officials say that the campaign has been suspended and that pakistan is only one of three countries inhe world where polio is endemic. these appear to have been coordinated attacks. >> i just spoke a short while ago to the pakistani government. while they expressed concern and regret, they were not sure that this was because they were administering polio vaccine and that they were not just accidentally caught up in the violence of the city. the evidence does not support that, police said that this was four shooting incidents where four women were shot dead and injured, it all happened in the space of 20 minutes. it very much seemed like a coordinated attack. in the past the taliban said that they would issued threats against these workers because they feel they are working for western interests, somehow gathering intelligence for foreign spy agencies and perhaps these health workers are somehow administering some kind of mitigation to sterilize muslims. they have an increasing presence in certain areas, which is where a lot of these incidents took place. >> you mentioned the taliban an

i am just absolutely overwhelmed at the moment. >> it has been quite some christmas. >> at has. -- it has. >> the situation was serious the past few days. >> not knowing where she was, out, seeing pictures of how she looks now, and then her coming home and now meeting her, it has been an absolute whirlwind. >> you met her on christmas day. >> yes. >> what was it like when you saw the pictures? >> i cannot explain in words what it was like to see her face, which she is actually like now. it is very emotional. >> how will she? >> she is how i expected. she looks exactly the same as two years ago, just taller and older. >> more news on our website, bb.com/news. >>> more on the victim of a gang rape on the indian capital of delhi has now died. she was taken to the hospital in singapore because of the extent of her injuries. that led to mass street protests up and down in india. the government taking extraordinary measures to keep the situation calm. the hospital authorities issuing this sad statement. >> in the past few minutes, they said the 23-year-old woman who is gay and raped decembe

this has been a long effort, everybody has been involved in this. we really appreciate what you guys are doing and the efforts being brought forth for this institution because so many people have come through that door. recently i found out legendary mayor jordan used to come and tend bar, move all the bartenders out, it was such a social gathering place, any and everybody was welcome. today we still make those efforts, feeding the homeless, picking up cards within the community, everybody is welcome there. everybody. we turn away nobody. if you come there you'll see we never turn away anybody. we really just pushing forward and hopefully this thing will come through and we can make the land mark status. i know sam jordan would be very proud, i mean just smiling in his grave to this day to know this legacy continues and we are still prosperous and keeping the efforts in the community alive, the activism, the charity work, the philanthropy, we would appreciate if you would put this through to the committee so we can have this thing done. thank you so

this republican conference in the house is more hard edged, more hard to bid than has been true almost all the time i have been here. there has been in a sense a radicalization in the republican conference here in the house and it makes it very difficult to negotiate. the president has been talking with the speaker. he made an offer. it was essentially rejected by the speaker. he then comes up with another alternative. it is turned down by the conference that he is supposed to lead. i think all of that has made this a more difficult proposition. i think the president, he has offered cuts in spending essentially it has been very difficult to deal with this republican majority now in the house. and what i am hopeful of in this very, very critical last 48 hours is that the senate will act, they will find common ground and i also hope that if that doesn't happen is that the proposal will be put up, cut middle class tax cuts, not those for the higher income. unemployment insurance for people and the alternative tax let that be brought over to the house and let's vote on it. that is i think

. >> one man has been arrested and according to reports second has been made. police are not commenting, but they say they are still looking for witnesses including one man in particular. they're continuing to examine the context of the bag found at the train station. the unconfirmed reports suggested contained butane gas, ammonium nitrate, an alarm clock, and batteries. what they have not found is a detonator. it's not yet clear whether this was a live ball or just equipment. >> what do we know about the one man who has been arrested? >> he has been identified by his lawyer as omar d. he is a known as llamas the extremist and the as a member of a small group of about 15 people of somali origin who describe themselves as german shabab. les have known about him for some time. he was one of two men they pulled off a plane in cologne in 2008 because they feared they were heading to take part in a terrorist training camp in east africa. islamists have targeted train stations, at least one, before in germany. it appears this is another case of terrorists preparing t

