k. everything's in order here for shelter oxygen and propane is fed to an empty avalanche gun through special pipes and operators sets off the gas mixture by pressing a button. in the old days all resorts use guns or mortars to fight avalanches they would be brought to a slope and fired at a designated target nowadays they're gradually falling into disuse. we have resolved the problem by taking on purely ecological systems used elsewhere in the world. they don't damage the ground either in summer or in winter. they simply remove the snow whenever we want to get rid of it back or get out on the. a computer at the avalanche control service receive signals from automatic weather stations twenty four hours a day irrespective of weather conditions the figures are then analyzed. if necessary the operator uses the same computer to set a small avalanche in motion which cannot do any harm. which as we say any slip can pose an avalanche has a. avalanches make even in the most unlikely places that. police skiing enthusiastic take every possible precaution but they can never be fully guaranteed against b

survive when we have already been through, you know, like you are spending down your 401(k) and ira and everything else. >> ted mcknight had a question for speaker gingrich regarding the founding fathers and dealing with the federal reserve. did the speaker's answer satisfy you, ted? >> i like the fact that he agreed that the founding fathers had a better grasp on what is best nor country. unfortunately, he then went the opposite direction. he wanted to still keep the fed. i would have appreciated an answer that would have said that the fed should be transitioned to extinction within about five years. an example of getting rid of bernanke is great but if we have looked at president obama's appointments over the last three years, we can see what happens with allowing one person to appoint a very powerful person to a very powerful position. the founders would have wanted to have the wisdom of multiple people and not just one and this idea of using our money to bail out the euro i agree with that as not being a good idea but we have the fed with all this quantitative easing destroying the purchase of

survive when we have already been through, you know, like you are spending down your 401(k) and ira and everything else. >> ted mcknight had a question for speaker gingrich regarding the founding fathers and dealing with the federal reserve. did the speaker's answer satisfy you, ted? >> i like the fact that he agreed that the founding fathers had a better grasp on what is best nor country. unfortunately, he then went the opposite direction. he wanted to still keep the fed. i would have appreciated an answer that would have said that the fed should be transitioned to extinction within about five years. an example of getting rid of bernanke is great but if we have looked at president obama's appointments over the last three years, we can see what happens with allowing one person to appoint a very powerful person to a very powerful position. the founders would have wanted to have the wisdom of multiple people and not just one and this idea of using our money to bail out the euro i agree with that as not being a good idea but we have the fed with all this quantitative easing destroying the purchase of

survive when we have already been through, you know, like you are spending down your 401(k) and ira and everythinge. >> ted mcknight had a question for speaker gingrich regarding the founding fathers and dealing with the federal reserve. did the speaker's answer satisfy you, ted? >> i like the fact that he agreed that the founding fathers had a better grasp on what is best nor country. unfortunately, he then went the opposite direction. he wanted to still keep the fed. i would have appreciated an answer that would have said that the fed should be transitioned to extinction within about five years. an example of getting rid of bernanke is great but if we have looked at president obama's appointments over the last three years, we can see what happens with allowing one person to appoint a very powerful person to a very powerful position. the founders would have wanted to have the wisdom of multiple people and not just one and this idea of using our money to bail out the euro i agree with that as not being a good idea but we have the fed with all this quantitative easing destroying the purchase of the

survive when we have already been through, you know, like you are spending down your 401(k) and ira and everythinglse. >> ted mcknight had a question for speaker gingrich regarding the founding fathers and dealing with the federal reserve. did the speaker's answer satisfy you, ted? >> i like the fact that he agreed that the founding fathers had a better grasp on what is best nor country. unfortunately, he then went the opposite direction. he wanted to still keep the fed. i would have appreciated an answer that would have said that the fed should be transitioned to extinction within about five years. an example of getting rid of bernanke is great but if we have looked at president obama's appointments over the last three years, we can see what happens with allowing one person to appoint a very powerful person to a very powerful position. the founders would have wanted to have the wisdom of multiple people and not just one and this idea of using our money to bail out the euro i agree with that as not being a good idea but we have the fed with all this quantitative easing destroying the purchase of t

students graduating from our high schools, these young men and women who have done everything we've asked of them in our k through 12 system should be fully ready for post secondary study or a job. going forward, we will reclaim that mission by ensuring that there is a more seamless transition from high school to further study, and from post secondary study to the workforce. when our young people facing a difficult job market and stiff global competition for good jobs, we must do everything in our power to ensure that our education system provides graduates with real opportunity. our post secondary institutions must maintain an intense focus on employability and creating job opportunities. and in today's competitive global environment where technology is constantly reshaping the economy, that means abandoning the ivory tower model and adapting to meet the needs of business. the focus on practical education is why i'm announcing go bill georgia this evening. go bill is a public/private initiative that will round out our workforce development program by educating young people and the public at large about t

everything we can with the sales tax. i hope you have a chance to visit some of the project that are under way because of prop k.we have wonderful projects, one that i am very proud of in helping our infrastructure will come, not only the increased population we are increasing, -- experiencing, but also the need to run the state. i noticed here in your conference you have a focus on the future. i first thought, in my relaxed way, after the election was over, -- that is close to one of my favorite movies "fight for the future." it is kind of like that. when it comes to transportation infrastructure, the priorities we have, in our government, and our residents feel about it, it is almost like you feel like there are aliens from another planet trying to stop us from creating a future for our society and community. i know we have some great projects in the state, but i want to thank you for coming to san francisco. with your ideas, the collaboration you have, priorities about making sure that we have sustainable, good neighborhoods that are built with and through the transportation infrastructure that we are talking

