that might protect the bottom of the hill but it doesn't do anything over the hill. >> it has long been my understanding that the city of san francisco says and the building department takes this position that there is no one buildable lot -- unbuildable lot. i wonder if this is realistic. >> if money is an issue, we can develop solutions that will mitigate the impact. that a solution can be eliminating the hill, that can eliminate the problem. or build a structure right into the hill so there is no longer an exposed face or bold enough of iraq together so that it acts as a big buttress to prevent further movement. -- or hold enough of the rock together so that it acts as a big buttress. we are allowing the wall of the building to act as a retaining structure. there was a time when we did not get any. there was an epic one before in 1982. we brought with us and rainfall charge. >> you were saying that this is somehow correlated to rainfall. this goes from 1914 until 2006. it is the red line in the backgrounds which are the annual rainfall from each year is plotted on here. you can see i

re tom hill, at one time second street ended at howard. at that point, there was a large hill. the wealthy people of san francisco lived on top of the hill, and churches were built along howard. then the city fathers in the 1920's let us knock down the hill, let us extend second street, and it finishes at the ballpark now. as you move south along second, that whole area, you get into rock. many of these old warehouse buildings, as you approach rincon hill, are sitting on rock. if you go down to king street, which is the street that fronts the ballpark, if you cross the street from the ballpark and the look on the sidewalk, there is actually a little brass plates that depict the location of the bluff that existed, the transition from the beach to the vertical cliffs that existed at second street. at second and king. all of that was taken down, and they have built warehouses. now at his condominium developments. and portions of mission bay. the first building of mission bay, third and townsend -- i am sorry, third and king, it is a rock site. if you go further into mission bay, i

the kid will, "why does it roll down the hill when it's on the hill?" and you say, "what are you asking questions like that for?" and the kid says, "because i wonder "about things like that and you're a college type "and i think maybe you can be the one to tell me. "and you would say, "roll down the hill, roll down the hill. hmm." could you guys handle it? could you answer a kid's question like that? let's take a hill here. okay. i don't have a ball but i got a disk, okay? i take the disk and i let it go and sure enough it rolls down. why? why is it rolling down the hill, gang? see this, gang? center of gravity is right here in the center, right? pulling down, but the point of support is over here. and what's this little distance in here called? lever arm. lever arm. and what's this here? force, right? and--force through a lever arm produces a-- torque. --torque. and what's a torque produce? rotation. rotation. and so we see when we let the ball go-- unless we go mumbo jumbo, then you let go and-- hey. did you guys see that? magnet. not the same disk. w

there is instability that occurs at telegraph hill. this was more in the earth flow and debris flow kind of movement. this moves downhill as a result of the rations from the earthquake. that is where we are headed next. >> here we are on the next stop of our landslide for parent though this is the lagoon ouna a area. this is different from where we all were just add on telegraph hill. this is a whole different concept. tell us what we have to. we have the big hill behind us, what kind of formations do we have? >> this part of san francisco, we are out in the dune sands which makes up the hill to my right. a crusty old drainage that we are standing is bedrock, 160 million year-old sandstone. the project right in the hillside over there and then farther down along the path that goes to the reservoir. >> there are rock slides, there is unconsolidated material. we have an earth float type slide and a debris flows which are common on the these hillsides where you start to see the evidence of creaks when the trees start to lean over. >> this

the hill? >> i am. >> were you aware there is a less steep block two blocks over? >> no. >> he hopes to make it a tool core tourists, cyclists and anyone pushing one of these or one of these. >> he learned something himself. >> the city is hillier than i thought. >> it isn't finished but he's gotten requests for other cities. he isn't even a programmer, he's getting his ph.d. in city planning and he knows digital maps will be a big part of that. >> i think that's the future of how we navigate cities. >> in san francisco, abc news. >> if you shall trying to navigate the city or anywhere in the bay area, lisa argen is here with your forecast. >> we are looking at the clouds this morning from above and also the marine layer. so we have a mixture going on. in fact, a pretty sunrise. we've had lots of pinks and oranges out there. this afternoon we are talking cooler and maybe a few sprinkles. i'll return with the accuweather forecast in a few minutes. >> also next, the sunny dikes era officially beg

