jo new york city preparation, are bracing for tomorrow's big surf contest. tomorrow, the big mavericks. >>> good afternoon, i am mike mibach. tori campbell has the day off today. they discussed the death of tommy smith who was shot to death by fellow officer michael maze. >> they speak with the board members about how they plan to move forward. sal? >> we learned of several independent investigations of the bart police officer the and at least one member of bart's force thinks that may not be enough. >> the police chief announced four separate agencies are investigating the accidental shooting that took the life of sergeant tom smith at the hands of a fellow officer. >> they are alameda sheriff and bart internal affairs and a police auditor. >> we want to mike sure they are interviewing the people they need to be interview. and asking the right question during the interviews. respect the evidence and draw strong conclusions on whatever they are fining. >> one member wants to make sure it doesn't happen again and thinks looking for outside help may be the bes

jo here's a look at the forecast in some cities around the country. new yorkami, clouds, foggy in dallas. clouds in los angeles. >>> time now for a check of the national forecast. most of the northeast will be dry today with moderating temperatures. there will be areas of freezing rain in the south from arkansas to kentucky. the midwest will finally see a warming trend, but st. louis and detroit could see some light snow. there will be rain and scattered showers across parts of the west. >>> dennis rodman is apologizing for comments he made about an american citizen held captive in north korea. rodman says he had been drinking when he implied during an interview that missionary kenneth bae was at fall for his imprisonment but bae's sister says she's worried rodman is hurting efforts to free her brother. rodman host add basketball game between former nba players and a team of north koreans. ♪ happy birthday to you >> before the game rodman led the crowd in singing "happy birthday" to north korea's dictator, kim jong-un. he later called the ledictator great lead

jo for that. >>> stay with us. we have another full bulletin of news straight ahead. see you then in a couple of minutes. >>> good morning, and welcome to "al jazeera america." i'm morgan bradford live from new york city. syria talks continue in geneva as prisoner exchanges top the agenda. both sides work to get humanitarian aid into homs. >>> they are digging in their heels. demonstrators in the ukraine reject the president's concession and vow to keep on going. >>> edward notice den tells a german television station that government spying helped big businesses right here in the