nothing had happened for a few years and now these attacks will really shake the metropolitan city in the financial capital. >> are authorities saying anything right now about who might be behind the blast? >> it is a little early for them to say anything, but the ministry has confirmed that they consider this a terrorist attack. other politicians and officials urged people to remain called and not to take part in any of the rumors spreading. this is to deter people from the communal violence. the pakistan based organization is always one that suspicion falls on the first and is also supposed to be behind the devastating series of terror in november of 2008 but it is too early to speculate. >> rupert murdoch has dropped his bid for the full takeover of the satellite channel bskyb. is this empire is under investigation after some of its reporters listened and on thousands of voice mails and bribe police officials last weekend. they closed the news of the world newspaper. >> he was probably hoping the storm over the scandal would settle. by now, he must realize that is not going to happ

very horse city for a long time i traveled through there are twenty years ago when the dick cheney was very obvious even at that point this actually what's happened in these sorts of metropolitan areas. cities have taken on more and more obligations without any reasonable way to fund them and eventually you get a wall which is what is now happening to work and so you are faced with not being able to make the payments to provide those essential services and they have to be cut back. i mean really interesting and of course carol here we are based in washington and there's so much talk about what will happen if we don't raise the debt ceiling our about defaulting and what this country will look like well guess what this country looks like that in certain areas in many areas in fact what do you think of this is kind of angle magic of our on a larger scale. it's a question of making promises that you can't cheat. the elected officials who are always prompted to make promises various constituencies but they're not held to account for all its fiscal sustainability of what they say they're going to do and we're running into a knowledge of national over with yet silly debate regardless

cities and metropolitan areas are 84% of the population, 90% of gdp, and 94% of new jobs next year, soid the extent that america invest in our cities, we are going to go a long way to investing in america's economy, so when you look at what is going on now with the cuts on the federal level, they will impact the state, who then balances its budget on the backs of cities and counties and school districts, so the one entity driving the economy is entity that is going to be the most hurt with this dithering and with a possible default, so we cannot focused just on its debt reduction. we have to cut the debt, but we cannot do it in a way that undermines the investment in education, transportation, public safety that we need right now. >> we have 30 seconds left. with all the trouble california is going through economically, are you hopeful about this coming months and years? >> this is the city of hope and promise. it is where the world comes together, but the golden state has lost its luster. we have got to change our taxes and how we fund government. we are going to have to make it easie

we're talking about a lot of major metropolitan areas. oklahoma cityinto little rock, memphis, nashville, st. louis, kansas city, louisville, kentucky, and cincinnati now. all these cities are going to be feeling temperatures somewhere between 100 to 110 degree. i think tomorrow is going to be the peak of it. it's going to take until wednesday to start to wane off when we get showers and thunderstorms to hopefully provide some of that relief. the current heat index right now is dangerous. look at kansas city. feels like 109. even minneapolis. you really need to hydrate yourself. you need to take it easy. check on your neighbors. if you need to be able to calculate the heat index, go to weather.gov and find a map like this or chart where you can look at what the air temperature is. find what the relative humidity is. calculate the heat index. on average you're adding somewhere between three and five degrees to the temperature on the thermometer. showers and thundershowers popping across the upper midwest. some severe. a new tornado watch issued for part

>> i think homelessness has been this structural problem, not just in our city but other metropolitan areas, and i think, at least at the short term level, we have made some progress ensuring there is cleaner and safer shelters so people have somewhat of a transition to transition from homelessness to a stable housing, but when we look at the numbers of affordable housing units that might allow people to get more on their feet or even work force development or educational opportunities to help a mother who is homeless, for example, to get on their feet, we need much more of that, and we cannot cut programs that will increase the roles of the homeless. i believe that the project homeless connect and some of the projects created by previous administrations are not enough. we need to look at transitional housing but also continuing the type of support to help people get back on their feet. the job training and other types of programs that the mayor's office of economic and workforce of all men are working on are really important to ensure that unemployed people and potentially homeless p

senior planner at the metropolitan transportation commission overseeing our programs in land use and social equity. i'm also very fortunate to be a member of the transatlantic cities network, which is a project of the german marshall fund you'll be hearing from ellen. it is a network of 25 cities, 12 in the u.s., 13 in europe, and oakland is one of those cities, but i, of course, wearing my regional hat, have looked to expand what i have been learning through the

