. >>> clamping down on the use of mercury. stay with us for a closer look at canada's toxic legacy 40 years after a mass mercury poisoning devastated a country. >>> and libya's prime minister ali zeidan. >>> and coming out swrimg in the national hockey league. >> hello, you're watching al jazeera, a reminder now of our top stories. a libyan armed group linked to the military has released prime minister ali zeidan. the militia say they were acting on behalf of the justice ministry and zeidan. hundreds of millions of dollars of cash and military aid. the u.s. state department says the government must show progress towards democracy if it wants are funding to resume. >>> secretary of state john kerry are reminds leaders of america's commitment to asia. >>> abduction and release of lib ya's prime minister ali zeidan. tell us more zena firstly about this armed group who reportedly took and then freed the prime minister because they are apparently affiliated with the government. >> yes, like you mentioned, linked, affiliated. under

deat. 40 years ago mercury dumped in a small community in canada.e have that story in the grassy narrows in the province of ontario. >> another school day ends for 12-year-old ca katherine as a toddler she was dialin diagnoseh mercury poisoning. her mother ate contaminated fish while pregnant. with all of these problems she has like she is not playing the victim. she is doing what she is capable of dining. doing. she is a strong girl i'm prowltd oproudof her mercury dumped in e 1960's poisoned the river system hundreds fell ill. >> once vibrant fishery never recovered. >> some 40 years after large scale mercury dumping stopped the waters are less pleutded pon it. the food chain will take longer to cleanse itself. >> my arms are stiff. government funds provide some money to those that have the neurological symptoms of mercury poisoning. but there is no long term support. >> we need to get some com compensation or something but it's not going to cure anything. things are just going to get worse. >> now fears mercury could come from a new source. leech

it's estimated as many as 15 million people are expose today mercury around the world.uble is once mercury escapes in to the environment, it frequently end up in the food chain especially fish and chicken. if these are eaten, the metal causes damage to the nerves affecting hearing, speech, and muscle control. it can cause paralysis and death. well, 40 years ago mercury dumped in to a river near a small commune any canada caused major health problems for many generations. daniel has that story from the area of the grassy narrows in the province of ontario. >> reporter: another school day end for 12-year-ol 12-year-old , as a toddler she was diagnosed with mercury poisoning. the toxic metal got no for her nervous advertis system when heh never ate contaminate the fish while she was pregnant. >> with all the problems that she has, she's not playing the victim, she is doing what she is capable of doing. she's a strong girl. i am really proud of her. >> reporter: mercury dumped in the 1960s by this pulp mill upstream poisoned the river system. hundreds fell ill. a once vibra

mercury. mercury is 13.6 times as dense as water. that means the column of mercury would only have to be 1/13.6 as high. and 1/13.6 of 10.3 meters turns out to be 0.76 meters, turns out to be 76 centimeters, turns out to be 760 millimeters. and so when you're talking about atmospheric pressure in terms of millimeters of mercury that's what you're talking about. see because if you look at the-- if you have like-- all you have to do is take a dish of mercury and that mercury will glug right out there and when that mercury column... is 760 millimeters tall, it's about like this, huh, okay? when it's that tall, that's going to push down on the surface with just as much pressure as the atmosphere outside and so it'll stand right there. now let me ask you this commonsense question. what if the atmospheric pressure increases, what's going to happen to the mercury? it's gonna push it right up further, isn't it? it's going to push it up further until it's pushing down with the same pressure that the atmospheric pressure is exerting, isn't tha

because it will assist us in the country to make policy regarding a fight against mercury use. japan has to be at the forefront, has to be the leading country to get others to assist others. >> japanese leaders promised $2 billion to help developing countries deal with mercury pollution. officials with the u.n. environment program aim to get the min a mata convention ratified and put it into effect in 2016. nuclear regulators in japan will soon get international support to monitor the impact the fukushima daiichi crisis is having on the ocean. specialists with the u.s. nuclear watchdog will check radiation levels in the waters off the damaged facility. >> translator: monitoring radioactivity in seawater is very important, so the iaea would like to cooperate with the japanese authority. >> iaea chief offered the assistance to the head of japan's in you clear regulation authority. ta na ka said working together would help alleviate concerns among neighboring countries. officials with the authority have been testing seawater in different locations in fukushima daiichi's port. they

