item d, new appeals, orders of abatement, case no. 6771, [speaker not understood], agent for the appellant, james grossman, action requested by appellant, the appellant is requesting that the order of abatement be revoked and assessment be waived. >> good morning. [speaker not understood] for the department. in reviewing this case for this board, we discovered that executor of the estate got all the permits and cleared the violations, inspections done, signed off, so taking that into consideration, we would recommend that you grant the appellant's request and it would be appropriate there would be no assessment of trust. that's our presentation. thank you. >> thank you. >> so, the appellant has asked that you waive the abatement and [speaker not understood] the assessment of vote. you need to vote and have public comment. >> public comment first? >> yeah. >> [speaker not understood]. >> is the appellant present? would you like to speak at all or -- you don't have to. you don't have to. >>> [inaudible]. >> come up to the microphone. >> the recommendation is to reverse the order and negate t

accountable for the people using the site to illegally download songs and films is lawyers plan to appeal to new zealand supreme court which could therefore further for spode the extradition hearing earlier dot com told r.t. that online freedom is completely at the mercy of governments. it's what i have learned since i got dragged into this case is a lot about privacy abuses about the government spying on people they're not spying on individuals based on a warrant anymore they just spy on everybody permanently all the time and what that means for you and anybody is if you are ever a target of any kind of investigation or someone has a political agenda against you or prosecutor doesn't like you or put the police wants to interpret something in a way to get you in trouble they can use all that data go through it with the with the comb and find the things even though we think of nothing to hide and done nothing wrong right now we are living very close to this vision of george abo and i think it's not the right way you know it's a wrong path that the government's on thinking that they can spy on eve

. >> the doctor convicted in the death of michael jackson is filing a new appeal. he will try to clear his involuntary manslaughter conviction. murray says the prosecution did not prove jackson was hooked up to an i.v. drip, a narcotic that killed him. murray said he gave michael jackson something to help him sleep but the similars contend the pop star administered the fatal dose himself. jackson's family has filed a wrongful delegate suit against murray. >> in tech news, apple is paying a new acquisition. the "wall street journal" reports they are buying wi-fi slam for $20 million. the start-up has developed ways for mobile apps to difficult ticket a phone user's location in a building using wi-fi signals. it is offering the technology to other developers for indoor map ping. >> google's new glasses are not on sale to the public yet but one state is trying to ban them behind the wheel. west virginia lawmakers are considering banning any wear average computer with head mounted display. they displace information in a smartphone like format and you can interact using

we look forward to making a comment exactly on what is going to be the object of the new appeal, which by procedure in a different court of appeals. so we're going to florence. the original decision i remind was from perugia. we need the motivation. today the supreme court has annulled the acquittal decision and ordered the court of florence to reinstate and revise this case. it is the same case that is continuing. >> so it's not a new case, it's the same. i understand. it's not a new case, it's the same case. how common is it for cases to go back to the supreme court and be sent back? you seem to be suggesting it's very common. >> it is very common and happens and even the did decision of the court of florence will be impossible to appeal. because, as i said, you need to have three grades before you can consider the decision final. >> is she actually in jeopardy? could she just refuse not to go back to italy? >> that's another question. she doesn't need to be present at the hearing if she doesn't want to. there's no way the italian authority can force her to be present. she will be fr

you would think they would have the appeal to try to make new appeals, again to go back to the 90s.he equivalent of this type of politician. arkansas democrat. by no means lib liberal. christie and mcdonnell smacks of an attitude that we don't need to change our views. whatwe don't need to change what we're doing. we just need to go back to the failed approach of the past. >> michael: they're focusing on the approach at the expense of electability which is puzzling to me. maybe they wanted to make it curbcucinelli's coming out party. and imagine a candidate from virginia, what could that do for their party? but they seem to make bad decisions. today marco rubio one of the other people that we talk about for the future by pasted immigration in his speech, focused on conservative principles instead. did he miss out on starting a dialogue on immigration reform? >> i think so. marco rubio has had a hard time convincing the most conservative members of the g.o.p. the people who kind of control the house of representatives, and will be the veto point. the veto vote on immigration should i

