this is a big deal to the city local economy. coming up at 6:00 we'll take you to northeast washington and the campus. we were there covering an all together different story when the power went out. >> looking forward to that. >> they won't forget this at all. >> the pictures of the power outages from our area are really

the decontamination effort has supported the local economy with it's $2 billion annual price tag. the region has become a hub for research and technology. new companies have been springing up. like this consulting firm. many of its employees used to work at the hanford site. they now provide radiological and nuclear services to u.s. and internal science. >> if you're trying to find several spots of contamination, you really need to go fairly slow. >> reporter: their services include radiation safety training. >> it's been great. i learned a lot. it takes experience use of a lot of different instruments i've never used before. it's valuable training. >> ed. >> good to see you. >> reporter: dave mccormick brought 13 years of hanford experience in waste management and radiation protection to the company. >> so many of our projects really rely on experience not just education, not just certifications and the level of experience and the complexity diversity has helped us here and helped clients here. >> reporter: another company has developed a radiation treatment for cancer. the techn

the industry is one of the main drivers of the local economy but it's been hit by unseasonal rain leadingwidespread cancellations. >>reporter: for him, this is the best time of the year. the tulips are in bloom. they have transformed the foot hills at the mountains into a scene out of a bollywood film. >> we do everything we can to protect them. i'm very proud of them. >>reporter: monday marks the start of the month-long tulip festival often described as asia's largest. one of the state's most promising tourist attractions, its opening comes after a spell of unseasonal rain. house boat owners rely on tourists to earn a living. according to state government figures, tourism is one of the regions largest employers. >> if tourists do not come here we're finished. no food. no money. and we can't do any other businesses. >>reporter: it's so critical to the state's economy that the chief minister oversees it. exaggerated media reports are far from helpful say those working to improve it. >> that's why the region that markets itself as the switzerland of india is counting on tourists to look bey

also use a commentary currency when they use a local currency to shop local the effects to the local economy will be much bigger and it creates a lot of excitement and color all those benefits and more are win reach for the bay area with san francisco taking the lead bay was started at a grassroots san francisco project in 2012 and have been operating for more than two years based on volunteer effort it grew by 60 percent in 2014 and already has more than 2 hundred and 50 loophole businesses in this network we're not file to become a workers on cooperative and want to create the members into the cooper that's a great start with feasibility next step to it for it to take off it can't do so on hits own we need help to overcome some challenges people don't understand or are superstition of commentary currency they don't want to get involved because their front yard is there any way to partner with the city it will be very helpful i'm open to any suggestions from the commission on how to work together i would like to over administrative review as a expert resource for the commission on the curre

regular people like justin and me when we make $15 an hour we're going to be spending it in the local economyand that will create more jobs. it is actually a myth that higher wages cut jobs. >> what about that argument? >> well these people are obviously very well intentioned, but why not pay everyone the average wage which was $25 an hour. and then no one will earn less than average. i think everyone can see that if employer were required to pay $25 an hour many would lose their jobs. we need entry-level jobs for low-skill workers, and if kate could get a job at $15 an hour she should quit her current one and get a job that pays $15 an hour. there are people who do that all of the time. 97% of workers in the economy are paid above minimum wage not because of the kindness of their employers, not because of any regulation but because that is the only wage at which their employers can persuade them to stay. if al jazeera offered you minimum wage would you stay? no. >> but i don't do a low-skill minimum wage job. some people do want that kind of job, and need that kind of job. if the federal min

will provide an opportunity for people to opens businesses near their home is it will improve the local economy and help to affiliate the housing crisis noah valley is a friendly neighborhood this kind of project makes it easy to get suitable housing and to match the design buildings the proposed building is compliment with 9 mixed use strict this is the kind of development we want to engage in the city sincerely leonard we have additional letters from chuck young and others (calling names) thank you very much for your time i understand they may want to speak since this is the first time we've heard from the neighbors we would like to respond. >> opening it up for public comment we have one card jim morrell. >> good afternoon. i'm a long time resident of noah valley been there since 1980 as recently, i became aware of the project i was out of town i can tell you that was no letter against this project but i can tell you a growing amount of neighbors have a growing concern and buildings other similar size and height to be built on 24th street what concerns us not only what is going up to this is

