measured change in sea level. as well as a number of different models projecting future sea levels. you can see that sea level has been steadily rising over the past 130 years, generally consistent with human fossil fuel use. between 1901 and 2010, sea level rise was estimated at 1.7 millimeters per year. recently updated satellite measurements from the university of colorado sea level research group show a rise of 3.2 millimeters per year from 1993 to 2013. the rate of increase has already nearly doubled, and according to the ipcc, that rate is likely to accelerate. in rhode island, our tide gauge in newport shows an increase in average sea level of nearly ten inches since 1930. consistent with the global trends, measurements at our newport tide gauge show that the rate of sea level rise has also increased in the past two decades. local coastal erosion rates have doubled. from 1990 to 2006. and some freshwater coastal wetlands are already transitioning to salt marsh from freshwater as they're inundated by the sea. a rhode island coastal resources management council has documented 1

. >> they can be associated with a decrease in testosterone levels. so if you interfere with the testosterone levels, they don't quite go up all the way. in animal studies, it's been shown to be linked to cryptorchidism, so, undescended testicles, and hypospadias, which is incomplete formation of the male reproductive organs. >> pthalates may also be feminizing boys. scientists found that pthalates may be associated with a shorter ano-genital distance-- the distance between the genitals and anus, a subtle marker of feminization in boys. the american chemistry council, which represents chemical manufacturers, says pthalates are among the most thoroughly studied compounds in the world and have a history of safe use. but pthalates are banned from children's toys in more than 10 countries and the european union. in the united states, 3 pthalates were permanently banned from children's toys and child-care articles in 2008 because of their potential to leach from plastic that's chewed or sucked. >> the worst actors have been taken out of children's toys, bu

level.here is two levels of an enclosed shopping mall, about 202 stores there including some major ones, lord and taylor, nordstrom, macy's and jc penney. hundreds of officers descended on that mall. >> reporter: police don't know the identities of those killed. they don't have a motive. they are just a couple of hours into this. three dead, one of those that is dead was found near a gun and ammunition. the working assumption is that this person came in, shot the two other people and then turned the gun on him or herself. that's the assumption right now. they are still conducting interviews. that is what they are going off from the mall here. as far as the situation right now, there are still people sheltering in place. local police chief said unfortunately people are learning what to do in these situations. they knew to shelter in police, put a barricade around them and remain as quiet as possible until the threat passed. police officers are now going through this mall store to store, findi

and you're looking at that debt level you think what's the. the probability of me hanging out of my job in the future and if you think of probability is low it will not consume no matter how the voting rights fall so it's really the fact that we live the private sector and take on that much debt and fundamentally that's because the financial sector profits by creating debt and already talk about america being dominated what was and how it used to call the military industrial complex that's been replaced by a far more dangerous object i call the politico financial complex and the politicians can't imagine an america without a financial sector of the scale that it is but the size of the financial sector is the major cause for america's problems so it's going to be a long hard road to reduce that debt level and get it to the down to the side where the financial sector falls back to being the servant of the physical economy rather than a small stop and unfortunate that's what we live but they do and in many ways the zero interest rate policy of th

if you are going inbound or outbound, it's full level at all the doors. the second one is high level side platform so it's only serving one direction. all of the doors are at the full high level and the steps would be up on the train. this is a typical stop for the s line. you have the low level island where people who are ambulatory would board from the island and you have at the end the high level portion where the driver would move the car forward and they use a bridge because those old historic cars don't have high low steps. you use the bridge which covers the steps and allows the user to board. people are able to use all of the historic cars and we modify each one with a special bridge so people can go on the english car or the car from italy or from japan. many of our riders they have not had a chance to go on those cars before. i think the f line has been something that people really appreciate. one thing i wanted to mention on this flat form is ideally we would love to have a 2-car island and then a ramp and the level platform on the surface of t

