i'm phil torres and i'm here with kosta and marita.ow, scientists are detecting millions of earthquakes around the world. what technology do you study to help mitigate them? >> here is san francisco's bay bridge. they absorb the areas of the earthquake while leaving the rest of the infrastructure intact. really, really cool. let's check it out. rising from the san francisco bay is the newest architectural jewel of northern california. the new bay bridge, which connects san francisco and oakland, is now open for business. and what a sight it is to see! roughly 280,000 vehicles travel the east and westbound lanes each day. it's now the widest bridge in direction. this is six years worth of round the clock time lapse video of the new 2.2 mile east span. the project cost $6.4 billion. this is earthquake country. the great san francisco quake of 1906 wiped out 80% of the city. the old bay bridge opened in 1936. and it sits in the worst possible spot: right between two major fault lines. the san andreas and the hayward faults. and the worst-

i'm phil torres and here with kosta and marita.is story i got to do is one of my favorites. helping technology change people's lives. this is a robot that paraplegic people can use to walk again. let's take a look. >> hi! >> this dream happening today. >> these kids from a summer camp near aspen, colorado is if to give amanda a lifesaving gift. a gift she hasn't been able to do here since she was paralyzed in a horrific accident 21 years ago. >> now i want to invite the kids to have at it and rip into it. >> it is a buy ontic robot called exo. a battery powered external skeleton that gives her body the power to do this: >> are you ready? >> three two one blast off! >> whoa! >> and this. >> i'm walk, you guys! >> and even this! [ crying ] >> the technology is so cutting-edge that amanda is the first person in the united states to own one. >> the moment she stood up, i was just amazed because she's been sitting down for 21 years! and that first feeling to stand up again, it's just -- i would have been thrilled obe in that position. >

now, kosta, coming up next, what phone?> brand-new company has uncovered a way to track your phone through your wi-fi. >> we will see that coming up next. >> we want to hear what you think about these stories. join the conversation by following us on twitter and at aljazeera.com. >>> welcome back to "techknow." kosta, when it comes to tracking, we will see it in a spy film but you are finding it in a different context? >> companies are using your cell phones to market to you now. we went to toronto and visited a number of companies who are using your bluetooth, wifi signal, cellular that's sold bying a greg gat to explore where you are going and what you are looking at so they can market to you more effectively. let's check it out. toronto, canada. it's arguably the hippest and probably most closely monitored shopping center in all of canada. how? by something everybody carries. smart phones over a dozen businesses on this mile long strip are monitoring phones and most people don't know about it. one is happy child bar and

now, kosta, coming up next, what phone?> brand-new company has uncovered a way to track your phone through your wi-fi. >> we will see that coming up next. >> we want to hear what you think about these stories. join the conversation by following us on twitter and at aljazeera.com. >> al jazeera america's presents the system with joe burlinger observing a crime >> a shocking number of these eyewitnesses get it wrong >> how much would you remember? >> dark complected... medium height... you described most of the majority of the men in america >> sometimes witnesses get it right >> when you have an eyewitness to say i saw him do it, that is the best evidence. >> and sometimes sometimes they don't >> no one is listening to us... george is innocent... >> the system with joe burlinger only on al jazeera america >> i'm ali velshi, the news has become this thing where you talk to experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. w

this comes one day after a massive fireworks bust in contra kosta county. the fire department showed off the stash of more than a ton of illegal fireworks. much of it commercial grade. very serious stuff. authorities arrested three men after they were allegedly caught trying to sell the explosives on craigslist complete with a catalog of potential customers. the fireworks have a street value of close to $100,000. >>> well, coming up next after the break, thousands of inmates here in california may be released early. we'll show you a new initiative that could save the state millions of dollars. >>> plus, iraq turning into a war zone again. now u.s. drones and jets are flying over the country. the next step to bring peace to the region. >>> and good saturday evening to you. windy in the city. a little breezy tonight in the south bay. we have some heat headed your way. triple digits in the forecast. they're not going to last long but we'll detail the changes for your specific micro climate when nbc bay area news comes right back. did you hear about the abomina

. >> as his colleague bob kostas remembers. >> he was always the quintessential fellow, he knew the namef the intern that would bring coffee. he was as likable a person as you would ever want to encounter. >> but on day two of this story, much of that history was in the process of being rewritten. the crime scene was now crawling for cops looking for clues and collecting evidence. blood was everywhere and inside the walls of simpson's rockingham estate, detective mark fuhrman went behind kato's bungalow and discovered a moist, bloody glove, similar to the one at the crime scene. >> so we look at the glove and it looks like at the same type. >> and it was a right-handed glove? >> yeah, the same everything. >> detectives also found a trail of blood drops on simpson's driveway, leading from the white ford bronco parked on the street. lang braced himself for what was to come. >> this is very sensitive now. it's a celebrity case. everybody is going to want a piece of this. everybody is going to have an opinion. you cannot be influenced by the media or anybody else. >> at midnight last night,

bob kostas was hosting the pregame and halftime shows for nbc. >> all of a sudden this greek tragedy part of the mix and it's going on concurrently. the drama without a script. >> suspect is possibly armed but use caution. >> it was a real gun, loaded, he could have used it. and you can't take a chance with someone. >> there are pedestrians all over the roadway, 10-4. >> detective tom lang had simpson's cell phone number and was able to reach him. we have retained a recording of that conversation. >> just let me get to my house. i swear, i'll give you me, my whole body. >> lang used every bit of police and pop psychology he knew to keep simpson's hand on the phone and off the trigger. >> you're scaring everybody. >> you can tell them later today that i'm sorry. i'm sorry that i did this to the police department. >> i think you should tell them yourself. i don't want to have to tell your kids that. your kids need you. >> i've already said good-bye to my kids. >> these are the actions of a desperate map, not the actions of an innocent man, the actions of an irrational man. could he kil