because it will assist us in the country to make policy regarding fighting against mercury use. japan has to be at the forefront, has to be the leading country to get others, to assist others. >> japanese leaders promised $2 billion to help developing countries deal with mercury pollution. officials with the u.n. environment program aim to get the minamata convention ratified and put into effect in 2016. >>> a canadian writer known for her short stories about women in small towns has won the nobel prize for literature. >> the noble prize in literature for 2013 is awarded to canadian author alice munro. >> members of the swedish academy made the announcement in stockholm. they said munro was a master of the contemporary short story. her section collection, "something i've been meaning to tell you," was published in 1974 and became a canadian bestseller. in "the view from castle rock" she wrote about three generations of a family that emigrated from scotland to canada. the work drew high praise from critics. munro is 82 years old. she said she has retired from writing. >>> nuclear

now, delegates from around the world have adopted a treaty to regulate the use and trade of mercury. representative of about 140 countries and regions gathered for the convention. the conference name refers to a disease caused by industrial mercury poisoning over half a century ago. >> translator: we must strive to bring the convention into effect as soon as possible to end mercury poisoning. he promised financial assistance to help developing nation deal with the problem. the convention bands digging for mercury at new mines and starting in 2020, it will regulate the manufacture, export and import of products containing mercury. >>> what he knows about a missing japanese citizen. northeast asians abduct ed a gil when she was just 13 years old. agents abducted 17 japanese citizens in the 1970s and '80s. he worked for north korea's spy agency and defected to south korea in 2004. members of a group supporting japanese abductees invited him to tokyo. he told him yogota may have been alive when japanese and military leaders met in pyongyang. >> translator: if the testimony is true, there

the three day united nations conference for the convention on mercury opens wednesday. it's named after the southern japan town. decades ago, pollution poisoned citizens. birth defects resulted. this was to raise awareness for health problems related to mercury. the conditions are on the rise. delegates agreed on a draft treaty in switzerland in january. it is to ban production for new mines and will inhibit principle manufacturing, export and import of products using mercury from 2020. delegates including ministry officials are to adopt and sign the treaty on thursday. >>> japan's foreign and defense ministers visited to explain other efforts to ease the burden on the preif he can which you are. they want to support the governor for the air station. he's opposed to the idea and says he won't change his mind. foreign minister and defense minister met with him in nahi. they say officials have agreed to reduce training flights for aircrafts. residents are earn concerned about the safety record. it's been involved in accidents in the u.s. and sewhere. the minister says the

industrial mercury pollution in the city, many got sick and babies were born with birth defects. decades later it is harming people's health and spoil iing e environment. delegates from 140 countries and regions agreed on a draft treaty in january. the agreement will ban mercury production at new mines and starting in 2020, it will prohibit the manufacturing, export and imports of products using mercury. >>> japan's foreign and defense ministers visited okinawa to explain other efforts to ease the burden on the prefecture. they want to convince their governor to support the relocation of a u.s. air station within okinawa. but one is opposed to the idea and he says he won't change his mind. foreign minister fumio kishida and the defense minister met with him. they said officials from japan and the u.s. have agreed to reduce training flights for osprey aircraft. residents are concerned about its safety record. it's been involved in accidents in the u.s. and elsewhere. the ministers also said the u.s. will start transferring some marines from okinawa to guam in the 20 20s. they aske

in 1938, herz was a member of the mercury theater on the air.ma company founded by a little known director named orson welles. >> we know now in the 20th century this world was being watched closely by intelligences greater than man. >> he was a brilliant, wonderful, impossible human being. >> the mercury players broadcast on cbs radio. >> on this particular evening, october 30th. >> on halloween eve they did adaptation of h.g. wells' "war of the worlds," herz the only surviving member read welles' part. >> i thought it was pretty far out and that people would not respond to it. >> ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our program -- >> herz couldn't have been more wrong. >> in virginia, three monster machines visible moving north. >> during the broadcast outside policeman were coming. they were told on radio that the martians were coming, the martians were coming. but they didn't come. >> the next day newspapers were filled with stories of the chaos and a stunned welles was forced to address the critics. >> we are deeply sorry and deeply regretful