if their reading and writing levels aren't at that level, then how are we measuring or assessing knowledge and comprehension. and also what kind of support are they going to be given and then the stamina issue and then i have to just mention that suppose students have glossaries, will have dictionaries, so in order for me to look at something in a glossary, it takes time. these are timed test. will our students at el be at greater disadvantage. i think nationwide, you will see that parents are in uproar about it. a lot of these come from english learning communities. how are these children going to be able to compete. i ask these of you for our students and how much from our budget will this require. you said it will take a supplemental from our general fund. have we estimated how much this will cost us. i think this is new. i know it's coming on the pike, i think that it's coming when we agree or we don't agree. i think that at this time when you are asking for feedback and presenting it to the board, these are my concerns. i don't expect you to have all the answers to them now, but i wou

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and you're looking at that debt level you think what's the probability of me hanging on to my job in the future and if you think of probability is low it will not consume no matter how water rights fall so it's really the fact that we live the private sector and take on that much debt and fundamentally that's because the financial sector profits by creating debt and already talk about america being dominated what was it how it used to call the military industrial complex that's been revised off on more dangerous object i call the politico financial complex and the politicians can't imagine an america without a financial sector of the scale that it is but the size of the financial sector the major cause for america's problems so it's going to be a long hard road to reduce that debt level and get it to the down to the side where the financial sector falls back to being the servant of the physical economy rather than a small stop and unfortunate that's what we live but they do and in many ways the zero interest rate policy of the fed is because you are adding betting that imbalance in t

in the preamble brands like google are getting their top level. if you want authoritative information about google. go to a dot google address. >> i ali velshi.com, but not ali velshi.pizza et cetera. is there something i should do. >> if you want to protect that, there are ways to do that. we'll find that the trademark concerns are limited. there'll be attention in the number of small businesses finding a new and better way to communicate on the internet. >> if i'm a major corporation and want a top-level domain, how does one create it. >> you have to apply. sure, if you are role ex, you have to apply to the entity, and go through the process. the first phase happened. it's been 1900 applications for 1,000 unique strings. there are about 500 brands that applied. if you didn't ply in this round, you'll have to wait a couple of years. >> will individuals ply. >> there's no restrictions on who can apply. the phase is done. the names that were plied. >> how does that come about. >> thank you for doing this. >> all right. final thought tonight. back t

-- especially at the regional level. a different look and take on overhauling housing across the country, which is always a problem. how can tom communities receive funds. that is the one place where an atomic committees received dollars for those who may not realize it directly from the federal government. it goes around -- dollars go to states and counties first. you know where the rubber meets the road. >> not that we do not love our governors. >> the money has a funny way of not exactly going at the same rate and in the same manner when he goes to two other jurisdictions. on the has met money -- hazmet, disaster relief money, sometimes even four in ptolemy communities do not find their way directly. for the last few years are brought up here and maybe there is a way to do it through a reservation at some point, but to maybe draw some tighter guidelines so that in emergencies when it is probably most important this money flows right, we are not circumventing some things that would be helpful in terms of that money flo

if you visit at level 5, level 5 is much more of a quiet unit and they become much calmer.rative. they become much more willing to comply with the level system. >> lean forward. you're leaning back too far. there you go. all right. like part of the family. >> why is that? >> well, we've known each other 20 years. who do you know 20 years? >> your visiting hours are from 8:30 through 3:30 wednesday through fridays. you're allowed to have up to 15 visitors on your visiting days. you understand? >> yes, sir. >> after learning the rules that govern level 5, sears is transferred along with his belongings to his new tier, a place where he'll have a chance to work, eat and socialize with other inmates. the level system appears to be working. >> you're always going to have the hard-core cases but from the old main facility, there's no telling the change that i see from then to where we're at today, which is the level system, which is the best thing i've ever seen in my whole career. if the inmates do good, they get more privileges. if they do bad, they get less. and it's something

