they have laundromats. they have their own spaces where they read, play video games. it is really like a small, microcosm of what they might find back in the united states. >> what do you hope that viewers take away from seeing your body of work or the exhibition as a whole? >> i think it is important for people to question how much we do or do not know about afghanistan, but conflict in general. too often today, i think we see one or two images and we think we understand what is going on in a part of the world, and we should try to get away from that. we should question what we know about a conflict, where we got the information, and always look for new perspectives and new focus is on topics that we think we already understand. >> james, thank you for spending time with us, and congratulations on the exhibition and letting san francisco see this big body of work of yours. >> thanks. >> hello, good evening. it is a great pleasure to be here with all of you tonight. i'm the director of your office of neighborhood services, and it is with great pleasure that we welcome

they have laundromats. they have their own spaces where they read, play video games. it is really like a small, microcosm of what they might find back in the united states. >> what do you hope that viewers take away from seeing your body of work or the exhibition as a whole? >> i think it is important for people to question how much we do or do not know about afghanistan, but conflict in general. general. too often today, i think we see

if all due to a fire at a laundromat. you could see the gray clouds building wings into the air.is looking into what caused the blaze. as creepy as this looks, it's not as seen from off like it, the red water was discovered in a creek in ohio, fire officials say rain washed away from a diet from the powder coating company. it was put in a holding area until authorities could figure out how to remove it. the waste water department said the die is similar to food coloring and is nontoxic and biodegradable. look at this photo that nasa tweeted out showing a lightning bolts around the space shuttle endeavor as it sat on a launch pad in the middle the storm. the endeavor shuttle mission has been scratched today due to mechanical problems. nasa hopes to try again monday >>catherine:catherine live at ocean beach in san francisco, a pretty afternoon out there all the brightest and telling us a little windy at times. winds roughly 30 mi. an hour. more news coming up after this. Ñ# ái

i look out for his laundromat because he has problems that he can't afford. if he is not there, nobody is there to call the police. what i service when i walker of the area, i look at the properties around the streets. i tell him the the garage door is open, but the lights are still there. this is part of the service, doing my job. if i was doing this for money, i would be making a lot more. i do this because i am a native san franciscan and i want to serve my community. i would do this for a heckuva lot more money than a lot of people make. this, to me, is part of the job. >> how you define your job, whitby any different if you were a private security? perhaps a premium private security business, independent from the city. would you not still be doing the same services? >> i work for a private security company for about 25 years. the headaches that are involved , you can charge a lot more to a client. i have thought about it. but does not wear my heart is. my heart is here in the city. if i had a choice between doing private security or moving elsewhere, i w

i'd work in a laundromat. i would do whatever it took to feed my family. >> reporter: and folks like joe are succeeding, diane, not only because they're desperate, but because they say people are starting to spend more. joe told me that people aren't just buying doors anymore, they're having their kitchens and bathrooms redone. diane? >> well, great to hear about joe and those workers behind you. matt, may there be many more jobs in the month ahead. thank you. >>> and we have more good news on another front tonight, about the yearly mountain of traffic deaths in this country. that number has dropped, dramatically. last year, fewer people died on american highways than any year since 1949 when they started keeping the records. and the overall number is down 25% in the past five years. abc's lisa stark now on what is driving this change. >> reporter: to get a sense of just how far we've come, take a look. two chevys, 1959 meets 2009. our cars of 50 years ago, no match for the safety designs of today. just in the