dangerous levels, what they say are dangerous levels of mercury. >> >> judy, we did tackle the mercuryue. we have a law that is driving the industry to put on the kind of modern technologies available to reduce mercury emissions. now, that's also challenging the coal industry to make sure that they're treating carbon emissions the same way as they've been treating mercury and arsenic and other pollutants as if they've been challenged to control for decades. carbon is a pollutant under the clean air act. we're doing the same thing for carbon we've done for the other pollutants moving forward. my job is to control pollution and deal with the environment challenges we're facing, one of which is climate change. it's not to dictate the energy of the future. it's to deal with the energy today and make sure there's a pathway forward to make sure it's clean as it can be. >> woodruff: but the other half of the environmental arguments is that there are these toxic slugs waste sites, emissions that have been built up in these plants and they say -- talk to the folks in the environmentalist commun

on one globe, white dots indicate areas affected by mercury pollution. on another globe, blacked-out parts show areas where the soil is deteriorating. >> translator: i hope the works by engo will inspire visitors to think about the fact that all kinds of environmental problems are affecting our world. what happened in minimata is still occurring today. >> the exhibition runs through monday of next week. the u.n. conference will start on wednesday. delegates are set to adopt a legally binding treaty regulating the use and trade of mercury. >>> more japanese teenagers are suffering from what's being called internet dependency. the popularity of smartphones is only making matters worse. people in other nations are struggling with the same condition. that's encouraged some in the u.s. and south korea to find ways to break the addiction. we have two reports starting with nhk world's john ellis guard yola. >> 28-year-old charlie pope is addicted to his smartphone. he receives counseling at a rehab center that specializes in treating patients like him. this is

on one globe, white dots indicate areas affected by mercury pollution. on another globe, blacked-out parts show areas where the soil is deteriorating due to desertification. >> translator: i hope the works by ingo will inspire visitors to think about the fact that all kinds of environmental problems are affecting our world. what happened in minamata is still occurring today. >> the u.n. conference will start on wednesday. delegates are set to adopt a legally binding treaty regulating the use and trade of mercury. >>> that is all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.  >> good afternoon. please find a seat. everybody. here we go. we have an overflow crowd. that is because this program will be so good. the movable feast continues. this is the third of a series of activities celebrating

camera: planet mercury! mercury looks much smaller than earth did.us! venus looks very yellow and stormy. it's no place for a picnic! look for a yellow ball to put back in the second place, nick. hmm. how about this one? a perfect match! you've found planet one and two! that's only six more to go! and i assume the next one, you know! we do!? we do!? it's thatta-way-hey-hey! all: yahoo! nick: it's planet earth! fish: home sweet home! the blue planet is easy to find! after mercury and venus, it's earth. which planet comes next? let's zoomamazoodle to find out! all: whee! cat: who put that big red ball there? it must be another planet! let's see! planet mars! cat: the red planet is one of my favorite planets. it goes with my red stripy hat. (laughing) so this red ball must be mars! the planet name game is lots of fun! ♪ we're naming the planets ♪ ♪ we're zooming by stars ♪ ♪ to mercury, venus earth and mars ♪ ♪ mercury, venus, earth and mars! ♪ (laughing) ah! what was that?! those are asteroids! there are lots of rocks floating in space! how are we goin

they were the mercury 7. and while they were young men, many had already skirted the heavens as test pilots and survived the hell of warfare. scott carpenter was a veteran of the korean war, the only astronaut without a college degree. he was named john glen's backup so he had to wait his turn to get to space. but he got to utter the famous words to his friends before launch while the whole world listened in. >> god speed, john glen. >> reporter: when it was his turn, carpenter flew in aurora 7. he orbited the earth three times. he was up there less than five hours. and he landed 250 miles from the intended target. as tv viewers stared anxiously at the black and white picture, there were fears he hadn't survived the splashdown. until he was spotted almost an hour later sitting in his raft awaiting pickup. he never flew in space again, though he loved exploration. he lived for an entire month on the bottom of the ocean floor in something called sea lab in the mid-60s. years later he was part of our on-air team