the rentals rates for the units for the moderate level units. i wrote them down fast but i understand $2,400 >> i'm sorry could you repeat numbers please. so based on 2013 numbers the affordable would range from 24 hundred to 3 thousand from a one to 3 bedroom and for the market rate for the other units is 3 thousand to 4 thousand 2 hundred. >> and the rate you get to you work backwards and you look at thirty percent of that gross income and that gets you to how much the monthly rent b will be it's in the 24 hundred flat they'll be upgrading it periodically. >> yes. that's correct and those are the assumptions that are tied to - >> sorry want to clarify those are for one using a family of 4 and they change smaller will households have smaller income but. >> the table goes from one hundred 10 down. so they circulate based on that you'll have 4 people in the - >> it make sense from a rationale standpoint. >> that's why people ask that. >> yes commissioner mondejar. >> i think ms. reilly can you address the decision your rem this can you explain or

. >> rising temperatures are raising sea levels.f technology, jake ward spoke to a marine hecologist about the impact that changing sea levels could have on america's biggest cities. >> tell us what you can show us about san francisco where we are right now. >> so this is google earth. and what i've done is i've overlaid an image of water, and you can control the altitude and you can wrote it to see the sea levels all over the world. this is a 5-meter sea level rise, and depending on tidal cycle, this would this could be a foot above. >> so this is a bad day with only really a meter or so of rise, which is pretty much what they're predicting what we'll see by the end of the center he. >> i got a lot of requests for washington d.c. and we can fly over there to see what it looks like with 5 meters of rise. is that the idea? >> it wasn't planned this way, but i launched on your calendar during the sequester, and so a lot of people wanted to see the capital in particular. >> maybe show us brooklyn. >> all right. >> how it's hit so hard

that same level of training. in the ems division, there's a paramedic supervisor and chief, and there are paramedics overseeing their colleagues who are paramedics and yeah. i can read verbatim a statement they wrote. the ambulance personnel do receive the support from h 33 captains. they're all paramedics trained. is it the captain who has the responsible of personnel. station 49, the status work location is also staffed. i did okay. >> okay. thank you, chief. >> so i'm going to allow supervisor chiu to we are question and we'll open up to public comment. the planning will be achieved supervisor had to leave and what your thoughts are. hopefully we see you. but how does this succession happen up and down the department. so certainly, one of the many role of the fire chief is make sure we're looking forward. we have been challenged for that. when you stepped out of the room, i talked about a loss of resources both uniform to take analytical looks at what our department is going to look at 2025. >> certainly we wo

but that's based on the budget levels that we were given. and as i mentioned earlier, i think they might be a bit too low. it's not something that will happen tomorrow. this reduction will continue to happen between now through the end of this decade as we move forward. >> the proposed cuts to military pensions have been of course a lightning rod on both sides of that issue. tell us if you make the cuts that have been proposed to recent retirees who are not yet of retirement age, is that breaking a promise that was made to those people when they joined the military? >> so the issue of paying compensation is a big issue and an important issue. i will not discuss specifically what was passed in the last bill. i'm going -- i want to talk about paying compensation in general terms. so the way i would describe this is that back in the late 1990's and 2000's there was a pay gap between those serving in the military and those with equivalent education levels, experience, etc., in our civilian sector. so everyone has worked very hard to close that g

the levels were down, we thought they were safe. but all of a sudden it's time for preventive maintenance. we had to pull the radiator out. everything that comes out of the aircraft has to scan, and it's reading over 20,000 ccpm, which you said was four times higher than the level we should be wearing not only a ty vex suit and rubber gloves, bus seating inside the aircraft, we were never instructed to take out internal components of the aircraft when trying to measure radiation. we were doing the airframe. that was a scary moment there. >> many of the people who were suing were on the u.s.s. ronald reagan who were sent to help. they went right into a radiation plume and they desalinate the water on the airplane -- this made them terribly sick. so why not sue the navy? why just sue the tokyo company? >> well, for -- first off there's a lot of guys on the suit that are still in the military. and you constant sue the navy. you can't do that -- can't do the navy. when you sign contracts when you're up for service you can't do that. i t