. >> isn't it self-interest to save property values in the new york city metropolitan areas from cred l claims on insurance companies? [laughter] >> listen, insurance companies cannot insure that. insurance is the business of put -- multiple risks and averages. when you have a fukushima, that's a disaster that no one can insure. that's the problem. economically it's not possible. >> that's why in the fine print they exempt it in the homeowners policies? >> i don't know. >> that's a whole other project, all the fine print contracts we have to sign. [applause] >> we are in the midst of trying to convince one of 50 state departments of insurance to let us have the policy on the internet so we don't have to send one out all the time and waste all those trees. we won't get it down because there's bureaucrats stopping it because they like the current system because they make money on it somehow. >> [inaudible] >> we do. in our economic self-interest we fight them. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> we have the realists here. [applause] >> let's say full med tear for all, is that worthy of billion

metropolitan area. what are some possible areas in the city? golden gate bridge, right here. beautiful sunset today, i was watching it as we got here. what else? the bay bridge, candlestick, monster park, 42,000 will be in attendance on any sold out giants game, 62,000 on a 49er game. what else? b of a building. transamerica. this is a major -- so these are -- those are buildings. but what else might you think about? bart, transportation. we'll talk about that. hospitals. city hall. these are possible target areas. as we mentioned, civilian safety is the most important. point to yourself. your safety is the most important. when you are sizing up what are the dangers, what are your capabilities, what are your limitations. terrorism is no different from a natural disaster. you are going to respond the same way. be nice is not nice. b stands for biological. n is nuclear, i is incendiary and c is chemical. on the bottom scale, we have a likelihood it's going to take place and this scale here is the impact. so nuclear device, think of a nuclear bomb taking place, impact will affec

wouldn't be economic self interest to say property guys in your city metropolitan area from and credible claims on insurance companies? >> insurance companies -- insurance companies are not, cannot ensure that. insurance is the business of multiple risks and averages. when you have a fukushima, that's not a multiple risk. that's not an average. that's a disaster that no one can ensure. that's the problem. economically it's not possible. >> that's what in the fine print they exempted, and homeowners policies? the fine print, that's another whole project of all the fine print contracts we have designed. [applause] >> we are in the midst of trying to convince want a 50 department, state departments of insurance to let us have a policy on the internet. so we don't have to send one out every time and waste all those trees. we won't get it done because we have bureaucrats standing there stopping because they like the current system because they can make money on it somehow. [inaudible] >> fight them, we do. in our economic self interest we fight them. [inaudible] [laughter] 's. we the realists

now the powerful if largely unknown metropolitan transportation commission is looking into consolidating. >> obviously people travel across cityounty boundaries, they want the system to work that same way as well. the commission is going to tackle it in the next six months, do we have the system right now that can meet the future. not the system that can meet the past. >> reporter: there's some serious political muscle behind this. >> it's not to say that anybody is not doing a fine job. it's just that we don't need as many people doing fine jobs. >> reporter: don perata is actively helping top transportation officials find a way to start consolidating not only ac transit and b.a.r.t. but also the 28 or so separate transit districts that are scattered around the bay area. >> why do you mean 20 hr departments. why do you need 28 different legal departments. >> reporter: jim wonderman of the bay area council support the move. >> depending on the systems you're look at savings of 10s of millions of the dollars if you do it the right way. >> reporter: so instead of ac transit competing with against b.a.r.t. for money, it will work

it's corrupted the metropolitan police their equivalent of our you know arguably new york city police department or maybe actually much marja them much more important that in one thousand nine hundred three in the united states we've got a graphic on this site i believe it here is in one thousand nine hundred three fifty corporations control the majority of us media the two thousand and four this is from the bend. he updates every couple years two thousand and four was lost i mean updated it five corporations control the majority the media in the united states is a troubling that the only way that a republican can get any kind of national office now is to go through fox news if you don't have murdoch's and force just like in the u.k. you had you've had five prime ministers that have had to literally go to murdoch and beg for his indorsement tony blair convinced him to flip parties even and every single time or endorses them they win and same thing here in the united states if you don't if you don't have sean hannity on your side you're maybe you're out of luck maybe just the opposite