and they block the top of the hill.ort of. >> you would think our lights, big flashing lights would have kept people away, but they kept turning down the hill and coming right after us. >> two cars end up plowing into their fire engine. southwest salmon street starts to look like a demolition derby. >> you could put a soundtrack of "pinball machine" pretty well to that. >> for us, it was more like a game of frogger. >> more like dongy kong. wa, wa, wa, wa, game over. lots of paperwork. >> and, fortunately, no serious injuries. the driver of that volvo that hit seven cars escaped with a gash on the head. >>> another place in the pacific northwest where winter drivers have a bad reputation is in seattle. especially on capitol hill's steep streets. >> yikes! >> november 22, 2010. shannon merrick has just gotten home from her job as a hospital secretary. she has a great view of a thanksgiving week storm from her kitchen window, and grabs her camcorder. >> with the cars coming down and the people out there walking, you knew

this is different from where we all were just add on telegraph hill. this is a whole different concept. tell us what we have to. we have the big hill behind us, what kind of formations do we have? >> this part of san francisco, we are out in the dune sands which makes up the hill to my right. a crusty old drainage that we are standing is bedrock, 160 million year-old sandstone. the project right in the hillside over there and then farther down along the path that goes to the reservoir. >> there are rock slides, there is unconsolidated material. we have an earth float type slide and a debris flows which are common on the these hillsides where you start to see the evidence of creaks when the trees start to lean over. >> this is a slow movement of the slope. >> yes. you can start to get moving. that will push the trees over a little bit. this had a special history. we had a lot of damage here. i guess the water from leaking laguna runs underground out to golden gate park. it covers about two or three blocks along side to seventh avenue. there was a lot of

concerning a lesion on his face that hill believes could be cancer. >> it's scary. it's scary.art getting a little age on you, you start seeing things like this, i wonder where it's going to lead. this -- it's kind of scary. >> judging from the appearance of the thing, and the time line and everything, i -- and the location, i'm going to say that looks like a small basal cell carcinoma. it's a type of skin cancer usually found in the center part of the face. ultraviolet light from the sun is the chief offender there. some people come in and you need a cart to carry their chart. mr. hill has a chart that, despite the number of years he's been in the system, it's probably no more than a half an inch thick. which tells me that he is more likely to minimize and ignore something of import than he is to come in complaining of something that's trivial. this is early enough we're not going to have any problems with it. we'll just get it taken care of now. will it come back? this is the result of many years in the sun. >> right. >> and there's a whole lot more of you saw the sun than ju

the hill?> i am. >> were you aware there is a less steep block two blocks over? >> no. >> he's hoping to make it a tool for tourists, cyclists and anyone pushing one of these or one of these. >> the app has gotten other requests. he isn't even a programmer, he's getting his ph.d. in city planning and he knows digital maps will be a big part of that. >> i think that's the future of how we navigate cities. >> in san francisco, abc news. >> how is the weather going to be today, and importantly tomorrow? >> you what i notice we cool down just a little bit yesterday. sea breeze kicks up again today. we are adding a few clouds into the mix and from our roof camera it is a little cloudy. but we are talking about the possibility of maybe some sprinkles visiting us for today and labor day. we will put it all together for you with our forecast coming up next. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead, the sunny dikes era officially begins at cal. mike shumann has the highlights coming up in sports. >> in sports thi

the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it wa

windy in the hills and to the valley. more of a northerly breeze today so 60s, 70s, a few upper 70s to very low 80s. here's sal. >>> good morning. we are looking at traffic that's getting busier by the mirn as we get to the peak of the commute. traffic moving along pretty well. if you are driving on 80. it is getting more coughedded as you head out to the mc-- crowded as you head out to the mcarthur maze. on the westbound bay bridge, there is a little bit of a backup already. looks like the metering lights have gone on. i want to show you the altamont pass because traffic is going to be busy coming in from about 205 all the way through. as a matter of fact, once you get to the middle of livermore, it does ease up and after that, it's a nice drive into the dublin area and over to castro valley where we haven't had a lot of slow traffic. san mateo and dumbarton bridge traffic looks good. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you. >>> time 6:03. we have a developing story from san francisco. violence after last night's giants