you can see across the sierra very low levels of snow actually right now. we're looking at 29.1% of the country dealing with snow. that means most of the country is very dry, that's all the way back from april 1st. this is very below average for this time of the year. this is a look at mt. shasta typically this time of year covered in snow but right now very dry as you can see here over the portions of the mountain. we're dealing with dry conditions across australia as well. we have a ridge of high pressure really across the southwest. whenever you have a ridge of high pressure the winds around the ridge are clockwise, funneling through the mountains of southern california and increasing the risk of fire danger. backbreaking work for the men and women who are fighting the fires. we'll continue to look at the pattern not just today but the next several weeks as the storms head to the northwest and portions of the pacific canada. it will be dry here today across most of the southwest. back to you. >> thanks so much. visitors travel to the florida keys for fis

ation agreements and that's why we both agreed to push you bilateral consultations at expert level on the eastern partnership s association agreements and the economy consequences on both sites. as a concrete and telling example of the huge potential for all i would repeat what i said last saturday was so in one nine hundred ninety to prosperity levels where the same in potent and ukraine and today poland least three times more prosperous than ukraine and here i am only talking of economic dimension. as association agreements including free trade agreements between european union and partners like moldova georgia or ukraine or forty compatible with russia's existing trait arrangements we he's countries to trade agreements can't interact constructively with the customs union as long as w t o rules are applied and free decision making is guaranteed and we expect that is sessions with moldova and georgia have made vinnie use would be confirmed with a signature of these agreements by early alton at the latest european union is closely following the developments in ukraine and strongly con

they're not engaging with them until the collegiate level. the lower we can attack this problem, the more success we're going to have with helping the adult. >> this is going to be something that will fake a long time to solve. >> we'll get the community involved: >> so who is to blame when student-athletes are not ready for life after sports? tweet us your thoughts. we'll get them in right after the break. >> every sunday night, al jazeera america presents extraordinary films from the worlds top documentary directors this week: is love enough? >> that was a dream of ours... four children.... >> a little girl, removed from everything she's ever known... >> she's gone through a ton of orphan stuff... >> if their hopes don't turn out to be the reality...are they gonna crash? >> an unflinching look at a family learning to love >> i think she could have used a hug... >> dark matter of love on al jazeera america >> welcome back. we're talking about life after college sports. before the break we asked who is responsible to get student-athletes read

in the new top-level do any there will be less of that activity. there has been specificity of what you get now that the desire to infringe at microsoft.pizza is not going to be there. for a variety of reasons we believe it will be safer places. in the preamble it was mentioned that brands are getting their own. if you want to get authoritative information about google, go to a google address. >> i own velshi.com, but i don't velshi.pizza. if i want to protect myself do i have to buy those? >> i think there will be a lot more attention in the number of small business who is find a new and better way to communicate on the internet. >> if i'm a major corporation, and i want a top level domain i can create it. how does one do that. >> you go to apply, if you're rolex, you go to apply to the entity. go through that process. that first phase has already happened. there have been 19 applications for about a thousand unique streams. so there are about 500 brands that have already applied in this round. if you didn't apply in this round, and you want to ap

built that measures the glucose level in tears. prototype looks and feels like a regular soft con contact lens, but inside of it we have a tiny chip that allows to continually monitor the blood glucose levels. >> reporter: the results can be send to a smartphone or computer. and they are also considering putting tiny lights into the lens. it is not the first such project, microsoft has been working on a similar lens. another smart contact lens has been developed about a swiss company. google says it diabetic smart lens is at an early level of development. and it is likely to be five years before it is available to the public. innovations the developers hope in time will improve our health. >>> it is no secret that smoking kills, and now there are more reasons to think twice before lighting up, a new report by the surgeon general adding new diseases to the list of smoking related illnesses, including type two diabetes, rum toid authorize advertise and others. >> today we call upon all americans to continue to work to advance this ol