this has been the scene. poppy harlow has been in the middle of it all. n "outfront." the governor has decided to talk about this. what has he said this means for his state? >> reporter: well, i joined the governor tonight for an interview after this legislation was passed, really right before, minutes before he signed it into law. this is critical because as you said, it means people won't have to be part of a union. all those auto workers in michigan, all the public school teachers, who normally have to pay into the union. likely we will see fewer union members, less money, less power for these unions at the bargaining table. that's the crux of this. the governor insisting to me in our one-on-one interview that this is an opportunity to quote, stand up for the rights of workers, also telling me that he thinks this is in the best interest of michiganders. let's play video and show you what the workers think and how they showed that today inside the state capitol, chanting things like "shame" and "veto, veto" hoping the governor would strike this down. the

so you know, i am glad to see that there has been least significant movement from what had been in past, but i feel there is a ways to go. >> commissioner suguya? >> thank you. i just had to clarify something with the city attorney's office. i think it's been known and commissioner borden hinted at, there has been a process apart from this commission that is involved, that is revolving around a lawsuit. and as part of that, there has been a process that has brought the developer and several different kinds of interests from the neighborhood together to try to resolve some of the issues that have come about because of the previous development proposals. and i think i would just like to echo what commissioner borden just said in that although that process involving a particular judge bringing the developer and the neighborhood together, i think is a separate process from ours. in the sense that although that process may have led to certain kinds of compromises and other things, i think we feel -- or at least i feel anyway, that a continuing dialogue still should take place between the dev

you has been saying to the u.s. relax this is really something that we're just a u.n. body we can't really have power over you what goes in the in the united states but congress has definitely been taking these precautionary measures and making sure that the u.s. president really hears that this is something that they don't want by any means the while honest. congress has made it here in the u.s. has made cyber security a top priority attempting to pass through a legislation to regulate the internet. so was this kind of a do as i say not as i do. well isn't that certainly the the opinion that we get when people hear that congress is all of a sudden you know blocking this u.n. idea certainly there can be concerns with exactly what the i to you is considering it certainly is. a valid reasoning and valid questions that people are asking about these deep pocket inspections but when it comes to congress when only last year we've seen the whole ordeal with sopa and pipa and you know just really trying to track material online and being see a match with this big public outrage

designed and has been designed. and it is about to start construction as soon as the current tenant of the facility moves out. and unfortunately they have been slow to manufacture out so the project has been delayed. and the fiber, and the systems, and as well as the uninterruptable power supply. but, in this case, right now, and in the process of evaluating the bids that we received for it. the schedule performance and cctv and so it is a very large project, and this project was awarded a few months ago, and muni and we have encountered some difficulties and the negotiations took a lot longer than expected. and now they are on board and it is moving swiftly. and so, they expect completing in october of 2015. and now, we move on to the next four projects which are related to the vehicle fleet. the first one in front of you is the acquisition procurement of 59, 40-foot hybrid buses. this was a very recent allocation, in october. and as the authority has been in existence, we have been observed as one of the best ways

water has been provided because water has been contaminated. there are sanitation and hygiene kits. toothbrushes and everything. we are trying to restore some normality for these people. >> do you need international help? >> yes. we have launched an appeal centered on shelter and livelihood, in the hope of providing them with rehabilitation right away. the focus will also be on trying to give them all the necessities that would allow restoration of normalcy in their lives such as food, clothing, everything from non-food items to make sure they have access to water and medicine. >> richard ward and, best of luck with the operation over the next few days. -- richard gordon. seven missing sailors in the north sea say the body of a man has been found. two ships collided off the dutch coast. 60 miles off. the ship was transporting cars from belgium to finland. guatemala police have arrested john mcafee and three weeks after he disappeared, wanted in the murder of a fellow american. a military plane carrying 11 passengers have crashed in the mountains of south africa. they are searching f

