if you have a lot of different modes of transportation that come together in our dense little city, we need people to be alert and to pay attention. the chief mentioned some of the data that's guiding the work of the police department. our city traffic engineer ricardo laya has developed some data that will help us target the resources where they can be most effective. but a great partner that's really brought a kind of higher level of data analysis into the picture is the mta's co-lead of the mayor's pedestrian safety task force, and that's the department of public health. so, we're happy to have thomas aragon here from dph. (applause) >> good morning. thank you for being here. one of the ways that i think about this is that pedestrian safety is an important public health issue. and the way i think about it is that i'm raising three children here in the city. i have a 16-year-old, a 15 year old, and a 12-year-old. and what we want -- we want the city to be safer than whether they're biking, walking, going to school. and so that when we invest in pedestrian safety, we're really investi

it looks like new york city will see a little bit of snow, one to three inches. when you talk about snow cover, most of the country is impacted with some sort of white on the ground at this time. look at this, 65% of the lower 48 with snow and how does that compare to last year, only 48%, that was at the peak of winter and we're still in december so victor, i think we have ways to go and looking at a snowy start to the winter season. >> we'll get ready for it. bonnie, thanks. >>> one of the nation's biggest craft stores hobby lobby is facing up to a fine of $1 million a day, refusing to follow some of the rules in the affordable health care law. questions? anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria.

nations in the world and singapore is a police state so they have a slightly difference and it's a little tiny city little different situation but we're just we're a huge outlier indeed i mean i think we must consider the role of inequality as a relates to the rise in the number of c.c.w. is in a number of folks who become gun owners for instance in the city of detroit we've seen as the economic fallout has become greater that more people are now getting c.c.w. use it and acquiring firestorm very well that's right and so we must consider how any quality motivates people to arm themselves and must consider also how any quality influences the con the public policies and social programs that are extra cut and so mentally ill not receiving the services that they're supposed to receive and then of course plato got it right and the public book one don't give the madman the gun even if it is the madman's gun it's amazing how plato could have got that right but we get it wrong in america three thousand three thousand years and so so so the inequality question the underclass question the poverty question. i

commissioner lance gilman joins me now from reno, the biggest little city in the world in nevada. listen, thank you for joining us. >> it's a pleasure, don. i've been a fan of yours for a long time. it's a real pleasure to be with you here tonight. >> thank you very much. i have to say, the most boring thing i think that you can be in life is a conformist. and you are certainly not a conformist. that's what makes you special. i want to ask you about -- men like david petraeus, bill clinton, they pay a big price for their "immoral" behavior. but you won by a significant margin. why do we say one thing and then do another? >> i don't believe that my election was anything about the morality issue. if you look at the mustang ranch in story county, it's a wonderful corporate citizen, a lot of giving, a lot of gifting, take care of the seniors and the kids and backpacks. when it came down to the bottom line of voting, the mustang ranch is a real positive in story county. as a matter of fact, the brothels in the rural counties are positives in the state. my election -- i was elected on a

little detail. you see detail in brought the city. people took tract homes and tried to individualize them in various ways throughout the cities. here is an example of how they might have done that. >> they had a lot of medallions and reliefs. >> the working class would go out to go swimming in the ocean. the wealthy would stay downtown like in the marines memorial or the elk and they would have heated saltwater. people wanted to swim in salt water. >> how did the water get there? >> there was a pipe that allowed it to flow all the way down. that pipe rusted out. people went swimming in the saltwater pools and they had different temperatures. >> you could have a cold swim or a warm swim. >> how did they heat this? >> he had a huge boiler. they're still trying to figure out exactly how he sucked in the sea water. he had a pumping system. >> didn't sutro make his initial fortune by being the engineer who figured out how to ventilate the mines at virginia city? >> that is the way he would phrase it. >> he drained them for water, not for

the big apple as a little toy city in a video gone viral. >> it sort of feels like toys brought to life reminded me of when you used to play in the sand pit as a kid. you would make little towns and that's really where it came from. >> and look, someone else made a miniature chicago. >> this was just a different view of the city. i was thinking, you know, i'd love to get something that people can relate to and enjoy. >> what's really fascinating about this is you really, really can't tell if it's real or if it's miniature sets. when you first see the boat, it looks like a little miniature boat. it almost looks like it's in a bathtub. >> so, how did these two videographers make tiny little towns out of two of america's largest cities? if you guessed model toys, you'd be wrong. >> this is the tilt shift photography. it's a method of where you're actually shooting down at an angle, and it blurs out backgrounds and really focuses your attention on particular scenes and people within those scenes. >> there's sort of two ways people make these tilt shift images. on one hand, people use actual

