live-work. we used it when there was lofts built in the city, it has been used before. there are some differences in a new building versus an existing building. in answer to your question, is it a dangerous building, i can't say that. and i personally have never been to the building. >> thank you. so we will take our rebuttal then starting with the apell ant, mr. collieer. >> thank you, i wanted to address commissioner swig's comment. i do have an email sent to mr. gall, the permit holder, i will put on the overhead. plumbing inspection division said i found no violations, this was in october of 2013. building inspection said elevator lobby doors need to be upgraded, there was a lack of required heat. but basically they all felt that it was just maintenance issues in many cases. for example, electrical inspection says most of the problems with these buildings appear to be maintenance related. so i don't think they are willing to waive the requirement of light and air, which is what mr. buscovich

i moved in, saw a craig's list ad, it says live-work. i believed them. i lived there for 8 years and now it really is residential. if they want to evict me, they need to use residential laws to evict me. they are not doing that. my neighbor, he was evicted, now i have an architectural firm for a neighbor. he was forced out under commercial rental laws after living there for 8 years. don't let this happen to other people because to make money, they make profit off it and it seems like they are not following the spirit of the law. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is bethany shores, i am also a neighbor of 1049 market street. by allowing these residential units to be converted to office spaces you are losing the people of this neighborhood, people who work and create art and thrive in their rent controlled spaces. by allowing them to stay there you are allowing these people to continue to thrive, to continue to create art and to continue to live in san francisco. thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> hello, my name is joe bender. i'm a

in late 1995 we decided to convert the office units to live work law. so this has been residential housing since at least 1995. we have a craig's list ad here on the screen that was, as you see, it says san francisco housing, apartment housing. this is for miss bracero's unit --. >> would you continue to speak into the mic, please. >> it says loft takes a queen size mattress, bathrooms are shared and cleaned daily, laundry in building. clearly this is for residence occupancy and this is from 2011. furthermore, the units have kitchenettes, as advertised, i just wanted to show you a couple of photos of kitchenettes, that's one of them in one of the units and a second one. this is how the units are rented with these kitchenettes under the loft. i want to rebut the claim that the unit is not compliant with fire code. california fire code section 1021 requires two exits per story, not per unit, and as noticed on the plans there are two exits per story. the apartment of a rescue window in r2 occupancy is exempted because the building is fully sprinklered. 36

. >> most say they've spent their lives working in the leather and meat business and can't find worklsewhere. >> translator: so angry but we can't express it. if we show our anger the police will come after us. we forced our young people to sit and control their emotions, if they raise their voices they'll cause trouble. we're appealing to the government to see what we're going through. >> buffaloes are being brought in to replace the bulls. though their meat and leather is not the same quality. making things worse for some, the national government is planning a country-wide ban on cow slaughter meat and leather business is not a government priority. fez jemi lfertionmil, al jazeera mumbai. >>> shunned by their villages and the party has forgotten them. but others have found new ways to survive and flourish. >> a decade ago she was a member of nepal's maoist army and had dreams of a revolution. >> 12 years is a long time and society has changed during this time and so have we. after rejecting patriarchal views of our society to go back there and live is difficult. >> reporter: starti

to make area around broadway a safe, beautiful diverse and enjoyable place to live, work and visit with a commitment to promoting economic vitality, improving live ability and advocating area. to remain a financial sustainable organization to ensure maximum possible cleanliness of the public place to create safe for locals and residents alike. to improve the area of the history and we did a lot of outreach there and the community by and large wanted us to celebrate our history to make sure people were aware of it. to bring locals back to the area through event to marketing and branding to increase traffic and to operate a well sound and non-profit organization. >> i want to congratulate. no questions, just heeps of praise. for those not familiar with that part of our district. i think i witnessed 30 years of discussion about what are we going to do about broadway. the forms of the cdb made all the difference in terms of the economic vitality of that area. your community could not be more grateful for what you have brought. we thank you for your dedication. it making a real deference. th

. >> whether helping safe guard the internet or save lives work the internet or save lives working together greater goodies bigger than who we are as individuals. imperative we face an opportunity we share and it's the only way to make a better world. >>reporter: carter used his appearance to announce the pentagon first new cyberstrategy in 4 years. will include the creation of first of its kind quantity to help scout for break through and he mentaling technology to fight tra ketion national and cyberterrorist. >> hillary clinton has been called to testify on capitol hill on 2 major issues already dogging her xan for president. chairman of the house committee investigate investigating the attack in benghazi libya three years ago wants her to testify on that some time before mid june. but first she wants to schedule a hearing for mid fay on her use of private e-mail server while she was secretary of state. this is video of clean top on the campaign trail today in new hampshire. >> in the senate loretta link won confirmation today to become president obama next attorney general. she's the fir

