ktvu's cara liu explains how it would work and why some people are against the move. >> reporter: ken, the meeting wrapped up a hour ago here at city hall. it was a local agency and the public utilities commission. a vote was tabled till april. >> reporter: electricity from 100% renewable resources, that is what they say they will deliver starting this fall if all goes as planned. >> our energy will be 100 california certificated. california has the strictest requirements. and that will contrast with the energy they are getting today. >> reporter: the plan is to roll out to 200,000 customers. neighborhoods highlighted in green on this map where they would be targeted first. the public utilities commission would administer the program. the billing would still go through pg&e. one of the sticking points is customers would be althoughly enrolled -- automatically enrolled. >> the state mandates it would be a opt out program. >> reporter: most customers could pay between $10 and $21 more a month. the union fears loss of jobs. >> there is a clear report from the controllers office saying if

cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a state auditor is reporting two caltrans technicians did not do work they said they did. the two technicians falsified data on level projects -- on 11 locates and they failed to check the bridges involved. also according to the audit, the two workers were made $13,000 in over time they did not earn. they made 14 recommendations to keep this from happening again. >> caltrans is working on a fix for the broken bolts on the bay area. we talked to two engineers today who said the problem can be fixed. the problem involves the weakness in the steel. they say they could happen when there is short cuts in the process. the company said they were well aware of the problem and they will work with them to revolve the situation. >>> san francisco police are investigating the theft of thousands of dollars worth of fine wine. someone broke into fine wines international in san francisco tuesday night. the thief got away with 80 bottles of wine, worth $100,000. they are trying to figure out if this was a crime of opportunity or if it was planned. >>> trending, a viral

ktvu's cara liu is live as friends and family remember. >> reporter: a lot of emotion out here. if you look at the park behind me where the group gathered. we are watching it grow very quickly. dozens of family, friends, classmates, teachers and artists. we see a lot of hugs and tears at this vigil. a community organization that helped put this organization together. many are talking about the shock they feel after the 16- year-old student was killed by a train this week. friends and volunteers put together a mural and they plan to play his music. his mother said her son was a special person whose spirit will live on in his music. >> he was my baby. i just want him back. he was so amazing. >> we talked about his rising star musically, academically. you know, his homework bag is full of complete and neatly organized notes. i mean, you know, they say nobody was perfect but he was as close as you get. >> the family wants to thank the community for all the support they have given. they say it means so much as they cope with a very devastating and unexpected loss. live in san jose, c

. >> commissioner liu or renne? >> i would join in commissioner's studley conclusion that i don't find a willful violation. i am troubled by the fact that the city attorney had issued its guidance saying that it was sufficient to attach them as an addendum. but, i think that clearly, if they were then an addendum and as a testimony was, that a member of the public pulling up the minutes would also pull up the addendum, the whole purpose of sunshine ordinance and the brown act, is to make government activity as transparent as possible. now, i agree with mr. hartz that the difficulty with having just a 1 or 2 line summary in the minutes, which may be an inaccurate summary and the public may never go to that addendum and never really get the thrust of it, so it strikes me that what the library is now proposing to do is what i would recommend that every public body ought to do is put in verbatim, the written brief summary and interestingly enough when you look at the statute, the statute says, that minutes shall include

in fremont, cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details on the man that prosecutors say kidnappeddna was found in his car. garcia-torres is currently awaiting trial and scheduled to enter a plea on april 4th. >>> go to ktvu.com for the latest on the search for sierra lamar. just look under the "sierra lamar" tab. >>> an investigation is underway tonight in napa county. after a driver was fatally shot by an american canyon police officer. that shooting happened near newell drive and donaldson way east. officers tried to stop this pick-up truck per a for a violation, but the driver took off. police haven't said why the officers opened fire. napa police and the napa county sheriff's offices arevoring this shooting. >>> two barack cities held gun buyback events collecting more than 600 firearms, more than $50,000 was donated for this buyback. police say one person who turned in a weapon didn't even want any money in return. >> our primary purpose, our intent of conducting the buyback today is to try to minimize the number of firearms that are present many our community that might be d