hill crafted the design of his 420 square foot apartment in new york. he got some spectacular ideas. wow. but hill says the best part of living a pared-down life is more freedom. as a lifelong do-it-yourselfer, jim knows the power of having an idea and the tools to bring it to life. >> i think when you give everyday people access to the tools of innovation, amazing things can happen. >> this is a fully functional kayak that folds up into a suitcase-sized box. >> it's one of the reasons he founded tech shop. it's an open space innovation workshop where for about 100s it a month, members can use cutting-edge machinery and tools to develop ideas, design prototypes, even launch their own businesses. the other reason, because it's just plain fun. >> you see them say, wow, i really can do this. this is -- this is stunning. they're stunned. >> i'm dr. sanjay gupta, and this is "the next list." >> everybody has an idea in their head of something they want to make. you'd ask anybody on the street. at first maybe they'd say, i don't know, i don't think so. but if

windy. >> the situation's been pretty windy in the hills.going to happen as we go into thursday night, friday, these areas here are shaded are going to go under a fire weather watch. higher elevations into the north and east bay, those wins start to clock around. when i talk about an easterly wind, i talk about from land to sea. that's a dry, warmer direction and that is typically a direction that gets you in trouble in terms of fires. because of that direction, a lot of canyons and re revaccines -- ravines, it's being pushed down into the canyons. lots of 50s as we go into the next couple days. we're going to find 72 in fairfield, 74 in napa. temperatures tomorrow cooler than today. warper as we go into thursday, friday, and saturday. and that's when those fire danger winds really start to click around. so right now the winds are comes from a favorably direction, cooler, and temperatures about the same as they were yesterday. tomorrow they'll be be slightly cooler, and then as we go into your thursday, friday, saturday, they warm up back in

sunshine, breezy, windy in the hills, northerly breeze. definitely one for warmer pattern for some, which would be napa and santa rosa, which were warmer than clear lake yesterday. and so was santa cruz. 3 or 4 degrees warmer than yesterday. santa cruz, 78, warmer than san jose. mountain view, redwood city, they benefit from this pattern. livermore, 75, so a slight warmup. warmer into friday. calming down, breezy. looks good saturday. system moves into the north. high clouds, cooler on sunday. maybe light rain for the mendocino county, lake county lit sunday into monday, pam. >> thank you, steve. >>> time now, 4:50. ski resorts in lake tahoe getting a taste of winter. a light blanket of snow fell over boreal yesterday. this is the second snowfall in the past two weeks and resorts say it could mean an early season. boreal is getting its snow maker machines ready. >>> later today, a panel of fire experts will speak at a special forum at oakland's jack london square. the experts will review the long-term impact on the huge fire in yosemite an

east bay hills, the camera is bouncing all over the place. the temperatures today are two to four degrees warmer and even up to eight degrees inland. our three day forecast, the warming trend conrow and saturday and cooler with more clouds and a sea breeze on sunday. >> we have a brand new crash westbound at emeryville at powell street before you get to the maze and we have a two-car crash blocking one lane. you can see it is causing delays from university avenue so traveling through berkeley it will be show this morning and we have another crash in the clearing stages on the nimitz southbound headed into treatment causing quite a bit backup. we have an hour from tracy to dublin westbound 580 and 31 minutes from antioch to concord and 101 is still looking clear and under 20 minutes and here is a picture of the river of headlights coming into central san rafael so clear conditions, no accidents, no slowing. new this morning, president obama's job performance numbers take a tumble and we will show them to you. >> stanford graduate and senate ca

some on capitol hill believe the u.s. needs to send message to the alliance between syria and iran. >> endangers jordan and israel and necessarily endangers our national security. i just wish the president had laid this out better and quit backing away from his red line and more of a commander-in-chief than a community organizer. >> some of president obama reside critics believe there isn't enough evidence of an day tack to justify force by the u.s. [horn blowing] >> activists played music outside the home of u.s. senator dianne feinstein. code pink and veterans for peace organization e organized the demonstration. protesters claim 80% of americans oppose u.s. involvement in syria. the group later, marched to the golden gate bridge. >>> a man died during today's san francisco 49ers game at candlestick park after he fell over a railing near the stadium. a man in his 30's was walking with his brother when he fell. off-duty paramedics and police saw it happen and tried to help but the man died from his injuries. >> a group o