. >> we are trying to figure out a way to make a space where theater and presentation of live work is something that you think of the same way that you think of going to the movies. of course it has been complex in terms of economics, as it is for everyone now. artistically, we have done over 35 projects in four seasons, from producing dance, theater, presenting music having a full- scale education program, and having more than 50,000 visitors in the building almost every year. a lot of our emerging artists to generate their first projects here, which is great. then we continue to try to support figuring out where those works can go. we have been blessed to have that work produced in new york going on to the edinburgh festival the warsaw theater festival. to me those are great things when you can watch artists who think there is nowhere else that might be interested in you being a woman of color and telling your story and then getting excited about it. that is our biggest accomplishment. having artists have become better artists. what is. sheri coming back to brava, here you have this

. >>> they had to protect their lives work. >>> what did you do about all the sensitive equipment documentscetera, that were in the embassy? >>> on the last day, we had done so little to get rid of classified material, that we were running the insinner rate tors on the roof all time and that meant building itself, the embassy was shaking because they were going and they were burning, tons and tons of classified material. >>> and, during the hours of -- early hours of the last morning we began using grenades to destroy n.s.a. communication. using hand grenades to blow them up. >>> but despite their best efforts they couldn't destroy everything. >>> in 19677 frank published a memoir revealing that sensitive dockcuments had been left behind. he insisted the c.i.a.'s local operatives were named in the file he is leaving them vulnerable to arrest. >>> how many lives were lost as a direct result of all those documents? >>> we have no idea, how many were killed. >>> many were put into consenstration camps, and many people that worked with us in the c.i.a. be were treated extremely hatchly and it's

melvin makes a living work his cart on the 19th street. despite the presence of trailers and heavy equipment equipment has no idea the ground will be pulled out from under him. for anyone wanting to do business on the upper levels of vine street, things will look very different soon. in may the pedestrian bridge near the old family court building is going to be torn down. in october contractors will start to tear down 19th and 20th street bridges near the library where melvin works. before any of that can happen the traffic on the expressway will be shifted and narrowed to give construction workers access stot work above. penndot says during the overnight hours tuesday through friday east and westbound lanes of the vine street will be shut down only to reopen at 5:00 in the morning. >> that wouldn'tn't be fun. >> when are they going to let us know? >> reporter: consider this your warning. peb dot says starting at tuesday at midnight lane closures and redirection will take place on vine street expressway below and construction will cease in

it's a region that boasts of being one of the finest places to live, work and play in tennessee. >> move quick, let's go let's go, let's go! we got an officer down! it also has its very own 18-man swat team - and last summer, they received something known as an "mrap" through the federal program. it's a "mine-resistant ambush protection" vehicle - it was designed to protect us troops from roadside bombs in iraq. >> we average about once a month. >>once a month? >>once a month we'll be in this. >>but this is something that's not really designed for civilian use, right this is a military vehicle? >>we could get shot at in any particular time, we sign on for that yea but that don't mean we don't use tools that are readily available to use. that's all this is. it's a tool, this is no different than our gun. >> the swat team is often used on drug warrants, most of the time the mrap goes along too. >> there is a criticism that people are concerned that stuff that's being used in conflict zones is ending up in small towns, what's your response to that? >> you've been in an mrap? >> i have. >> i

we are live working to find out what sparked the violence close to temple university. >>> and at penn state, a second fraternity falls. new this morning, the alleged bad behavior that has another frat shutting down. >>> and good friday is off to a foggy start this morning. check it out, first alert radar is showing us some rain. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm chris cato. we'll begin with bill henley and the first alert forecast. bill, it is really warm out there, too. >>> it is funny, 30 degrees warmer than yesterday morning. a nice, mild start. but a damp start as you mentioned in some areas. southerly winds will help to keep temperatures on the warm side. tracking some showers right now, you can see a few light scattered showers in montgomery and bucks county and moving into chester county. it's part of the system that will be with us throughout the day today. 60 degrees in philadelphia pottstown, northeast philadelphia wilmington at 61. standby with your umbrella 56 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00 it warms to 60. and 63 degrees with rain and southwesterly winds at 14 miles an hour. that