the levels were down. we thought they were safe. because of preventive maintenance, it's time to pull a radiators out of the engine. everything that comes out of the aircraft has to be scanned. it was reading over 20,000 ccpn, like what you said was four times higher an the level we should wear, not only a double suit and gloves and respirator, and this thing has been growing and seething inside the aircraft because we were not instructed or know to take out engine components when trying to measure radiation. we were doing the outside airframe. many of the people suing were on the uss ronald reagan. part of the issue was they went into a radiation plume and they desalinated the water. that's what they use to drink, to bathe in to brush their teeth and that this obviously made them terribly sick. why not sue the navy. why just sue the tokyo company. well, first off there's a lot of guys on the suit that are in the military. you can't sue the navy. you can't do that. we sign paperwork and contracts when we upped the service that you c

now we are at the tallest level. go out it door. please be careful when you go through this doorway t. is very low. be very mindful that the iron is very hard and 9 last thing you your head on hit this. so, please be very careful and go through the doorway. radial scheme he and how the capitol is the focal oint of washington is so clear at this point. the access of the mall, maryland avenue, pennsylvania avenue, all radiating from this central poi point. ust the beauty of the city opens before you when you stand at this level. top plate at the there are a series of through railing t hold the together. ballusters. ugh the as rust has developed and the the top s pushed up plate has cracked and that is stress in the iron work. what it does is compromise the structural integrity of that piece.lar we are not concerned about it because there is so much edundancy in the iron work design but we put it here as a measure to ensure that until work is repaired during this phase we don't have any forces against the railing. he me it is symbolic

bills might face because we see on of on a federal level of a national level that's not a left or right issue as we were just talking about we have no love here is joining with progressives on this issue but you don't you see the breakdown on leadership versus rank and file members it's. the house leadership in senate leadership that tend to be defending to say especially on the intelligence committees and it's rank and file members who are kind of pushing these reform efforts while it's also people who have been in washington for a while who have made friends with people in the intelligence agencies people who have worked with people in the surveillance state private contracting industries i think it's a lot of that as well it's not just rank and file versus leadership it's people who have cavorted with the with the private intelligence complex and people who have been elected into office to try to confront those things as well that include. also what these lawmakers are pushing think of edward snowden you see on a federal lever level the lawmakers who are pushing for these reforms sti

it has brought up the level of, you know, the income level for the average chinese person but it is still, you know, way, way below where it hopefully will be when the middle class of changing grows to a substantial level so it will begin to grow. we don't see china growth slowing down significantly in the near future. they have a long way to go and they have a a population to lift to that middle class level that they aspire to? >> we in the united states tried to encourage people to save money while 25i789 being consumers. china has struggled to make consumers out 6 their people and some critics argue it has not moved fast enough? >> is it has begun to move. while the growth in china was predominantly driven by export, clearly investment has picked up 2345 big way, probably too big a way to where consumption s now it's a question for the chinese policy makers to orientate the chinese people into more consumption but it's coming. >> your report also indicates that japan may have left the worst behind them. >> possibly. we certainly hope so because it was stuck in that 10 years deflation t

and lowaway, still high levels.we were talking to people, people started to say, we want to have data about where we are living. the japanese government was basically pushing averages for cities. people are not an average. people are living in the streets, not the city. measure every single street for our goal. in the last three years we have been doing that. this month we're passing the 15 millionth location. basically every street in japan has been at least measured once, if not many, many more times. >> what is the gadget you have brought here? >> let me show you. this is the system we are currently using. we have a few hundred of these in use by our volunteers. it is basically a geiger counter that is in a waterproof and shock proof case. what happens is, the sensor is on the other side. >> it is about the size of a little transistor radio. >> yes. >> five inches by three inches. >> somewhere around that, yes. as you close the car window, the thing it's outside the car. basically, you just switch it on and off a

