mark t. . martin's consumer sees and i see it many in the country is the federal government to simply say this property of the united states government. is the united states' privilege and it was done in public has to realize you can't just buy. your own just throw it away this is a good plan for instance belongs to the united states environmental protection agency and i found this on a dump site here this here is not always the last producers of these little i have to should be able to collect these i believe that this should be responsible for their products from cradle to grave. fatal from mexico department of mental health proper jail cell to american corporate but also belongs to the washington metro area transit authority properties of a dentist aids page trend and trademark office. before speaking of the car business easterly demand for his cars by offering his workers increased wages in cash but now in america the idea is to increase demand by offering workers access to more debt more c

mark t. . crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. one of the hundred fourteen olympics what's this place like. this is so special as the russian resort prepares to local the world power that should be the city's present. like sochi it will bring you this is the moment there are reports you for a look very cold and snowy windy mountain. beyond the olympics. but. hello and welcome to all the part of some of russia's most famous prisoners for at least recently as part of a nationwide amnesty but rather than seeing it as an octave clemency critics accused the russian government of trying to manipulate public opinion on the eve of the sochi olympics so who is really beating the rap here well to discuss that i'm now joined by tom election not the russian program director for human rights watch thank you very much for your time first of all let's talk about the release of mikhail khodorkovsky whose case really stands out because it wasn't part of the amnesty but rather he was released on the presidential pardon. what put him was humanitaria

politics only mark t. . this is the international welcome back america's global spine at his even a bigger than fast thought their latest need from edward snowden has revealed norway's been sharing intelligence with the glass on russia's politicians energy companies and ordinary people. are investigating why nations are so keen to help washington. we knew that canadian and u.s. intelligence services were close but it was snowden's latest revelation speaks to just how close he gave the canadian media a top secret four page memo a recent one dated april twenty third team by the way that says canada has set up covert spying posts around the world and conducted espionage against trading partners at the request of the us national security agency edward snowden has also revealed that although the canadian intelligence agency employees twenty times less people than the n.s.a. it has done a lot of work for the n.s.a. apparently including spying on foreign politicians and diplomats during the g. eight and g. twenty s

t mark dantonio said max has been suspended for the game. >>> male athlete of 2013 is lebron james. just the third nba player to receive the title since 1931, the award's inception. joining larry bird and michael jordan. >>> the pittsburgh panthers took a win in detroit with the help of freshman tailback james connor. the panthers won, 30-27, over the bowling green falcons. >>> the houston chronicle reports that two members of the houston oilers 1993 team were homosexual. not widely known to the public, but the team knew and accepted them. >>> bruno mars getting ready for the 2014 halftime show and the cold temperatures. he said recently in an interview, everyone is putting the fear of god in me like there is going to be a blizzard. i know it's going to be cold. hey, i gotta face it. >>> business headlines ahead. >>> plus, a swimmer's nightmare. carnivorous fish attack dozens of unsuspecting beach goers. you're watching first look on msnbc. are you ready grandma? just a second, sweetie. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain, you turned up the fun. tylenol® provides strong pai

t. day marks one year since he took office for the second time. yasukuni shrine honors japan's war dead. those remembered include military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by an international tribunal after world war ii. able did not visited the shrine during its spring and autumn festivals, nor did he go on august 15, the day japan marks the end of world war ii. >> translator: i showed my utmost respect and admiration to those who sacrificed their precious lives for japan. i also prayed that they would rest in peace. >> abe also said he visited another shrine in the same compound. he said he paid his respects to all the people of the world who have died in wars. >> translator: there is criticism based on a misunderstanding that visiting yasukuni is an act that honors war criminals, but my intention was to report what i have done for the last year to those who sacrificed their lives for their country. i also wanted to show my commitment to bringing about a peaceful world where people will never again have to suffer in wars. i have no

you could put 40,000 people who are african americans left in the city, inside of at&t ball mark park and you would have empty seats they have been wiped out. wiped out. we are talking about cleansing, of the ethic culture, of this city. so, please, today, look at giving all of that land that you got that is vacant, sitting there doing nothing, rotting away, give it up and turn it over for housing for teachers and all people in san francisco. >> can i go after somebody else? >> i have four minutes? >> cool. >> very short director housing rights committee and i i wanted to first off really thank commissioners fewer and mendoza for bringing this forward and the time has come so thank you very much and i, am really tired and it has been a long, hard day andvy been working on fighting evictions that have been result of speculation and i have been talking to the tenants about the evictions and the rent experiences and counseling them about the rights and talking to them and dealing with the tremendously horrible repair situations that are not getting resolved and it has been a hard week an