oklahoma city, little rock, memphis. showers from seattle to portland. flurries around the great lakes, western pennsylvania, and northern new england. >> 20s in the northern rockies. 30s in the pacific northwest. still can't believe we're talking about 2013. >>> have no fear. your milk prices will not be soaring after new year's. >>> and major document for kim kardashian and yan west. 2013 promising to be a very big year for them. >>> welcome back, everyone. there won't be any crying over spiped milk. congress could vote as soon as today on a farm bill that extends price supports for milk. without them, the cost of a gallon would have doubled. the deal was reached yesterday. it includes aid for farmers hurt by the long drought this year. >>> the new york times is reporting that banking regulate rrs close to a $10 million settlement with 14 banks. most would help those struggling to stay in their homes. the problems included faulty paperwork and excessive fees. >>> who needs tenants when you have billboards? this billboard in times square turns a profit

oklahoma city, little rock, memphis. showers from seattle to portland. flurries around the great lakes, western pennsylvania, and northern new england. >> breezy in the mid 30s as the ball drops tonight in new york city. 20s in the northern rockies. 30s in the pacific northwest. still can't believe we're talking about 2013. >>> a new threat against americans overseas. >>> have no fear. your milk prices will not be soaring after new year's. that's in your business news straight ahead. >>> and a major announcement for i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it could save you thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call now t

there's going to be a lot of heavy snow making for a white christmas in places like oklahoma city, little rock, and up into southeastern portions of st. louis. then the storm on wednesday and thursday moves into the ohio valley, great lakes, and inland portions of the northeast. some places will pick up around two feet of snow. most folks around a foot with wind gusts to around 40 and 50 miles per hour, making for a travel nightmare as we head through the week. really for tuesday and especially wednesday and thursday. reporting for cbs news, miami. >>> authorities in western new york still don't know what prompted an ex-con to gun down a group of firefighters. the gunman lured them to his neighborhood in the town of webster by setting a fire to a car and house. two firefighters were killed in the ambush. this morning, officials are looking for more victims. we have more from webster, new york. good morning. >> reporter: duarte, as investigators work to find out why two firefighters were killed, the whole town of webster is grieving this christmas. it's a day that should be about celebrati

i may add in the big cities, baltimore, philadelphia, new york, this should change over to rain but once you get a littleit north of and west of the city, the heavy snow that cops in will change it sleet and freezing rain and it will be a royal mess through southern new england, back into the suburbs of philadelphia tomorrow morning, baltimore. further northwest, this just is an out and out snowstorm for most places from the midwest through pennsylvania, interior parts of pennsylvania through interior southern new england, a skiers delight but a travelers nightmare. kelly: exactly. we're watching video of people actually traveling on the roads. as you talked about, this was a well-publicized storm system coming through yet we saw so many travelers out there. this is a storm that has been deadly. three deaths so far. >> right. it was well-publicized. a lot of people thinking it was going to cut up into the great lakes. what happened is, the track, amazing watching what goes on in the weather community. you have u.s. generated models consistency, notice the forecast in new york how it flipped around in two

. >> in oakland, city police officers were available for any school to offer safety advice and sense of reassurance. >> they are not even adults yet and they are killing little kids. >> in union city the school district will have the first ever active school drill next march and officials are keenly aware of how the tragedy might affect younger students. >> with younger children, it's like an earthquake drill maneuver you are reassuring the children and moving the children around. >> district psychologists were coaching faculty members in how to see distress in kids. >> let them know every once in a while it happens but rarely happens and there are adults they can go to. >> in san francisco it was gut check time. school officials were reexamining safety plans since the columbine massacre. since then, their tactics have changed. >> we take immediate action. we know that lies are at stake and if there is an immediate shooting, our officers gather and engage. >> overall there was very little panic at local schools but definitely a solemn news that made parents want to be closer to their children today. >>> thanks very much. >>> there is a vigil of one in san jo