get back to bases. >> may god strengthen pope francis now and always. >> reporter: in san jose, cara liu to the federal budget, house speaker john boehner again rejected revenue instead of only making cuts. >> when you get down to the bottom line, the president believes that we have to have more taxes from the american people. we're not going to get very far. as the president doesn't believe that the rule will be to balance the budget over the next ten years, i'm not sure we're going to get very far. >> reporter: not every republican agrees with the speaker. senator coker said that he and others are open to lifting tax loopholes as part of the deal. >>> president obama will visit israel this week his first presidential trip to the country. police in jerusalem were getting ready for their trip calling it the most important visit since 2009. some 15,000 personnel are being deployed. >>> graffiti in the west bank has already defaced posters of mr. obama but so far the subject matter is light. the protests are over a lack of mobile wireless in the region. >>> gop fundraiser carl rowe fired b

church as one of his first acts, showing he wants to listen and receive blessing. >> reporter: cara liu channel 2 news. >> we posted pope francis i address to the crowd at st. peters basilica on our website, it is www.ktvu.com. >>> democrats introduced their proposal for a budget. they went over the budget during a meeting. it calls for increases in spending and taxes. the democrat's budget would increase tax revenues over a trillion dollars over the next 10 years. >> the american went to the polls in support of. >> republicans introduced a proposal based on spending cuts. >>> president obama nominated a new embassador to libya today, deborah jones. if approved she will fill a post left vacant by u.s. ambassador chris stevens. he was killed in an attack in benghazi september 11 last year. >>> police scheduled a gun buy back program, cash for fire arms events have been popular. this is video from an earlier event. the program is planned for saturday from 10:00 a.m. through 3:00 p.m. at pittsburg city hall. people can receive 50 up to $300 in exchange for guns. >>> up in flames, a explosi

ktvu's cara liu is live. >> reporter: we are under an ahour away from this -- an hour away from this vigil. this location, the group [no audio] >> reporter: he won a musical contest with the organization. volunteers and friends say he has the kind of talent you rarely see and they were shocked to learn of his death when the student was hit by a train. he was a special young artist whose spirit will live on in his music. >> artist. he probably could take any idea, any question you throw at him and he could turn it into a beautiful song. he comes from a family of talented artists, musicians and i feel like that is what helped him push his art. >> reporter: organizers are expecting 100 people to be here, including family members, classmates, teachers and fellow musicians to remember him. they planch to play -- plan to play some of his music. we will bring you more at 6:00 p.m. live in san jose, cara liu, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in san francisco, a bicyclist accused of killing a pedestrian appeared in court this morning. he pleaded not guilty to a charge. prosecutors say he ran a red li

cara liu shares the immigrant family's moving story. >> reporter: the crowd of mourners grew so bill it spilled into the street. >> this is a tragic unnecessary loss of life. and if we're not crying on the outside, we should be crying on the inside. >> a single mom and her two sons wiped out by a suspected drunk driver who prosecutors say was speeding through this daly city neighborhood. >> it's really hard, especially my grandma and my aunt. i don't even know, every time i see them it pressures me. >> reporter: 15-year-old josue osorio was well liked and got good grades. >> i was in elementary and middle school with josue. he was a great friend. >> reporter: his brother amado worked as a driver for safeway.com. >> he took all the weight of the family financially, emotionally. >> reporter: their mom josefa a housekeeper brought their family from el salvador. >> they were just trying to make it here in america. >> reporter: relatives say they are struggling with the losses but also paying for the funerals. private services are scheduled for monday. in daly city, cara liu, ktvu news. >

cara liu shares the immigrant family's moving story. >> reporter: the crowd of mourners grew so bill it spilled into the street. >> this is a tragic unnecessary loss of life. and if we're not crying on the outside, we should be crying on the inside. >> a single mom and her two sons wiped out by a suspected drunk driver who prosecutors say was speeding through this daly city neighborhood. >> it's really hard, especially my grandma and my aunt. i don't even know, every time i see them it pressures me. >> reporter: 15-year-old josue osorio was well liked and got good grades. >> i was in elementary and middle school with josue. he was a great friend. >> reporter: his brother amado worked as a driver for safeway.com. >> he took all the weight of the family financially, emotionally. >> reporter: their mom josefa a housekeeper brought their family from el salvador. >> they were just trying to make it here in america. >> reporter: relatives say they are struggling with the losses but also paying for the funerals. private services are scheduled for monday. in daly city, cara liu, ktvu news. >

