a special thank you for a driver from luxor who helped solve a crime the other night. it is a situation where folks feel they cannot get a cab when they need them. they cannot rely on the service and this is a cute on fridays and saturdays when our citizens and visitors should be about enjoying the city and spending money. we have the first and probably a series of many steps to address this. we will add some full-time thompson and for the first time, since i have been involved, i and others who have been pushing forward which is aimed more surgical approach to get cabs on the streets when they are needed. the single operator permit idea is a peak time idea. the reason we're approaching it as a pilot program is to see it if it works. if it does not we will retracted. if it does it is fair to and for this single operators will drive during peak times putting more cabs out on the street when they are needed and avoiding putting out more cabs on the street when they are not needed. i would like to thank the people who have worked hard to get this year. there are many peop

video taken last month from inside a luxor cab shows a man grabbing a woman from behind and grabbing her cell phone. a cab driver offered to help, using his gps he followed the suspect. >> we have video of the actual crime as it happened and that helps us with the investigation, not only that but it also helps with the prosecution. >> reporter: the cab driver will be honored at the san francisco police commissions meeting tomorrow. >>> disturbing video released today of little girls shed more light on the actions of convicted kidnappers nancy and phillip garrido. the picture portraying a very different picture of what investigators saw. >> reporter: this report was released today, it blasts the criminal justice system that allowed phillip garrido to roam free and kidnap jaycee dugard. one shows an investigator interviewing nancy garrido who told him that she used to lure girls into a van for her husband even after they kidnapped jaycee dugard. in one video, nancy is talking to one girl who sees the camera. >> that light is on. >> i don't know anything about that camera. >> reporter:

sit recorded from a luxor taxi cab who happened to be in the right place at the right time. more than 200 tack cease have video that shoot inside and outside the cab. the cabby then picked up the woman and let her use his phone to call the police all the while following the thief until he was arrested. here is a mug shot of the would be phone thief who, instead of catching a cab, he was caught by one. one of the cabbies to be exact. the cameras are mounted inside the cab were actually used to monitor cab driver's habits just in case there was a collision. and to record passengers just in case there was a complaint or some other illegal activity inside the cab. but i guess we can tack on catching phone snatching people behaving badly outside the cab too. in san francisco, stanley roberts, kron4 news. @>> another nice day out there >>> in national news a security breach today in the nation's capital. a homeless man climbed over a white house fence and on to the north lawn. heavily armed secret service agents immediately captured the suspect. he now faces charges of unlawful en

. >> reporter: president of luxor cab where the driver works. he says the new cameras in the cab are the latest technology taking streaming images not only inside the cab but also a 180-degree view out the front window. but they were not expected to help nab street robbers. >> it is for accident liability. if an accident takes place we can review the accident to see who is really at fault. >> reporter: they arrested an 18-year-old and charged him with second-degree robbery. we showed the video to someone that walks here every day. >> right here. it is horrible. you don't think that this is a high crime area. but it is great that he was a good samaritan and rescued her. >> reporter: as for the cabby he will be honored for his actions tomorrow by the san francisco police commission. in san francisco, i'm mark sayre, cbs5. >>> and catching a cab in san francisco is about to get a lot easier. muni approved an additional 90 cabs but they will come at a price. starting in 30 days tax meter rates will increase by 50 cents a mile and then 10 cents for e

we've been through luxor incident, we've been through the gulf war, the first and second, we've been through a lot of accidents that took place between cairo, sharm el shiekh and sinai. this is by far the worst. >>reporter: cairo has been by far the hardest hit. this time last year the occupancy rate at the ramses hilton was between 90 and 100%. now it's under thirty. in other parts of the country some hotelshave even shut, although that's not the case in cairo - at least so far. here at the hilton they'vebeen trying to lessen the impact on their staff by paying them they would usually have received from the service charges the hotel puts on its bills. >>from the beginning of what we are going through at the moment - after the revolution our company being hilton and the owning company made sure to subsidise the pay of the team members so they did not feel the difference, which i think is an extremely good thing, but this does not stop them from worrying for the future since how long can this continue, how far can we sustain such aid? >>reporter: the country's resorts along the red se

. >> reporter: john lazar is president of luxor cab where the driver works. lazar says the new cameras in the cab are the latest technology, taking streaming images not only inside the cab but also a 180-degree view out the front window. but they were not expected to help nab street robbers. >> basically, we install them for auto liability accidents. so if an accident takes place, we can view the accident to see who is really at fault. >> reporter: police arrested 20- year-old brandon west of san francisco and charged him with robbery. we showed the video to a person who works near the intersection where the crime occurred and walks here every day. >> my cell phone is right here. it's horrible that you don't think that this is a high crime area. but it's great that the taxicab driver was a good samaritan and rescued her like that. that's a wonderful story. >> reporter: now, if convicted the suspect can face five years in prison. as for that cabbie, he will be honored for his heroic actions tomorrow by the san francisco police commission. reporting live in san

world our day to now to this day government tanks of the oil in the syrian exposed to the city of luxor amid intense of high interest in a day earlier the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton urged all countries to cut the comic and political ties with syria the comments came after government troops dead down a nationwide protests on friday sixteen people reportedly killed in the violence to say the uprising which began in march has claimed more than seventeen hundred lives . if you please government has approved forty five billion euros in emergency austerity measures over the next two years the carts are double those initially proposed by the country's leadership aimed at balancing the budget by twenty thirteen responses to laws by the european central bank it's days after the land stock market suffered it shot this one big drop since the two thousand and eight financial crisis a previous round of spending cuts announced in july to balance the budget by twenty fourteen. germany's marking the fiftieth anniversary of the day construction began on the berlin wall. of the capital start