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they were also given high marks for their average s. a. t. score. and mission san jose in fremont ranks 114. >>> the star of one of last year's catchiest summer songs bringing some holiday spirit to san fransisco tonight. >> ♪ hey, i just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number. so call me maybe. ♪ >> car lee ray yep son will join current and former san fransisco 49ers for the holiday tree lighting ceremony in the financial district. members of the 49ers expected to attend include ronnie lots, marcus lattimore. the event begins at 5:00 on california street. >> you should hear my 3-year- old sing carly rae jepsen. it's the most adorable thing ever. >>> time now is 4:40. an early holiday gift thanks to a generous tipper. the mystery customer who's been leaving thousand dollars tips at restaurants across the country. >> and shutting down after 26 years, the major project forcing bay area businesses to close their doors. >> good morning right now traffic is actually doing pretty well around the bay area. as you can see here on highway 24, it lo

coming up on r t a song still in limbo tomorrow marks three years in a series of detentions but the wiki leaks co-founder who is still stuck in the ecuadorian embassy will explain the latest right ahead and remembering mandela throughout the world people are mourning the passing of former south african president nelson mandela we'll take a look at that reaction and his legacy coming up and birth control pills for man it's been decades since the creation of the female contraceptive but how close are we to making the pill available for males we'll tell you about some breakthrough research later in the show. it's friday december sixth five pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching r t. we begin with the plight of julian assange the co-founder of transparency organization wiki leaks tomorrow marks three years that assad will have spent in detention though he has never been officially charged with a crime on december seventh two thousand and ten the transparency advocate was taken to a british prison cell sweden had issued a european arrest warrant for a song because he w

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mart t is here now. -- mark tamayo is here now. what will it take to improve air quality? >> if we don't have strong winds or rainfall we will have spare the air alerts, which has been the case and that pattern will continue as high pressure remapes over -- remains over california, strong high pressure is responsible for the warm up. this was a time lapse with the sunset. haze and high clouds on the increase over the past few hours. in terms of air quality, hazy day in the south bay. this was the scene towards san jose. 2:30 p.m. with the alert in place. and another one issued for tomorrow. the numbers have been coming down. they have been going in the good direction and they have the spare the air alert for tomorrow. compared to today we are trending the numbers down into friday because there is a weather system approaching, it will not bring rain but coming up we will look at this, let you know the friday temperature change and any prospects for more rain, we will have more coming up. >> thank you. >>> this month we had cold weather, now really warm weather but the one t

. >>> this next story starts out very positively and than big question mark in the middle of t starting this morning, san jose sacred heart community services will be handing out gifts to children in need. this weekend, they want to give two toys and a book to 6,000 kids from low-income families f you can help sacred heart, accepting donations today from 8 to 5. the charity's drive thru donation station, makes it easy, 1381 south first street in san jose. you can also make a financial donation online at sacred heart cs.org. >> reporter: you can see the toys lined up for the kids first grade, elementary school, to age 17, all divided out for the kids and parents can find exactly what they want for christmas. s here the thing this doesn't have enough. there is still time to make some donations. the call went out last night that they were about 6,000 shoo short, a lot of people showed up to help out. now we are down to about 3,000. you can see it's filled up pretty well but we want to check in with the director of development, jay pico, thank you for being here. we understand everyone want

