commissioner moran. >> a couple of things. our normal role in this sort of thing is figuring out what the utility impacts are and our interest in our employees protection, and we have ended up going farther field of that because of public testimony that raised the protection of public health and i think that's appropriate and i appreciate the time we've had because of the continuance to look at this. in the course of my -- looking over the documentation that has been testified to, this is clearly not a new issue. and this has been around for a long time. the issue, there's no issue that has been mentioned here that is either new or unusual. and they have -- i think there has been a process that people have gone through to make sure that the development is done in a responsible kind of way. i'm struck by of the nature of the remediation process that you can't make all of our history go away. you have to deal with it in some way and that in many ways, the ongoing public health is dependent upon land use controls. and the materia

and linda moran. - lindsay moran. >> let's take a look at the safety of e-cigarettes in general. >>>hey're fruity flavorful fun and more popular than ever. the explosion in advertising dollars and sales of strong cigarettes are in the billions as the devices are being touted as a safer alternative to smoking tobacco cigarettes. >> i think it's the best thing smoke. >> i wake up in the morning and my lurchtion hurt really bad. i started vaping and it started getting better and better. >> are the claims really true or are they a smoke screen? the health rirvetion associated with the use of electronic cigarettes associate with the liquids themselves. the research at u.c. riverside, indicates that we shouldn't be just concerned about the are liquids but the devices themselves. >> when you do your experiments in the lab you hope to find something and it all started with one cardomizer. we found burning on the fibers. we kept dissecting and dissecting and found this over and over again. i never thought in a million years i would find this. >> the break through finding is the aerosols the e

. >>> outrage, another civilian shelter hit in gaza as our terry moran takes us into the battle with israeli forces. >>> and limits of forgiveness. kelsey grammer, his murdered sister and the decision about the murderer tonight. >>> a good evening to you on this wednesday night as we come on the air. there's urgent new concern about the deadly ebola virus. tonight two american peace corps workers in africa are in quarantine, possibly exposed. we also have news about those two other americans, the missionaries who were infected and are fighting for their lives. here at home anxiety created a scare at a hospital in north carolina, and abc's chief medical director has the news around the globe. >> reporter: tonight the peace corps pulling out 340 american volunteers as two were quarantined after come into contact with an ebola patient. they are slowing slight improvement. dr. ken brantly from texas and nancy writebol in strict isolation. staff communicating through windows. staff wearing full protective suits. tonight we spoke with writebol's son jeremy who is texting his mother every n

plus, abc's terry moran embedded with soldiers. >>> highway hazard. a poorly secured ax slices through a windshield while the car cruises down the highway. >>> "sharknado 2" makes its debut, the best moments and the cameos. >> one, two, three. >>> well, good thursday morning to you. we begin with the ebola epidemic spreading across west africa and fueling fears around the world. >> being called a major public health emergency. this morning, the peace corps is evacuating volunteers from three countries with a number of patients is growing. >> abc's preeti arla has the latest. >> reporter: the largest ebola outbreak in history is creating concern in the u.s. two american missionaries are now in isolated in liberia. they are said to be showing slight improvement. >> they are firm in their resolve about their decision to go to liberia and their decision to stay in liberia and to care for those who are there. >> reporter: the u.s. peace corps announcing it's pulling hundreds of volunteers from liberia, syria leone and guinea. the state department says ther

you saw the pictures that terry moran showed there. but i think the odds are pretty slim that we'll ever actually find out who pulled the trigger on this. we really want to find out whether there were russians there, whether there were russian special forces there helping the russian separatists. that's a key question and i'm not sure we'll ever know that. >> if we find out the russians had any hand in this, even in simply giving the missiles to the rebels, will that change the situation on the ground with this ongoing conflict? >> that's a good question. will putin say this is a bad idea to give them this surface-to-air missiles? it might but in the end, dan, i think what we have to remember is that this looks like it was an accident. i don't think anyone was actually trying to shoot down a civilian plane. they were trying to shoot down a military plane. >> an accident and a horrible one at that. thank you. martha will be georgia stephanopoulos on a special edition of "this week" tomorrow morning. it's called crises point. you can see

moran himself has been a border patrol agent for seventeen years. welcome to you. want to ask first about those recent reports that as news of more deportations has spread, the numbers of people trying to enter the country is dropping. at least apprehensions are down. does that jibe with what you're seeing? >> well, we are seeing a dip, and we're not sure exactly what the cause of it is. historically, we have seen drops in the summertime due to the heat and humidity in south texas and along the southwest border. also the beast, the so-called freight train that has been bringing people through mexico from central america has been derailed for the past two weeks so we think that helped contribute to the dip in numbers. >> brown: specifically with the situation of so many children entering, what's the role of the border patrol and how has that changed the work of you and other agents? >> our job, we are the primary law enforcement agency in between the ports of entry. so if you come across the border and you are not a u.s. citizen, you can expect to have a border patr