metropolitan police department and the u.s. attorney's office to crack opportunity solved murders from that dangerous era in our city's history. >> progress being madement, paul wagner thank you. the mother of a five-year-old accused of shooting a friend told fox 5 her son didn't think the gun was real. the shooting happened yesterday afternoon on a play ground in maryland. stacy cohan is here with the latest. stacy? >> reporter: appears the four- year-old boy is going to be okay, the good news. the trouble thing thing to the community is how that five-year- old boy gaped access to a gun in the first place. the boy's mother spoke with us on the condition we not reveal her identity. she said her son found the gun on the playground and thought it was a cap gun, but neighbors say the playground is cleaned every day and there was no way a gun was left outside. instead they believe he got the gun the same mace to which he returned it after the shooting, his third floor apartment. with the injured boy heating physically, the five-year-old is trying to heal emotionally. >> four or five years old, and it's like if they're introduced t

metropolitan transportation commission voted to set up its new headquarters in the city. the agency will spend $180 million to buy and remodel an existing building on main street. leaders are puzzled. they question the quick decision and never had a chance to convince the mtc to stay. a san francisco woman's horrifying experience renting out her apartment has a website. >> the sight helps you find extra cash by hooking you up with travelers who want to crash on the couch. a woman says she rented out to someone who ended up stealing and trashing the apartment. she made this on a block post. she says she is working with sfpd. air b and b regrets the matter, it's doubled the number of agents at the start up but it's not legally liable. we've been aviewsed or i have been of being a pes is a mist about the economic recovery. i'm not sure the success of facebook means the economy is stable. case in point, the juniper networks that makes network gear says it's not going to have great sales. in a few hours, juniper's value fell by 3.5 billion. you know who else is having a hard t

city are very different from those in los angeles. and challenges facing small towns are very different from those in metropolitan areas. man: we have to have water supply for health purposes, for fire protection, and the economy. without it, things simply can't exist. woman: we have good health in this country, in part, because we have clean water. and we shouldn't forget that, and we shouldn't take it for granted. melosi: in the late 19th century, serious waterborne disease epidemics were having devastating effects. roy: but then, in the early 1900s, we began to treat our water. and since then, we've seen a rapid decline in the incidence of waterborne disease. narrator: most cities treat drinking water through filtration, chlorination, and sometimes ozonation to kill pathogens in the source supply. these are complex treatment plants that cost millions of dollars to operate, but are necessary for our wellbeing. the treatment of drinking water has been called one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century. the water infrastructure itself protects the treated water until it comes out of our taps. it's

senior planner at the metropolitan transportation commission overseeing our programs in land use and social equity. i'm also very fortunate to be a member of the transatlantic cities network, which is a project of the german marshall fund you'll be hearing from ellen. it is a network of 25 cities, 12 in the u.s., 13 in europe, and oakland is one of those cities, but i, of course, wearing my regional hat, have looked to expand what i have been learning through the network and the opportunities that present themselves to the network and to expand that. and where better to bring a cycling delegation than to the city of san francisco, a city very much on the verge of, i think, turning the tide in favor of cycling where there are 40-some-odd, 43-plus projects waiting in the wings for the environmental lawsuits to come to a close. so it is very exciting to have the opportunity for the delegation to come here, and i think the timely honkly, could not be -- honestly, could not be better. they have spent just over a day in the city of oakland doing a bit of a bike tour, meeting with elected officials there and a community open house last night where we had 80 folks turn ou

metropolitan areas as to the actual accuracy, with the question of the undercount. is there any comments on this, in particular? >> i guess what will happen is the city has the ability to challenge the census, and there is a program that started last month in july which allowed us to look at how the census counted us, and where, looking at this closely, and to present to them our challenge, with the numbers. and this will be done across the city. >> and this is part of a large minority population. one thing, i think, just looking at this quickly, there has been a lot of progress in counting the communities and their concern. the city launched a heroic effort to reach out to these communities, and the planning department was making certain that the census forms are sent out. they even have some of the addresses, but we will be looking at this closely and we will be presenting our findings with we believe the budget accounts could happen. >> on that issue, we did challenge the numbers from 2000? >> we have the 2007 numbers. >> that was the estimate? >> the 2000 numbers, we were successful at that. and about 45,000 people. what we will do is look at the