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mark. all those things will come our way. we are still in the 40's. --tashington beautiful son tries -- sunrise. most of the snow melted. very few areas have snow on the ground for christmas. 52 in bethesda. 49 in laurel. by tomorrow morning, partially sunny. not terribly cold. warmer than normal weather headed this way. we will have your christmas eve and christmas day forecast coming up. 11:00, a congressman who pleaded guilty to cocaine possession sets -- says he will not resign. he said alcohol was the root of the problem and problem -- promised to stay sober. republican leaders have called for his rent it -- resignation. the victim ofame a terrifying crime. she was carjacked. that was that beginning of a lengthy crime spree. roz plater joins us with the story. theeon, the spree began at bank in rockville. police finally caught up with the man responsible. today was his judgment day. 27, molly pulled up to this bank to use the atm. a man carjacked her. i said, take the money and leave the car. i was scared to death. i didn't want to confront him. >> i

mark jackson said it is the same movie over and over. he is tired of t it. that's it.ee you later. >>> as much as you would like to snuggle up to a fire, can't do it. >> no wood burning, no pellets. lots of pollution. no wind. we might get wind mid-week. if you like the sunshine and those warm temperatures, we will have upper 60s and low 70s for santa rosa not feeling like the holidays. >> hard to believe it is mid- december. that wraps it up. get the latest at kron4.com or download our mobile app. good night. [ female announcer ] here's to a whole world of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone 'round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. with starbucks at $6.99, serve coffee everyone savors. top it off with coffee-mate... just $2.79 for all kinds of flavors. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safeway. ingredients for life. >> the following is a paid presentation forthe wen healthy hair care system, the secret to soft, lustrous, beautiful,

t. >> let's listen to mark udall talking about the debate. >> it's time to have real reform. we have on rebuild the american people's trust in our intelligence community so we can be safe, so we can meet the threats that are all over the world. but we don't do that by bulk data collection that violates the privacy of americans, that is unconstitutional and is shown to not be effective. >> how politically charged is this about to be? you have republicans and democrats saying we need to keep a lot of these things in place and also others like the center there saying we need reform. >> this was an interesting one because it's not a clear part son divide. you have pressure from the left on the president to shore up this program. and to make it more transparent and to curb it back. and also less talked about but also important is that the obama administration behind the scenes as they deal with health care and the bunl and other priorities have spent a lot of time having to deal with foreign leaders and other countries that are very upset about this leader of g germany, france, br

coming up on r t a song still in limbo tomorrow marks three years in a series of detentions for the wiki leaks co-founder who is still stuck in the ecuadorian embassy will explain the latest right ahead in remembering mandela throughout the world people are mourning the passing of former south african president nelson mandela we'll take a look at that reaction and his legacy coming up and birth control pills for men it's been decades since the creation of the female contraceptive but how close are we to making the fill a bill for males we'll tell you about some breakthrough research later in the show . it's friday december sixth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david you're watching. we begin with the plight of julian the sons of co-founder of transparency organization wiki leaks tomorrow marks three years that assad will have spent in detention though he has never been officially charged with a crime on december seventh two thousand and ten the transparency advocate was taken to a british prison cell sweden had issued a european arrest warrant for a songe because he was wanted

coming up on r t a song still in limbo tomorrow marks three years in a series of detentions for the wiki leaks co-founder who is still stuck in the i could dorian embassy we'll explain the latest right ahead and remembering mandela throughout the world people are mourning the passing of former south african president nelson mandela we'll take a look at that reaction and his legacy coming up and birth control pills for man it's been decades since the creation of the female contraceptive but how close are we to making the pill available for males we'll tell you about some breakthrough research later in the show.