the hill? >> i am. >> were you aware there is a less steep block two blocks over? >> no. >> he hopes to make it a tool for tourists, cyclists, and anyone pushing one of these or one of these. >> he learned something himself. >> the city is hillier than i thought. >> it isn't finished but he's gotten requests from bloggers and other cities to pack out cities like portland and other cities. he isn't even a programmer, he's getting his ph.d. in city planning and he knows digital maps will be a big part of that. >> i think that's the future of how we navigate cities. >> in san francisco, abc news. >> so you were asking me about walking those hills. what about you? >> not lately. >> exactly. >> it's always a good workout, though. >> and a good day to walk. >> yeah, it will be a little cooler this afternoon. san francisco three to five degrees cooler than yesterday. look at all the clouds here. temperatures still in the upper 50s downtown, but we will mix in some sunshine, maybe a few sprinkles and t

back on the hill and ha the whie house. and president bashar al-assad saying that a strike would only help al-qaeda. >> and a new van do you unveiled. and where to find the happiest people in the world. >>> syria should transfer its chemical weapons to safe sites where they can be stored and destroyed. this is the new idea being put forth by russia now with possible backing by u.n. secretary general. so let's take a look at these latest developments happening today. russia saying it could urge syria to put chemical weapons under international control if that would avert military strikes. just two hours from now congress goes back to work in washington will limited debate could begin with a first vote possible concerning those strikes on wednesday. and tonight president obama makes his case in six tv interviews. meanwhile syria's president bashar al-assad is saying if president obama strikes syria he will only be helping the terrorist. assad denying that his regime launched a chemical attack. >> our military, our police poli

that goes into effect for the east bay hills, north bay hills and also the santa cruz mountains. to thinking here, what does that really mean to all of us? well, think back a couple of weeks ago, mount diablo fully engulfed in flames. then back to october 19 of 1991. oakland hills firestorm which thousands of homes burned. 25 people were killed. and this was all during the autumn months. now, we take you back also 1923, 1970 and also 1980. the biggest blazes ever recorded right here in the east bay hills all during the autumn months when we have really low humidity and very little precipitation. so thinking about all that, what do you expect coming up for the next 24 to 48 hours? first off again high fire danger. some very gusty winds especially in the highest elevations. and the relative humidity will drop to 20%. maybe even the single digits in some areas. i was pleased to find here in the oakland hills today that a lot of this shrub has been cut down. what we have here is a lot of dust however. if you have a spark this dust keeps the spark close to the ground and smothers and

here's a live look at the debate on capitol hill. if the government does shut down,800,000 federal workers could be called to stay home next week. what about congressional staffers? federal law prohibits it for essential employees but for nonessential employees it's up to them to decide who may be told to come to work. government shut down will have a ripple effect on families and businesses. surae chinn talked to small business owners today on capitol hill that are bracing for what's to come when the federal workers stop coming to shop and eat. >> it's going to hurt, but there's nothing we can really do about it. >> reporter: he has been bartending at kelly's irish times for two years. the eatery and watering hole is steps away from federal government offices and union station. >> i was working last night. there were customers complaining to the bar tender because they got their furloughs. >> your bread and butter is not just your customers but government workers. >> we get a lot of government workers, lobbyists, people that are hea

the clock continues to click on capitol hill. a partial government shutdown. joining us now chris moody, he is a political reporter for yahoo news. so, chris, the house has passed and sent to the senate three different continuing resolutions that would continue to keep the government funding, but they all take various approaches to obama ha care. the senate has rejected each of those. will there be more? >> well, believe it or not, there is a method to john boehner's madness here. they is sent these three to the senate. they are about to passed third one here that will be rejected by the senate. in a way he has to get these through his conference first and show them that the senate will reject it and then once they do. he can also point to red state democrats who might be vulnerable in 2014 and have them rejecting things like defunding obama care, delaying obama care. delaying the individual mandate on obama care. you might notice that these become more moderate every time. they are taking this right to about midnight and it's ye

mike emanuel on capitol hill.hat's my understand ago of the broad framework. >> any understanding is they're essentially trying to have the russians put up or shut up, and i talked to some senators who were at lunch with the president of the united states earlier today, and they say the president told him he wants to give this russian proposal more time at the u.n. security council. so there will not be a vote on the use of force resolution, which was struggling here on capitol hill, anytime this week. the president does believe that the threat of the use of force makes a diplomatic solution more likely, but at this point, he wants to at least give that a little more time to see if it's legit or whether it's the russians playing games. bottom line, i've heard from some senators that the president believes if the use of force is necessary, he has great faith and confidence that the u.s. military can do it successfully. one democratic senator floating an alternative to the use of force immediately talked about the p