again, i would implore you as has been stated many times, we are asking for privacy for the families. as we stated before, the colonel has assign ad trooper and/or officers to each family to provide an open line of communication to them from us. and there will be -- they will be with the families at all times in an effort to instill that privacy. we have a list of the deceased. i would ask you to share. we will put it up on our website if you don't get one. troop earn grant will be out behind us and will be handing them out. take one per unit, if you will. again if you don't get one it will be on the website within the hour. connecticut state police website. i will take any brief questions. again, understanding, please, that this still is an active case. we still are working, still actively pursuing leads. we are still anticipating to dough so the next 24 to 48 hours. sir. sir. >> was a rifle found in car? >> we didn't discuss the location of the weaponry at all. there has been a lot of speculation out there relative to the location of the weapons. and we would like to do that and we

>> opel has been a problem child for some years. it had been struggling even prior to the economic crisis that began in 2008, and it got a lot worse after that. it wound entailing visits to the u.s. by high-level german politicians seeking to rescue the company. the fact is german automakers across the board are looking at a downturn because of the breakaway of southern european markets. that hit opel especially hard. even companies like daimler and porsche say they will be downgrading their forecasts for the coming year. at the moment, berlin is saying is not one to try to rescue opel once again, but we do have an election year coming up in 2013. perhaps that could change. >> thank you so much for that. >> we will be back very shortly. we will be looking at human rights in afghanistan. we will get the latest from egypt. we will revisit that nobel prize for the european union. barack it is un's human rights day. we will take a closer look at that as well. stick around. >> welcome back. the nobel peace prize is not the only award bein

we have been responsible and reasonable. the president is the one who haser been able to get to yes. we are learning that the fiscal cliff talks have hit a major setback today. joining us is oklahoma congressman tom cole. what are you hearing? are you hopeful that there is a deal today? >> i am probably the last optimist in washington. all the parties that can make a deal are in town. that is a step in the right direction. there is very serious negotiations going on now between senator mcconnell and leader reed. they have found common ground. i wouldn't be surprised that there are bumps along the way but the senate will get something done and it moves to the house. and what senate would be extraordinary important. >> until now it appeared negotiations centered around a small deal that would likely extend bush tax cuts for all but high earners and extend unemployment benefits for people set to lose them on january 2 and prevent the alternative minimum tax. should republicans wait until next year to negotiate a larger deal that could include changes to entitl

has recently been plowed contracts in my view, is the most important find that has ever been seen. it ranks along with totten common's treasure critical -- to dock a mean -- .otankamen's treasure >> for archaeologists, it opens a unique window on our anglo- saxon past. >> beautiful. from an ancient find to the speed of modern technology, these days, transmitting data with a few keystrokes seems like second nature. but in the 1960's when the korean-born visual artist envision it, he was definitely ahead of his time. considered the father of video art, he died in 2006 and now there is a new exhibition devoted to his work. >> this is how he imagine the future. the electronic superhighway uses movie clips and newsreels to illustrate how media underpins our understanding of the world. hardly a revelation today, but at the time the technology was deion and the idea of revolutionary -- the technology was young and the idea of revolutionary. even earlier, he predicted a paperless society and inflation sharing on a global scale. >> he imagine a world in which the videos could be sent around

. >> that officer has been detained. at least 52 members of the force have been killed this year by afghan foreign police. the egyptian commission is looking into allegations of fraud. it is expected to release storm tuesday. >> it did accused president morsi are driving this through without any input from secularists or christians. they claim almost two-thirds voted in favor, albeit in a low turnout. we're joined now in studio by an egyptian political scientist and author living in germany. what you think of the recent developments, especially the prospect of this new constitution? >> are not really disappointed because i know the realities in each of and democracy cannot be born overnight. we have many layers of dictatorship. we have military dictatorship, a religious dictatorship, and the people of egypt and uncover one layer after the next. >> egypt still remains hugely divided. what can we expect going up to the elections? >> parliamentary elections will still show this division but i do not think the islamists will