. >>> back home in t >>> back home in the u.s., this saturday will mark one year since the awful schoolhooting in newtown, connecticut. since then, there has been interest growing between the link between violence and men. today, joe biden met with others pleading for help along those lines, and some of those spoke with our international correspondent, kate snow. >> reporter: the government shut down for a snow day, but for presidents of children who died in newtown last year, a meeting with vice president joe biden was too important to miss. >> the dialogue on health care has been lacking for a long time. and we really need to change the focus to understanding how we can prevent violence and aggression, as opposed to reacting to it. >> reporter: when jeremy richmond and his wife lost their daughter, they looked into the huge gap between the number of american whose need mental health care and access to that health care. during the budget cuts, mental illness health care has been cut, but 37 states increased the funding for it. today, the federal government stepped up, too, with vice pr

today marks the 12th home for game 0 here at at&t park. it aims to help in the fight against concord and the bay area. cozumel's this is a unique game. it's the last time they played the bowl game. that would give saddam a little higher profile. there are district is ready to deal with these issues. and if not why not. were they not aware of the stage staff suit against a state's statutes. symptoms of hepatitis a include mild fever.loss of appetite.and stomach pain. an arrest has been made in a christmas day murder. this is the suspect -- ernesto rodriguez. police say he killed a woman at his family's home in gilroy. they also say that just after the murder -- he was no where to be found. rodriguez was arrested yesterday after being spotted by a patrol officer. investigators say the woman who was killed had taken out a restraining order against rodriguez. more than a dozen states are raising the minimum wage as of january first. including two bay area cities. in san jose the hourly rate is going up 15 cents to 10- 15. health and human serv

. -- we will nowto t turn to mark schneider. >> thank you, mr. chairman.thank you for focusing attention on humanitarian and political disaster in the central african republic. crisis group analysts have reported readily on the sister and-- on the situation identify, corrupt government, distribution of public services, plundering of mineral wealth, brutal security forces as root causes of conflict. our analysts will return shortly. it is important to recognize this crisis has been building for decades. no one has been playing nice -- paying enough attention. the country's economic indicators are the worst in africa. of thegive you two failures of the focus of the international community. you heard the life expectancy 49t year being last year years. in 1990, the life expectancy was 48 years. in 1980, tdp per capita was estimated at $963. in 2012, gdp per capita is estimated at $722. that reflect a failure of --elopment and he sensually and essentially the chronic management of governance. today the central african public is a collapsed state with more than

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prospects for australia are good. .t is a lot of question marks >> taiwan taiwan -- tie up is tryinglry that it has with south korea. compete, whotries is going to be the winner? >> i think it is korea. i think it has much better networks into the sales markets. it is much better contracts with the likes of the service providers. you know, you only need to look at some of the companies. i think korea is there. economist is joining us this morning. happy holidays to you. topsian students international rankings. math, science, and reading. outperforming their u.s. peers. teaching is big business. some private tutors can earn millions of dollars a year. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> lights, cameras, action. a special report on japan's plan to boost the image abroad. this is "first up.' stay with us. ♪ >> singapore is among the markets opening at the top of the hour, checking the latest indications that is pointing to a higher open. checking to some other stories making headlines. bangladesh has charged 13 people in connection with a fatal fire at a garment factory. 112 workers died in the blaze. providers s

t university off and on? >> maybe i have to quote mark twain.was writing about california and said californians are a different breed. he said the easy and the slothful, the lazy stayed home. he said californians have a way of dreaming up vast projects and carrying them out with with dash and daring. >> even if they are negative. a pretty shrewd observer. do you think these romantic impulses will reach us lazy and slothful? >> i don't think so. i think the pioneer quality is in all of america. i think we perhaps came to the turning point first i. think the fact that we were with highest per capita our tax paying state was almost double of the country. i think the timing was right that it started here. it was presented to the people of running their own atears. they grabbed at it. the people are interested in government. there isn't ap thee for every problem there are ten people waiting to volunteer. if someone will show them where they can be with useful. >> yep. well now, let me take the california issue because i think it touches on the genera

and by contributions to your pbs station from: it's t welcome to antiques roadshow. hi, i'm mark walberg. this week we're in des moines. let's play a little word association game. if i say "iowa," what word comes to mind? well, if you thought corn, you're onto something. iowa is famously the largest producer of corn in the nation, harvesting almost 2 1/2 billion bushels of the crop in 2009. let's see what treasures crop up in des moines. appraiser: howard, tell me about this football that you have right over here closest to you. this football i got in 1963, so i think it's a 1963 season. i got it in october of '63 when i got married. i invited a girl named rhoda to the wedding and she worked for dr. brusky. dr. brusky was a team physician for the packers at that time, and she gave me that as a wedding present. tell me about this football now, too. that one there i got i think in '65 or '66. i knew a guy named prosky, he was the groundskeeper then for the packers, and i asked if he could get me an autographed football. and he said, "well, go buy a football that you can write on ea