us and now we're keeping all of that in house with the puc and all of that money stays in the local economy and shell is not involved and last time talking about residential only and commercial and industrial was kind of an afterthought and marin and sonoma were active and last time we were like where are the jobs? we have a plan for jobs this is what we heard from this commission. we knew the jobs were there but needed them in black and white for both you guys as well as the mayor's office and we see right now 9000 plus jobs not including any behind the meter anything large centralized projects like the old kind not like the ones in your pictures. those would be expected to provide a whole bunch of jobs on top of the 9000 jobs i want to point out that richmond california joined marin clean energy on purpose they are not in marin county they asked to join because they wanted to save the money and get the jobs and they are doing that today the chevron refinery are going to have solar and now contra costa county is talking about forming their own cca because richmond and el, cerrito are getti

how experts are using shells to help the oyster population and local economy thrive. >>> and tale of the text. we know most teens and young adults are glued to their phones and so are some adult adults. put a penn state study looks at texting not as a habit, but as an unbreakable addiction. >>> whistleblower site wikileaks says it put thousands of e-mails and documents from last year's sony hack into an online searchable database. wikileaks says its archive includes more than 170,000 e-mails from sony pictures. december hackers attacked sony servers ahead of the release of the movie "the interview" as you remember. sony says the cyber attack was a malicious criminal act and condemned wikileaks' actions. >>> there is still no answers ten years after the disappearance of a pennsylvania prosecutor. ray gricar took a day off from work on april 15th 2005 and vanished. there were plenty of theories. that was an extensive search of the susquehanna river near lewisburg where his car was found, or even the hells angels being involved in his disappearance. those who know gricar personally doub

the massage therapist and providers during the transitioned period and low therefore, for the local economy we're wanting to raise our standards and not be loingd with the illegal businesses we look forward to collaboration to staying in the community supporting our communities without having to be over-burdened with the costs we associate so we continue to meet our community and eradicate prostitution and broorths in human trafficking in san francisco and funded health planning and police code enforcements not to enter into those professionals we want to avoid is extra fees because if the spirit of c mc they were created to help the offer regulation so you now we've built our businesses now we're having to go back and over regulated again having to diesel with the consequences so i think we're collaborating with the city supervisors and look forward to finding a more way to emerge and raise our standards and just continue to support san francisco and the city we love thank you. >> hello i'm jennifer light 0 stone from the bodywork we started our business in 2003 at fulsome south of market

. >> reporter: promising careful oversight and very real potential for the local economy. >> once wewe need to ensure that we have left the environment pretty much the way that we saw it in the first place. >> reporter: but he believes the oil companies should leave the park not just as they found it but better off. >> the challenge is can we get those companies and the government to get that to happen? i've not seen evidence of it yet. >> reporter: a discovery that could be uganda's economic salvation or some fear its ecological ruin. either way the stakes couldn't be higher. >> you want your grandchildren to have the most incredible opportunity one day to go and see one of the most staggeringly beautiful countries in the world. we must save it. >> reporter: for "nightline," gloria riviera in murchison falls. >> "destination" wild, sunday nights on nat geo wild. >>> could destiny's child really be back together again? say yes. there may be reason to believe it beyond a brief and beautiful moment. good. very good. you see something moving off the shelves and your first thought is to

it has also helped boost the local economy and tourism. organizers here make sure the festival remains apolitical. >> it is known for two things. one, of the political violence during election time and its industry the cattle industry. the purpose was modified to include the promotion of our tradition industry -- tourism industry. this time serves to unify politicians and the people of masbati. >> still, politicians do not shy away. hardly anybody wins seats here in a land where a majority of the people are poor residents say they are grateful. this is what kept the province together: this rodeo which has long been the game of the rich and the powerful. jamal, philippines. the funeral for pro-russian republicanian journalist took plates in kiev after he was killed in a daylight drive-by shooting. a supporter of moscow president yanukovych often expressed strong views in a daily newspaper. it's the latest in a spate of mystery death did among allies. the russian president says the murders are political but ukrainian president poroshenko des