humans have been living, working, hunting there for thousands of years harvesting the natural resources of the region. they've been developing the land. they live and work and raise their families there. just yesterday i had an opportunity to see a series of advertisements from the corporation that sits up in the north slope area, and stunning commercials the one that is probably most powerful is a series of pictures, of a whaling captain who also happens to be the ceo of this native cooperation moving from shots of him out on the ice looking as traditional and ancient as any might, and in the next shot is him in his office looking just like those of you in suits tie and leather shoes, and it speaks to the reality of the people of the arctic today. so we must always remember the people. a focus on climate change its impact on the arctic and how to adapt to a changing environment is absolutely warranted. i don't have concern with that, but it cannot be our sole and singular focus and held over or held against the people of the arctic. it should not be used as an excuse to prevent those w

ultimately it's the people who live work and breathe life into the cities that benefit. you'd like to think that would be reason enough for change. >>> just a reminder you can keep up to date with all the news on the website at aljazeera.com. >>> i'm at the 45th agual forum meetings in davos switzerland, and about to lead a conversation about closing the infrastructure gap. most upped we are not building infrastructure or maintaining that that we have. some of that is because of a shift in how we gn the biggest -- finance the biggest infrastructure projects like power plants, roads, dams, railways. with interest rates at low, this may be the best time history to figure that problem out. >>> the conversation we are having is about bridging the infrastructure gap. the infrastructure financing gan in particular. it's a remarkably important topic. many will not under why there is an infrastructure gap. there has been a remarkable change in the way we finance infrastructure projects in the world. over the last several years. some of it has had to do with the recession that th

it's happening right where we live, work and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste.p the toxic litter. learn more at rethinkbutts.org i. you are looking at new video of homes ripped apart by powerful tornado. one person died and 7 were hurt in fair dale small town in northern illinois about 80 males west of chicago. and here's a look at why. this large tornado damaged every single one of the 50 homes in fair dale and left a lot of damage around the region. the entire area was affected by strong storms. more than 1000 flights at chicago o'hare were cancelled. 500 more were delayed. >>> frightening. other news tonight hillary clinton is expected to announce her plans to run for president this weekend. she will likely make it official on sunday. republican senator cruz and paul have formally launched campaigns. senator rubio is expected to announce on monday. >>> it turns out san jose smart parking meters aren't so smart after all. there's glitch and it is causing them to reset even after you swipe your car or drop in some change. we are live in downtown san jose tonigh

it's happening right where we live, work and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste. let's stop the toxic litter. learn more at rethinkbutts.org >>> well, cadillac's new full size sedan has a unique security feature. the ct6 takes photos of everything around the car whenever the alarm system is set off. the technology relies on the same cameras used to help with parking the car. when the alarm goes off the security pictures are stored on a memory card. the new ct6 goes into production late this year. >>> thousands of low wage workers in seattle are getting a raise starting today. the city begins phasing in a law which raises the minimum wage to $15en hour among the highest in the nation. a lobbying group representing franchise owners has tried to get an injunction to stop the law. but the judge refused. >>> minimum wages aren't an issue for the rolling stones. they've just announced a new u.s. tour. the stones made about a half a billion dollars on their last tour. mick jagger alone said to be worth more than 300 million. keith richards just slightly less than that. t

it was just four of us living, working, you know, eating, sleeping in the same place. it was pretty disgusting, actually. [laughter] if you really want to know, it is probably more akin to a sweatshop. but this is how you build companies. emily: you tweeted a picture of that garage. saying box's first office 8 years ago where we slept, worked, fought, pivoted, and built. when it came to each of your co-founders, what was each of your roles? aaron: we got really lucky, i think, collectively, because we each bring a different kind of skill to the table. so we had sort of the software skill, the hardware and networking skill. we had the finance, administration, legal, business operations skill. that was dylan. and i focused really on the product side. emily: so when you say you fought, i'm just curious. in those early days, what did you fight about? what were the issues that came up? aaron: we had all the sort of fighting and all of the bickering as founders. but the nice thing is that it all fell back on, again, that trusted relationship that let us kind of work through

all boats around the world are able to follow the green lead and ultimately it's the people who live work life into port cities that will benefit and you would like to think that would be reason enough for change. nick clark, al jazeera, sweden. >>> if you want more on the story as well as all others head over to al jazeera.com.