of subsidy is it best to go from incomes at that level or for the moderate and he lower income level. you folks need to think about this. we think the original proposal with the state developer is good policy and fits with our middle income pricing for the entire city. i'll be happy to talk about it more. >> (calling names). >> thank you peter. commissioners there's a da limb here i've been facing since 1970 with affordable housing and i need to make a correction about hope 6 that you are not aware of. it was public housing tenant that brought hope 6 into hunter's point. it was in hunters view. and now he made a statement about policy changing. you see your agency decided they want to make a policy change they make is and don't come to the people for their thoughts. i received a letter i have a certificate. i received my certify wouldn't be no good after 2016 what kind of of madness it that. there needs to be some discussions among you and your staff and your bosses the mayor of this city because i'm sick and tired of coming when i have worked with corrin for many years i have not ju

whether it be at the local level or state level. clear that thousands of campaign started. i invite all of your viewers to come and check out. moveon.org. try starting your own petition. we will help you run a powerful campaign. we're taking action together. host: the other question was all -- with all the points you mentioned, how do you pay for all of that? this is from veterans of the george w. bush administration. they write that a conservative vision of government -- they make this point. the obama years have been a high watermark, including a post- world war ii record for federal spending as a percentage of gdp at 25.2% in the obama administration. by comparison, the postwar average was 19.8%. the u.s. has amassed more than $6 trillion in debt since january 2009. prior to president obama, no president has had a budget with a trillion dollar deficit. obama has submitted four of them. your response? guest: thank you for the question. first of all, i would say that you should watch some of the videos from former labor secreatry robert reisch. one of the things that he is

this comes from our interest in understanding the tea party at both the mass level and activist level. by, whate were struck gap -- what we felt was a gap. what our concern and interest n having parallel samples of tea party supporters in the mass public as well as non- republican tea party supporters and tea party supporters at the activist level. this study is based on these two sets of surveys. there are many common questions. our mass survey is based on a sample done by you go apollo gov/polime;trix. people -- 30000 did not list the tea party is favorably. it was done in 2011 at the beginning of the primary. our lead sample is freedom works is a tea party group which as we found out is the largest tea party membership group in the country. we have a survey of 12,000 of them, which was a nice -- and we did that in december of 2011 and we followed that up in march, april, 2013, re-surveying 2600 of them. there is very little bias even though the response rate was around 25% or so.

points thereof0 the level on thursday.you also see one of these companies listed on the stock is gaining on the prospect that it could make up some of the slack because of the export ban. in australia, we are also seeing this play out. these are some of the names impacted because of the new rule. it will depend on whether or not, first, they have the assets in place to process iron ore to make up for that fact. let's look at the big boys. not a lot here. nine the price this is -- not a lot here. actually putting out one of their estimates here and they are saying they do expect correction in iron ore prices late into the first quarter. despite that, you have jefferies upping the ratings on all three of these stocks. , still rio tinto . nin rie basted disagree back to you. have seen at gold, we a tumble in recent months. mining deals suggested that we could see a rebound when it comes to the precious metal. 2013 wasn't exactly the best year for gold. it was the worst since 1981. gold prices dropped approximately $450 an oun

levels of home ownership, high levels of marriage. less involvement with the criminal justice system, less involvement with the social welfare system, and for every dollar invested there is a $17 return to society from that preschool program. that is stunning, that is amazing economic development that we can achieve. >> so just quickly finally is this something that you have to persuade the white house and the congress to go along with to make it happen? >> i think there is a lot of interest in prek education, across the political spectrum in the united states now because the evidence is so strong that there is such enormous benefit for our society. >> all right, professor david williams of harvard, we thank you very much. >> thank you. >> ifill: now to iran, and two different foreign policy challenges facing the obama administration. >> let me be crystal clear about something: iran is currently a major actor with respect to adverse consequences in syria. >> ifill: in paris today, secretary of state john kerry made plain his frustrati