she has been a role model for me. and i have to say finally in conclusion, she understands the importance of the safety net and brought the perspective that comes from relying on public assistance during lean times in her life and gave me the courage to talk about my time on public assistance, which was so difficult for me. to all of our departing members, i'm going to miss you, but we'll see you at home and will continue to fight the good fight. mr. miller: i would like to recognize congresswoman matsui. ms. matsui: i would like to thank the gentleman from california, mr. miller, for yielding time to me and bringing us together. mr. speaker, when the 113th congress starts next year, we will be greeting many new colleagues and we'll have to say good-bye to some of our current colleagues both republican and democrat. we are saying good-bye to six members, representative stark, berman, woolsey, filner, baca and richardson. while in congress, these members served a strong advocates for their constituents for california a

all clearly severely injured all of them have been young people as far as we know the oldest one has been just thirty two years old and all of them half. in flight attendants and now they're being treated at different hospitals here in moscow and we're hearing from the doctors who have been taking care of them for these latest hours that all of them are in a very serious condition and the condition of one of them is set to be very critical but doctors are saying they've done all they could do. in this situation now all they can do is just to wait how the situation is going to change to develop . with these patients i'm going to give a small but ground as to what happened earlier on at four thirty this afternoon what more do we know. more than just a geisha continues but we know that the air to pollute to all four airliner flying from the czech republic to moscow carry it off the runway at new cover airport while lending and then crashed into one of the city's pieces highways kiev's care highway and then broke into three parts and almost immediately caught on fire thirty minutes after this

one of the knobs of the problem that the security has been french allah has not expanded sufficientlyand in fact we have seen big drops in security from two thousand and five until about the search two thousand and ten and then a stabilise ation with some improvements but they did us that do not see the improvements moreover with that that it will be a very radical departure of the international community the united states is trying to sign a status of forces agreement invade afghanistan to stay in but the numbers look very very different and they do a number of the good a very different and there will be also associated with the bad a big drop in international aid coming to of coniston and some of the money that has been keeping the afghan economy afloat and so twenty fourteen which is the year of transition will be a big security shock the applicants now being far more responsible for the security of the country than they have been and at any point in the decade bills will be a mess of economic shock that inevitably a big drop in the country's g.d.p. all of which will not be offset

although a lot has been done already. and then on some other issues regarding the redesign -- not the redesign, but the new project more properly state. one of the things mentioned in the complaints by the neighborhood and others is that typical finishs in the neighborhood are wood, brick and stucco and some of the earlier renderings had a lot of glass, concrete and metal base. i do really like the way this is redesigned. although i do architecturally like the richer-looking base and other elements that were present in the project that was rejected six months ago. and i had asked project sponsor's architect that it may beble to to look at that and how that would look with the new project with its current massing from the project six months ago and certainly have the neighborhood and others comment on which of the designs that they like better. the other thing i'm assuming is that we still have the very innovative bay concept. mr. birchel, i believe that is still the case. where unlike many buildings that we see built part

>> reporter: it has been three hours since the fire has been extinguishes. firefighters are out here making sure there are no hot spots. firefighters said they could see the fire from the middle of fremont from this company. >> reporter: coming down interstate 880 we could see the black smoke from 5 miles away. 1:45 p.m. this afternoon firefighters received a 911 call of a structure fire. crews called for back up, upgrading it to a three-alarm fire. this warns them of potential dangers. >> within the fammable categories, that is -- flammable categories, that is the worse. >> reporter: firefighters say the smoke was toxic because there was combustible oils and liquids inside. >> very toxic. you want to stay out of it. avoid it. anybody in the hot zone here, should have had a breathing apparatus on. >> employees inside c&h enterprises say the fire started in the rear of the building. they tried to put it out but it was too much. >> i didn't think it was going to be as big as it was. it went very fast. >> reporter: the business has been in the area for 20 years

