown controls harper's ferry, he is carrying a sword that belongs to george washington. and who is sent out to take back harper's ferry to reassert federal control? robert e. lee, i lieutenant colonel robert e. lee. so lieutenant colonel robert e. lee goes to harper's ferry, and can he's a

as you can see, the roads are not plowed here at harpers ferry on the side road. i'll zoom down to the street there. they've made one pass earlier today. the last storm caused quite a problem. they had major backups a couple of weeks ago so here we are at harpers ferry, winter's wonderland with six inches on the ground. >> sounds good. look at technology thanks rich. >> that was rich showing boss this is why i didn't make it in today. this is my road in harpers ferry. i can't get out. >> for us we're not going to be getting home. we'll be camping out here a little while. we're in the thick of it right now. >> isn't slowing down any time soon. >> it's not. heavy band is starting to shift a little bit south and by my estimate here, everything that we've been seeing on my radar and looking at some of the snow rates accumulations behind the scenes i'm thinking southeast d.c. towards suitland into bowie, you are the folks that are getting the heaviest accumulating snow as we speak. it's still coming down really good in other sports too, from winchester, down to front r

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. >> chair harper. >> aye. >> item 8 is approved. go ahead and call the next item? >> yes please. >> item 9 is authorizing the executive director to amend the professional services agreement by increasing the of $2 million with legal services. >> sara will report on this item. >> i understand that we will have quorum issues so i will be brief and information for you here and those that weren't in 2012 we did a competitive procurement process for legal firms that covered a variety of services and $8 million was authorized at the time. we have authorized most of that budget and so this is an increase to the compensation for the bench. it would be $2 million. i anticipate that this would be an incremental authorization and we would come back for future authorizations for the bench but it's important to note that the overall budget for legal services is just under $30 million. we committed under 55% of that to date based on what we know today and projections moving forward i feel fairly confident in saying there will be savings in the overall budget line item, and i am

>> marcus harper was cooperative.secured dna samples polygraph examinations, fingerprints all of the sorts of things we did with any one else associated with tara that we deemed important enough. marcus. >> he gave police an alibi for the night tear roy was last seen. he first visited the waut house bar. he spent late evening driving around ocilla in a cop car on police patrol. something allowed in a small town. >> we interviewed everyone we could identify having associated with him during the time and that alibi held up. >> when was the last time you actually saw her? >> the 149 of -- 14th of october around 9:00. >> what were the circumstances? >> she woke me by knocking ohhen my windows. >> is that something common where she would knock on your windows or not? or is that unusual? >> it's not unusual. but she was crying and was upset about something. she was very irrational. she told me that if she found out i was dating someone she would commit suicide. >> i didn't want to think that, but in the back of my mind i th

. >> chair harper. >> aye. >> that is five aye's. that is approved. item 10 is approving the minutes of the february 12 meeting. no members of the public to wish you on that item. >> motion for approval. >> (inaudible). >> motion and second. eric mar. aye scbr. >> director aye. >> aye. >> director. >> aye. >> i would like to abstain. >> director. >> aye. >> chair harper. >> aye. >> that is four aye's. that is approved. we will note for the public we'll go into closed session and they have an opportunity to address you now or we will clo >> all right. the tjpa board of directors meeting on march 12, 2015 is back in session and we will report on closed session. >> in existing litigation with dnd construction v. balfour beatty infrastructure, inc., san francisco county superior court case no. cgc-12-525388 the board 4-0 approved the term of the settlement and authorized the tjpa to execute the settlement and attached with the staff report and the tjpa is authorized to make payment as certified in the agreement and take all other actions in the settlement

he quipped himself quite well at harpers ferry. he performs well puts down the insurrection, reasserts federal control and what becomes known as john brown's raid to impressive military resume it also does something else. it heralds the coming of the american civil war. i want to take you to one final place on the potomac trip upriver from harpers ferry. is a quiet national park today where you will find a cornfield a sunken road and a stone bridge over a creek called antietam. on september 17th, 1862, robert e. lee, allemande and outgunned army of northern virginia fought the union army of the potomac which was much larger, to a stalemate in the bloodiest single day of combat in american history. the battle of antietam mark the end of robert e. lee's first invasion across the potomac and gave abraham lincoln who was president the opportunity to issue the preliminary emancipation proclamation which in turn would allow abraham lincoln to get a new birth of freedom to the union george washington had forged. anyone who takes the journ

that intersection, which is just beyond the visitor center is known as marshall's crossroads or harper's farm. here the union calvary would attack at the same time that fighting was going on down at the hillsman house along the creek. now the fighting at the creek, the confederates did not have artillery.