and matt damon and robin thicke are among the celebrities marking the day by wearing these t-shirts thathate. a beautiful message. the sale of the t-shirts have raised $100,000-plus, for the russia freedom fund. an important message. that's something that everybody's talking about. it's going to be a big deal. you were saying that. something to really watch how it all goes down. >>> also in "pop news" this morning. brad pitt, two-time recipient of "people" magazine's sexiest man alive honor. he's gracing another cover. but this one might surprise you. "aarp." pitt turns 50 this week. the organization did a mock cover for him, with the caption, mr. pitt joins the club. one of hollywood's hottest actors is eligible to join -- >> is he 50? >> 50, yeah. >> should be 60. >> we're talking about the american association of retired persons. so far, he does seem nowhere near retirement. nowhere near ready to join or retire. 50's never looked so good, mr. pitt. he's currently in production on the highly anticipated world war ii movie. >>> and finally, one man's amazon shipping mixup has led to a t

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2011, including steve jobs, mark zuckerberg and heads of google, oracle, netflix, san stored, and cisco. today, heads of etsy, drop box, comcast, linkedn, microsoft and at and t. experts say the differences show which companies the president believes will shape the future of america's tech policy. >> that is interesting. >> what do you do before the end of the year? it could earn you money next year. >> it could. michael finney is live with the year end tax hot line. >> a lot of it comes down to, first phone number is what i should do first. this to which tax deductions you take. >> should you put off paying property taxes until next year? or prepay this year? >> it's complex. as always it depends on flar fact pat yesh of the individual. depending on what income levels are are you can wind up with deductions phased out, you can possibly wind up in a thachl would take away benefits. >> but theory is take it when you know you're going to get it? >> that is the best advise i've heard. >> congress can change their mind on what you think is going to happen. right? >> and maybe you'll have more income or something you know then you need to do the analysis. >> taxes

mark a major shift inside the ruling hierarchy. he is not only an advisor to the countries current ruler, kym johnson --t -- kym un, but he is his uncle, too. he is married to kim jong-il's sister. claims by south korea's intelligence agencies that two were executed and that he has not been seen in public since our victim -- are difficult to verify. serious riftcate a within the regime, or possibly a move away from reported economic reforms. but some also point to the long- running elements of his wife as a possible cause of his absence. ofthe long-running illness his wife as a possible cause of his absence. this one may take a long time to emerge. is not sure of its role in the world. -- >> america is not sure of its role in the world. that is the finding of a new survey. the findings reflect a preoccupation with problems here at home. the pew research center released a study today and the bbc takes a look at what they found. >> how does the usc its place in the world? that is the question the pew research session -- the pew research center asked. here's what they found. for the first time in 40 years, a majority of americans say the

past the hour here in moscow it's r t international more than a thousand journalists are ready to grill the russian president on policies and decisions that will mark this year of lot of input into holder's traditional annual news conference in just a few hours we'll be bringing you the event live here on our team international but for a preview now with aussies a quarter percent. these conferences have become a tradition the president has been holding them for quite a while at the end of each year and also another thing which we've gotten used to is their extended length last year's conference was around four and a half hours long it's not expected that the president will cut journalists short this year either an hour or more on the hottest topics that we're expecting is the upcoming amnesty in russia which should affect up to twenty five thousand people ukraine with the latest developments there the association agreement with the e.u. and the alone the fifteen billion dollars loan which was given to give by moscow just recently also diplomatic breakthroughs like the one with the syrian chemical arms deal and the iranian nuclear program of course