this has been the moment we all been waiting for. this is it. >> (inaudible). >> a community dream is being actualized. this is it. >> [inaudible] >> communities from the bay view to chinatown are being connected. this is it. >> central subway. >> affordable transportation is the life blood of all cities. right? this is it. >> central subway. >> from washington dc to san francisco we are here to accept brait a federally supported and grass-roots driven transit project that represents access for all to jobs, health care, their families. this is it. >> central subway. >> okay. a little extra. in the national play offs of life itself like buster posy we just hit a grand slam. this is it. >> central subway. >> it's been a long and difficult road towards a new and more inclusive transit system for san francisco neighborhoods, but we shall overcome. am i right? this is it. >> central subway. >> bless the construction workers and those that sacrifice so much -- you know who are you -- that san francisco can move towards a transit for the fu

so far, there has not been enough coordination going on. this is admitting, ok, we need to work together, creating this common supervisory board only makes sense if you have a common currency. also, the goal was always to avoid the knock-on effect. this was a very important step. in a way, and the mistakes that were made when the euro was introduced are being -- in away, the mistakes that were made when the euro was introduced are being -- in a way, the mistakes that were made when the euro introduced are being corrected. this is bringing us closer to true banking union. fiscal union is way down the line. that would involve having to change eu treaties, and that is not something that anybody wants here at the moment. we are still in the middle of a crisis. we are a bit more stable than we were a couple of months ago. that's what everybody has been saying here, but this union is not something that we can tackle quite yet. this meeting is about figuring out where we want to go. there will not be any decisions today. >> we have heard that befo

this has been an unbelievable day here in this sleepy connecticut town. lice are now identifying the shooter as adam lanza. it took a long time for an identification because he also has a brother and his brother is in hoboken, named ryan lanza. he was taken away in handcuffs from his apartment in hoboken for questioning but they are not saying he's a suspect at this time. we do know that nancy lanza, the mother of these two young men, was killed today and that she was a teacher at sandy hook elementary. tom foreman has been piecing together how this terrible crime unfolded from the moment the first few phone calls started coming in just after 9:30 in the morning. >> hi, ashleigh. when you think about it, this is about ten hours ago almost to the minute that all of this was going on. 9:30 this morning it was a normal start to the day ahere. 600 students here, 50 faculty members. we don't have a completely on the layout of the school or the timeline. we have some idea, so the day was getting under way, had been under way about 30 minutes. there was a meeting

he has been promoted to the rank of rear admiral. nita demato, serving as a major, she actually has a dual career. as a reservist she's also a professional educator and she's currently serving as a congressional fellow in the office of bob casy of pennsylvania focusing on the appropriations in budget for veterans and rebalancing services for future engagements but really what we're going to hear from her is an amazing story about the marine corps's activities in afghanistan and creating and promoting safe school environments for young girls and women. colonel barry newman is someone i met back in 2003. i at the time was chief officer for the city and county of san francisco serving in the administration of then-mayor willy brown. and general myat and i were talking about putting together a table top exercise and in came from some exercises from the marine

protesters say enough is enough. >> the brutality of this crime and the way it has been handled, the kind of insensitive treatment that some of the -- statements that some of the politicians and some of the people have made ensure that not only me -- everybody has come out to say that this is not done. and we are not okay with this. >> reporter: they want to see the government take concrete steps to address their concerns. >> surely, definitely. then, you know, faster justice. you need to have special courts where it's not open to the public. i think that's still a provision. we need to have more courts and better hearing and stronger assistan assistance. >> reporter: it's no longer about one girl or one particular rape case. it's about india's attitude towards its women and about making sure that braveheart did not die in vain. cnn, new dehli. >>> coming up, more than 2,000 weapons were turned during a gun buyback. a program including two grenade launchers. just ahead, a georgia mom hasn't heard from her two little boys in a week and she is pleading with their father to return them.