ktvu's cara liu explains how it would work and why some people are against the move. >> reporter: ken, the meeting wrapped up a hour ago here at city hall. it was a local agency and the public utilities commission. a vote was tabled till april. >> reporter: electricity from 100% renewable resources, that is what they say they will deliver starting this fall if all goes as planned. >> our energy will be 100 california certificated. california has the strictest requirements. and that will contrast with the energy they are getting today. >> reporter: the plan is to roll out to 200,000 customers. neighborhoods highlighted in green on this map where they would be targeted first. the public utilities commission would administer the program. the billing would still go through pg&e. one of the sticking points is customers would be althoughly enrolled -- automatically enrolled. >> the state mandates it would be a opt out program. >> reporter: most customers could pay between $10 and $21 more a month. the union fears loss of jobs. >> there is a clear report from the controllers office saying if

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cara liu has a run down on a the new rules and new rates and also what people are saying about them.got more expensive. meters are now being enforced. meters will be 25-cents an hour after 6:00 p.m. when there's no game. but on game days and special events, metered parking will cost you $7 an hour close to the ballpark in the area between bryant, fifth street, mission bay and the embarcadero. >> that seems kind of high for me for an hour during the game day. you want to stay a while and enjoy it. it seems high but i suppose you pay a premium. >> if it's easy to find a parking space that means that people don't have to circle around or attempt to double park. >> reporter: the new rates are also meant to keep some spaces available for local businesses. those who live and work near by have mixed reactions. >> kind of sucks, they're going to make me walk more. >> on game day it seems like a good idea because it frees up for the people who need to be here and aren't going to park for four hours on the street. >> reporter: the change affects about 1,000-meter spaces that neither have no ti

cara liu has a run down on a the new rules and new rates and also what people are saying about them.rter: marking near at&t park just got more expensive. meters are now being enforced. meters will be 25-cents an hour after 6:00 p.m. when there's no game. but on game days and special events, metered parking will cost you $7 an hour close to the ballpark in the area between bryant, fifth street, mission bay and the embarcadero. >> that seems kind of high for me for an hour during the game day. you want to stay a while and enjoy it. it seems high but i suppose you pay a premium. >> if it's easy to find a parking space that means that people don't have to circle around or attempt to double park. >> reporter: the new rates are also meant to keep some spaces available for local businesses. those who live and work near by have mixed reactions. >> kind of sucks, they're going to make me walk more. >> on game day it seems like a good idea because it frees up for the people who need to be here and aren't going to park for four hours on the street. >> reporter: the change affects about 1,000-me

around 11:30, neighbors heard police calling out to a >> they started comingcloser liu closer like if you come out with your hands up we won't hurt you. and then like two seconds later they are like evacuate next door. we all drop to the ground. >> neighbors describe him as a troubled man who ca armed with a shotgun asking for money. the man who owned the house cared for him in the past. when they weren't home the man came run together house. >> he came with a firearm and the officers fired on him. he retreated back into the residence. >> reporter: while the entire block was being evacuated police began negotiating. >> we spoke to him and he made threats to shoot and kill officers and shoot and kill other people. >> reporter: then around 1:00 police say the a poked a shotgun out the window and fired at them. several officers answered with a barrage of bullets. police bullet casings littered the ground out here, and now more than 10 hours afteours all started there is still a crime scene and police still are not saying exactly how the man died. reporting in vallejo, alan wang, abc7 new

wednesday, liu brooklyn plays james madison, and boise state faces la salle. the second round games will be played thursday and friday. it's going to be a fun one. >>> in the nba, miami's ray allen hit for 16 points in the fourth quarter alone and 20 overall as the heat won their 22nd game in a row 108-91. that ties the heat for the second best win streak in league history. >>> greek soccer player giorgos katidis has been banned for life from all greek national teams after giving what appeared to be a nazi salute after winning match. he said he would not have done it if he had known what it meant. >>> "early today sports" is brought to you by just for men mustache & beard." >>> just ahead, "forbes" reveals the most powerful celebrities in the world. we'll tell you who's number one. our watching "early today." >>> welcome back. hope you had a wonderful weekend. let me get you out the door with your forecast. the umbrellas can be left home today. everyone that is south of washington state. if you're in coastal washington state, you need the umbrella with showers