what is sagamore hill?> a big house where all go from the long island public schools. -- the park job. service does a fantastic job. it is a great lace to visit. ifone thing you should know you are planning a visit, it is under complete renovation for the next couple of years. we will show you some of the artifacts. you learn a lot. we will start there with a video about edith roosevelt and her children, and you will hear the let's of the curator. listen in. >> this is a cartoon by a thomas nast.n. it shows santa claus arriving at the white house to discover there are children at the white house, that the roosevelts had moved in. the title of the piece was, "there is life in the white "there is life in the old house yet."the country was excited to have a young family and children to watch. they had a vigorous president with a vigorous and attractive wife. attractive santa claus represented the countries attitude.-- country's attitude over the excitement in the white house now. the biggest responsibilities e

i'm lived in the knob hill since my families came here 27 years ago. we use the chinatown bus lines and i'm satisfied to have those two bus lines in my neighborhood >> (speaking foreign language). >> however, the t p proposals the elimination. i have a lot of folks who use those buzz lines and this means that the people will have less room on the buses and will have to walk uphill with their groceries to their homes >> (speaking foreign language). >> assessable public transportation is especially important for senior residents. please don't eliminate the number 12 bus lines and any elimination will hurt us >> thank you before the next speaker let me call some names (calling names). >> if you could please line up on the screen side of the room. thank you >> (speaking foreign language). >> good afternoon. i'm lived in chinatown for seven years. i'm a grassroot resident i'd like to express my concerns about the bus lines >> (speaking foreign language). >> the t p has proposed to eliminate our bus lines. we have a lot of residents who use this and i have f

funny, i live on a hill, and the neighbors are saying if we have trouble walking up this hill, so will other people. >> feel safer when you're up on a hill. >> let's go and take a look at the commute now. the traffic is light in many areas, most areas any way. let's move along to the bay bridge. it is light coming into the city. no problems. the morning commute looks good on interstate 880 north and southbound. traffic is moving along nicely in both directions. i want to mention that southbound 680 in contra costa county. so far it looks good, but there's a construction truck with a flat tire right here southbound 680 here in the area of tree boulevard. it's in the left lane, and there's a little bit of a backup between concord and walnut creek. not a huge deal. traffic continues to move along pretty well if you are driving there. bart and muni are okay for now. coughing fear. 5:17. save me, steve. >> i'll take it from here, my friend. go for it. the higher clouds swinging off the sierra nevada will push to the lee. is there a big fog bank in place. many overcast conditions. every repo

libby casey is on capitol hill. is this the republican version of the bill, and if so is it dead on arrival in the democratically-controlled senate? >> reporter: the senators are voting to bring the bill to the floor and open up debate. it seems that we've been hearing debate on this bill already, especially if your name is senator ted craz cruz. this is the house version. it is to keep the government running, and it defunds obamacare. the bill will change as it goes through the amendment process in the senate. this essentially will be dead on arrival by the time it gets out of here. a lot of members of congress are supporting this vote, including senator ted cruz even though he spent the last 20-some areas staging a bill of a filibuster in spirit a talk-athon, he voted to end the debate and get this bill to the senate floor. both parties move the bill forward. >> ted cruz now being attacked by members of his own party. who is lining up to say that they thought it was a waste of time. >> senator john mccain is one o

i spoke with him from capitol hill a short time ago. well, thanks for joining us.'s get right to it. why would a limited strike against syria be a missnake. >> several reasons. first, it's not our responsibility. it's not our responsibility to act unilaterally. secondly, it's not going to do any good. it's not going to change the regime. it's not going to tend civil war it's not even going prevent a new strike and use of chemical warfare. third, it's expensive and fourth it's dangerous. it could easily spin out of control. >> brown: a key argument from the president has been that chemical weapons are simply different. the use of them must be punished it must be stopped. what kind of message do you send to the syrian government and to other governments, including iran? >> as one of my colleagues said, if you want tow send a message, use hallmark not missiles. i think that logic applies here. listen we have to stop thinking in terms of messages and start thinking about what is our responsibility as a country? we have responsibility a responsibility to 20 million amer