one of the last of the seven mercury astronauts has died.and a vatican typo heaven only knows how it happened when the cbs evening news continues. y ni. i don't use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. so it's not about keeping my dentures in, it's about keeping the food particles out. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. [ male announcer ] may your lights always be green. [ tires screech ] ♪ [ beeping ] ♪ may you never be stuck behind a stinky truck. [ beeping ] ♪ may things always go your way. but it's good to be prepared... just in case they don't. toyota. let's go places, safely. but it's good to be prepared... just in case they don't. the pain started up and wrapped around to the front. i was on my way to a musi

now she is the favorite for the mercury prize. of theup against some biggest names in music, bowie.ing david bu previous winners arctic monkeys theylso on the short list. prize themselves not just on youth and diversity, but there are several artists nominated pop-ebut albums, including up, electronic groups, and disclosure from just outside london as well as the singer- songwriter. without them sales continuing to fall, many regard the influence of this prize as increasing. >> especially as the brits critical.s >> also singer-songwriter james blake, laura marling, irish indie band villages, and electronic performer john hopkins. they are all competing to take home the prestigious prizes. >> i'm afraid there's bad news for all you wine lovers out there. a global shortage could be on the way. according to a new report, consumption is on the rise, especially in the u.s. and china, but world production has not managed to keep pace with some of the most prosperous countries. a forng do we have consumers feel the pinch. >> by director

his death leafs senator john glenn the only surviving member of the mercury 7 astronauts. >> nice to see you with jane goodall. >>> up next, we'll show you why a dozen people were stranded at the type of a roller coaster. >>> a popular roller coaster is back up and running tonight. >> we showed you riders stranded on top of the hollywood rip ride rocket. crews got them down two hours later. a computer glitch caused the ride to stop. universal studios and nbc are owned by the same parent company and that is comcast. >> that roller coaster is near the entrance. when they got stuck, i'm sure there were a lot of people watching. >> thanks for watching us here. >> good night. see you soon. >>> on our bro >>> on our broadcast tonight, damage assessment. who do the american people blame for the shut zoun of their government? tonight our new nbc news poll is out and the answer is clear. >>> also, insult to injury. after the uproar over military death benefits, now there's this. millions of veterans and their families in danger of not getting the pensions and disability payments they were pro

now she is the favorite for the mercury prize. of theup against some biggest names in music, bowie.ing david bu previous winners arctic monkeys theylso on the short list. prize themselves not just on youth and diversity, but there are several artists nominated pop-ebut albums, including up, electronic groups, and disclosure from just outside london as well as the singer- songwriter. without them sales continuing to fall, many regard the influence of this prize as increasing. >> especially as the brits critical.s >> also singer-songwriter james blake, laura marling, irish indie band villages, and electronic performer john hopkins. they are all competing to take home the prestigious prizes. >> i'm afraid there's bad news for all you wine lovers out there. a global shortage could be on the way. according to a new report, consumption is on the rise, especially in the u.s. and china, but world production has not managed to keep pace with some of the most prosperous countries. a forng do we have consumers feel the pinch. >> by director

to fix the colors on the skins the work is use mercury huge quantities a used for blue and black this process has been outlawed in france for twenty years because mercury permeates the body and contaminates all the vital organs. in their union will you stop chicken little philip. reeves. these. days. in two thousand and ten at apex one of the country's so-called model tanneries three workers died and ten was seriously injured in an explosion caused by an error in the handling of chemicals. yes there are accidents you have to be careful throughout the whole process especially when turning the drums on and off and when you put the chemicals in. we often drop the sacks on our feet touch the chemicals. one third of workers will be injured. fifty years now the term is unions representing twenty thousand workers has attempted to improve working conditions for its members to no avail one of whatever one of the pocket until one of the to be owners conversation and their behavior towards us. shows that their priority is to give us the least they can. without for many years their union our unio