. >> reporter: cara liu, ktvu news. >>> highway patrol is asking anyone who witnessed a fatal hit-and-run collision on interstate 280 in san jose this morning to come forward. investigators say a vehicle struck and killed 39-year-old amanda vente around 3:30 a.m. several drivers pulled over to help when they saw the body on the right hand lane near 11th street. police say at this point they don't know who hit the woman. it was dark at the time of the collision but investigators say the driver of the vehicle who hit the woman likely knows he or she did strike something. officers shut down two lanes of the freeway for six hours this morning after this crash. >>> the state auditors office says the california commission is so badly damaged it might have to be eliminated. the auditors report says despite years of recommendations the commission has failed to ensure the safety of athletes and has mismanaged funds. >> if they don't improve some of those practices in particular with their budgeting and their recordkeeping, tracking of information, then the legislature should consider whether they

. >>> tonight liu brooklyn faces james madison and boise state versus la salle. second round of 64 teams starts on thursday. >>> we've got a big upset at the n.i.t. defending national champion kentucky missed the shot as time ran out and robert morris won, 59-57. not a good year for kentucky. >>> at the world baseball classic, the dominican republic scored in the first and went on to defeat puerto rico 3-0 to win the championship. >>> last year's u.s. open winners would get a lot more money if they win again by 2017. the total prize money will reach $50 million. $30 million this year, by the way, in case you wanted to take a comparison. equal paychecks for men and women, by the way. >>> and basketball legend dick vitale famous for "yeah baby" took his talents to the georgia aquarium to fill out march madness with dolphins. the dolphins picked 13 seed san diego state as the ultimate winner in the ncaa. we'll see who wins on that one. >>> princess diana's iconic dresses fetch a tidy seven-figure sum at auction. >>> and gerard butler on risking life and limb doing h

. >> khi, liu. >> here. >> commissioner hayon is sick and not able to attend. >> as a result, we are going to defer item number five, we think that it is better to have the full commission here for the election of the chair and vice chair. the first item on the agenda is public comment on matters appearing or not appearing on the agenda that are in the jurisdiction of the ethics commission. >> the next item on the agenda is discuss... i am sorry. >> good afternoon, i'm peter war field director executive director of la bore users and if you could identify the agenda with respect to the public comment. you have under item three and four, a number of items subitems, so i wanted to ask what your ground rules would be for public comment. is there three minutes for each item, for example, 3, a, 3 b, or is it some other rule that you should in mind? >> and we will open that up for views from my fellow commissioners. my thought was that we would take public comment after each subitem. >> that is my understanding. >> that makes sense. >> okay. >> thank you very much. >> you are welcome. >> th

and in the east, liu brooklyn will face james madison.e toss play top seeded indiana. president barack obama made his tournament predictions filling out his bracket in his annual espn interview. the president's final four. no big upset. indiana/ohio state. ohio state an overachiever. louisville/florida. kentucky isn't even in the tournament this year. his full bracket later today >> the dominican republic dominated the world baseball classic beating puerto rico. reyes, ramirez. and canoe took home mvp honors. big time the u.s. did not do well. at the top of the hour, "morning joe", president obama set to touchdown in israel in a few minutes. jane harman joins the crew to break down the significance of this visit and what it means for u.s. foreign policy moving forward. when we come back, the water cooler watching democracy at its finest. another political brawl in the ukrainian parliament. we have diving and fighting in the parliament. more details when "way too early" comes back. max and penny kept our bookstore exciting and would always

. >> commissioner liu? >> i concur with both commissioner studley and commissioner renne on the conclusion. i also did appreciate mr. chavey's historical perspective on this issue. because you know, i have only been on the commission for two years. and i did appreciate knowing what the history of it was. but, at the same time, i think that it also highlights that the ordinance itself is a little bit ambiguous and so i think that there has been confusing interpretations of it. and on top of all of that, the city attorney good government guide issued one interpretation and obviously the task force found another interpretation. and so, because of the ambiguity there, i would find no willful violation by the library commission because there was no clear path throughout the years as illustrated by all of the comments that we have heard from the public tonight. but i do appreciate the library commission's efforts now going forward and the library commission's commitment and its representation here tonight that go