luxor only planned to help determine traffic accidents. >> we already had a couple of incidents that helped out society and our drivers and the public. >> reporter: cab companies are becoming a program called taxis on patrol. >> they can come forward to the police. and talk to us. and provide evidence as we see here so we can make arrests and make a great case for the d.a.'s office. >> watch out. taxi cabs are watching you, too. >> reporter: the identity of that cab driver has not been revealed. he will be honored at tomorrow's police commission meeting by the police chief himself. traci grant, nbc bay area news. >> thanks so much. good news if you're trying to catch a cab in san francisco. mta voted to add 87 new cabs in the city. 30 will be during peak time which would run only between 4:30 p.m. fridays and 3:30 a.m. sundays. 50 will use part-time permits. the board voted to raise meter rates by 40 cents. >>> be careful of the so-called fbi. san francisco police are warning people about a man posing as an fbi agent then robbing them. the suspect robbed a man in the bayview yesterda

it was all documented on these new $500 cameras luxor cab is installing in 250 vehicles. the cameras record both the backseat and the driver street view mainly to capture fender benders. but police love the technology too. >> with these new set of eyes that we have, you know it captures images and it would assist officers with investigations when crimes like this occur. >> reporter: the aclu of northern california says it has general concerns about privacy rights and police use of surveillance video including how it's stored and sheared. for now san francisco police call the -- and how it's shared. for now san francisco police call this a useful tool. >> we have surveillanceover what happened. that helps in the investigation and the prosecution. >> reporter: in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the american civil libertities unit want to know how this kind of surveillance technology is being used by police. the aclu is asking that questions to more than 50 agencies throughout the united states. the aclu is also asking similar questions to social net

it was all documented on these new $500 cameras luxor cab is installing in 250 vehicles. the cameras record both the backseat and the driver street view mainly to capture fender benders. but police love the technology too. >> with these new set of eyes that we have, you know it captures images and it would assist officers with investigations when crimes like this occur. >> reporter: the aclu of northern california says it has general concerns about privacy rights and police use of surveillance video including how it's stored and sheared. for now san francisco police call the -- and how it's shared. for now san francisco police call this a useful tool. >> we have surveillanceover what happened. that helps in the investigation and the prosecution. >> reporter: in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the american civil libertities unit want to know how this kind of surveillance technology is being used by police. the aclu is asking that questions to more than 50 agencies throughout the united states. the aclu is also asking similar questions to social net

herself come if you put the video back in slow motion you see it better the video is coming from all luxorhere are two letters taxis in san francisco that have not cameras inside and outside of the cab that gabby picked up the woman and let her use his phone to call police this is a much shot of the would be found thiefs he was caught by the gabby the cameras were installed originally in the cab to monitor driver habits and also in case there was illegal activity inside the cab and nell is catching bad people outside a cam. >> severs is the police are looking for a robber that is posing as an fbi ended keypunches and robbed a man in the bay view area the suspect approached the victim and identified himself as a federal agent and demanding to see id when the man pulled out his wallet he punched him in the chest and stole his wallet >>> a live look from our roof camera and you conceive the ceiling of fog hanging in the area it is going to be another nice day we will be right backpack. whoa!! the really big chicken sandwich combo is back! and it's as big as ever. i'm gonna jump it! you can't

. >> reporter: the luxor cab driver who aided that victim has not been identified for his own safety. san francisco police plan to honor him at tomorrow police commission hearing. reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> an agreement is supposed to be finalized over a dispute over 600 acres. the city of san jose and campbell have been battling who will annex an unincorporated area known as cambrion 36. the two have now agreed the lands will go to campbell. the cities are expected to approve the major terms of the agreement tonight. about 1,000 people live in the area. >>> a federal judge handed down a 15 year old sentence today to a man who set a california mall on fire last year. the fire caused more than $55 million in damage to the westfield galleria in roseville. 24-year-old alexander pigge pled guilty. >>> fire crews in the east bay are investigating what started a brush fire near a golf course. firefighters helped contain the fire to 50 acres. the fire department tells ktvu they were fortunate to get this fire under control before the winds real

. >> reporter: now, the driver works for luxor cab company which just this year began upgrading its on board camera systems with front-facing cameras with a 180-degree view. the company says it purchased the cameras major for auto liability purposes so accidents could be reviewed. it didn't expect the cameras to catch street robberies. police arrested 20-year-old brandon west of san francisco in this case. he faces second-degree robbery charges. the good news in this case, the victim not hurt and the cabbie is going to be recognized for what some say is heroism, being a good citizen. that will happen tomorrow by the san francisco police commission. so a happy ending here. some new technology at work. >> absolutely. seems like you ought to get a little i don't know bonus from the employer, too. >> reporter: we didn't ask the owner about that. [ laughter ] if he is watching, your question counts. >> okay. mark sayre in san francisco, thank you. >>> so the cabbie caught the thief. how about catching a cab in san francisco? they say it's about to get easier because muni approved an additio

police say an luxor cab driver saw it go down two weeks ago.e camera rolling and helped get the victim in his cab and followed the suspect. that cabby is praised for quick thinking by police. >>> recapping the top stories, amber alert for a 16-year-old boy is canceled but questions remain. antioch police are looking for a person they say is a dangerous kidnapper. >> amy hollyfield is live at the police department with more. >> police say the kid is safe. but they admit they haven't seen or heard from him. but they have canceled the amber alert for 16-year-old hasan ford. they tell us they have reason to believe he has reunited with his family. he was reported kidnapped by owner of antioch barbershop where he works. the owner said a man with a sawed off shotgun came in and robbed the store and kidnapped hasan. police since recovered the car they took off in. they canceled the amber alert. they consider the suspect armed and dangerous. they do believe he is safe. live in antioch. >> thank you. >> the senate is expected to approve a debt ceiling d

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