very negative articles where many things are invented and so they want to destroy me at the media level so belgians will finally have a very bad image of me and say well. he's a villain or is the really the wrong louise only someone who fights against the system in place to try and reveal the truth. physical threats do not yet exist for the moment in the coming months one a stone will say right now you have no political party yourselves who are your support terrorists your allies one of the people you appeal to. well listen i have served there in parliament as an independent m.p. but two months ago i found it a political grassroots movement called rise up belgians and this movement is aimed at all citizens it is true that first and foremost we relate to the disadvantaged across the middle class in belgium just because these people today are the first who are the victims of zionist and ultra liberal policies of our governments in place and especially of european policy so these are the first people who join us but also many people who are resulting from the second third generation of imm

we've represented the regulatory at the local state and a federal level. we've passed about 50 items at the board of supervisors. at the state level we are pro-active in having an our priorities as well as advocating interests. lecturer we advocated working closely with s f p u d for proposition 39 which resulted in an altered two or $3 million and energy efficient dollars. at the federal level we've been working with the mayor's office to talk about infrastructure. last week our general manager and mayor ed lee presented those to the committee. last friday you may have seen a clip-on mayor ed lee on n s nbc and when they asked what he was going to ask president obama to get into priority tiger's water. we're extremely excited. and now the implementation at the water program. we are he w we have a total of 31 water stations and half of those are installed at the city hall's. it was a terrific opportunity for young people to get the explore for what the puc does and how to reach out to young folks. and the 6 hundred and 40 member is the context of the mayor

also the north bay where that air quality at unhealthy levels. but as you will see on the forecast, much improvement, friday, saturday and sunday. not down to the good levels, but moderate. little easier for you to breathe. details if there is any rain in the near future coming up in a few minutes. >> sounds good, thank you, jeff. >>> the run of dry weather is creating insurance for the ski industry from tahoe to the bay area. we checked around to most ski shops in the bay area. while business is not booming, they are seeing a steady stream of customers heading to the resorts. man-made snow is keeping them afloat. however the owner of snow drift scaled back employees from ten to three as a result of the dry year. conditions at the resorts are not ideal, but still skiable. >> you just have to expect a lot of runs that aren't going to be open, but, you know, the worst day of skiing is probably better than your best day in the office. >> this friday, the california department of water resources will conduct the first snow survey of the year. early s

state level. we need to see action. it means people need to come together and really have an agreement to move forward around an action plan and i think the commission report has reflected that. >> we'll move to another question. another question. yes. >> i'm jim landers of "the dallas morning news." i'm not sure how the commission regarded some of the things that have polarized the country so much on health care in the last few years, whether or not we should universally insure the population and whether that would have an impact on the cost of care. did you address that? >> we concluded early in our deliberation that there is a universal aspiration for everyone in our country to have access to an affordable insurance policy. we recognize that there are many different philosophies on how to get there and concluded very quickly that states can in fact have an impact but this was focused on cost containment. and so we didn't spend a lot of time in discussing how best to -- we did it in construct of

it brings you a higher level of readiness because they are full-time.they are trained and ready to do things at a higher level because they spend every day focused on that. our national guard who's done an incredible job in the last 10 years trains 39 days he year. and that covers personnel, training so when you're talking about integrating organizations, they are not interchangeable. so, to say that the national guard is cheaper in the active component, it's not true. the active component cannot be placed in the national guard. big give us the capability that are complementary to each other so it's about getting the right talents between the two. in the 2000's when we are involved in the two wars in iraq and afghanistan we increase the active component and the percentage of it was 51% at 749% in the reserve. as we get finished with their reductions which are mostly all coming out of the active component we will go to 54% in the reserve and 42 in the active. what that means is as we go forward and if we have to go lower than 490 and the active component