it's only around 40 now. 34 in oakland. 44 in d.c., dew points come up a little bit, 25 degrees. 41 in ocean city. now, tomorrow, we'll have an area of low pressure, passing to our west. it will bring us clouds. looks like we'll probably see a little rain. but milder temps coming our way for tomorrow. back up over 50 and in the 50s, maybe even 60 again this weekend. but with the risk of some showers again in the forecast. mary? >> oh, the rush hour is just starting to take shape. here's kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. definitely on the beltway, we're going to take a live look now. as you can see, along york road. we have slowing there. it begins at the jfx and goes over to harford road. west side inner loop, heavy traffic there, 95 to security boulevard. and if we are traveling northbound 95, we'll take a look at our graphics here. a couple of slow spots there. the first one on northbound 95, it's 895, over to the beltway on that northeast corner. then again from 32 over to route 100. as far as accidents go, in havre de grace, we have some fire activi

. >> in oakland, city police officers were available for any school to offer safety advice and sense of reassurance. >> they are not even adults yet and they are killing little kids. >> in union city the school district will have the first ever active school drill next march and officials are keenly aware of how the tragedy might affect younger students. >> with younger children, it's like an earthquake drill maneuver you are reassuring the children and moving the children around. >> district psychologists were coaching faculty members in how to see distress in kids. >> let them know every once in a while it happens but rarely happens and there are adults they can go to. >> in san francisco it was gut check time. school officials were reexamining safety plans since the columbine massacre. since then, their tactics have changed. >> we take immediate action. we know that lies are at stake and if there is an immediate shooting, our officers gather and engage. >> overall there was very little panic at local schools but definitely a solemn news that made parents want to be closer to their children today. >>> thanks very much. >>> there is a vigil of one in san jo

this is analogous to the corner of our -- of our little city center.s very important that everybody acknowledge that. and that certain requirements are made and are met. and in this particular case, it was apparent that someone in the state department at a relatively senior level denied a request for increased security. and the problem that we should have with that is that no single authority should be allowed to make a decision to deny an enhanced security posture. you can approve that. you might find out you went overboard and maybe increased too much security. that's never a bad thing. however, you shouldn't be allowed to deny those requests. that needs to go to a larger body and it needs to go to the very top if somebody's going to deny a request of an ambassador for increased security. >> so i hear you, general. but this board also recommended no disciplinary action. named no names. shouldn't someone specific be held accountable for what you just said? >> oh, of course. i mean, you've got to start at the very top. nobody's out to -- >> so is it hi

structure that's about, i'd say, 300 rooms running along the back side of this canyon, a little village, small city, something. artifacts everywhere. one of the walls had fallen out, revealing the floor that had been packed in there, hundreds of years of people using the same floor just pushing down the dirt so that there are pieces of woven -- of braided string sticking out of the floor everywhere and arrowheads and broken pottery and i realized when i came up against the stack of this trash pile i put my head against it and looked along it. i could see it was covered with hair. people in that room had been combing their hair for hundreds of years and it had been landing on the floor. and then new floors are built on top of that and new floors and i ran my hand across, just ba a

little sugar high. so i'm off because i want to make the city's morning a little bit sweeter.laze prides itself on crafting artisan doughnuts with some of the most unique flavor combinations. since doughnuts are the new cupcakes these days, it's hard work to stand out. good morning. >> hi. how you doing? a little early? >> the sun isn't even up but i am and you are. >> you got off easy. been here since last night. 10:00 to 10:00. >> thanks for letting me off easy. making doughnuts today. shoo making them, frying them, finishing them, putting sprinkles on them, everything. >> you do this every morning. >> all day long. i call it morning. >> well, whatever time it is, one thing's for sure. it's time to make a special doughnut. >> what we're going to do first is take this. this is our yeast-raised dough that we've been resting for about eight hours. we're going to bring it over the dough sheeter and sheet it out, take our ring cutter. >> oh, that's what it is. >> and basically cut the doughnuts and lay them out. we cut them all by hand. >> how many are you making? >> during the w

south and east of the city, a little bit of accumulation. a mix or less. it will make a dent of rain at some point you're in the storm. this is our best guess right now. tune in tomorrow morning. we will give you an update on the storm situation. temperatures drop back into the upper 20's and milk 30's. mix of rain and snow like the top. ray more like the south of baltimore. temperatures above freezing in most neighborhoods. that will help the roads a lot. this will not shut down the whole state or anything like that. chilly on sunday. another chance for a light rain or snow perhaps on the new year's day. >> lela tried to shut down one of the best little-known players in the country. another fine for a ravens playe. >> what's up america? december 28. tonight's jackpot is m -- estimated at $25 million. to win he must get the entire balls and the gold megaball. our first of its nine is -- 10, 41, 32, 13, 40. the megaball is 23. -- 32. if no one matches all six numbers,hqhqhqhqhqhqhqhqhqhqhqhq mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the south pacific in 194