the money will be used to revitalize local economies and keep residents from moving away and encourage more people to settle. some local governments have been forced to scale back on discontinued existing programs in order to fund these measures. an economist is optimistic about the country's future population. he says the most important thing is to boost financial assistance to help families with children. >> municipalities should reduce unnecessary spending and allocate the allowance for programs and such measures will help stop the population decline. >> reporter: officials with the internal affairs ministry say the country's population will likely continue to decline for some time. the pressing issue is how governments will balance budgets for child rising with other important costs. >> government officials believe japanese people are becoming more inclined to loosen purse strings. consumer sentiment improved in march for the fourth straight 41.7 up 0.8 points from the previous month. it is based on a monthly cabinet survey of 8400 households of two or more people. officials say th

efficiency sector in a high road way by retrofiting building stock, creating jobs and revitalizing the local economies of our region. so i am applying for seat 3 but i could qualify for 1 or 2 as well. in san francisco we have successfully demonstrated a project for energy efficiency retrofit with a community work force agreement that we negotiated with the building trades and community at the table that ensured high road labor, community on ramps through career track jobs. we work closely with the building trades, work force training programs like the conservation corps, city built academy, housing developers like mission housing and others, investors, community-based organizations like bright line, sf organizing project, city agencies so we have valuable experience in the energy efficiency sector and we know (inaudible) i also serve on the citizens advisory committee of the sfpuc, specifically on the power subcommittee so i am familiar with the energy efficiency programs and policies at the sfpuc so our experience would help inform policy and programs and resources of the city and county. we'll have

with hopes that it would create 65,000 jobs and reinvigorate the local economy. but critics are quick to point out that it is located in the country's northeast, some 200-miles from the area most devastated. they also say it only created a fraction of the jobs predicted. while shatters the lives that you remember familiesed the fertile land. the human rights organization that authors that report i just mentioned and from washington, d.c. jose louise, he is the operations senior specialist at inter-american development bank, that is the largest souse of social development financing for latin american and the caribbean. thank you to both of you for being here. why build an industrial park on fertile food producing land in the middle of a fragile ecosystem, hundreds of miles away where new opportunity and infrastructure were arguably the most needed? first of all, thank you for having me. i think two parts of that question, one, why so far away from port-au-prince, and the reason is that port-au-prince concentrated so much of the economic activity to the northern pa

>> if you look at our local economy we have the highest unemployment rate in the state. thirteen point three percent unemployment and the people who are working here, those tourism jobs are paying seven dollars and twenty-five cents an hour. can you support a family of four on that? of course not. >> what have you been promised in the way of what the mine will bring economically to the community? >> ...they've estimated at 700...good family-supporting jobs with benefits, retirement health insurance, uh, paid vacation, sick leave, things that most of your tourism jobs don't offer. >> the estimate of 700 jobs comes from a study commissioned by gtac. those jobs would be created over the course of 35 years, the first phase of g-tac's mine. >> this land and its vast waters once belonged to the chippewa tribes. through 19th century treaties they gave it to the united states, but retained certain traditional rights to hunt and fish. their very culture and sustenance is threatened by the mine. >> there is a lot of dangers involved in putting a gigantic hole right here. >> phoebe

march alone pumps $9 million into the local economy.ts the spinnaker, a beachside club. >> you've got the crawl coming out of the doldrums of winter. so therein lie as big part of the problem with spring break. >> reporter: so many problems the sheriff has to set up a spring break jail, a mobile booking center. last month there were almost 1,100 arrests triple the previous year's total, mainly for drinking and drugs. but armed and dangerous suspects jumped. sexual assaults almost doubled from six to level eleven. a gunman shot 11 people at a house party a few weeks ago and this video shows an apparent gang rape of a passed out 19-year-old woman. two men were later arrested. bay county sheriff frank mckeithen. >> what's so disgusting and repulsive and sickening about this is this is happening in broad daylight within ten feet of where this happened. there's hundreds, hundreds of people standing there. >> reporter: resident wes pittman wants the party controlled. your view the balance is completely out of whack? >> we're in chaos at the m