. >> robert kosta, you spent time down there. of i wir ill lega? >> i think it was frustration. i was with him in cold water, mississippi, after the initial round of balloting. i asked his campaign manager, what was the strategy for the three-week runoff, they didn't have one. they spent three weeks getting outgunned because cochran brought in two top national republican consultants and reached out to democrats and republicans while the tea party behind mcdaniel was doing a little bit of grassroots organizing. >> you hear raw protest, amy, saying this was wrong asking democrats to play in a republican runoff. some think it was illegal although state law allows it and they're saying, you know what, if this is the way we're treated by the establish am, we should break off. would chris mcdaniels run as a write in? >> this seems like the heat of the moment. the reality is, if you're a republican, this should be, can't think about it if you're on the losing end, but a good sign for them. where democrats have beaten republicans is on t

robert kosta covers congress for "washington post."pends a lot of time chasing down news on capitol hill along with our congressional correspondent nancy cordes. robert, you're getting all the congratulationss this week because you are the one reporter that went down to richmond reported that there was real trouble brewing down there for eric cantor. and i went back read your story it reads better today than it did even back then. you nailed this. you heard reince priebus he says that republicans are united he's kind of say this was just local politics down there. there was not really a lessen for republicans if i understood it what is your take? >> what i heard from the chairman is party that still reeling from the defeat of eric cantor and they're trying to project confidence the head of the mid term elections. the laws of eric cantor mean much more defeat someone in their own richmond district. eric cantor was the standard bearer. with him out the party is unstable, they're trying to find path ahead on immigration right now i'm not

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a couple of comments and tweets from robert kosta of the "washington post," he said marlin stutzman is spending the morning working his 2010 class and letting jordan and mulvaney do his bidding with hardliners. a tweet from bob cusack of the hill. for the first time scalise has more public backers than roskam. that vote this afternoon. here on c-span in a couple minutes we hope to take you live back to the capitol hill to hear from democratic leader nancy pelosi. her briefing was set for 10:30. obviously starting a bit late. we'll have it live once it starts. we also expect to hear from speaker boehner at about 11:30 eastern. one more tweet here, this is from alberta, covering the leadership in the house, tweeted that the magic number to win today's whip race is 116 not 117. two members, he tweets, nunnelee and mull vainy, will not be here to vote. 231 tote a we talked to tim alberta this morning on "washington journal." here's what had he to say. now at our news desk joinis is the house leadership reporter with the national journal. here to talk to us about this election coming up on

. >>> three baby kittens were saved by firefighters in contra kosta county after they responded to a fire. it started around 2:00 yesterday afternoon on hill crest avenue in pittsburgh. firefighters say they were dealing with what they called an extreme horder situation. they had to cut their way into the house because all the doors were blocked. three newborn kittens were discovered in the process. at least two of the kittens were treated with oxygen before all three were handed over to animal control. >>> we're learning more about a fire that swept through a small cordelia neighborhood in fairfield. that fire jumped across interstate 680 to the northeast side friday afternoon and destroyed or damaged three homes and four buildings. yesterday, residents did go back to the neighborhood. the newspaper reporter helped keep the fire from spreading. >> got the whole field on fire. all the stuff there and my wife also there. >>> firefighters look into the cause of a brush fire that threatened hopes in el sabronte. firefighters were stretched thin and in another part of the county. >> not

they say the heat is expecting to be especially intense in the eastern part of contra kosta county.t year, 17 people had to be treated for heat-related emergencies at a graduation in brentwood. >>> coming up at 9:44, tracy morgan remains in critical condition after a crash in new jersey. the well wishes that are coming and new information about the driver. >> and controversy over twinkies and the comments written in a high school yearbook that one student said is an example of bullying. at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, which is why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and why with our partner in brazil, we are producing a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane to fuel cars. let's broaden the world's energy mix, let's go. bay detainees. >>> tony of the clinic release his decision yesterday. he's honored but decided to remain with the nonprofit medical center. former veterans secretary eric shinseki amid reports of veterans waiting for months to see a doctor and allegations that

kosta -- costa, for five minutes. mr. costa: thank you, mr. speaker.t is with great pride i recognize audra mcdonald, an award winning actress and singer from my hometown, fresno, california. audra who i have the pleasure of knowing personally made history on sunday when you were watching the tony awards when she received her sixth, sixth tony award. this win makes her the most statue laidened tone a ward winner in our nation's history. her most recent award, as many of you know, was for her billie e portrayal of holliday in lady emerson's bar and grill. she began her career with my friend, dan, and the good company players while attending roosevelt high school. she then went on to graduate from julliard school of new york in 1993. audra has seen great success on broadway, television, and opera. in addition to having won three tony awards at the age of 28, she's also received numerous grammy awards, drama desk awards, and critic circle awards. there's almost nothing she wasn't performed in her field with the best. she also has been able to display her