this decision after a lengthy and heated debate on capitol hill. obama administration officials want to hold syrian president bashar assad accountable for using chemical weapons on his people killing more than 1400. that resolution was not an easy sell. >> i have sympathy for the people in syria. and i do think there should be a worldwide response. but we should act cautiously. >> congressman, we're acting cautiously. we are acting so cautiously that the president of the united states was accused of not acting because he wanted to have sufficient evidence and he wanted to build the case properly. >> it's been 15 days. >> mr. congressman -- >> off we go. >> also today, president obama said the credibility of congress and the international community was at stake when deciding how to act in syria. the resolution now goes to the full senate and the house is separately considering a similar resolution. >>> what you have is basically the product is fermenting in your refrigerator. >> it's the most popular brand of greek yogurt but now, exploding containe

the neighborhood is described as the hills and valleys and this structure does not honor the topography. architecture that steps back before it goes back and reflect its should be a requirement of this design and i know that the dr requestor talked about the property and the context of his house, but the rest of the neighborhood is much smaller than his house, and the house across the street is extremely smaller. i thank you for listening to the impute of the neighborhood and it is our naid and i think that the neighborhood of san francisco gives san francisco charm and the neighborhood sensibility should have as much, if not greater priority than the sensibility of the san francisco planning department. thank you for hearing our position. >> next speaker, and i will call a few more names but come on up. >> denise kelky, mark hump rey and dale milfay and elizabeth more. >> i am mark and i live on the same block of the proposed development at 548 dunkan and i have lived there for 48 years and i have been convinced for the neighbors in the neighborhood even longer and just by viewing the

brianne carter live on the hill this morning with the latest on this story.rning, brianne. >> good morning to you. it's a familiar scene here on capitol hill, getting right up against the deadline while congress is used to that, but we're getting down to the wire here and with no compromise on the table it seems like a government shutdown could be more likely. what we do understand that later today about 9:30 this morning the senate is expected to reconvene here. and then later they will take up the bill to fund the government through november 15th. however, it will not take away any money from the healthcare law. that is something republicans have been looking to do. republicans-led house already passed a measure that would fund the government but would defund president obama's healthcare law set to get in motion next week. the senate strips the bill of that language and is set to take that vote later today. the bill would then going go back to the house where gop leaders said the peared down bill is no good. when asked if it had a chance of passing the hous

let me take you back to capitol hill.hutdown, the countdown to the shutdown as we now have a final vote tally. chief congressional correspondent dana bash joining me now with what you called it, we anticipated this. >> that's right, it was a party line vote. 54-46. the senate voted to reject what the house sent them in the middle of the night saturday night, early morning sunday morning, which, of course, was a bill to fund the government but with a delay of obama care for a year and a repeal of a medical device tax that does help pay for obama care. what does that mean? the ball is back in the house's court. house republicans are meeting, brooke, as we speak to map out their next move. i am told that the plan was for them to try one more time. certainly, lots of conservatives in their caucus want them to keep fighting, despite it being pretty obvious that they're up against all odds, and the leading option for that next fight would be to have a spending bill that delays the individual mandate in obama care for a year. bu

last but not least, i want to give a big thanks to mike co-hill and dr. warren bronner representing cpmc and sutter for them being able to take another look ~ when supervisors called and when we got a mediator back together. i know it's hard when you think you have an agreement and then doubts are cast and things have to be relooked at, and they had to go back to their hospital administrative officials and their board to assure them that a deal could be had. and that's not easy in these times. by the way, i want to remind everybody, during these last year and a half, two years, all of the questions around the federal affordable health care act were also trying to be understood by everyone. that takes great toll on people who are spending millions of dollars on a hospital and not knowing what the future needs might be and how affordable care act would impact that. their past models had to be challenged and reviewed so that they can take care of folks for the next 10 to 50 years. so, i know and understand that there had to be a lot there. going back to lou,