>> commissioner moran and torres? >> there is an item that i would like to discuss briefly not long ago, several months ago i raised an issue related to opportunities in the south east sector related to intratoe hortoculture and maintenance and construction-type of jobs, opportunities. and specifically mcclarin park and other areas located near that and i think that it is appropriate for us to have that dialogue and i requested it under other commission business, several months ago. given the relationship that this very cozy relationship, and cozy in a good way that this commission has with the recreation and parts commission, certainly the announcement recently from the professional golf the pga in addition to an article in the newspaper today, dealing specifically with the golf course located in the south east sector, the problems that it has with respect to ongoing maintenance, and capitol improvements and water and i would like to begin to have thoughtful deliberative conversations about how we can best work toget

moran. >> here. >> torres. >> we have a quorum. >> thank you donna. the first item is approval of meeting minutes of june 10, 2014. commissioners. >> i'll second. speaker: it has moved and second. any discussion? >> any public comment on number 3, approval of the meeting minutes of june 10. seeing none, public is now closed. all those in favor, signify by saying aye. the motion carries. madam secretary, next item. city clerk: item 4, general public comment. >> i have three speaker cards. if you're interested in speaking, please fill out a speaker card and hand it to the secretary. the first card i have is from joan gerado. >> welcome back, joan. >> thank you. i wanted to speak on an issue not on the agenda today. the transition of the francisco reservoir property to the recreation park department. and the memorandum of understanding was made public on eight days ago, and most people have not looked at it yet. i wanted to say that many of us citizens believe that the spuc should take the risk and go to planning and the board of supervisors and get zoni

abc's chief foreign correspondent, terry moran, is in ukraine where it's already saturday morning.ter: good morning, rebecca. from eastern ukraine. this is the city of kharkiv. this is where the bodies will be brought. this is where the families will come to collect their loved ones. 298 souls, who were just flying in the skies above this war-torn country, having nothing to do with it, when they were blown out of the skies. their lives robbed from them. in the fields of eastern ukraine, the wreckage still smoldered. the dead were still uncollected. the heart rending personal items. a disney backpack. and the shock was fresh for local residents who witnessed the tragedy. there was a sort of explosion, this man said. and then, people started falling from the sky. they searched the sunflower fields. so beautiful. but today, littered with horror. at least one american is among the dead. a 19-year-old with duel u.s./dutch citizenship, shown here with his girlfriend. he was on his way to meet his family for a vacation in malaysia. an avid soccer player, his former team reeling today. we

terry moran. abc news, london. >> thank you. >>> and a triumph here at home to report tonight. today this family photo posted by our friends at channel 5 in boston and it was trending online. marathon bombing survival jeff bowman lost both legs in that attack. today he and his fiance introducing us to their new daughter. we love seeing that. >>> much more on "world news" on this monday night. the deadly crash involving that walmart truck, some of the first pictures tonight of comedian tracy morgan since surviving that frightening accident and the major lawsuit, what tracy morgan is now saying about walmart. >>> later here on "world news," tracking the sharks tonight, the exploding number of great whites tonight, what scientists have discovered, how they're now tracking them, and are they swimming to a beach near you? and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insurance can be one of them. if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance q

terry moran, abc news, london. >> thank you. >>> and a triumph here at home to report tonight. today this family photo posted by our friends at channel 5 in boston and it was trending boston marathon bombing survivor jeff bowman lost b that attack today he and his fiance eri introducing us to their daughter, nora bowman. we love seeing that. >>> much more on "world news" on this monday night. the deadly crash involving that pictures tonight omed tracy morgan since surviving an that frightening accident and tracy morgan since surviving an ingr frightening accident and lawsuit, what tracy mgns >>> later here on "world news," tracking the sharks tonight, the >>> later here on "world news," tracking the sharks tonight, the exploding number of great e this summer, wa scs have now discovered, how they're now kingthey if you're a current or former military member or their family, get an auto insurance quote and see why 92% of our members plan to stay for life. shingles the pain in my tremendouscalp areailot. and down the back of my neck was intense. it would have been virtually imposs