. >> when you see things piling up, go to the city, let them know there's a problem, before it becomes critical. in this case, it was a littleate. >> reporter: city leaders say they are leaved they were able to keep raw sewage from dumping into the creek, crews why able to build a sewage bypass before the collapse. look at this big hole they have to deal with, city leaders say it is going to be like this for a while. they want a permanent fix. that probably won't be happening until the spring. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> new morning, authorities in japan suspending rescue and recovery work while the roof of a collapsed highway tunnel is reenforced. at least nine people died as concrete slabs fell on to vehicles yesterday, the collapse happened halfway into the three mile long tunnel west of tokyo search teams are holding out hope of finding survivors investigators state tunnel's roof was just inspected in september and that inspection found nothing wrong. >>> the port of oakland continues to get extra business this morning as a result of the continuing port strike in los angeles and long beach. clerical workers began thei

let me tell but a little oddity here at city hall with this vote. the first tinl around a couple weeksing ayork waits 6.5, today, 7-4 looked like scott weiner picked up support but the supervisor says no. i was just distracted and i accidentally voted in favor of the ban. she asked for the vote retaken it was, again, 6-5 in favor of banning public nudity. >> this led to an arrest of a san francisco blogger who sent a picture of supervisor scott weiner in a bathroom and wrote about it in his blog. last week he was arrested and charged under a law design frod detective privacy. san francisco district attorney says he wants to send a message such behavior is not appropriate. >> this is not okay to invait people's privacy. it trespasses decency. >> saying in a statement he yelled at him over their agreements. >> police investigating a sexual assault on campus last week saying on the evening of november 29th a 21-year-old woman walking between barker hall and a man grabbed her and assaulted her over her clothing she. screamed and scared the man off. >> s

. >>> nice live shot of the san mateo bridge, clear and relatively light, a little busy towards foster cityeverything at the limit. 13 to 14 minute drive from hayward to san mateo typical for this time of morning. clear out of the san mateo bridge san rafael headlights headed southbound past lucas valley road, ymca towards the civic center, light roadwork waldo grade up and over to the golden gate bridge, down to one lane southbound across the bridge until 5:30. eastbound 4 railroad to somersville left lane blocked roadwork, westbound drive from antioch towards pittsburg at the limit. here's southbound and northbound roadwork through mill valley northbound from sausalito up mill valley cortamadera and that until 6:00 this morning. >>> we are learning more about the medical condition that is keeping former south african president mandela hospitalized. he is suffering from a recovering lung infection. he is responding to treatment. the 94-year-old icon has been in the hospital since saturday. he spent 27 years in prison for fighting racist white rule. he became south africa's first black pres

investments and getting our money out of spend something and when we compare to other cities and we are spending about -- a little less than other bigger cities and do than per capita, per person, per population, per employee our numbers are slightly lower on the scale, but are we getting the money's worth? i think that is the frustration and it's a lot of money and some departments are on old systems and others are on new and the equity. >> i agree with the comments. my question is not how much we spend. i think it spending is worth the investment, but is it are we getting our money's worth? and to your example though how much different email systems are we're running here? is centralized the better way? that is revamping but that question needs to be asked and what i am wondering what are the bigger obstacles in your mind and? and there are different groups responsible and maybe the mayor's office needs to take a look or push with this and if we have so many systems it doesn't mens sense -- >> >> make sense. >> i think it goes to why we're updating the plan and how we're updating. the original plan -- one of th

now, the folks in oklahoma city, little rock, and all the way up to around st.valley great lakes, and some portion will get over a foot of snow that happens on wednesday and that what means tough travel mid-week. >> thanks so much. >> also object this day before christmas time to get those last day presents. peter greenberg is here with five gifts. >> hope they like what i'm about to give them. >> i think they will. you have a great one for the airlines. >> this is let's go back to the future. two concepts. portable stairs. we're obsessed with jetways. how many times do we have planes land on time or on early there's no jetway. we don't need jetway he need to park 100 feet away and wheel us some portable stairs. nobody miss connects the flights, no more fuel burn for the airlines waiting to come into the gate. everybody's happy. i asked every airline ceo a logical reason why they haven't done this and they can't. so merry christmas, everybody. >> you're there if they can't make it up the stairs. >> that's your problem. you don't need the jetway. >> what about ai