liu brooklyn plays james madison. boise state faces la salle.ond-round games will be played thursday and friday. >>> miami's ray allen hit for 16 points in the fourth quarter alone and 20 overall as the heat won their 22nd game in a row 108-91. that ties the heat for the second-best win streak in league history. >>> and greek soccer player geragos katidis has been banned for life from all the greek national teams after giving what appeared to be a nazi salute after winning a match. he says he would not have done it had he known what it meant. >>> just ahead, "forbes" unveils its most powerful celebrities in the world list. we'll tell you who's number one. >>> check out these two high-flying daredevils in rio. their death-defying leap when "first look" returns. the carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. i've been using crest pro-health for a week. my dentist said it was gonna help transform my mouth. [ male announcer ] go p

liu brooklyn black birds punched their ticket with an easy 91-70 victory over mount st.ary's in the northeast conference title game, the third straight year the black birds have made it into the ncaa tournament. in the south dakota state jack rabbits will make their second ever appearance in the big dance after beating rival north dakota state. that's the summit conference final. valparaiso headed to the tournament for the first time in almost a decade, they earned their bid by beating wright state 62-52 in the horizon conference final. imagine, that was all the way back in '98. we know all the tournament teams and will know all the details when the brackets fully come out sunday night. >>> to the nba now where dwight howard got the welcome you would expect on his first trip back to orlando, his former team. his lakers had won three straight aheaded into this one. early in the first, making his presence felt. nice feed from kobe bryant. second quarter, howard does it on defense, swatting the attempted shot. that one to the second row. kind of vintage howard. he finished

>> in the first round of the ncaa tournament, two number 16 seeds and james madison university beat liu-55 to advance to the second round which starts tomorrow with 16 games. they'll play top seed indiana friday. >>> and then two number 13 seeds, will he sal debeated boise state. they advance to face kansas state. >>> president obama filled out his ncaa brackets. he predicted number one seed louisville will make it to the final fourment he also chose ohio state, florida gators and indiana, his choice to win it all, indiana. >>> indiana and the chicago bears could not agree on the new contract for brian urlacher so he becomes a free agent after 13 years and nine time pro bowl safety ed reed left the baltimore ravens after 11 seasons and signed with the houston texans. >>> golfer tiger woods says he and lindsey vaughn went public with their relationship so that paparazzi couldn't make as much money from any pictures they took of the couple. >> well, it's very simple. you know, we're very happy. but also we want to limit the paparazzi and all the sleazy web sites that are out there. >> woo

my wife's alma mater, liu brooklyn. e.j.throws it down to get them down within one at the halftime. pushes up the court. charles cook in there for the easy slam. draws the foul. jmu goes on to win 68-55. we assume that lewis has shown some school spirit and has his alma mater moving past indiana. yeah, right, in the next round. funny part of that whole thing is either my wife or lewis knew there was a basketball game last night. >>> we showed you president obama's final four bracket. now we'll see who the commander in chief picked to win it all. >> louisville against ohio state. who gets to the title game? >> i'm going louisville. i know it's not surprise pick and i'm going with indiana. these are the two best teams right now and for the championship, i'm going back to the big ten. i think this is indiana's year. >> all right. president obama taking indiana to win it all. but espn also gave kid president the chance to fill out the tournament bracket. if you haven't seen this yet, it's not too late to also change your picks.

as cara liu reports it was just a drill, but very realistic. >> reporter: on a hillside near mount diabloto train veterans. the scenario a small plane crash. >> you need a basket transfer. >> reporter: about 40 volunteer and 18 dogs took part. the exercise was put on by the california search-and-rescue dog association. >> the dog handlers, their crews would come out and locate the casualties and provide treatment and evacuation. >> reporter: organizers say one of the reason is to make the experience more realistic for both searchers and dogs. >> the researchers don't see this type of thing a lot, thankfully and when the real thing does happen they are better prepared for it. >> reporter: handler karen atkinson had an air scent dog look for victims hidden in trees. >> it just keeps them sharp, and they love to work. >> atta girl, nice job! what do you got there, girl? somebody hurt? >> organizers say trainings like this make searchers more effective. >> so you have the most competent teams searching for your children if they were lost. >> reporter: in walnut creek, kara lew, ktvu channel 2