the author of "men" laura kipnis per essays have appeared in "harper's" "harper's", sleet and among others has received fellowships from guggenheim and rockefeller and the lives year in new york and will read from her book. [cheers and applause] >> thank you for that. the net like to say some of my best friends are men and i have written a lot about them. i will read from a couple of sections. but first i should tell you this subtitle is notes from an ongoing investigation" anything i learned tonight i will include in this sequel. the book is divided into four sections and the use the term affectionately. neurotics, sex fiend and haters. [laughter] thank you for seeing that as many. i will read a little bit with the part regarding and then from a chapter from this section and called cheaters. this is how wise said it up. men have fascinated we may be too much. the trouble me they are larger and take up a lot of space in the imagination. they force you to think about them. a daddy's girl is really a wayward woman it was defined and started to rummage around the essays of criticism i have wr

brice harper has some acting chops. >> really?> yeah. >> wouldn't have expected that. >> he's got >>> four three, two, one, zero. >> and liftoff. the weather over cape canaveral held out. conditions were right for a nighttime rocket launch. spacex's falcon 9 lifted off about ten:50. it's carrying commercial communications satellites. spacex says if all goes as planned, the satellites will be deployed about 30 minutes after liftoff. it should be out there already. >>> today i guess we dealt with the ice, but a lot more than that going on tomorrow. >> yeah three big concerns tomorrow. it's going to be fog, icy surfaces and wind. some of the fog could freeze leading to more icy conditions. sidewalks will be treacherous tomorrow. also be careful leaving your neighborhood secondary roads and winds become an issue. if we see enough ice on trees, this could bring down branches. >> something to look for. that's going to do it for us. "pirates final-- "sports final" is up next. have a great night. >>> right now "sports final," the caps qui

representatives harper's bill directs the u.s. environmental protection agency to prioritize the type of technical assistance that small communities find is most beneficial. the rural water type of on site technical assistance is what all the small communities in mississippi and the other states rely on for help with compliance, operations, emergencies, line breaks, loss of water, setting rates and training for operator certification. i'm told that congress funds the epa's internal management budget by hundreds of billions of dollars every year. small rural communities want congress to know the only benefit we gets comes from a small portion of epa funding that is directed to onsite technical assistance provided by what we call circuit riders. what small communities do when they have a question or water issue is call their local circuit rider they know, trust and know can give them clear answer. these circuit riders often come immediately on site to small communities and teach them,000 fix their problem. there's just no one on the

once it was harper's attorney to host that summit, he canceled.ack obama has visited canada twice in his six years as president. the last president to visit canada that really was nixon, who decided one trip to see him was enough. there's a lot of evidence that this relationship is not functional. it is too easy for people to say that it is harper's fault because he is a right-winger, or people to say that obama is lost in his own little world. they are actually similar. they are loners, they don't pick up the phone. they don't have colleagues internationally that they get along with. that similarity of style and diversions of ideology is costing us. >>>> i think it is interesting to segregate what is happening in the relationship with the $700 billion a year trade relationship, the intelligence cooperation, the security cooperation, everything that goes on -- to segregate that from what is happening at the top, two leaders who aren't rushing into each other's embrace. my question is what does that mean for the broader relationship? when i ask aro

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i want to give you an idea -- harper said, i'm thankful he's on my team.hink we know who won that battle. first pitch tomorrow against the mets starts at 5:00 p.m. max scherzer will get the start. let's move on to college basketball. a win tonight would make both teams feel a lot better going into the atlantic tournament. pick this one up in the first half we are tied at 25. that is trey porter doing the alley-oop. and then for three. he nails it. that would start a 15-4 colonials run. later, for the bucket. to rfk stadium, d.c. united. 36 minute no score in this game. gets that one past. the home crowd is loving it. let's move on to the 55th men now. i don't know if you can do that. it's a lot of water on the field. united with a 2-1 victory tonight. a lot of rain. the head coach was ejected. >> cold and wet, isn't it? >> just call the game. >> it looks actually fun. >> nah. get sick. >>> another video gone viral. researchers tried to use a gopro cam to study an octopus but the octopus had other ideas. it grabbed the gopro and turned it on the researcher