around the world are able to follow gothenberg's green lead but ultimately it's the people who live, workreathe life in to port cities that will benefit. and you would like to think that that would be reason enough for change. nick clark, al jazerra goth an berg sweden this and you can watch nick's full report on the green port of gothenberg on al jazerra's earth rise this tuesday at 9:30 gmt. >>> now, scientists in the u.k. are embark on the ground an ambitious project to find what causes rare diseases and how cancers drop. 100,000 patients will take park in the genome project it involves having your dna sequenced to provide doctors with clues in to immaterial illnesses jessica baldwin explains. >> reporter: georgia is a special child. not only does she smile just about all the time, but she is nearly four and is just started walking. she still doesn't spike she's got problem with his kidneys with her eyes, her brain and nobody knows why. all the doctors know is that georgia was born with some sort of rare genetic disorder. they have no idea what caused it. or how it will affect the rest

. >> he made his living working hard. he wants to give back to help people. is that wrong? >> reporter: the family of eric harris just released a statement saying while they appreciate bates' apology it will not bring eric back. we remain vigilant in seeking the whole truth they say. bates is to be arraigned next week and intending to plead not guilty. >>> there is breaking news in california. a massive gas line explosion in fresno. there are injuries. local local officials say they are expecting five to eight patients specifically burns. the local highway is closed down and the explosion may have occurred on or near a sheriff's office near a firing range. flames shooting 100 feet into the air. >>> isis is claiming responsibility tonight for a deadly attack targeting the u.s. consulate inner erbil, iraq. >> reporter: the streets and caves in this erbil neighborhood were crowded when around 6:00 a car bomb exploded in front of the oust consulate. the blast echoed throughout the city. the bomb went off outside the gate. but there were three cafes nearby. and one seems to have

it's happening right where we live, work and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste.let's stop the toxic litter. learn more at rethinkbutts.org ♪ we're all in this together. ♪ when you recognize something isn't right, make the call to the veterans crisis line at 1-800-273-8255 and press 1. . >> good evening. giants certainly know how to throw a championship party. world series ceremony today was amazing. but then the actual game was the let down. home opener for the 2014 champ with tim and 3 world series trophy in the last 5 years. they were to have a guy parachute in with a championship flag but said it was too windy for that. so bruce goes to the bullpen for plan b. big lefty. from the pen. madison hop on horse for victory ride around the park that nobody will ever forget. >> i could probably say i'll never probably never get a chance to do that again. i don't know if anybody has ever done that before or not but it was pretty interesting. it was if you please to do it in front of fans here. we had a good time with it. >>reporter: then after the horsey the game start

ultimately it's the people who live work and breathe life into the cities that benefit. you'd like to think that would be reason enough for change. >>> just a reminder you can keep up to date with all the news on the website at aljazeera.com. >>> i'm at the 45th agual forum meetings in davos switzerland, and about to lead a conversation about closing the infrastructure gap. most upped we are not building infrastructure or maintaining that that we have. some of that is because of a shift in how we gn the biggest -- finance the biggest infrastructure projects like power plants, roads, dams, railways. with interest rates at low, this may be the best time history to figure that problem out.

it's happening right where we live, work and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste.n more at rethinkbutts.org >>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news good wednesday. it is hump day. and earth day. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. leyla gulen is watching traffic and meteorologist mike nicco has the weather. >> there is a little drizzle. >> i ran into a little. >> a little more than yesterday. >> the marine layer is still there and full of moisture and giving it up at a greater clip. there is not much fog on live doppler hd. in our camera you can see how ahead it is over san francisco. our 12 hour day planner shows temperatures in the low-to-mid 50s this morning. we will stay in the 50s at the coast as we hit the upper 60s to low 70s with increasing sunshine this afternoon. a little bit more than yesterday and still a chance of a stray shower across the north bay and otherwise after the morning most of us will be dry. >> we will watch out for that with drizzle not impeding the drivers. >> just mist. it is not going to cause a problem. the s