that rarity has been so important. leader mitch mcconnell has guided our party and conference through the past six years. he is a gifted leader and one that i have witnessed time and again has come up with strategies that have gotten things done in the right way. senator jon kyl and i have worked on immigration and get tax relief. senator alexander and i have champion the america competes act so we can continue the priority of scientific research and that we would never fail to invest in our future because it is the seed for our economy. i'm very pleased that a distinguishing member of a committee and the dynamics committee -- and a finance committee now and the judiciary before is also on the floor. he has been a wonderful friend to me. he helped me in my very first election when he was a rock star at fundraisers in texas. i thank him for his long leadership in this body. i have had the wonderful good fortune to serve with two colleagues from my home state. first, senator phil gramm was a wonderful mentor and colleague

hasn't been buying iranian oil for months now has iran been able to find new markets i believe iranian oil export has decreased fifty percent sixty percent but believe me even if you are in they cannot export one drop of oil they would not give up their rights under the n.p.t. . it really doesn't matter how much you want them exported or not during the war eight years invasion of iraq nine hundred eighty two nine hundred eighty eight we had much more war situation let's move on to syria no how do you think the craft in syria may affect the situation around iran. i believe this would affect more the region the us allies. i believe if they continue like peace syria would go to seed war and civilian war. spreading to iraq so the jordan lebanon and even tortured. iran would be the list to be affected by this spread of civilian war or war from syria. of course iran may lose one friend one partner ashore a set but it doesn't mean. they're radical muslims they are caught they would come to paul where they would be friend of israel or american muslim brother who if they are in power they would

freeway and all of the great extraordinarily wonderful development the port has been doing in that period of time as well as a whole bunch of other impacts from positive and negative to tourism. bob has served as as ceo for about of 12 years dating back to 2,000, he is trying to retire at the end of this month he managed to get 2 feet out of door in august and have been consulting back to the pier ever since and he has been an icon of the water front. someone who has represented the interest of the water front all over the city bob has been a board member of san francisco travel the fisherman's whofer community benefit district the san francisco chamber and california travel association and under bob's guidance he has changed check out the restaurants and retaining the best of the best and has driven peer 39 into it's current world renown amazing number of visitors every year and it's reputation for being a family friendly location. i love a number of things about bob, but his own stated key to success tells you why he has been so successful at the water front and that is his belief that

has been looking. ped into strangers all day in the airport. and the security officer and the ticket checker person, and they keep running up to the car and hugging us. everwhy, they recognize us immediately. and the boys didn't know that, and they're so shocked. they think they're little bit movie stars. i told them they get one week and then life goes back to normal. one week and i go back to shouting orders and not putting up with any junk. >> you can imagine there are many families that go through this, and it's not always a positive or happy outcome. >> yes. >> what do you say to those families? >> i was right there with you, and it is by the grace of god and all the people in this country and all the angels in heaven and the fbi and roswell police department and dan's family who were a critical part of this relief effort. everybody pulled together. the delta folks, you all, the media has been our angels and we have all your names and huge boxes of thank you cards and we're going to start that pret

well who else has been writing to you oh well this one has come from somebody not too far away from where we are right now this is come from a little girl and burn him with her christmas wishes for twenty thirty. thank you for the positive economic growth i asked for last year it has been very helpful this year it would be great if we could have more of the same just is there a way we can give less of our money away to the eurozone countries all the best angle and merkel p.s. i also want to win the general election next year thank you of course you get letters from little boys and girls from all over the world these drones just from here in europe produce this from us what's come from from paris from a little boy who says this well all of his famous friends keep running off and leaving him. it would be great if this year a new more super rich followed jerrod deputy you and left france we really need their seventy five percent income taxes if we are to stay with the likes of angola and not find ourselves in the same trouble as demetrius thank you francois hollande . oh right well this one

been able to fly their new modern satellites. we risk a lot of the label information going forward because the government has not been capable of moving forward. -- delay of information going forward because the government has not been capable of moving forward. there are a number of ways that you can write bills to ensure that kind of activity, as i mentioned before, you can do it through a mechanism where the federal government remains actively involved in how these companies are doing their job, and provides an annual stream of funding. there are ways of structuring this that would assure the public interest is still maintained. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. rabat. >> let me echo the gratitude that i have for having served with you. it has been an honor working with you. and those who will be leaving us as well. from our last question, let us know that we have $1 trillion that we are spending more than we're taking in. one-third of the federal budget now is that. we are increasing in debt. if we're going to do thing -- now is debt. we are increasing in debt. we have got to be creative. we've got to find