i've been doing time on and off since i was 12 years old. >> when we first met harper he was serving his third year in administrative segregation or solitary confinement for having assaulted correctional officers. >> in my opinion, duane is a really stressed-out individual. >> strip everybody out for talking challenge don't just strip me out for talking! strip everybody out for talking you rais racist old [ bleep ]! >> shortly after "lockup" arrived at kentucky state penitentiary, officers had to extract harper from his cell again. >> he threatened us with throwing feces on police officers, spitting on us through the door, he threatened our families. >> a lot of the older ones like lieutenant gill, all of them, they know me from when i was a youngster. back down here. so we have a different type of communication level and understanding. >> every night you are going to go through this. you hear me? every night you work, honky, you racist, redneck, no good [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> harper will serve at least two more years in segregation. >> i made things hard for myself. i been in segr

representatives harper's bill directs the u.s.nvironmental protection agency to prioritize the type of technical assistance that small communities find is most beneficial. the rural water type of on site technical assistance is what all the small communities in mississippi and the other states rely on for help with compliance, operations, emergencies, line breaks, loss of water, setting rates and training for operator certification. i'm told that congress funds the epa's internal management budget by hundreds of billions of dollars. small rural communities want congress to know the only benefit we gets comes from a small portion of epa funding that comes from on site technical assistance what we call circuit riders. what small communities do when they have a question or water issue is call their local circuit rider they know, trufrt and know can give them clear answer. these circuit riders often come immediately on site to small communities and teach them,000 fix their problem. there's just no one on the field at the local level p

stephen harper presented a motion seeking to extend canada's mission from iraq into syria. harper says it's the right move because ottawa must protect canadians at home and in the middle east. >> let's also be clear that in expanding our air strikes into syria, the government has decided we will not seek the express consent of the syrian government. >> critics say the government has misled canadians and the mission lacks a clear goal, an exit strategy. >>> with heavy hearts, we follow the story all morning, the man accused of killing a san jose police officer has died. >> after a standoff that lasted hours and hours, forcing dozens of people to evacuate overnight. police say the suspect died of a gunshot wound. >> police departments around the by area reaching out in a show of support. we have crews covering several angles of this story and we'll have live reports and updates after this break. stay with us. >>> nbc bay area news begins with breaking news. >> a standoff in san jose, all coming to an end two hours ago. you just heard it. the flash bang grenade used by officer

max scherzer and bryce harper that's a great honor. top of the fourth steve pierce he'll take this pitch and look out. he launches a solo shot to deep left center field. get up and get out. fifth of the spring for him. orioles go on to beat the pirates. final there was 9-2. for soccer fans, one of the greatest players of all time was on the georgetown campus today. 27-year-old leo messi. he has to be the greatest of all time. ronaldo might not agree or pele but he's some kind of special. they used georgetown facilities in preparation for next saturday's friendly game against he willel salvador. messi will be at georgetown all week as they practice. even though the redskins handed r.g. iii the starting job last month, new g.m. scott mcclelland said today if the redskins draft number five like they're supposed to, they'll take the best player available even if it's a quarterback. so it could get crowded back there at the quarterback position. with the redskins. maureen: more and more quarterbacks apply. tim: could be the heisman trophy w

the last two times it was stephen harper start to host the summit, he council.ama has visited canada twice in six years as president. the last president to visit canada that rarely was richard nixon to decide that one trip to see gary trudeau was enough. so there's a lot of evidence that this relationship is really not functional. there's lots of blame to go around. it's too easy for people who like the president to say it's harper's fault because he's a right-winger, or people who like the canadian government to say well, obama is lost in his own little world. but they are very similar. they are loners but they don't like to pick up the phone. they don't have a lot of colleagues internationally that they get along with. and that similarity of style and divergents of ideology is costing each country. >> trent one -- time on what is your view? >> it's interesting to decided it what's happening in the russian ship writ large of the $700 billion trade relationship to secure cooperation from intelligence cooperation. everything goes on between the two countries and

harper, pretty good today. that's your highlight for the nationals.d lose this game. 10-2. >>> to fedex field. the friendly between el salvador and argentina. the most popular player in the world, lionel messi, not playing so far. he is out with a foot injury. skip ahead to the 54th minute. the dark blue shot from long range. deflekts off the el salvadorean defender. argentina, they lead it right now 1-0, late in the second half. also d.c. united plays tonight. the l.a. galaxy the defending cup champion. should be at rfk stadium. >> a couple of good college basketball games to catch up on at 11:00. >>> on this saturday night, searching for answers. new insights about the co-pilot who crashed a jetliner into the french alps including health issues and what he may have said as the grim recovery goes on. >>> train crash near downtown l.a. a commuter train hits a car and jumps the tracks leaving more than 20 people injured. >>> the backlash and new protests over a controversial law that lets businesses refuse to serve same-sex couples. >>> concussion test