economy changes thoferb last couple years and began a test och transforming or reinventing the local economy and also reinventing down town and after about 15 or 20 years we have done that. we have a great down town t is walkable and pedestrian friendly and all the eminties of mixed use, lots of retail. all the things you want. about 8s or 9 years go about doing all that wasn't enough, there is still something missing. you want a city to be a place that you have a heart for. it is authentic and unique and a place people may want to go back again and again and what may that be? parks and green space. we had a asset that was over looked, we have a river called the rete river going through the city and have something remarkable-don't think the picture is up there-we have a water fall. believe it or not a 40 foot natural water fall that is only a few yards from main street thmpt story goes like this, the river was once the main stay of

where the concerts are taking place and its potential impact on the local economy. >>> a former factory in philadelphia will become a new concert hall. fish town has a factory that will become a state of the art venue and more. kid rock and fireworks, what more could you want? the fillmore music hall that's what they're calling it. it will create several hundred jobs and it should be open by october. we'll keep you posted on the acts they attract. >>> it is the beginning of a new era in philadelphia. "nbc 10" is now the official station of the philadelphia eagles. for you birds fans that means more coverage and coverage like you've never seen before. we're talking pregame, halftime post game top analysis. the eagles r looking forward to it. >> every down. >> every play. >> every hit. >> count on it. >> draft day. >> through preseason. >> it's a leader in the industry. it's a natural fit. >> "nbc 10" will carry every eagles preseason game with full coverage before during and after the game. also, that's just the beginning. the start of the nfl draft is less than two weeks away april 30th

this morning the impact an outbreak would have on a local economy. some competition for hillary clinton. we're following the race for the white house and the next candidate expected to throw his hat into the ring. >>> a cool start and a live view from the marquis de lafayette hotel. we'll see sunshine today but you might need your umbrella before we get to the weekend. neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when we come back. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> 5:38. we're less than half an hour away from sunrise. skies starting to brighten. look at this lovely view from center city from the comcast center. temperatures climbing. still falling. 55 degrees at northeast philadelphia. a little warmer than yesterday. 4 degrees compared to yesterday by this time. nothing to show you on the radar just yet but tomorrow the wet weather that's in the south. south carolina, georgia, alabama, that is a possibility for us later tomorrow. not today. you'll need your sunglasses today. leave the umbrellas at home. up to 66 de

organizers say it gives the local economy a boost. >> all 1,000 participants have to eat.they will stay in our tellhotels. they have to visit our attractions. so it's a win/win for not just ben salem but all of bucks kansas county. >> this is a free event. >>> and mo'ne davis is speaking to students in southwest philadelphia this morning. >>> a live look where the phillies lost last night to the red sox. they are 1-2 this season as you watch the phils in action bring a bucket of cash. a new report is out on what families pay at major league baseball games based on four tickets, food, drinks souvenir and parking. a family of four will sell out more than $250 to see a phillies game in 2015. that's up about 1.5% from last season. and citizens bank park is the fourth priciest stadium behind boston's fenway park and chicago's wrigley field. >>> philadelphia's sports world has lost a legendary writer sam hochman who died after suffering an illness. he was a regular panelist on "daily news live" on comcast sportsnet. his career began in 1959 when the paper hired him to cover the