it has been so long since we have had this discussion. we talked about the government investing in r&d and what that means. ?> can i just mentione >> the whole dialogue has shifted. there has been efficient government. you were in congress 20 years ago. the budget was doubled. that was a great investment. that is not part of the dialogue this year's. >> it is 19% of what was 10 years ago. we tried to do science agencies, a doubling in 10 years or so, which i hope can be done. the best thing is to get around 3% ideally. we are not moving in the right direction. i am a first generation american. my father got here in 1926 partly because he owned a pat ent. this will company in ohio paid his boat ticket so he can get here. he did happen to go into that business. he became a psychiatrist. [laughter] he was part of the growth of the great american middle class. about richjust people and greeting the situations of wealth. it does lift all boats. i want to go back to the ies.nit ization,mpted soviets stati they tried to empty out the universities

that has always been their technique. to be honest with you, the nra has always gone silent after one of these mass shootings. they stay silent and then come out and start meeting with all their members to say, stay strong. i still believe this time is different. you are already seen some pretty high level republicans, conservative republicans, coming out and saying, "it's time to do something about this. we can no longer tolerate what we saw last week." and certainly, these funerals of our young children. i mean, is that who we are as americans? i would say to those that feel we're just after their guns, let me say to you, the gun man is not one to come knocking down your door to take your gun. they're not. that is a lie that has been put out there for too many years. the supreme court has already come down with a decision that a person has our right to own a gun. they also said that the government had the right to protect their citizens and to be able to pass legislation that is for the safety of all. >> congressmember c

it has been dumping around the bay area, lightning strikes with more to come. t's go outside in san jose, very soggy start to this saturday as the rain has really been coming down overnight. very heavy rainfall, strong gusty winds. some gusts over 50 miles per hour. our high def doppler radar has been tracking storm system and continues to show plenty rain outside. you can see pockets of yellows and oranges as a severe line pummels parts of the area now. you can see toward fairfield, napa, very heavy rainfall there, possibility of thunderstorms embedded in some of the cells. we continue to track a lot of the cells sliding through the bay area. they will be on and off this morning. then i think it will begin to taper. as we head to the afternoon things should begin to settle becoming more widely scattered. in the meantime don't be surprised to get a heavy downpour and maybe a lightning strike. these big time storms are generating big time surf toward the coastline. northwesterly swells expected 13 to 16 feet. stay off the rocks. it is dangerous toward the beaches

also, everybody has been talking about the process and i think it has been a great process, a lot of people did a lot of work but it's quite possible that many people are not aware of the process going on. in fact, we heard from stakeholders in the area that are coming up with certain things that are just being mentioned for the first time now, and probably the general public has very little knowledge of this process accept what they may have seen in the newspapers and for example what they have seen in the newspapers and i'm just learning about the overlay and this is the first day that we are suppose to approve it and i'm not sure what we are suppose do on this and i'm need more information on that kind of hinge and it may have been in the paper work somewhere but i didn't see it and i'm also seeing some kind of trailing legislation that the superiors are putting in to meter the amount of market rate housing that you can have and that is also troubling to me and so i want to know more about that but let me give you my filings about a number of these things. the options that we had

our path to this historic day has been a long one as you know. over the past three years we have heard from low-income and middle income families across san francisco. but the drive ambition of our youth and parents and community is ultimately what got us to this point. and i am especially grateful to six organizations that have helped raise the funding power. chinatown community center, the san francisco youth commission, urban habitat, the student advisory council, and jamestown community center. i also want to thank so many folks throughout the city who have, you know, taken the time to pitch this, this program. and just to close, my colleagues on the board of supervisors, supervisors avalos, chu, kim, mar, our mayor has been supportive of this. it is a very historic time and i want to thank you for the opportunity. and if i may, i know that we have one member of this coalition who is here to speak. and, so, i will -- if it's okay with you, i will turn it over to her. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor. (applause) >> good afternoon. >>> [spea