it's happening right where we live, work and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste. let's stop the toxic litter. learn more at rethinkbutts.org >>> welcome back to "beyond the headlines." we've been talking about body image and the way our physical appearance affects our open self confidence and the way others perceive it. studies in popular culture published in 2010, media images contribute to both positive and negative social stereotypes. racial differences in appearance and conversational style have significantly diminished. however, the representation of minorities on primetime has not changed over time. asian-americans are a growing minority group but are only found in 2% of the study sample. joining us right now in the studio is lisa lee, the co-founder of thick dumpling skin. i love that name. it's a community forum for asian-americans to talk about experiences with body images. how did you come up with this name? >> my co-founder, lynn chen, is a very successful food blogger. one of the things that anybody who has founded any sort of ventures before will real

most say they have spent their lives working in the leather and meat business.ind work elsewhere. >> translator: we are so angry but we can't get it if with show anger the police come after us. we force young people to sit and control their emotions if they raise their voice they will be in trouble. we are playing the government will see what we are going through. >> reporter: these empty slaughterhouses are slowly come back to life as buffaloes are being brought in to replace the bulls. though their meat and lethaller is not the same quality. making things worse for some, the national government is planning a country-wide ban on cow slaughter, that suggests that relief to workers in the meat and leather business not a government priority. faiz jamil, al jazerra mumbai. >>> women that used to fight in nepal's army say they are now facing a different battle. since the civil war ended many say they have been shunned by their villages and forgotten boo i their party but as we report, some are finding new ways to survive and flourish. >> reporter: a decade ago she n

. >> whether it's helping safeguard the internet or helping save lives working together for the greater is bigger than who we are as individuals. it's an imperative we face opportunity we share and it's the only way to make a better world. >> carter used his appearance to announce the pentagon's first new cyber strategy in four years. it'll include the creation of a first of its kind unit to help scout break through emerging technologies to fight traditional and cyber terrorists. >>> hundreds gathered today to see military honors given to labor leader and former sailor cesar chavez. 22 years after his death. chavez received grave site honors from the u.s. navy of his memorial in central california. the idea came from a sailor who learned he does not receive the honors at the time of his death. travers died in 1993 when he was 66 years old. the family said they never thought to ask for military recognition since they focussed more on his work with the farm workers. he served in the western pacific from 1946 to 1948. >>> as we continue some competition out on the fairway. >> there's a lot

it's happening right where we live, work and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste. more at rethinkbutts.org today there is only one park for every 14,000 americans. connection to nature is a right that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is worth protecting. help support the trust for public land and the gift of parks today. when i have an asthma attack... i feel like a fish with no water. learn how to prevent your child's next asthma attack. because even one attack is one too many. >> european space agency and nasa ram a spacecraft into an asteroid plan. it's an experiment to see if they can somehow keep an asteroid from hitting earth by deflecting it or blowing it up. experiment involves small asteroid. first phase of the mission scheduled to launch in october of 2020. european space craft first record a map of the asteroid then nasa spacecraft will slam into the asteroid at 14000 miles per hour. unclear what the impact

it's happening right where we live, work and play. everywhere. cigarette butts are toxic waste.et's stop the toxic litter. learn more at rethinkbutts.org . . . >>> live this is abc 7 news. >>> good friday morning. it's -- my goodness. >> no you didn't. >> can i actually say that? monday. i was trying to bring joy to everybody. but that's okay. hope you had a great weekend. i'm kristen sze. >> traffic and mike nicco has a look at our forecast. >> i know i'm sorry i got everybody's hopes up. >> wow. all right. let's look at radar and satellite. doppler 7 hd. it's somebody's friday, just not ours. there's a look at the cloud cover that's going to be stuck at the coast today. in fact we're clear as we look down from the tower to the east. look at all the sunshine in your 12-hour day planner. starting off in the 50s this morning. in the inland mid to upper 70s, ]- on your way to mid 80s. 60 at the coast. a very delightful evening. mid 50s at the coast. mid 60s at the bay and low to might 70s inland. >> thanks. early look at traffic on this monday morning. >> this means we're coming r

san francisco, it just piles on top to make it really impossible for early childhood educators to live workmute into the city. >> the group is also asking the city to fund the minimum wage increase passed by those in november. stay away from golden gate park on monday for counter culture holiday known as 420. thousands are expected to crowd the park that celebrates marijuana. this is how the area looked today from sky 7 hd more than 15,000 people packed the area last year causing some pretty serious traffic problems. >> we just want to make sure that trafficy facilitied and pedestrians are safe and at the end of the day that nobody gets hurt and that's what we're trying to accomplish. >> police say part of fell street will be closed about 2:30. they're hoping the warning will keep other nearby streets open. last year a section had to be shut down closing a major inconvenience for local businesses. >> let's check on the weather for the weekend and sandhya patel is here. >> did you notice a drop in the temperatures. >> it is a little cool. 20 degrees cooler in half moon bay. it's pretty wild