boston a little bit, new york city a little bit. not too bad. you will manage.tlantic, spared from the storm. this is good news this will come in for many people traveling this week. bad timing as we look toward the holidays. so far, we have a foot of snow on the ground. i want to point out in arkansas, how unusual this is to have christmas day. yesterday falling. only happens once a decade. north little rock. 10 inches of snow. little rock rarely sees measurable snow. once every ten or 11 years this much happens only once in a lifetime. very unusual to see snow in texas, oklahoma, and arkansas, especially so much of it. the snow will be sticking this morning. getting out, heading to the stores, give yourself extra time. snoet will be cold and solid. not expecting it to melt very much as we go forward, al inna and drew, watching a storm system for today. the extreme southeast impacted by severe weather. blizzard conditions in the heartland and snow heading to the northeast. a busy holiday week. >> something that really caught our attention. snow in new york city

a little bit better returns here up from south san francisco, daly city, san bruno. pretty quiet in the south bay except for morgan hill and gilroy some shower activity. winds gusting to 49 miles an hour at sfo. a wind warning in effect. and oakland, 36 miles an hour. you can see all across the bay area, santa rosa from 41 miles an hour to san jose. we have the wind, we have the rain, we have a flash flood watch through the evening hours. so the heaviest rain will continue to sink to the south of us throughout the morning hours and the wind advisory is up through noon today. we are looking at south winds anywhere from 20 to 30 miles an hour and we are seeing the gusts already up to 50 miles an hour. so here we are on track to see the heaviest rain from the north bay into the central bay within the next hour. so stay with us. we will keep you updated. carolyn. >> thank you, lisa. with all that going on and this series of storms the rivers are rising throughout the bay area. there's a flat warning this morning for the napa river. that's where abc7 news reporter kera cl

city. outlying areas, 12, 13, 14 degrees, chilly stuff on the table. we will talk about the forecast in a littlese, how are we doing? >>> it's going to be cold for the fireworks. bundle up, 95, nice and clear. 14 minutes, southbound from the beltway in to the city. 695, no problems to report from parkville, all the way up to towson, heading to pikesville, checking in and looking at the beltway here at green spring avenue, no problems, traveling from green spring all the way down to route 40. that's a look at your time saver traffic. >>> charter bus heading to canada from vegas crashes down an embankment. police say this caused an accident that killed nine and sent dozens to the hospital. >>> also he began his journey a year ago, it ended yesterday. why this man says it's to bring awareness to the disease affecting several members of his family. ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats,

up ahead of his arrival we have rain showers maybe at the onset here north and west of the city, a littlerozen sleet and a little bit of -- maybe a few snowflakes, one of those, either way we aren't getting a lot of anything. we aren't concerned with travel but it won't make for a great looking day. >> all right. >> let's start with it got cold. 32. temperatures falling into the 20s and 30s for much of the area. leonardtown 32. manassas 23. 26 dulles. annapolis 38 and 28 in baltimore. so, a cold start to the day. i know what you are thinking, we have precip on the way. looks like the precipitation, the rain showers and/or the sleet won't get here until early this afternoon. there is the origins of the storm to the south and east. the clouds will roll in. i don't think we will lose any more on the temperatures. we will gradually warm up to about 40. here is the main event. not this particular storm not well organized and the apparent low will stay to the west. what that means is we will get a big wash of warmer air. not just at the surface but as you climb into the atmosphere. the profile

little brother that just showed up not too many years ago. you hear stories, so and so locked so and so out of a command post in such and such city. so and so argued about who got what raise last year. here, a little bit different. here, medical resources and law enforcement are owned by the governor which, as established, comes from the turkish government. fire fighters and things like public works are owned by the municipality. let me tell you about budget discrepancies. the fire department, i got to tell you, when i went and i met with the fire chief, that one left a mark. their fire department was red tagged but they didn't have a place because it was so cold to house their engines because you can't leave diesel engines out in