take this out on it pat roberts and not only is he going after watt roberts, he is going of ajerri moranr senator from kansas fen if wolfe loses the race he may be moran's challenger in 2016. >> we'll keep watching that one. >> hillary clinton the person i can't stop talking about has been in europe for the last few days. she was there july 4th in britain, she was getting mocked mercilessly by republicans. she's has a few more interviews where her allies suspect she'll continue cleaning up the fallout from the dead broke gaffe and some of the other missteps she's had and then going to basically disappear for most of the summer. she's going to be in the hamptons and the hope from her allies she learned some of what went wrong in the last couple of weeks and will demonstrate that in the fall. >> we'll watch and learn a lesson or two. peter? >> an alliance of democratic groups including the dnc and a couple super packs are starting a big voting rights push in a couple weeks, this includes voter registration efforts but also includes a push to elect democratic secretaries of state in key sta

commissioner moran asked at a previous meeting about the performance of the eip's, so this chart breaks down the individual areas managed, the annual storm water removed for a typical year as well as the budget for each of the eight eip's. the eip's hand been designed to remove the first three quarters inch of rain. you can see the performance is vastly greater for areas where there's a large drainage area that's managed. >> a couple of questions on that, and i appreciate your providing this information. you said that you're doing a triple bond analysis on these, i would be curious in seeing that because when you look at this and you do a unit cost kind of thing, the china town islands come in an order of magnitude worse than everybody else and that's what i would like to see, what the balancing of that is. how do we like at that as a project. >> when we're looking at triple bottom line, we're looking for alternatives for any given of the iep's. we have four different alternatives for china town and for wiggle and they're across the board. two commissioners have brought an interest on b

>> we thank terry moran. i want to bring in stephen ganyard, retired fighter pilot. steve, we know now what it may have been, the moments before that missile hit the plane. >> that's right, diane. the sa-11 system we see here is being responsible for bringing this aircraft down. when the sa-11, when it gets close to the target, it explodes a war head that sends out a big fan that goes and impacts with little pieces of very hot metal into the airplane that it is tracking. >> it explodes away from the plane but sends a spray of shrapnel into it. >> that's right. we've seen some evidence on the ground of that today. we see pictures that appear to show some of the damage that comes from these hot little pieces of metal that will puncture the skin and go into the airplane. looks very much like shrapnel damage. >> a quick question about the black boxes that have now been turned over. can they be pen traetrated with anybody knowing? >> there are seems on them, diane. the trained investigators are look and make sure the seals aren't broken. even if somebody were able to get

here's abc's terry moran who just filed this report. >> reporter: more symbols of hamas control came under fire overnight including its tv headquarters, government offices and the home of a top leader. and this morning, the palestinians claim israeli troops shelled gaza's power station hitting fuel tanks and sending thick blank smoke high into the air. the latest violence follows atax on a hospital and a park where nine palestinian children were killed. >> it's been for us as a human being, not our -- not as muslim or jews or christian, human being. >> reporter: fighting claimed the lives of several more children in gaza this morning and five israeli soldiers were killed by hamas fighters who used a tunnel to get into the country. >> terry moran reporting the death toll so far more than 1100 palestinians. mostly civilians, plus 53 israeli soldiers. >>> in other our big story, another round of wild weather from the colorado rockies to the shores of new england. >> the latest pictures coming in as you can see here on the left a powerful twister touching down north of denver. >> on the

>> terry moran on the ground. thank you. >>> and tonight, the focus of the world now turning to the rebels. this evening, we go to the evidence. an intercepted phone call, and some asking can you hear the moment they realize they'd hit a commercial flight? authorities also studying images in the days and weeks leading up to the incident. inclufding this wedding video. the wedding party and the people invited. brian ross has this story. the wedding video and what they could reveal. >> reporter: until now, the pro-russian rebels had welcomed all the attention they could get in the crew ukraine. even putting up billboards to promote their cause. at this recent wedding of one of the fighters, the guest of honor was their top military commander, a russian, not a ukranian, who uses the name igor strelkov, which means igor the rifleman. >> we know he's had a longstanding relationship with the russian intelligence services. >> reporter: under strelkov's command, the separatist militia fighting in ukraine has been known as

terry moran with israeli defense forces as they crossed into gaza. hamas tunnel that israelis believe leads under the bored near their country. some where up to 100 feet underground stretching up to a mile and a half long. lined with concrete and outfitted with power cables, phone lines, rail tracks. as the death toll in gaza rises with so many children killed, this israeli soldier is asked how that affects him? >> reporter: karen travers, abc news, washington. >> there was a prayer vigil last night in charlotte north carolina for the woman who contracted ebola working in africa. hundreds gathered to pray for nancy ripeold. the outbreak is now the worst in history. here at home finding out just how vulnerable our health record can be to hackers. a report in the new england journal of medicine reveals that the well-known hacking group calling itself anonymous broke into the systems of the boston children's hospital earlier this year. a cyberattack slowed down the hospital's server and website. but says no patient record were accessed and no one was ha