. >> those who live work in the area say they are keeping a close eye on the project. >> it's part of life right. i don't know what else to really do about it. >> san jose planning commission will review the proposed expansion in early may. this is abc 7 news. >> bay area air quality district is holding a public meeting on the smell 2 week from tonight. april 23 at 6:00 p.m. at milpitas city hall. >>> caught on tape. san jose woman says contractors were caught dumping raw sewage on lawn in her enabled. take a look at video from home security camera. crew were doing sewer work at house next door but what happened shocked the homeowner. you can see the plumber dumping a pail of liquid on to her property then 20 minutes later another pail is dumped at home across the street. woman believes it was raw sewage. >> very disgusting. yes. i don't want sewer water raw sewer water dumped on my property. i don't think anyone else either. >> should have been some other way to dispose of the sewage. >> corporate office issued the statement saying quote without the opportunity to view the video foot

living. >> working for a living. someone should make a song like that. >> absolutely. someone that lives in marin preferably. steve and i have the same boring since of humor but we amuse each other. >>> let's take a look at 880. the traffic is moving along okay. if you are driving to 237 in the south bay, we do see traffic that is there. we will keep an eye on this. a little bit of slow traffic there but for the most part drawing the arrow on the good part. it does look good on interstate 580. it is 5:03. let's go back to the tech. >>> new developments from downtown oakland and shooting death of a promising new musician. tara moriarty is joining us live. you are in oakland. and in the last 30 minutes, you got a look at new surveillance video at this deadly tragedy. >> police say at the 26-year- old guitarist was struck by a stray bullet. right now flowers and candles lay on the sidewalk where e mill owe was shot and killed. that is when the driver returned with a gun and tried to kill the motorcyclist but instead the bullet truck navarez in the neck. his mother says th

most spent their lives working in the leather and meat about business and can't find work elsewhere.> we are so angry but can't express it. if we show our anger the police come after us. we force our young people to sit and control their emotions, because if they raise their voice, they'll face trouble. we pray for the government to see what we're going through. >> these empty slaughterhouses are slowly coming back to life as buffalo are being brought in. though their meat and leather is not the same quality. the government plans a countrywide ban on cow slaughter that suggestion that the workers in the meat and leather business is not a priority. >> investigators suspended search for bodies at the site of the germanwings crash. investigators accuse the co pilot of intentionally flying the plane into the french alps, killing owl 150 on 150 aboard. >> it's been 10 years since riots in paris. high unemployment is still an issue. many feel is late because of poor transport links. >> the round trip can take up to three hours so the journey on foot and then by a bus and to trains starts e

. >>> if you live work shop even study in the district it might cost you more. tax increases are part of the new mayor's plan to pay for homeless services school modernization and the streetcar. our mark segraves joins us now to explain how that's all going to be paid. mark? >> jim, this is mayor bowser's first budget and she's asking the council to approve raising the sales tax and the parking tax to keep her campaign promises of creating more affordable housing, funding metro and fixing the district's aging public schools. mayor muriel bowser wants to increase the sales tax from 5.75% to 6%. just like it is in maryland and virginia. she says she has to raise taxes to give resident what is they want. >> while i wish we didn't have to consider it it does allow us to do the new things that residents all across the city -- i mean literally in each of our eight wards -- say to me fix the homelessness problem. >> reporter: fiscal watch dogs who advocate for more funding for social programs are optimistic. >> i think the good news is that the mayor took a really diff

most say they spent their lives working in the leather and meat business. >> translation: we are so angrywe can't express it. if we show our anger, the police will come after us. we force the young to hold on to their motion. we pray to the government. >> slaughter houses are coming back to life as buffalos are brought in to replace the bull. making things worse for some the national government is placing a ban on cow slaughter. it's suggesting that meeting is not a government priority. >>> coming up sky watchers for the lunar eclipse. what made this one so special straight ahead. ahead. >>> stargazers got a chance to >>> much of the world was treated to a rare event. a lunar collins. e -- a lunar eclipse. india had the best view >>> on the banks of the river ghangi thousands of devote hindus watched and weight. devotees offered prayers. it was time for a holy dip. the moon is being gobbled up buy a demon. when it returns, worshippers have been let off the hook. >> translation: as per mythology bathing in the ghangis gains a huge look on life. they will gain god's blessings. >> reporter:

they are asking anyone who lives, works on does business along that 13-mile stretch between tyson's corner and alexandria to go on line and share your options about transit options. traffic has haded to traffic problems in recent years. >>> yesterday kind of rain and storm created a mess. >> this morning, amelia we are clearing out nicely, right? it's still a little cloudy. >> the clouds are going to quickly break up over the early morning hours. mostly sunny skies and breezy kae today. it's 60 degree but it's feeling like temperatures are in the 50s. you might want to grab the jacket this morning. by 5:00 a.m. temperatures for most of us still around 60. not much of at 10:00 a.m. for the temps. plenty of sun at that point. high temperatures will be at 70 degrees. knots just -- not just breezy now, but the entire day today. >>> breaking news this is going to be a problem and probably just going to get worse here. we have a tree down. the outer loom loop amp to southbound gw parkway. they say they are going to shut the ramp down southbound gw parkway from the out are loop. if they do indeed

live, work, and raise your family in this city. elected officials need to work together. it's about public safety at this point. >> mr. van jones? >> well, first of all, i thought that the mayor said what i expected her to say. earlier, we were trying to speculate why did there seem to be a slower response and timid response. she said very plainly, her view was she did not want to provoke, she -- i think she used the term, create a police state. that is this balancing act that i think all executives in her situation have to balance. it's not just balancing the first amendment rights of the protestors versus public safety. also, when are you provoking by overreacting, when are you allowing space for bad things to happen. so she made a bet they had everything after control after saturday. she made a bet on monday, on the day of the funeral when no protests were called for, that things would be calm enough for her police force to maintain order. that bet came up wrong for her and wrong for that scity. >> the mayor is a beloved figure in that city. she's a child of that city.

decades before all ports around the world are able to follow this green lead but it's the people who live work life into port cities that will benefit, and you would like to think that would be reason enough for change. nick clark, sweden. >> reporter: you watch nick's full report this thursday at 9:30 gmt. >>> now since the vietnam war ended 40 years ago, the country has experienced major changes and rapid economic growth but as scott heidler reports, old and new generations have very different visions of the future. >> reporter: this girl was just 17 when she joined the war against the united states. with the former comrade in arms they sing a marching song from their time in the jungle. it's the story of how they loved flowers, but the enemy, the americans, forced them to love the gun. >> translator: without our songs, it would have been thousands of times more difficult. they raised our spirits, making our tough life much better. >> reporter: 40 years ago, with the north vie nam ease just hours away from taking saigon, they fled. >> reporter: why did they not protect the country? but when

either repeal it or pass a law that protects all that live, work and visit indiana. and do so immediately. >> so you're basically seeing there a bipartisan on slot in indiana. but the shift here is also bigger than that state. conservative politicians trying to target evangelicals are realizing that the world around their targets is moving swiftly. it's hard to find a way to say condemn gay marriage without antagonizing the broad spectrum of americans committed to inclusion and nondiscrimination and some presidential candidates are getting caught in this political undertoe defending the law even as we're reporting even as it's state sponsors are retreating. take a look at jeb bush saying that governor pence did the right thing. >> i think if you, if they actually got briefed on the law that they wouldn't be blasting this law. i think governor pence has done the right thing. florida has a law like this. bill clinton signed a law like this at the federal level. >> that's the problem. you just need to get briefed. meanwhile marco rubio tried to have it both ways. >> i d

the northern virginia transportation commission is asking anyone who lives, works or does business alonghe 13-mile stretch between tyson's an alexandria to share their thoughts about transit options. drivers are also suffering their share of commuting trouble. there's construction under way in the georgetown pike area and more to come soon just west oftyson's corner. >>> virginia railway express is hoping to get more riders by opening a new station in summer. the new terminal is expected to draw hundreds of new riders. the area wants to double the ridership by the year 2040. the rail system is considering adding another station and extending its manassas line as well. >>> threats of kind of weather weather out there and not limited to the d.c. area and video of the damage along the eastern seaboard. >>> a big discovery first uncovered by the i-team. find out where investigators found >>> just months after the news 4 i-team revealed thousands of american art masterpieces missing nationwide the federal government recovered a treasure trove of them thousands of miles away. scott mcfar londl