we must also remember mercury is the god of commerce and that is the real foundation of venice. the figure of peace is, of course, the ultimate virtue that is guaranteed by venice. venice brings peace to the world the way the ancient romans did. and then there is apollo. apollo is, after all god of the sun-- sole in italian. sole also stands for "one"-- that is "solo"-- and apollo is one. apollo is unique. apollo is alone in all this, just as venice is alone-- unique in the world. venetian artists--giorgione, veronese, tintoretto and above all, titian-- transformed these public personifications and made them private, poetic, and desirable-- paintings commissioned by men who were proud of their sophistication. the venus of urbino is domesticated. she's brought indoors. she's put into the context of the bedroom. two handmaids are in the background. one of them kneels over a marriage chest-- a chest that would hold a trousseau. a marital theme is established there as surely as it is established by the myrtle plant that is silhouetted in the background. the myrtle-- a plant in perpe

the mercury news reports police officers are asking for a 6% pay hike.he city says it can't afford raises without making budget cuts elsewhere. two years ago police and others accepted salary cuts to offset a budget shortfall. >>> san jose mayor chuck reid led a pension reform fight that angered a lot of those. measure b was approved by san jose voters but is still being challenged in court by the police union. now mayor reid is said to be days away from taking his campaign around the state. the san jose mercury news said the mayor said he hopes to file paper work for a measure to allow all citys to change pension plans for their employees. >> the city of san carlos wants to hire experts to investigate whether pg&e pipeline is safe, they became concerned about the pipeline after seeing an e-mail from pg&e engineers. the e-mail raised questions about the possibility of a san bruno-type situation. a reference to that deadly pipeline explosion. on monday the city manager plans to ask the city council to approve spending as much as 250,000 dollars to investi

to fix the colors on the skins the workers use mercury huge quantities are used for blue and for black this process has been outlawed in france for twenty years because mercury permeates the body and contaminate all the vital organs. are still going to let. you see these. days. in two thousand and ten apex one of the country's so-called model tanneries three workers died and ten was seriously injured in an explosion caused by an error in the handling of chemicals. i guess there are accidents you have to be careful throughout the whole process especially when turning the drums on and off and when you put the chemicals in. we often drop the sacks on our feet touch the chemicals. one third of workers will be injured. was fifty years now the term is unions representing twenty thousand workers has attempted to improve working conditions for its members but to no avail. what i've. got a lot. one of the to be honest conversation and their behavior towards us with shows that their priority is to give us the least they can because without the many years of the union our union has put forward pe

because mercury permeates the body and contaminates all the vital organs. stop she's going to let. you see. you. in two thousand and ten at apex one of the country's so-called model tanneries three workers died and ten was seriously injured in an explosion caused by an error in the handling of chemicals. yes there are accidents you have to be careful throughout the whole process especially when turning the drums on and off and when you put the chemicals in. we often drop the sacks on our feet touch the chemicals. one third of workers will be injured. fifty years now the tenants union representing twenty thousand workers has attempted to improve working conditions for its members to no avail. whatever one of the pocket a little of that to be honest conversation and their behavior towards us. shows that their priority is to give us the least they can. without for many years their union our union has put forward peaceful solutions. that they show no interest in not to call you need to run with it i mean i think with the tight ship they're going on with us so we have no other choice th

aren't you worried about mercury?t to kill me, mercury poisoning ranks well below liver failure, struck by lightning and heart attack during sex. guess which one i'm rooting for. charles? speaking of things i expect to kill me. what a lovely surprise. michelle, this is my mother evelyn. mom, michelle. evelyn, it's a pleasure. you have a wonderful son.

mercury 7 astronauts has died. we'll look back at scott carpenter's mission. ♪ >>> for now they started talking. the president met with g.o.p. leaders this afternoon at the white house. there could be more talks tonight. it's the most activity we have seen since the government shutdown ten days ago. one republican called the talks useful and productive, but no deal on the shutdown or the debt ceiling. mike viqueira is standing by at the white house. another day of political theater what does it mean? >> this is a little more substancetive. there is no break through to this impasse. with one week to go the possible default for the october 17t october 17th deadline for congress to act to race the debt ceiling. it's movement and significant movement. house republican leaders were here for an hour and a half this evening with the president. all happening behind closed doors. the vice president was there and the treasury secretary as well. talking about a new republican proposal. the republicans and democrats have not s