t. we begin with the plight of julian assange the co-founder of transparency organization wiki leaks tomorrow marks three years that assad will have spent in detention though he has never been officially charged with the crime on december seventh two thousand and ten the transparency advocate was taken to a british prison cell sweden had issued a european arrest warrant for his son because he was wanted for questioning in a sexual misconduct case a songe feared that from sweden he would be extradited to the united states to face charges for releasing hundreds of thousands of documents containing american state secrets while a songe made bail ten days later he was under house arrest for five hundred fifty days as he continued his appeals process to avoid extradition when the last of his appeals failed songe walked into the ecuadorian embassy in london seeking political asylum in june of two thousand and twelve he was granted that asylum from the ecuadorian embassy in august but has no way to make it to the south american country because there are around the clock guards outside the embassy ready to

an exclusive false report from the central african republic i can inspire a t agnew and pride of advent. nepal is voiced by mark thompson in the news. the sound of sporadic gunfire the above rates around on. central african republic capsule has been under siege since sunday morning. nearby the sound of heavy artillery. government officials say christian must resume oil to ousted former presidents will swell was easy. a behind the attack central african multinational forces patrol the streets alongside full masonic or rebels. otherwise the streets are empty the only double room asked the parties of dozens killed in the fighting. awaiting to be transported. residents here remain on edge. many carry machetes and guns the weekend and not greasy we a muslims. it's a question of religion the question of if the city or anything. these countries at where it belongs to all of us. if you don't understand this country be taken for foreigners. we are not foreigners. several of the cutest me to send me a piece of publicity but today the country to form up on the bourses on the way normal goo ts countryt gop belongs to every

since the us and iran broke off the mark in relation to this is an enormous step forward into it and it amounted to emphasize the economic impact is necessarily limited at t be continuing toe on and negotiate a permanent deal over the next six months. how do you think the process will play out so good is he stops and starts or do you think you will be a fairly smooth process. what a good be it through i still missed it too soon it'll be smooth as i think i'm particularly when you have a situation where at least two or three of these governments have been longstanding problems with each other. just communication becomes extremely difficult. on both sides between the us un and iran you have. act two. how awful elements that were cut in on countries that oppose this deal to produce compromise. so absolute didn't expect this to be smooth and that we also think six months is is itself optimistic. um i think it's there all the bones of a moment of an agreement in principle in place in six months that would be a huge result of progress. your father to see some of the hotels that are facing negotiates is set wedgie think those handles all of that big it so to spe

mark for our outstanding work documenting the women who are breaking barriers in the infrastructure. and also for for or against a pathway for our daughters and our granddaughter's interest thank you (clapping) >> as m tioner and as commission chair it's been a privilege to have the opportunity over the years to get so close to the bridge project even in the last 6 months and now to know the men and women who have brought this bridge to life. i'd like to thank my colleagues into past and present who's vision led to this magnificent bridge and to a our independent panel of folks. i'd like to extend a special thanks to our highway administration and to thank all the toll payers who made this possible. i'd like to a thank all the people to tell this story through their words and photographs and videos and personal stories from engineers to administrative staff, xarptsd and painters and iron rngz and boat captains and project managers and every other job there is. the people on this project have been truly exceptional not just professional and hardworking but happy to be doing the work they do and happy to talk about it and to share their problematic on this incredible project. i remember coming out to th

mark (clapping) >> thank you essentially woman it's a great pleasure to be here. fellow elected colleagues and distinguished guests i want to over my heartfelt thanks to the contractors and workers and m t c, caltrans, california transportation mission and, of course, the voters who have done what was necessary to get us to this day. it's been said woven a web the dreams into a web of steel. what a better time to remember the 83 hundred workers. those men who tirelessly told you to make sure that a madman's dream was realized. and that madman was bernard who back in 1872 imagined a bridge connecting oakland to san francisco but that the armies should arrest the folks for failing to make this happen. different from the chain cutting when the bay celebrated on time and under biscuit engineering marvel we can take pride that not a single human life was lost in the construction of this 21st century san francisco bay bridge (clapping) let's humbly remember the 28 lives lost in 1923 to 26 and, yes in the upcoming public hearings in the senate we'll review and learn from our mistakes so the economic costs will not remedying repeat itself. but public sentiment today would never have tolerated s