in west contra costa county, cara liu. >>> treasure island development authority officials sent a letter to island residents today telling them about five more radio active sites found this week. the sites are located near a housing area. the soil did in the appear to pose a significant health risk. the navy sent their owninvestigator, removed some soil and plan to send their open inspectors. >>> and people held a protest. today's protest followed a federal judge's refusal for nudity. the ban went into effect on january 1st, the woman who was detained today said she was release add short time later. >>> wall street ended the day with small gains. for the weeks it was down a fraction. the nasdaq was up 22. strong earnings reports drove the markets. those were people from san francisco based marin software ringing the opening bell of the new york stock exchange. this was the company's first day of trading. marin software is a advertising management service giving companies ways to create apps. shares closed up 16% at $16.23. >>> in 90 seconds -- >> a family comes to sfo to meet a plane fro

in west contra costa county, cara liu. >>> treasure island development authority officials sent a letter to island residents today telling them about five more radio active sites found this week. the sites are located near a housing area. the soil did in the appear to pose a significant health risk. the navy sent their owninvestigator, removed some soil and plan to send their open inspectors. >>> and people held a protest. today's protest followed a federal judge's refusal for nudity. the ban went into effect on january 1st, the woman who was detained today said she was release add short time later. >>> wall street ended the day with small gains. for the weeks it was down a fraction. the nasdaq was up 22. strong earnings reports drove the markets. those were people from san francisco based marin software ringing the opening bell of the new york stock exchange. this was the company's first day of trading. marin software is a advertising management service giving companies ways to create apps. shares closed up 16% at $16.23. >>> in 90 seconds -- >> a family comes to sfo to meet a plane fro

cara liu outlines the options that are being implemented. >> reporter: the changes are part of an effort to increase public trust in the wake of a spending scandal uncovered by ktvu including port officials visits to strip clubs. >> for all of us who experienced that very painful time in our organization's history that i am celebrating this, although it is a work in progress. >> reporter: among the changes spending limits after 13 years with no formal purchase card policy. 30% fewer employees now hold p cards compared to last year. also mandatory ethics training. >> it is really a milestone in a commitment that we made to the public to respond after we learned of serious challenges that we faced in actions that have been conducted by senior leadership. >> reporter: also being discussed an $80 per diem while travel and hosting. they are pushing to change the culture of the organization. >> previously we didn't have a value code of conduct. we now have declaration of value principals. you can see more reports that starts everyone today. the board reports of expenditures is reported for the

meeting the goal of hiring 1,000 veterans, the parent key of msnbc is pledging to hire -- nbc's richard lius where the job fair just wrapped up. richard, a lot of need things going on today. i remember some app.s specifically to help veterans get jobs. it's all about placing them in a job which best suits the skills they learned in the military career. >> reporter: yeah, luke, the objective is to try to reach 500,000 jobs. so far the program has been successful at 100,000. the challenge is this cultural whiplash. the medal of honor recipient dakota meyer describes it for us. >> we were successful in the military, built our whole life. we get out in the civilian life and now we can't even get a job? provide for our family? >> reporter: now, what the medal of honor recipient was describing is the difficulty of translating skills from the military to civilian life. what they have is several tools in their digital strategy. this is one of them. this is a resume engine. you into i have beenly type in what your job is, unit supply specialist, and it pumps out this description in civilian language

john liu is the new york city comptroller and joins us this morning on the newsline. welcome back.ou look at some of the cap proposals out of europe and think they have gone too far. >> in new york city, we have been very active with regard to exercising our shareholder rights to rein in what we consider some really excessive executive pay packages out there, toptives of corporations whether they be banks or other that have raked in huge bonuses, even as share prices have suffered. and so i think what is happening in europe is a sentiment that i think is being felt worldwide where shareholders and the public, including our pension funds, are upset and frustrated that the top executives are in many cases rewarding themselves with huge pecuniary gains where investments have not done so well. >> how do you balance that, though, or remedy that, if you think it needs remedying, and also keep new york competitive for a center of banking around the world? >> i think that there are plenty of places around the world that will remain co i think even europe will stay competitive. what this do

john liu is in the running to become the first asian mayor. he is the first person of asian descent elected citywide. he was born in taiwan, came to new york at the age of 5. >>> to a consumer alert. more than 200,000 toyota fj cruisers are being recalled. the driver and front passenger seat belts are mounted on the suv's rear door and can become detached if the door panel and the seat belt retractor is cracked. the recall involves sj cruisers from 2007 through 2013. so far toyota says the defect has not resulted in any injuries, but toyota says they will repair any of the vehicles free of charge. >>> surgeons from around the world have travelled to texas to learn the most innovative ways to heal heart surgery patients. new technology can allow patients to get on their feet faster. nbc's rachel mcneil explains. >> reporter: heart surgeons from around the world gather in high-tech labs to learn the latest techniques, the minimally invasive surgery. this is a new era for a traditionally conservative field be. the benefits for patients are vast.