organizers say this is a big boost for the local economy as it is here. >> all 1,000 participants have to go eat, they'll stay in our hotels and visit our attractions. so it's a win/win for not only bensalem but all of bucks county. >> the event is free and open to the public. there you go. tell your kids you're not going to go to the phillies game but show them some fencing. >> i have never done that have you? >> several years ago we did something with vai's challenge. i did that. i have never done it and seen it at the movies. >> how was it? >> it is really tough. but it is fun with little boys but little girls do it too. >> maybe we should revise vai's challenge. >> maybe not. >>> you're watching "nbc 10 news." "nbc 10 news today" at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> all is quiet right now, but we have more rain wind and possibly hail on the way. >> and here's a live look at the first alert radar. we are tracking rain and the possibility of severe weather hour by hour. >>> and we're also following breaking news on a house fire in montgomery county with a live picture at the scene. and

march alone pump $90 million into the local economy.kmanine owns the spinnaker, a beachside club. >> you come from a crawl coming out of of the doldrums of winter, to 200 miles per hour overnight. therein lies a big part of the problem with spring break. >> reporter: so many problems the sheriff has to set up a spring break jail, a mobile book center. last month there were almost 1100 arrests, triple of previous year's total mainly for drinking and drugses, but armed and dangerous suspects jumped six-fold, from three to 18. sexual assaults almost doubled from six to 11. a gunman shot seven people at a house party a few weeks ago and this cell phone video shows the apparent gang rape of a passed out 19-year-old woman. two men were later arrested. bay county sheriff frank mckeithen: >> what's so disgusting and repulsive and sickening about this is, is this is happening in broad daylight within feet-- 10 feet of where this happened, hundreds, hundreds of people standing there. >> reporter: resident wes pittman wants the party controlled. y

local economies often cannot afford to keep them at home.heads down and work, usually barely noticed -- they keep their heads down and work, usually barely noticed, but migrant workers make things tech. -- tick. indonesia and the philippines, southeast asia's two most populous countries. both have done well but the need the headlines there is a -- b the headlines there is a problem. their citizens look for better prospects elsewhere. next funding a job is quite -- >> finding a job is quite hard. >> i came here to help my family. the biggest struggle for me is leaving my baby back home. but i have to to be here for her. estimated 6.5 million indonesians work overseas. they are called indonesian labor, blue-collar work. as much as 80% are domestic helpers. ae philippines presents dramatic picture. 10.5 million estimated to be living overseas and the majority are known overseas as ofws. the money they send back shows how important they are to the philippines economy. data shows that monthly remittances have gone from $7.8 billion in 1989 to ove

>> going back in time to produce more goods locally in a local economy.you buy a car, buy a smaller car that's less consuming in fuel. insulate our houses better so we actually don't need so much energy. government or businesses also need to do something, but if we people don't start, we have no hope of ever seeing a change. we all have to take a step. and it didn't mean sacrificing our quality of life. >> save the earth, goes the tired rallying cry, but the truth is, the earth has survived much worse than us. the earth will be fine. but what about us? that seems to depend on a shift, unlike any in human history, a sudden universal awareness, that all our little insignificant choices add up in a big way. and that's a big ask for those countries just now enjoying their industrial revolutions, which means rich countries like france and america will have to come to grips with luke 12-48. to whom much is given, much will be required. so if somehow magically the world would stop burning carbon tomorrow, would the changes still be happening? how long would it t

talks have slowed down for months, this is a blow to the local economy and could have a ripple effectjoins us from the port of portland with the latest. >> reporter: this is exactly the outcome people fear as they watched a two-year long labor -- problem dispute marked by bad blood and worker slowdowns. now the only port able to handle container traffic in all of oregon is dead. both major shipping lines pulled out killing 140 direct jobs and over $40 million a year in wages. >> iowu has been very successful and very aggressive in negotiations and they often get pretty much what they're looking for. and they may have overplayed their hand in this case. >> the longshoremen were working at about half the speed they said it was bad work management. now everyone loses, companies that import and export goods have to pay more for shipping than using ports in california and washington state. farmers will be the hardest hit. >> i'm going to >> some may have to go out of business because of the extra freight they'll have to pay to go to los angeles or san diego so they'll just quit. >> reporte