that's my commitment to senator moran. it's my commitment to you and to the veterans. >> that's good. i think the project arch definitely works. it definitely allows you to have control of the medical records, too, as you move forward, which is sabig turn when we start going to the private sector. could i ask you, what do you say to folks who say that v.a.'s work shortages are a myth and that the real problem is the medical personnel is not working hard enough or fast enough? >> i'll start and then i'll probably pass it over here to philip for a wrap-up. i think when you look, i mentioned earlier in my opening remarks, older, sicker, and poorer. when you look at the typical v.a. patient. so the first one, you start talking panel sizes or rvus when you're looking at specialty care. you have to take into account the very different patient population that v.a. is dealing with. so the number of primary care patients that a clinician sees at v.a.s is in all likelihood going to be different than what you see in the private secto

abc's terri moran reports from ukraine. >> reporter: no clear perimeter and no one in charge and no one taking responsibility. >> we have proof and evidence and it was committed with russian participation. >> this we found 196 victims. >> most bodies were taken away in truckloads and now or rebel control. >> rescue work is complicated because gunmen and terrorists are present there and they don't allow rescue groups there. >> armed gunmen some masked hovering over the wreckage and standing in way of european team of observers limiting their access and allowing them to stay no longer than 7 five minutes. here one pro russian fighter seen holding up a toy fou among the debris. calling thete of vict down ghsgd trickling into kiev including oepsedutch forensic tmis now onn to force rebels to back off and allow international investigators begin pain staking search for investigators. >> our focus is on securing site so there could be a proper international investigation to identify cause and perpetrators so we can bring them to justice. >> in the midst of all this chaos flight's black boxes a

terry moran reports that a few locals have an unofficial perimeter around some of the wreckage but there are no professional aircraft investigators in charge. >> one of the wings came down in this field and frankly it is outrageous that we can get this close. this is evidence completely unsecured. >> the ukrainian government accused the government of removing bodies from the crash sight and charge -- a charge one of their leaders deny. >> of body being dragged around the sight and not being treated properly. >> ukrainian officials say they have evidence that the missile that brought down mh17 came from russia. >> we are for sure that the team was russian. they were russian citizens operating -- and they came from the territory of the russian federation together with the missile launcher. >> today john kerry told russia needs to take immediate action to reduce tensions in ukraine and that includes telling the pro-russia rebels to put down their weapons. >> workers will start returning in february to the sight of the navy shooting. 12 workers were killed last september when aaron alexis op

moran: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. moran: mr. president, thank you very much. for three weeks we've seen the fighting going on in israel and the gaza strip carried on between the israeli military and hamas. in both gaza and israel lives, unfortunately, are being lost, homes are tried, families are devastated, security is threatened and daily life is polluted by this war. since the fighting began, hamas has made it abundantly clear that it is unwilling to behave in any responsible manner. the organization is using civilian areas such as schools and hospitals, mosques, and playgrounds as rocket launching sites. cachets of rockets have been discovered inside two gaza schools sponsored by the united nations. a chance for peace emerged when egypt put forward a cease-fire, put forward a cease-fire plan that israel agreed to, hamas refused to cease hostilities. later, israel agreed to a temporary truce. the pau

. >> and moran. >> here. >> torres. >> here. >> and commissioner caen is excused. >> we would like topprove. >> moved. >> any public comment? >> seeing no public comment, i will call a roll, signify by saying aye. if there is no objections from

abc news reporter terry moran is the only international reporter embedded with the israeli forces. >>reporter: today as gaza was shelled from air, sea, and ans returned fire. at a military staging area on the border. and we took cover. with the 188th armored brigade of the valleyi defense forces getting ready to go into gaza. do you have fear? do you get scare sfld. >> of course. >> reporter: we cross into gaza, gunners scanning the dusty roads and ruined buildings. several tense miles later we stop. a tunnel discovered here yesterday. deep, concrete-sided, and narrow. israelis believe it leads under the border into their country. israelis see these tunnels as an intolerable and terrifying threat. some up to 100 feet underground, stretching up to a mile and a half long, lined with concrete, outfitted with power cables, phone lines, rail tracks, used to infiltrate israel and attack outposts and neighborhoods. but today they aren't going in. >> the presumption is it's booby trap ed. there may be terrorists inside. >> reporter: suddenly, gunfire. israelis are trying to put down fire, sup