john liu, current city comptroller. we reached out to christine quinn who is also running but could not join us today. gentlemen, thank you very much for being here. >> thank you. >> this trial, i think, is -- really explosive. and i thinks that really changed the contours the politics on this issue. i'm curious what your feeling is about what this means going forward about the stop and frisk policy and how do you -- my sense is that there's broad agreement that the current status quo has to change. am i right about that? >> yes. i think the trial of the indictment on the policy itself, we all -- understood that racial proceed piling was so integral, just look at the results. almost everybody being stopped is black or brown. >> 80% of stop and frisk. >> more than that. something like 87%. not only that, even in the white neighborhoods, it is all minorities that are being stopped and frisked. there's no denying that this racial profiling going on here. and add to the pact that almost everybody who is being stopped, almos

liu of closing the white house to public visitors, but did you have bipartisan crossover. >> i had bipartisan crossover because they're getting ready to run for election. there is a game play in the senate. this administration wants to show the american public that we can't cut $44 billion between now and september 30 without them experiencing massive pain. they have every intention to make it hurt to get the point that we need to spends every penny we are spending. which is absolutely ludicrous. it's a shame they are doing that because a lot of things -- we are going to have air traffic control towers shut down. they are not shut down because they are too expensive. on average, they cost $wo.3 million less per year to operate. they are shut down to come back with unionized employees in the regular air tower system. so things are not what they seem. we don't have a problem in front of us that we can't solve. what we have is a lack of leadersship and direction to get there. you can compromise on how you save medicare and social security. those compromises have been discussed. they are availabl

the dukes won their first tournament game in 30 years, taking care of liu brooklyn to earn them a matchupdiana. in case you had any hope of ending up with a perfect bra bracket, let me end that for you right now. the odds of filling out a perfect bracket are 1 in 92 quintillion. if all possible brackets were stacked on top of each other, the pile would reach from the moon and back, over 1.1 million times. carol, there is some good news. if you know something about basketball and the tournament, like 16 seeds don't beat 1 seeds, your chances increase to 1 in 128 billion. >> how long did it take you to figure out all that math? >> crunching some numbers. i had my calculator out earlier today. >> i heard it exploding. >>> the next hour of "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> happening now in the newsroom, 50 chicago elementary schools closing. mayor rahm emanuel set the announce the plan today. critics say it targets minorities and the poor. >> ridiculous. >> any part of chicago that's trying to rebuild, the neighborhood is important. >> parents, as you heard, they want answers. also, accuse

liu won the northeast conference tournament and valparaiso also going to the big dance.e the horizon conference champions. the first time in nine years that they'll be headed back to the ncaa tournament. our friends at bleacherreport.com have realtime bubble watch updates as we get closer to selection sunday. find out who's in and who's out. want to win three tickets to the final four? it's as simple as getting a vasectomy. the tournament is in atlanta so a local medical office in georgia is offering two free tickets to the tournament if you come in. >> you don't win, you still have had a procedure, and you're off your feet for the weekend to watch basketball. i mean it truly is a win-win situation. >> win-win i guess depends on who you're asking. so here's the catch, you come in, you can get a vasectomy, you can put your name in a drawing. but you don't necessarily have to get the procedure. they say if you just come in for the consultation your name gets put in the drawing. >> not quite a win-win then. i'll tell you this, when you were saying hey you want tickets? john

field of 64 will be james madison, dukes won their first tournament game in 40 years, taking care of liuave your bracket filled out and ready to go for today's action. in case you had any hope of ending up with a perfect bracket, let me end that for you right now. the odds are one in over 9.2 quintillion. if all the people on the earth filled out one bracket per second it would take over 43 years to fill out every possible bracket. also if all possible brackets were stacked on top of each other, the pile would reach from the moon and back over 1.1 million times. now, if you do know anything about basketball, like 16 seeds don't beat number one seed your odds actually increase from 1 to 128 billion. >> there's a lot of math there. >> somebody spent a lot of time putting that together, too. >> already, by the way, i've blown my entire bracket, two losses so far on just the play-in games. an andy, thanks for that. thanks for nothing, man! >>> this just in to cnn. two police helicopters crashed in germany at berlin's olympic stadium. several people are hurt. rotors of the two choppers hit ea