city of san francisco. that's almost 6,000 acres, actually it's a little more than 6,000 acres. that means we have ownership of 20% of the acreage within the city and county of san francisco. we also own land far beyond the city. i'll get into that in a bit. but 92,000 acres of land is owned outside of the county. so, our portfolio is not only diverse, it's vast. so, that's speaking to the land mass that we own when we talk about the buildings that we control, we have over 1,100 separate buildings over seven counties. that's totaling about 48 million square feet of improvements throughout that entire portfolio. and interestingly, 85% of that 48 million square feet is controlled by seven different departments. so, the majority -- and you see the pie chart before you -- is the port at 32% of those holdings. this is by square footage of improvements. the airport has 24%. gsa or administrative services, of which real estate is a part, has 11%. and on down the line. another major holder mainly as a result of the recent transfer of assets, those that are housing from the successor agen

city but the fog is rolling in. the bay bridge, metering lights on, reports of a stall westbound 580 headed into the macarthur maze blocking left lane. san rafael, a littleyou travel, stream of headlights southbound 101 past lucas valley road back to daly city, southbound lane open right lane blocked left lane open between john muir and john daly for that serious accident. coming to the bay area expect delays from sacramento. >>> abc7 morning news continues in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic. >> we are always on at >> we are always on at abc7news.com. >>> good morning, america. breaking now, extreme weather systems collide, bringing more than a dozen tornadoes across the south. damaging scores of homes. the drama caught on tape on this florida highway. >> holy cow. >> more on the way now, as parts of the midwest start to dig out from more than a foot of snow. >>> hitman in the city. the desperate hunt for a brazen killer that gunned down this law

loved ones closer. >> city police officers were available for any school to offer safety advice and sense of reassurance. >> they are not even adults yet and they are killing little kids. >> in union city the school district will have the first active school drill next march and they are keenly aware. >> with younger children, it's like a fire drill maneuver where you are reassuring the children and moving them around. >> they were coaching faculty members of how to spot signs of distress in kids. >> let them know, these things do happen. it rarely happens and there are adults they can go to when they are feeling afraid. >> in san francisco it was just gut check time. school officials were reexamining safety plans since columbine. since then, police say their tactics have changed. >> we take immediate action. we know that lives are at stake. if there is an immediate pro problem, our officers are told to gather and engage. >> this morning, president obama is using his weekly address to ask all americans to keep the victims of violence in mind. >> as a nation, we have endured far too many of these tragedies in the last few years. an elementary school in newtown, a

but what if you have nothing to spend françoise cares little about how our city looks or what the biggestchristmas sales are for her the whole day is all about bringing her terminally ill daughter to numerous charity events over the festive period at the gym and my daughter has lever cancer her medication is being paid by social security but i have to pay the doctor out of my own pocket we are poor and i cannot afford that it's unacceptable they spend so much money on beauty well we are neglected. and. there were hundreds like fronts was that this charity event a recent concerning poverty in france produced some shocking figures we have. to ask the french if they felt they were heading that way only eleven percent of the french consider themselves being below the poverty line but thirty seven percent say they feel they are becoming poor the french feel that their country is slipping into decadence and social stratification is taking place. christmas is many things to many people some of the atmosphere or make you healthy you wrote for others it's about finding a means of survival regardle

with that i would like to city a little more about the labor market and how we set up this training. it's all driven by the labor market. we pay close attention to what the employers need. we try to flex in what they want with training and skills as andrew mentioned and ron mentioned. it's all based on what the employers need in terms of skills so we hope we put something together that is adaptable and flexible for the market and much of the employment is driven around the technology center so we want to adapt and make sure our clients are employed. we focused on mobile apaps. i am considered an elder in the technology field. most of the folks coming into this are much more creative. the whole innovation model that supports mayor lee's efforts. it's being able to adapt to the change of technology. all of our supporters and know this and between the mobile apapps industry and you will hear more from james jones and talk about communication technology and everybody in the room has a hand held computer and think about ten years ago we didn't have that so the change in technology is impo

city public elementary school. and we have a little boy who is 4 years old going to preschool and if we stay in the city, he will be going to the same school as our daughters. so we have been renting in the city for ten years. last year, around this time of year we bought 27-29 sutro with the hope that we can build a home for ourselves and to raise a family in the city. as property owners we understand the requirement when we purchased the two units that we have to maintain the number of units and cannot combine them and cannot reduce footage. so we worked with the architects to meet the city requirements. we are the new family on the block and don't want to be in conflict with our neighbors and we're putting in tremendous time and effort and money to address neighbors' requests to the point that nothing we can do to make the project viable. if you can see the plans is not to build a luxury home, to indulge ourselves, but simply to be the family of two parents and four children, so we can grow as a family and raise our children in the