revealed was being advised by another eight cities of the world hack neil wallis if that wasn't enough he was simple asleep taney. working for the metropolitan police politicians and police under fire for cruising up to the looting with the murdoch empire and in the willingness of cameron archrival age miliband is liberating up to step into the ring was so that the country can have the leadership we need why why doesn't he do more why doesn't he do more than give us our apology and provide the full apology now by hiring mr colson and bringing him into the heart of downing street. commentators say the prime minister came out on top in wednesday's round in the house of commons we like each grilled by these over his relationship with new school but the fight is far from a once you know. he is damaging for grace he was he was going to go and there's a limit right into the camera because none of that sort of damaging political issues that would actually stop him this scandal has forced resignations all round top executives at news corp and the u.k. has two most senior police officers many are asking why the prime minister shouldn't be next for a

metropolitan police. >> i don't believe the two situations are the same in any shape or form. in terms of andy clausen new york city one argued that the work he did in government in any way was inappropriate or bad. he worked well in government. he then left government. there is a contrast i would say at the situation with the metropolitan police where clearly at the metropolitan police the issues have been around whether or not the investigation is being pursued properly. and that is why i think sir paul reached a different conclusion. >> tomorrow the murdoches, both depearge and son, face cross questioning in the commons. the hacking headlines just keep on coming. nick robinson, bbc news, westminster. >> well, as we mentioned on top of all of these developments the, whacele blower who reported for "news of the world" and alleged widespread hacking has been found dead on his home in england. for more on that part of the story, we can go on the bbc's katherine downs in london. katherine, what was shawn hall's role in all of this. >> he was the first journalist where he could publicly speak out about "news of the wo

city's grand cen stral station. proposing a 23,000 foot store to take over the north and northeast balconies. the metropolitaninance committee will vote on the proposal today. if it passes the mta board will vote on the proposal on wednesday. biggest store in the world in one of the busiest places in the world. >>> texas governor rick perry speaking out on gay marriage in light of new york becoming the latest state to legalize it, but will perry's view isolate some conservative supporters as he considers a white house run? i'll tell you about that on the other side. first your get smart question of the morning. do more americans have passports or facebook accounts? the answer after this quick break. 37 minutes after the hour. >>> about 40 minutes after the hour. let's call it. it is time to get back to our get smart questions. do more americans have passports or facebook accounts? the answer, is b. more americans have facebook accounts than they have passports. i guess if we were asking that question you knew where that was going. i'm going to show you one of the best things about new york. columbus circle an

metropolitan area. it was a rural country, only 5 percent of the people live in cities. that is a whole different world, and even if we knew about what they thought about that world there would not tell us what they thought about our world. >> host: what is the controversial part of a living constitution? what do people find controversial? >> guest: what people find controversial, and it is a fair concern. while the constitution is not fixed, it does not mean today what it has always meant, someone is changing it. that makes us nervous because we think that that someone who is changing it is going to be some bunch of judges who are just going to impose their own views of the rest of us. that is a legitimate concern. >> host: former university of chicago law professor. a friend of yours or claims? >> guest: acquaintance. >> host: he would not agree with your premise. >> guest: let's think that is right in this sense that he says he is an original list. now in practice as a supreme court justice he understands that original is and does not work all the time. he has even sa

metropolitan area where there are large scale solar plants being built that generate megawatts of electricity. >> a green job produces goods and services with an environmental benefituchs a jobs that attempt to prevent or minimize pollution. >>> city leaders may improve stringent green building standards. the city council considers the proposal tomorrow. all new construction and home add-on projects costing $20,000 or more would be required to have one or more energy efficient upgrades. options include installing ceiling insulation, toilets using less water and energy efficient windows. nue new rules would take place ary 1st. it would be toughest policies in california. >>> the big story across the country, one of them, it is hot. in the bay area relatively cool but most everywhere else can we say scorching? the national weather service declared excessive heat warnings in at least 14 states today. temperatures are near or above 100 degrees. combined that with humidity and you know the drill. it's a mess. >> just the high humidity. the heat you can deal with. the humidity makes it hard to breathe. >> we walk outside tof the car and hits wet. i didn't even run yet. >> the elderly to pets to livestock are being affected and no letup