he went to space in 1962 as part of the mercury space program. here's a look at his life. >> he just turned 37 and he'd also just come from space. scott carpenter was literally on top of the world. an original member of mercury 7, nasa's first group of astronauts, he helped pave the war for space explore ration. he became the second american to orbit the earth in 1962. pilotting the spacecraft through three revolutions of the earth he landed in the caribbean overshooting his landing spot by nearly 480 kilometers panicking found by the navy floating in a life raft feet propped up. equally comfortable at sea, scott did not go into space, but joined the navy sea lab 2 project. he spent 30 days exploring the depths of the ocean off the california coast. >> so nice to see -- >> a true explorer to the end, his wife said he died on denver in thursday following complications from a stroke last month. he was 88 years old. on social media, a constant stream of messages thanking him for being a pioneer as well as con dell lenses from familiar faces. buzz al

concern about levels of mercury may be exaggerated. fish accounts for only 7% of mercury levels in the human body. they analyzed the diets of more than 4500 pregnant women looking at about 100 food and drink items the women consumed. doctors say eating fish during pregnancy can have a positive effect on a baby's iq and its eyesight. >>> more parents should practice safer sleeping habits with their babies. the number of infants who sleep in the same bed as their parents jumped to about 13% since the early 1990's. researchers at the yale school of medicine interviewed about 19,000 parents across the country and found the trend is especially rising among minority. scientists say bed sharing puts babies at a higher risk of sudden infant death syndrome or sides. doctors recommend babies share a room with their parents but not a bed. >> it's hard when you're exhausted, just totally exhausted. >> but you could be closing off the baby's airway. >>> the question of the morning, 4:55, according to a survey, which one of these do 39% of women bel

a lot of pregnant women are nervous about having seafood because of the mercury content and salmon isry fish, so it is safe to have up to 12 ounces per week. >> in europe, pregnant women don't mind eating fish and don't mind eating a somewhat raw fish, which is surprising to me. here they say, don't eat raw fish. the more raw it is, the better the fats are. so i see you cooked this one, but what do you think about having raw or seared fish. >> if it is seared, that's a little better. raw, the big risk is you want to know where it is coming from because there is foodborne illness. and in pregnancy, if you come down with any kind of foodborne illness, it can be detrimental to your baby as well as you. you want to be cautious but try to choose a fattier fish i'm glad you straightened it out. i wondered why the women in europe eat raw fish, they don't seem to care bought it has to do with the quality of the fish. i noticed you put it on spinach. one of my favorites. >> mine too. it is terrific and you can have it raw, cooked. but the great thing about spinach in pregnancy is the folic aci

they were the mercury vii. shepherd, cooper, slayton, glen and carpenter. while they were young men, many had skirted the heavens as test pilots and survived the hell of warfare. scott car pepter was a navy aviator, a veteran, the only astronaut without a college degree. he was named john glenn oos backu backup. he got to utter famous words to his friend before launch while the world listened in. >> god speed, john glenn. >> when it was his turn he flew in aurora 7. he was thereupon less than five hours. because of technical glitches he landed 250 miles from the intended target. as tv viewers stared at the black and white picture there were fears he hadn't survived splashdown until he was he was spotted almost an hour later sitting in his raft awaiting pickup. he never flew in space again though he loved exploration. he lived for a month on the bottom of the ocean floor in sea lab in the mid 60s. years later he was part of our on-air team at cape canaveral to cheer on john glenn who returned to space as a shuttle astronaut at 77. >> we are joined by scott c

police say the 23-year-old driver of the mercury and his 17 wrefld passenger were air lifted to printed george down hospital. nine other people including two small children were rushed by tpwhraopbs the hospital. it is worst thing ever been enveloped in. it was pretty bad. just be clear police have not confirmed a drag race they will only say that vehicle that ined up on wrong side of the highway, and collided head on was southbound traffic watts speeding. charges are pending. >> breaks pu washington hospital. would have just learned employee there died this afternoon after being overcome by fumes. and room near the auditorium. melvin lewis there fixing air conditioner. and he biany new information as we get it. deadly construction accidents on metro overnight. we are talk red line it happened as crews welding portion of rate there. three people were i am. they normal rail service will be restored for the monday morning commute. government shut down remains at stalemate tonight but, there may be some even bigger problems looming right now. clock now ticking towards possible government d