t sarah firth has more from istanbul. it's not some uncommon sight so they stumble streets in a year that's been marked by widespread protests but this time the rallies taking place in the wake of the corruption crackdown that's what the government the threats to prime minister comes not just from the streets but from within his own posse the turnout for the demonstration was significantly smaller than that seemed to some of them the last of the clashes break out between police and protesters but other times been in power for such a long time has maintained control a lot of people said that a lot of good things good the country why no one was actually it has become very very. protests for. this family that it's looking for the you know the this is. big enough to still. be to publicly out to the protests the prime minister remains defiant and continue to blame the corruption probe well of foreign conspiracy and a second wave of detentions may still be possible to the time being it's deadlocked for mainz the police the prosecutor publicly she's to the enforcement being in the government's pocket first easing a court decision t

moving on to san francisco in 2006, a whistleblower named mark klein, who was a former employee of at&t, disclosed that the national security agency had built a secret room in that room building. a communications of millions of ordinary americans were routed through that building and were being siphoned off into the secret room as they pass through that building. a number of organizations try to see the government. those lawsuits have yet to go anywhere. the point being that we started to begin to get a picture of the surveillance that was going on. how large that picture was and the extent of the surveillance, we are now coming to understand more fully, thanks to the leaked information by edward snowden. these nsa facilities are everywhere around the country. they're collecting data on a large percentage of americans. now of course, the internet is revolutionary. let's not deny that. the internet and mobile technology can be used by citizens to overthrow governments, to get opposition leader selected who would have no chance otherwise. this technology is very empowering. but at the sam

mark. san francisco hit 72, 66 for you today. north bay 65. and 69 today in the south bay a. big event at tropical storm park. football at at&t park, washington state takes on byu. comfortable conditions out there. that's pretty cool. never seen football throughout before. looking forward to that. new year's eve a preview. your seven-day forecast here at the bottom of your screen. san francisco is a big city across the entire united states. for people to see the spectacular fireworks. you'll be able to see it this year, it will be hazy. we're counting on better air quality this weekend. 54 degrees tuesday night into the new year which is wednesday. we'll look at traffic. now back to you. >> power in the northeast united states and canada slowly being turned back on after last week's ice storm. officials say they expect more power outages as tree branches weighed down by ice snap and damage additional lines. people who have been without electricity since saturday are relying on generators to supply light and heat. about 79,000 people in michigan don't have power and 100,000 homes and businesses in canada. >> connecticut state

t news trucks come in. former persistent minister john major as a guest of honor us in the band hosted by the polish step to mark the twentieth anniversary of the downing street declaration. in the catholic doctrine directly from south africa pretend that the memorial for naps and data as of this evening's events was to meet your pride to the scene for michael to africa. and remember maine use the accounts committee hearing today in the sun for remedial till they were joined. from the stress by shinn fein td mary lou mcdonald was a member of the committee at a given which the deputy the joys of the program before we come to that the discussions that but these top up payments information the very end i think today's national post was about six hundred and sixty thousand journal page each year by the center for media connect to the mater hospital to manage a pension funds which doesn't exist yes. and it's this information and i just said that a dentist in the same as they say you couldn't make this up. we didn't get any explanation as to why that's happens and it's not a recent thing it's been happening for many m

moving on to san francisco in 2006, a whistleblower named mark klein, who was a former employee of at&t, disclosed that the national security agency had built a secret room in that room building. a communications of millions of ordinary americans were routed through that building and were being siphoned off into the secret room as they pass through that building. a number of organizations try to see the government. those lawsuits have yet to go anywhere. the point being that we started to begin to get a picture of the surveillance that was going on. how large that picture was and the extent of the surveillance, we are now coming to understand more fully, thanks to the leaked information by edward snowden. these nsa facilities are everywhere around the country. they're collecting data on a large percentage of americans. now of course, the internet is revolutionary. let's not deny that. the internet and mobile technology can be used by citizens to overthrow governments, to get opposition leader selected who would have no chance otherwise. this technology is very empowering. but at the sam