city officials stressed nelson had a low-level job and no official contact with summer jobs. >> he is not a supervisor. all supervisors are required to have a background check, which the metropolitan police department conducts. >> and owe what his his job? >> he is a file clerk. >> reporter: the 19-year-old victim working at anacostia high school is still under investigation. 12,000 young people have jobs this year, fewer than in the past. the mayor cut the number to avoid payroll. michael brown says he'll hold a hearing on the sexual crime incidents. >> do parents need to be worried about their children in the summer jobs program? >> no, we want to make sure the safeguards there were followed and if not strong enough, they need to be strengthened. >> the city says there will now be random checks with summer workers throughout the program. it has about five more weeks to go. >> tom sherwood reporting. thank you, tom. >>> in leesburg, virginia, a child care worker is -- has been locked up tonight. he's accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old child at a school. the man's name is brad minor. they say he's 23 years old. they arrested him yesterday. he's charged with one count of f

city will repay its creditors. most of vallejo's creditors support the plan. >>> foreclosure activity is down across the country. realty track said 80% of the largest metropolitan saw foreclosure rates fall. the company said that's not because of a rebound from the housing crisis, but banks are slower to move. >>> earlier this month san francisco police towed several cars away from dangerous trees. the problem trees are located on claireen. heavy wind and rain this spring may cause those trees to become weak and fall on cars or homes. many neighbors oppose tree clearing saying it will do more harm than good. >>> friends and family of missing nursing student michelle lee held a rally at the last place michelle le was found. why police say this case has not turned cold and when an arrest could possibly be made. >>> it's a story we first told you about yesterday. a woman, credited for stopping the theft of a bicycle, talking about it. kristin bell said her cowork are saw a guy with a cable cutter trying to steal a bike. she jumped right in front of it and stopped it. she asked us not to show her face. >> it happened fast. i don't know if i had a strategy or knew w

metropolitan areas that are going to be dealing with temperatures, according to your body, they're going to be feeling like 100 to 110 degrees. our affiliates, of course, are covering this big time. oklahoma cityyou guys have had 100 degrees plus every single day in the month of july so far. people have been sending in their pictures to local affiliate. take a look at that. that is the cracked ground. they're saying it's 8 to 12 inches deep it's so dry and people are also sending in their pictures of their car thermometers. there's one that's 103 degrees. let's show you what's going on in kansas city under heat advisories here. that big warning on there and the salvation operation opening cooling centers. eight of them in kansas city to help people stay safe in these kind of conditions. we also have severe weather going on across parts of the upper midwest. we have been tracking a couple really nasty thunderstorms right along the north dakota and south dakota state lines. dickey county is under a tornado warning right now and storm spotters have seen a tornado near the town of oaks moving southeast at 40 miles per hour and also some spotty damage earlier into the ashley area and also a couple

city. today, new york officials are expected to vote on a plan to build a $23,000 square foot store in grand central. now, if the metropolitanves it, it would get full authorization. >> guaranteed to get some traffic there. >> of course. >> we can seer were some problems around here -- >> i'm glad you are paying attention. >> i did. i listen to every word. >> let's take a look at what we have. she's absolutely right. there have some been -- there have been some slow spots. northbound 101 approaching the 880 intersection. we have slow traffic, just a little bit slower than it normally was. 280 is also slow. this morning we've been looking at other things as well. highway 4 slow in antioch. but then we're getting the slowdown here. also 24 westbound on the way to la fayette. if you are driving to the east bay -- let's say you are driving from hayward to fremont. most of the slow traffic you will see is in the stretch between 92 and 84 headed south on 880. on the east shore freeway, a lot of people have been behind schedule. we had an early crash and that's been gone. traffic is backed up into pinole. it's unwinding now, when y