. >>> and why the upcoming release of harper lee's "to kill a mockingbird" sequel has sparked >>> gms recalling the chevy volt for being studiotoo quiet. some car owners say they forget to turn it off because it's too quiet. this can be dangerous if it's in the garage. more than 64,000 cars are effected beity recall. a software update will keep the car quiet but will automatically shut it off after 1 1/2 hours of it addressinging. >>> president obama is visiting the arizona hospital that triggered a wide spread investigation into mismanagement at va facilityies across the country. the president is expected to announce the creation of an advisory committee tasked with developing best practices. for administering care to veterans p this is his first visit since the scandal. the phoenix skapdle was one of the worst xwamples offed a my straighters hiding lengthy wait times for vaeteteraning looking for care. >>> this morning the state of alabama's securities commission is closing its case into complaints that peninsulaulitzer piz winner harper lee was coerced into releasing her next book

. >> yeah director harper what we're doing in may is giving updates to what is in the slide today and how much bidding and exposure is left and the results of the risk management meetings and results of the sponsorship. sponsorships come in at the end of april. we may have indication at this point also on the revenue source, so it could be more update with more information. by the june meeting we would open old bits with the exception of the ip network and tablet it'll us the availability of funds. >> >> and how much we need and we would finalize the risk management and what we should be doing to reach the recommended levels in the june meeting so we will be providing information as we move forward. >> okay. >> i pointed out on the schedule it does show the drivers and we want to finish the plan to see this going forward and the chances [inaudible] >> may is a big meeting. that's what i consider to be the meeting because out of may will follow a number of things. >> and i am glad you agree i should be an employee. i love this project but i need a paycheck. >> no problem with that. we

i appreciate the opportunity to work with vice chair harper. we have all heard the repeated statistics about rural and small water systems. more than 94% of the public drinking water systems in the u.s. serve fewer than 3300 customers. smat system small systems dominate in numbers, but the key feesh they are interested in is not the size of their water utility. it is relyiablereliable, daily clean, safe delivery of water to their homes. we will hear from managers of these small systems here this morning. and what we will hear is they cannot simply pass all of their technical assistance keeping pace with drinking water regulations on to their customers with ongoing rate increases increases. the rate for these small systems are too small to cover the essentials and services. it is long past time for us to provide robust support for our water utilities. investigation to the support our grant programs, we should also examine alternative finance financing mechanisms and potential new partnerships that will enable every dollar to go forward in reduci

i'm excited to welcome laura kipnis the author of its ventures of bad behavior, her essays include harpers coming year times book review and slate among others. receiving fellowships from the guggenheim foundation and others hint she will read from her new book. [cheers and applause] >> stakes for that introduction in. i have written about the men but rebating day coupler sections of the books the subtitle is notes from an ongoing investigation" and the thing that i learned tonight will i will include in the sequel. and then they use those terms affectionately. operators with sex scenes and haters. reading from the title regarding men in the section called the cheaters. here is how i set it up. >> men have fascinated me they had trouble in the and take up a lot of space they force you to think about them. a daddy's girl minister to rummage around the criticism the last 15 years when at the random of what i call christine to cluster around the subject of men. what our men to meet? which led to rethinking and the right thing. with different one every few weeks. wishing you said years ago may

of course i would ask chairman harper to ask if to distribute that report. i think that report would be very helpful for all of you. after meeting with the staff then, they will the vision zero team. the comments as vice-chair agd mentioned them. if sponsorship dollars are not sufficient, we should not award any bids and resubmit the rfp closer to completion of phase one and it could be more valuable and attractive at that time. i think all of you were dealing with the time constraints already in this, i'm merely mentioning what was discussed at the cac. no. 2, component sponsorship is a great idea to sponsor the entire transit center and the bid such as a 10-year sponsorship, the cac was concerned with name changing on a regular basis as the sponsorship changes. according to him felt it loses dignity with the significant public infrastructure the last one is one that is i have suggested from the beginning that we explore as one of those exhibits on the park working with the exploratoria. it has external exhibits and mayor lee has created the living innovati