now according to the mercury news the president of scu, who is also a jesuit priest did that.el frustrated because of that. they said they would not provide coverage for that. yesterday the governor signed a bill into law that gives women more choice, it allows them to perform abortions in the first trimester, the mercury news also reports the university's president plans to discuss the health plan issue in a series of forums. we are going to be reaching out to the university as the morning goes on to talk about this controversy, reporting live from santa clara, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >> governor brown has signed a bill allowing midwives, nurse- practitioners and physician's assistants to perform a common type of first trimester abortions, they however first have to undergo training, the woman who authored it said it helps those women. california is the only state to expand access to abortions this year. >> the organization that oversees san francisco general hospital are investigating the death of a patient who went missing while in the hospital for treatment

. >>> the san jose mercury mercury news says the students won't be granted any credit for their classes. schools who transferred to defaults other than cam bells have been awarded full or partial credits for their classes. >>> the pumpkin weigh off in half moon bay. this year's winner will receive $6000 a pound. there is a bonus of $30,000 for any pumpkin that sets a new world record. there are also cash prizes for the heaviest pumpkin from california and the prettiest pumpkin, which will be chosen by the public. >>> 50:00 is the time. people behind prop 8 are launching a newly passed california law. they are trying to repeal. >>> barriers taken down. the tense moments during a protest in washington, d.c. >>> right now we are looking at the roads. they still look pretty good at the golden gate bridge. >>> the weather is looking good as well. temperatures warming up a little bit. is there any rain on the extended outlook [ male announcer ] you can change your tomorrow if you do something today. and there's never been a better time because this year, devry university has $45 million dolla

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the mercury news reports that officers are asking for double that. a 6% hike. city says it just cannot afford raises without making cuts elsewhere. two years ago, police and other city workers accepted salary cuts to offset a budget shortfall. >>> mayor chuck reed led a pension reform fight that angered officers. it was approved by voters but is being challenged in court. now, reed is days away, it's said , to be taking this statewide. the paper says reed hopes to fire paperwork to allow all cities in california to change pension plans for employees. >>> 7:37. the organization that oversees san francisco general hospital, they are investigating the death of a patient who meant missing while in the hospital for treatment. yesterday, the hospital confirmed the body of lynn spaulding was found in a rarely- used stairwell. the hospital and the spokesperson for the hospital says the grounds were searched right after she was reported missing. there's both sadness and confusion among the spaulding family and the hospital. >> this is a nightmare. lynn spaulding died al

investigators say it started with a mercury that was driving northbound. >> we were determined that the mercury was traveling at a high rate of speed. >> it slammed head on into a pickup truck in the southbound lanes. in all, 6 cars crashed, 11 people injured. three of the cars involved in this crash are at the maryland state police barracks. you really get a sense of just how banged up they are. these are part of the investigation which continues and so far nobody's been charged. >> investigators will look into everything. they'll look into the marks on the roadway and the median as well as any -- any witnesses that may have any information. >> some on the scene believed drag racing caused the crash but investigators say they have no reason to believe that's true. though they would like to hear from anyone who saw what happened. in prince george's county, beth parker, "fox 5 news". >> the car just completely spun around i mean, the tires spun off. >> a nightmare stunned the crowd in grand prix in houston. debris went flying off into the stands after a race car driver dario franchitti w

the former astronaut, the fourth map to fly in space, and mercury space suit in 1962, scott carpenter8. in 1962, he became the second american to orbit the earth. carpenter's wife patty con confirms his death was at 5:30 this morning at a hospice in denver. with his death, john glenn is the last mercury 7 astronaut still with us on earth today. >> and on this day in 1845, the united states naval academy first opened its disaster as the naval school in annapolis, maryland, and as the navy grew, intoso did the came, agreed -- graduating more astronauts than any other school. the list includes jimmy carter. the college started accepting women in 1976. but it all started with a few dozen students. 168 years ago. today. >> and that's it for today from "shepard smith reporting." look at this. the dow likes talking in washington. the question is, can they get anything done? we're up 3 17 on yack ity yack. get something done. >> ten days into the government shutdown and we're moments aim from a meeting between house republicans and the president. is a debt deal at hand? and is that it why wal