first off, duke/james madison, beating liu/brooklyn, and that makes donna in graphics very happy.ar. jmu/indiana, friday afternoon. >> lasalle beat boise state. the explorers, 80-71 victory was lasalle's first ncaa tournament win since 1992. up next for the team, kansas state also friday afternoon. >> looking forward to some games today, louisville/north carolina, a & t/lexington. ironic venue, it is the home court of louisville's archrival, kentucky. >> we have our commish over there who will give us information why we need to be watching these games. what's up with that game? >> well, how about we ask the kentucky fans. they have plenty of time to fill the seats down there in lexington. their team is out. they didn't bother making the tournament much less anything else. donna graphics if i can add this in, a personal congratulations to the lasalle university explorers, class of '93. oh, by the way. >> oh, boy. >> oh, boy. >> oh, boy. >> that's pretty good. look out kansas state. >> how do you like our picks? what do you think? >> i think you guys did pretty good. i will tell you

liu brooklyn takes on james madison followed by la salle versus boise state.ading over to israel, president obama continued his annual tradition of filling out his bracket with espn. last year the president picked two of the final four correctly. his picks for this year's final four are louisville, indiana, ohio state, and florida. the president has two number one seeds, a number two seed and a number three seed. we'll have to see how he does. the power of the plantain must be real. dominican republic team calling the fruit their good luck charm throughout the world baseball classic. and it's hard to argue against it. the dominicans dominated the field in the tournament going a perfect 8-0 capped off by last night's 3-0 win over puerto rico in the championship game. he doesn't plan on eating his lucky plantain now that they've won. instead it will be his black diamond because, hey, it's starting to change color. that will happen to fruit after a few weeks. well if you had over to bleacherreport.com you can check out this story in the lineup section. spring tra

i would point out this is a much more expensive source of fuel than alternatives that are ready liu available and i would ask -- that are readily available, and i would ask a basic question which is if we believe this is a good and appropriate activity, wouldn't it be better to handle it at the department of energy rather than take precious resources from our defense department and have it spent with the construction of plants for biofuel capability? i think it makes more sense to move this over to the operations and maintenance account. that's what my amendment does. mr. president, i yield back the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: mr. president, i rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the senator from pennsylvania, and i will raise a point of order at the appropriate moment, budget point of order, which will require an extraordinary vote on the floor of the senate. but i want to address the merits of senator toomey's amendment. senator toomey's amendment proposes to cut $60 million from advanced drop in biofuel production program in the procuremen

continue jeff's great work. [ applause ] in the 1990s, when she was, what, 19, sylvia served under jack liued over three budget surpluses in a row. later she helped the gates foundation grow into a global force for good. and then she helped the walmart foundation expand its charitable work. so sylvia knows her way around a budget. but as the granddaughter of greek immigrants, she also understands that our goal, when we put together a budget, is not just to make the numbers add up, our goal is also to reignite the true engine of economic growth in this country, and that is a strong and growing middle class. to offer ladders of opportunity for anybody willing to climb them. sylvia's mom is here. and i -- sylvia loves to talk about her parents, growing up in west virginia, and the values that they instilled in her as educators. and i think that reflects everything that sylvia now does. and so i'm absolutely confident that she's going to do a great job at omb. and those values are especially important to remember now, as we continue to -- >> listening to the president, president obama nominatin

and around the may time frame, ed liu and yuri came up in this particular soyuz to relieve my crew. we're supposed to fly home in the soyuz that were never intended to fly on. for those of you don't know the soyuz we will, i like whenever have a picture of. no, explained globe about. it's a very simple physical. it's kind of a great example of how spending more money doesn't always make vehicles safer. this vehicle is smaller, carries less crew. it's much less capable than what it can do performance wise than a space shuttle, but it's got a great amount of redundancy and a great amount of capability to handle failures. even though it's very, very simple and it doesn't land on a runway. the part of the soyuz that is close to the space station is the bulk chicken. that's a habit to chill module. there's a bathroom and a place to prepare food or so store food and a place to change clothes. the bell shaped in the middle is the descent module the crew comes home and when it separates from the rest of vehicle. the bottom and, the computers and the propulsion systems. well so, yuri and ed