is there sensitivity on the hill? we heard rand paul's statements about obvious concern for the situation for the children and the refugees and the chemical attack as well. but is there resonance on the hill for the level of humanitarian suffering? >> the children said to be killed by the attack have hit the heart strings of the u.s. government, but the people not just the americans who died in the iraq war, but the iraqis as well. so if the americans did strike, who would take over and what would fill the vacuum if something did happen to president assad. >> and what are the unintended consequences for the civilians as well. we're going to have to leave it there. and thank you for participating with us. coming up on america tonight, an incomplete american dream, the expectation of going to college, and setting up millions of students for failure. ç] >> and now, a snapshot of stories making headlines on america tonight. as tension escalates in the middle east, israel said that it has carried out a joint missile test w

nancy cordes is on capitol hill.izabeth palmer in damascus. >> jeff: former south african president nelson mandela is out of the hospital. deborah in johannesburg reports on what could be mandela's final trip back home. >> jeff: we remember sir david frost, the british broadcaster who stunned the world with his richard nixon interviews. >> well, when the president does it, that means it is not

start wednesday night and it will last into friday for our north and east bay hills. eventually the san cruz mountains will get into on this. it is the north and east bay hill and at that point will be coming from the north and northeast. the winds will die out tomorrow morning. we are talking at lows 50s with some patchy fog and cool conditions. 66 in san francisco and lows 70s for our inland communities. it is not a bad day but if it is breezy in your area, it can brisk. we are breezy on thursday and by friday we are warming it up and the winds are going away and in time for your weekend, mild to warmer temperatures upper 80s for inland cities saturday and sunday. >>> a wild fire burned east of los angeles is now 70% contained. the fire has burned 250 acres. light winds and cooler temperatures help crews get a handle on the fire today. no homes were threatened. >>> the best bay area restaurant in a popular area. >>> now trending at ktvu.com, new fries that may not hit so hard when it comes to your waistline and if you are on the go or away from the tv, you can still

i've lived in knob hill for the last 15 years and currently represent knob hymn hill on the t pad. but sadly it's becoming home to more and more downstrokes and party buses couped by absolutely inastrological things to the over saturation of liquor licenses. now have a quick look at the statistics. i didn't make up those numbers. in 2010 i started tracking the number of liquid licenses and drew some comparisons between san francisco and los angeles to have some kind of benchmark between two major cities in california. i think the facts shakespeare speak for themselves. even though la is larger than san francisco san francisco has nearly 6 times the number of liquor licenses and 3 times the number of liquor licenses in la. and in 2010 central districts that several asbestos absent licenses. in 2012 there were 6 hundred and 39 liquor licenses and that's a 24 percent increase and as of today there's seven hundred and 34 that's a fourteen percent increase over last year. it's hard to explain to the members of the community why it this happening. something has got to be done to bring th

that changes the equation on the hill, i think. it's not a situation where boehner, as he often does, facilitates and mediates. it's enough for him to get enough republicans on board to make sure this passes. i think the president cause in advancing this took a big step forward toward success. >> a lot of moving parts. thanks for rolling with the bunches as we listened to the leaders coming to the microphone. thanks to all of you. find more enter our panel at tv.msnbc.com. follow the link to my name. back after this! we don't have to go solo ♪ ♪ fire, fire, you can take me higher ♪ ♪ take me to the mountains, start a revolution ♪ ♪ hold my hand, we can make, we can make a contribution ♪ ♪ brand-new season, keep it in motion ♪ ♪ 'cause the rhyme is the reason ♪ ♪ break through, man, it doesn't matter who you're talking to ♪ [ male announcer ] completely redesigned for whatever you love to do. the all-new nissan versa note. your door to more. ♪ your door to more. nascar is ab.out excitement but tracking all the action and hearing eve

mike emanuel on capitol hill. after a quiet week in the senate it's been busy. >> by a party line vote, 54 democrats to 46 republicans can the senate successfully stripped out the obamacare provisions from house continuing funding resolution. they took out the aspect that would delay obamacare for a year, and took out the aspect that would repeal the medical devices tax. so they're sending back to the house a funding -- government funding bill that would just fund the government for a month and a half. here are some top senate democrats moments ago. >> it was deliberately designed to be politically provocative. continuing resolutions are always about disputes over money. they were not about political ideological viewpoints over past legislation. >> they tried to send us something back, they're spinning their wheels. we are not going to change obamacare. if they want any changes in obamacare, wait until after the debt ceiling. >> senate majority leader harry reid said give obamacare a little time and he predicts 90