the general public are focusing on their everyday lives, lives, working hard at work, not necessarilyy-gritty of politics. people are concerned, but a lot of people are just looking for someone who will speak for what it is that they need in their personal life. that is why this was appealing to the general election, not so much the primary, but she already seems to be focused on what will be winnable in a general election. kennedy: trying to have a religion for everybody, it never works. the most interesting thing about a candidate, not the she has had anything interesting about her. >> she is a woman. kennedy: and that is great. >> isn't it time for a woman president. >> if for no other reason than to save us money on salary. kennedy: you only have to bear $0.78 on the dollar. >> whatever really went on in the white house had to have been very interesting. interesting parts interesting parts of her life that i would love to know more about. >> she will probably -- her next book will be even harder. kennedy: all right. marco rubio made his move and announce that he is running for pre

>> lived, worked and played right here, yes. it was a good time. >> reporter: back then, he had no idea about the danger lurking 150 miles south -- and a lifestyle away -- that would change his life forever. rural, tranquil georgetown, illinois, was where terry roach and her husband, loren, were raising their 15-year-old daughter jessie and two other children, far removed from big-city crime. >> everybody knew who everybody was. so they were more conscious of what was going on, usually. you could count on somebody to get after your kids, if they needed it. [ laughter ] >> reporter: in 1993, jessie was a high school sophomore, devoted to home and family. >> jessie was really a very much of a homebody. so one bike ride up the road and back, she was done. and then she would be watching "gone with the wind." >> reporter: one monday in september, jessie went out for a bike ride. but just minutes later, her sister noticed jessie's beloved bike down on its side, in the middle of the road. >> not on the side of the road, middle of the r

. >> it is a live, work, play, that is the motto in a community but threatening that concept is the peopleto develop the restin golf course. they wanted to ease that. we report from rustin. >>reporter: it is the life style many bought here past and present are promiseed this beautiful golf course. now this open space is in jeopardy. >> we raised our family here? jim and joyce have lived between the 10th and 16 holes along the national golf course for 40 years. >> we really enjoy sitting out here and watching the activity, watching not just the golfers but the people walking their dogs and the children. >> yeah. playing and riding their . >> those in favor? opposed? >>reporter: in one sweeping vote the board of zoning appeals threatens that way life. >> devastateing. just devastating. >>reporter: they say the first post war plan in the country can't survive this, you destroy the fabric of what it is about. the founder of restin, robert e simon at 101 years old a agree s. i think everybody can agree that that should be open . >> it is not only the golf course but there are miles of pathways

. >>> great housing secure housing, a place where you want to live, work and raises your family and reallye a good time and it doesn't get much better than point breeze in philadelphia. point breeze is on the rise. >> all of the units are energy efficient featuring new appliances hvac up grades and solar panels to power lighting near the complex. >>> to developing story now. arkansas governor just signed a revised religious objections bill into law in indiana lawmakers have already agreed today to amend their version of a similar bill. these last minute changes come in response to protests around the country. fox's doug luzader has the story story. >> reporter: this now empty pizza shop may be one of the first casualties in this debate that has pitt the idea of religious freedom against gay and lesbian rights. the deeply religious owner said that hypothetically the restaurant would not indicator a gay wedding and the shop was the target avenue wave of online attacks. >> we're not discriminateing against anyone. it's just that's our belief, and everybody has the right to believe anything. >

individuals want to live, work, play and learn in a comfortable environment, an environment that they can thrive in. we want arkansas to be that environment. >> and lou, what do you think? even as all the progress happens, it's partly a function of the politics, and frankly the attention this has gotten, as we've been reporting and pointing out a few weeks ago, this was not the state of play. a lot of these companies weren't out on board. a lot of these states don't have otherwise any protection for people who, for example, get fired because of their identity. >> which is true in missouri. we have -- in fact, we have three bills in our legislature right now that are promoting this kind of pandering, this anti-gay, lgbt pandering. in my business, a small business is really close to the community. i live blocks from my business. my 24 employees really reflect the community. so that you're discriminating against your neighbor. it's easier to do it from a large corporate headquarters. it's very difficult to do it when you're standing in a store that hundreds and hundreds of people of ever