great for the local economy. but history teaches us when you have rising powers in an international system you have to manage it carefully. so, those three challenges happening simultaneously are the big strategic problems. and other factors bring instability to the middle east and competition, but sunni extremism in terms of reorganizing the world. if you look at near and present dangers, it is a terrorist attack on the united states or a cyber attack on the united states. those are clear and present dangers. but not necessarily the longer term, geopolitical. so that's why i was saying it depends on your time frame. which one will be more significant? we have all three to deal with. their associated delivery systems and particularly states that may use them is another factor as well complicated things in those regions, particularly in the middle east but also in the korean peninsula. it is not just limited to nuclear weapons. it is in the long run thanks to evolution and biotechnology. mostly good but also some

this is a big deal to the city local economy. coming up at 6:00 we'll take you to northeast washington and the campus. we were there covering an all together different story when the power went out. >> looking forward to that. >> they won't forget this at all. >> the pictures of the power outages from our area are really impressive. >> russ, what are you looking at? >> reporter: d.c. is a city with no shortage of news cameras and this may be remembered among the most documented power failures here. a pool camera captured the moment just before 1:00 when the pump to the fountain went dry. you can see that. the state department in mid-briefing. watch this. >> they've agreed to do so. >> correct. and second -- >> hi brenda. everywhere? >> the whole building is out. >> reporter: d.c. is notoriously crazy traffic went crazier with no stoplights and those that tried to go underground found this. in this case the backup systems is what pepco is blaming for the outage. saying customers who didn't have a backup system didn't have black ou

. >>> a new report shows national parks in marin county have a major effect on the local economy.national parks in the county last year generated more than $475 million in spending. golden gate national reck nation area and mere woods were among the parks analyzed. research for the report was conducted by a team of u.s. geological survey economists. >>> there is a group of uc berkeley students now called heros of the dorm. coming up in 25 minutes, the big prize they won in a history making gaming tournament. >> it was absolutely worth it. >> reunited and it feels so good. after the break the unbelievable story to return a dog years after they disappeared. ♪i can show you the world♪ ♪shining, shimmering, splendid♪ ♪tell me, princess, now when did♪ ♪you last let your heart decide♪ ♪a whole new world♪ welcome to aulani, travel and leisure winner for top family hotel in the u.s. for special offers visit disneyaulani.com or call your travel agent. >>> time now is 5:50. cleanup efforts continue in chile where a volcano erupted last week. soldiers have been sent to help communities disou

. >> >> a new report shows national parks in marine county has a major affect on the local economy. national parks generated $475 million in spending. they help to provide jobs to almost 5,000 people. research for the report was conducted by a team of economists. >> >> trib to earth day, which was last wednesday -- a tribute -- >> this was the 10th annual earth day festival in the east bay city with plenty of perform ans, vendors. people were riding their bikes to the festival this year and learning more about conservation, collaboration, for things such as water views and gardening. >> we have a community garden, our fourth year of operation, grass roots effort in lafayette. we will install for free, -- >> the rising sun energy center is a renewable energy education center out of berkeley, today's festival was held behind the lafayette library. >> you couldn't ask for a better day out there. mark tomeo is in the weather center. >> we had the rain this morning, cleaning things out. especially, today, you probably notice the warmup with the temperatures back up new the 70s, outside r

it has helped boost the local economy and tourism. organizers make sure the festival remains apolitical. >> it is known for two things, one of the political violence during election time, and its industry the what thele industry. the purpose is modified to the promotion of our tourism industry. this serves to unify politicians and the people. >> still politicians do not shy away. hardly anybody wins seats here unless they don't play the same game and residents say they are grateful. this is what kept the province together the rodeo which has long been the game of the rich and the powerful. al jazeera central philippines. >> time to watch up on sport. >> thank you very much. in a few hours louis hamilton will start the grand prix from pole position. he claimed his fourth pole in a row on saturday, coming ahead of ferrari and mercedes teammate. he is chasing a ninth race victory and 11th grand prix. >> very happy to come into the weekend. that was the target, to really kind of get the car into an area i'm really comfortable with, and th