k. please give us transfer rights for our families. we have no benefits. we have no pensions. everything we do, we live from day to day. if something happens, our families have nothing. i urge you to consider the transfer rights so that our families can sell the medallions if something happens. i think you very much. -- thank you very much. chairman nolan: thank you. next speaker. secretary boomer: [reading names] >> in the first years, there was regulatory neglect, and the lack of foresight and oversight in particular led to where the medallion permitting mechanism had been integrated so badly it was sort of vague kafka-esque. at retirement age when their name came up, and yet there is a full-time driving requirement. in the consequence of this malfeasance policy, it led to major accidents, big insurance liability payouts. general industry dysfunction. we had a couple of suicides are even more by k medallion holders and did not want to go through the humiliation to get the medallions back, and there have been many lawsuits in state court. i mention this because there are people in the r

students graduating from our high schools -- these young men and women who have done everything we asked of them in our ke fully ready for postsecondary constitutey or a job, going forward, we will reclaim that mission by ensuring there is a more seamless transition from high school to further study, and from postsecondary stewedy to the work force. when our young people are facing a difficult job market and stiff global competition for good jobs, we must do everything in our power to ensure that our education system provides graduates will real opportunities. our postsecondary institutions must maintain an intense focus on employability and creating job opportunities. and in today's competitive global environment, where technology is constantly reshaping the economy, that means abandoning the ivory tower model and adapting to meet the needs of business. the focus on practical education is why i'm announcing "go build georgia" this evening. go build is a public-private initiative that will round out our work force development program by educating young people and the public at large about the skilled tra

everything started from there. >> the original reason for the traffic stop was tinted windows. >> the suspect was charged with petty theft. in the man at was not armed or dangerous. the k-9 unit found him hiding around these homes and apartments. he went slightly without a fight is now in custody. in >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. cost ahead hall prep error >>james: we are back, a burglary suspects is still at large in san francisco. why police are having a tough time getting to him. yoli eceves is live on the scene. >>yoli: at the last time they spoke to the suspect's he was more or less on this side of the hillside. they spoke with him sometime between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m.. at that time, a plainclothes officer made contact with him and he shouted at the opposite to turn off his white. officers have been down here waiting to see if he is going to come down or if the light hits first and then, they plan on going up there to search for him. in the meantime, things have been active. officers have been searching on the other side of the hill. this is a pretty steep hill. they wanted to restore that he could make the crossover to the side -- that

everything is okay. it eventually spread to two others next to it. they say they had little time to get out. this started at k 100 firefighters an hour to knock it down. neighbor nancy kenyon just watched me show saw the orange glow get bigger and bigger. >> they're redwood and tender. >> did you evacuate. >> oh, yeah. they had everybody out of the houses. so we had to leave. they said we'll take whatever you can. >> one person was taken to a hospital. another person was treated for breathing problems on the scene. in all we're told ten people were displaced because of this. jon and laura, back to you. >>> a $25,000 reward being offered now for information about a friday night shooting in oakland that killed a 5-year-old boy. it happened on 55th avenue in front of the father's taco truck. he was helping unload supplies when he was shot. pligs say a man was waiting to open fire and zwrumped in a car and took off from the scene. >> concord police are looking for two men who robbed a pizza delivery man after luring him to what turned out to be a vacant house. it happened just north of solano way. investigators s

where he d and partners daughter had gone k missing in new york city and mitt romney closed down the fird in boston, took the partners to new york, did everything he could to help find dismissing wn important her daughter at his company that there were able to help find the daughter. that was turned into a campaign ad which come across to come as awkward -- to some as awkward. mitt romney does have a compassionate side of iran that at about that incident to try to bring that side of him across. >host: next as an independent call from florida caller: caller: i was troubled more than anything else by mitt romney's comments in nevada with people in foreclosure that they should let the free market to its business and people should be kicked out of their homes and then the corporations would come in and rent out those houses and wouldn't that be in a lovely resolution to the problem. also, i only got a little bit of money from my speaking engagements, 3 and $75,000 is a little bit of money and corporations are people, too. the democrats -- teddy roosevelt was a wealthy man, aftere was a wealthy man. kennedy was a wealthy man but they identified with

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karl with a k was talking about there is fraction of a percentage difference in some of these polls. if the turnout is 5% higher and gets to 130,000, everything gets skewed because there is such a tiny little universe of votes going on here, caucus-goers here, the turnout fluctuation would jigger or rejigger everything and the margin would be only a few hundred votes. >> that's why even a few hundred or 1,000 or 2 college kids who say, by god i like that ron paul because he is antiwar and isolationist and i will go vote in the caucuses could make a big difference tonight. jon: the fascinating thing about this whole process you could come out of here tonight with one fairly clear-cut winner. you could come out with a treo essentially tied, right? >> the old saw, as carl cameron said ever time during his coverage, win, place or show in iowa gives you a ticket to new hampshire. what is interesting we may have a couple candidates who come out of here with enough resources to fight again another day like in south carolina, in perry and gingrich but without any, not, win, place or showing in iowa and that's going to make an interesting dynamic. jon

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