. >> hello, my name is jamie harper. in this episode, we are featuring the park locations in your very own backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in san francisco with someone special. golden gate park's largest body of water is this lake, a popular spot for strolling and paddling around in boats, which can be rented. created in 1893, it was designed foreboding and -- for boating. it is named for the wild strawberries that once flores. a pleasant trail follows the perimeter past huntington falls, 110 foot waterfall. two bridges connect the trail to the island. the climb to the hills summit, the highest point in golden gate park at more than four hundred feet. you can get quinces of the western side of the city through -- glimpes of the western side of city through a thick trees. the lake is ada accessible. it has a peaceful atmosphere where you can enjoy a warm day. walk along the lake and watched many ducks, and swans, and seagulls. it is a tranquil spot to stroll, enjoy each other's company, and sail away. ma

. >> andrew harper leads the u.n.'s response to the crisis in neighboring jordan. sat down together when i was in that country's capital amman recently. more than 600,000 refugees in jordan around 8% of the country's total population. >> we're now seeing syrians representing the largest refugee population in the entire world. >> one of the refugee camps you have here is now the fourth largest city in the country of jordan. >> we try not to refer to cities because we don't want these camps to be permanent because the ultimate hope has to be that they return back. yes, it's the fourth largest urban setting in jordan. >> the refugee camp hosts around 84,000 people. there are hospitals schools serving 18,000 children estimated 2,500 shops in the camp according to the u.n., including tailers, barber shop and even a pizza delivery service. >> what is the profile of the kind of people coming as refugees. >> they want everyone. you have teachers doctors, truckdrivers truckdrivers you have students people who represent society. >> jordan has a proud, taking in refugees iraq

meeting with prime minister stephen harper canada will launch against targets in syria in addition to iraq and extend a 6-month mission. six canadian jets are part of a mission. >>> bashar al-assad met in damascus with iraqi foreign minister on his official twitter page, baz is quoted as saying "consultation and coordination between syria and iraq reinforces the successes of their people and armed forces in the face of terrorism. iraq's foreign minister says relations between the two countries continue to evolve. >> moroccan authorities say they have dismantled a cell that was going to cause attacks across the country, raising fears of an affiliation with i.s.i.l. >> reporter: these are members of moroccos counterterrorism unit storming buildings in different cities across the country. they say it was a major operation launched simultaneously to arrest members of an armed group affiliated with i.s.i.l. they confiscated weapons, ammunition and laptops. the government says the group was planning to target senior political and military officials. >> translation: we are determined to cont

harper finished the whopping 41% of the vote there.per may not have helped himself earlier this year either when he was asked about the team's expectations and he confidently responded saying, where's my ring? let you decide that for yourself. >>> a look why >>> a look at budget-friendly wines have traces of arsenic. lab found out the 1,300 bottles tested one in four had arsenic levels higher than what the epa permits in water. >>> president obama may have his sites set on another famous nous. not the white house. the hat has house from the '80s tv show magnum p.i. sold for $8.7 million. mart pi nesbitt bought it a close friend of the president's, and speculation the president may want to live in the house tom selleck's character yoursed to call robin's nest on the detective tv series. if you plan on heading to the movies a few films out. chances are you are going to see "divergent" expected to be the most popular film at the box office this weekend. also out today, "the gunman "with sean penn and story the rourke danny collins >>> som

amy: a new piece in "harpers" magazine details their ordeal.rned early on that proximity to abdul nasser was a comfort item they could manipulate to try to make mohammed talk. after mohammed became uncooperative, they relocated him as a form of punishment. it would be years before they would hear each other's voices again." we're joined now by the author who represented the father and son. the piece is headlined "life after guantanamo." welcome back to democracy now! pardiss kebriaei: a fled when they heard that the u.s. was going to attack. as they were crossing the border into pakistan, they were seized in pakistan, presumably turned over. it was a widespread practice at the time. they were transferred through the network of prisons in pakistan and kandahar and afghanistan, and ultimately to guantanamo. and in guantanamo they suffered a brutal torture that we have heard a lot about that has been documented. mohammed was held in continuous solitary confinement for three years. amy: how old was he? >> he was a teenager, 17 or 18. he had a year

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