over half a year and have sacrificed a lot now andrea us will have to face the challenge without kasten. $45.00 participants from 5 countries at the start of the burger bill offered. 3 years faces a 350 kilometer trick over the next few days. the motion and his dogs will head into norway's arctic circle for the 1st leg. ice cold winds and temperatures as low as 40 degrees below 0 celsius will push them to their limits. regular breaks will be necessary the physical strain is enormous and the dogs need to recover. mental concentration is also crucial for both man and dog. after 5 and a half hours and j.s. and his dogs reach the 1st checkpoint invites. they've managed around 70 kilometers . and it was quite a relaxed 1st leg the dogs found their rhythm after about 20 kilometers of course it wasn't easy the quicker they lie down now and have a rest the quicker we can recover. and then we'll say. the brakes are just as important in the race as the long runs too little sleep for the dogs and the musher can have dramatic consequences. while unfair sets off again after 4 hours rest over sled do

but christian kasten tells us some san franciscans are saying if that is the case, they are not seeing on the streets. >>> in a city the size of san francisco, crime is a reality. now, three weeks into the new year, san francisco's police have data comparing 2019 to 2018, and the chief of police says the news is good. >> we are pleased with the way our statistics trended in 2019, particularly with violent crime. the department says violent crime is down, homicide down 11%. robberies and aggravated assaults, down as well. the same story with property crimes. burglaries down 14%, auto burglaries down 2%, out at seventh street market, many say they may hear that crime is down, but that doesn't match up with what they are seeing. >> what i do see is an absence of a police presence here on one of the more challenging corners of san francisco. and what i see is a plethora of drug use and drug dealing. that is just a fact. >> reporter: chief scott says he hears those concerns and is working to take the data learned over the last year and applied that going forward with a focus on some of the