the mimic freeway has been having the southbound direction and the san mateo bridge has been looking ve times. 101 as the slowest commute that i remember from the coyote valley. >> 85 has begun to clear up just a little bit but the peninsula is still slow from mountain view all the way to redwood city. again, ran counter is a big problem. we are starting to see traffic coming through in the southbound direction. this is no indication that it has been completely cleared. >> we start with our storm tracker 4 on this wednesday morning. i do not see a lot of yellow here so that mayes said the heavy rainfall is out of the immediate area. as you can see the san mateo bridge we are looking at rain across the entire bridge. again if you are on the bridge at the traffic is slow going because of the rain that has failed. for palo alto and sunday mail you are looking at some light to moderate rain that is falling. more heavy rain is to the south out in morgan hill. if we go to the east bay where sing some areas of rain right now and berkeley is dry now at least a part of it. it >> a lot of this

has been established in the last few months has been fracture right now i think only in last month we had been getting together, establishing a united front. i think we're moving -- gaining ground right now. if you compare referendum a year and a half ago we've got 23%. this time we got 36%. we do hope that as the coming parliamentary election we can get majority. if we do that we finally would be able to correct the past of the revolution that focused on uman dignity guarantees of freedom. we do need that everybody around the world to stand up and be counted, frankly. we have constitution right now that is not democratic. everybody should put his money where his mouth is, everybody should understand that stability will only come with the democracy. we should not repeat the mistake frankly during mubarak's time that giving or sacrificing democracy on the ouster of -- short term political. >> ifill: the next test will be the parly member terry -- parliamentary elections. thank you for joining us. >> thank you very much for having me. >> ifill: >> ifill: we asked representatives from th

they say he has been extremely cooperative spirit >> in the wake of friday's shooting. the debate over gun control is once again been brought up. today, a gun buyback program is happening into bay area communities. kron4 as mike pelton joins us live at the san francisco location. mike, this event was scheduled even before yesterday's shooting. >> this takes place at st. benedict's church. you have to be a san francisco or oakland resident to take part in the program. you have to choose your residence they are bringing your driver's license or a utility bill. they will pay you for up to three guns and you can leave up to $600. you have to bring the gun unloaded. they will not collect any ammunition. once they collect all of these guns the police the parma will take the guns and ultimately destroy them. the oakland police department tells us that will melt down the guns and use the metal to creek park benches. >> can you find out if they have been able to show that this has made a difference? >> absolutely, this is the first buyback at this boys club. they stated they deal

no motive has been mentioned. >>> today they are talking about a small group of pro test -- protesters. they say because of zoning laws they never should have been given a permit to open this month. >> a gym takes four years to get approved and lots of neighborhood comments, there was none here. >> they will determine whether or not the 711 can stay -- seven 11 whether or not they can stay open since it has been deemed technically residential. >>> it's right near there and they determined the building is unsafe and needs to be demolished but it was once home to the country's largest swimming pool. >> very interesting. >> 4:36 no rain to talk about, cold out there but let's toss to traffic. good morning sal. >>> we are off to a good start and the rest of the roads, let's look at what we have, not a bad drive from vallejo, it is nice and clear and you can see there are no major fog obstructions and traffic looks good to the toll plaza and i noticed how clear it was all over the place. traffic is moving along nicely. it is looking good getting up to highway 17. >>> now there are showers o

>> it has been very difficult. according to turkish authorities, they are now hosting 150,000 refugees. those that are registered. others that have the means to survive have rented apartments or lived with relatives, and a new camp has been built for a new wave of refugees. they are also building a further six refugee camps, expecting to absorbent up to 50,000. people are cold, hungry, and it is not only a question of refugees. they might be more likely than those that are displaced from one village to another. as long as there is no political settlement, we will see more suffering. civilian refugees are tired and when you ask them what kind of solution they want, they will see any solution. >> zeina khodr, thank you. christmas celebrations within syria have been overshadowed by violence. mass was performed in the afternoon instead of the normal time of night because of security as christians say they're praying for peace and security. thousands are finding refuge in neighboring lebanon. >> the remembrance of chris