many cities shattered records. we had a record in little rock, arkansas, on christmas day. never in 86 years have they seen so much snow on christmas. the temperatures are brutally cold. ines in syracuse, new york, it was 20 years. the colder air will filter in and temperatures will plummet down across much of the regions you see here. wind and rain impacting airports. likely to see more delays in philadelphia and washington, and heavy accumulation, a foot or more, all the way across new england. so this is going to impact vermont, maine, new hampshire, upstate new york, mixing in with sleet as time as the low pulls this energy up to the east. you'll be watching for heavy snow in the burlington area. many people might be vacationing and enjoying some skiing at this time in vermont so that's good news. but temperature plummetted in the south. it's only 32 in charlotte and 27 in memphis. so ali, unseasonably cold here in the southeast. this is more like what you'd be experiencing in new york than we would here in atlanta. >> just above freezing in atlanta and in alabama freez

. >> what i mean is one of the little holes like this where the city will run out so it will not spill out onto the floor. >> they are practical and important to have, but they are not a code requirement. if you have children or something, you might want to have an overflow. if you are comfortable having one without, then you would have that choice. >> i was particularly intrigued by this sink. i know the manufacturers were up this year. this is made out of some extremely heavy duty class. here is bob, who is the rep from oceana who manufactures this thing. this is not the type of sync that would set on top. it recesses. what is this made of? >> it is actually made of glass. it is a company in pittsburgh, and it is an extremely durable class. they actually do the globe in chicago for a recovery like standards. >> and outdoor material in chicago has to withstand the heat of chicago and the cold -- the heat of summer and cold >> of winter > exactly. this piece comes in about 12 different colors. it has a backing to it, to. you cannot see through it, but it gets a lot of light back throug

it is relatively calm in the capital itself, but for the city's christian community, there is little festive spirit to be felt during the holiday. >> this christmas, i am praying for syria. you cannot feel the christmas atmosphere this year. we hope next year will be better. >> security concerns have put a damper on the celebrations, and midnight mass was rescheduled for the afternoon. christians there said they prayed for peace in their city. >> now, reports from cassocks and say that a military transport plane has crashed in the south of the country, killing at least 27 people -- reports from kazakhstan. the plane disappeared from radar as it was about to make its descent. the plan reportedly belonged to the country's national security service. >> the official results are out. voters in each of how overwhelmingly approved a new islamist-drafted constitution. election officials say the referendum garnered a yes vote of almost 64%, but they also confirm that turnout was only 1/3 of egypt's 51 million voters. the election commission also rejected opposition claims of polling irregular

really dependent upon inviting thousands more people here to enjoy our resources here in the city, to tax us a little bit on it, but this is what we do as a great international city. all of you have a very distinct role in all of this and it's my pleasure to begin telling you how proud i am and the months of september and particularly october have all been full of great events, and numerous events, and sometimes on schedules that while we had mentally took note they would be on the similar weekends, we were of course needing to really communicate with each other, and make sure we did all the things in the background that no one ever sees and talks to each other to make sure things happen smoothly, and i want to give big kudos to ed risin and all the others in transportation and advising people to take public transportation and emphasize that in all of our major international and worldwide and world seize of events that happened in the city. >> >> whether it's america's cup or fleet week or some incredible music on the bluegrass side of the city as well as just neighborhood events that we continue to

from dublin back to tennison road, union city, towards fremont, mission boulevard, a little light to ossibly moderate rain. san mateo, belmont, san carlos, redwood city, be prepared. woodside heavier rain headed your way traveling across 92, here's our next stretch, windsor forestville, those are areas that had flooding yesterday or this morning and now we are starting to see smaller showers develop in your neighborhood this is the waves of showers we talked about that are going to continue coming up from this moist flow out southwest to mid and upper parts of the atmosphere. zeroes from concord, oakland, redwood city south you are going to get your rain just a matter of time santa rosa inch and a half nearly six inches in -- that feeds into the russian river everything is okay as far as flooding there. showers today, heavy at times, we'll get heavier rain tonight the only day i'm not forecasting rain is monday. cold front heavier showers to the south one batch falls apart behind it as it moves across,eyfñ more green and yells through the evening hours, on and off rain heavy at times,

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