. >> the doctor convicted in michael jackson's death is filing a new appeal today and try to clear his involuntary manslaughter conviction. he said the prosecution did not prove jackson was hookup to an i.v. drip which a market that killed him. murray had said he gave jackson medicine to help him teach but the pop star administered the fatal doze himself. his family filed a wrongful death suit. the case begins next month. >> now a look at the weather on this monday morning. >> you bring us sunshine. >> little bit, bringing some cooling conditions, so we have been so spoiled with temperatures above average, we are getting back to normal temperatures and below armal with -- normal. live doppler 7 hd shows it is not picking up anything but that that doing and we have the possibility of sprinkles tomorrow in the north bay. otherwise, we will stay dry until, say, wednesday night, when thursday and friday look more promising, in terms of rain, as well as the weekend. good morning, santa rosa, fog and 39, and napa at 39, and 47 by the delta livermore and 50 in hayward and los gatos and 42. we

today's ruling means the case against knox will be reheard at a new appeals court in florence eitherhis year or 2014. knox doesn't have to go back for the trial. and if the court upholds the conviction, then italy would have to seek extradition with the united states. that would be a fascinating thing to see how that would go down. >>> turning now to afghanistan, the taliban is exclaiming responsibility for a suicide bomb that killed five afghan police officers early this morning. the attack came hours after secretary of state john kerry met with hamid karzai to discuss the transfer of security operations to afghan forces. a visit aimed primarily at damage control. karzai said comments he made during chuck hagel's visit earlier this month were misinterpreted. >> i never used the word collusion between the taliban and the u.s. those were not my words, those were the words picked up by the u.s. media. >> we're on the same page, i don't think there's any disagreement between us and i'm very, very comfortable with the president's explanation. >> mike taibbi is live in kabul, afghanistan.

online entrepreneur kim dotcom a step closer to being extradited to the united states from new zealand an appeals court overturned a ruling that would have allowed him and three co-defendants brought access to the evidence against them the four are accused of massive copyright fraud through dot coms mega upload file sharing website with the extradition hearing set for august dot com says he can't be held accountable for other people using a site to illegally download songs in films it's lawyers plan to appeal the new zealand supreme court which could further perspire in the extradition hearing earlier dot com told us that r t the online freedom is completely at the mercy of government access what i have learned since i got dragged into this case is a lot about privacy abuses about the government spying on people they are not spying on individuals based on a warrant anymore they just spy on everybody permanently all the time and what that means for you and anybody is if you are ever a target of any kind of investigation or someone has a political agenda against you or prosecutor doesn't like you o

the reasons presented for the prosecution for a new appeals case do not need her to come over to italy and testify. >> and praxilla, i was interested in what michelle had to say in what she said the judges in the case appeared to be annoyed with the defense. you were inside of the courtroom and over what point of law did they become annoyed? >> well, indeed. the judges were huffing and puffing as the defense had to literally defend itself in a new appeal's case, because at the end of the day, the prosecutor almost seemed to present new appeals, and this was not the place to do that. this is the place to discuss the violations of law, the contradictions of the motivations of the judgment and instead, it turns out to be a almost second appeals case, and when the defense insisted on these points, that is when the judges seemed annoyed. >> praxilla, i spent time with you over in italy as the appeals process was wrapping up, and so you have been watching this for a long time, and so this is a story out of the headlines there for several years and how are they going to the feel about it bein

for knox says that she is shocked and saddened by the news. >> amanda thought is up set. >> the court said the retrial will take place at the appealsnce. knox will *not face trial again on a charge of defamation. knox's family has previously said she would not return to italy if the conviction was overturned. the new tunnels along devil's slide have officially opened to the public. along the pacific coast near pacifica, there was an official ribbon cutting for two new tunnels that will provide a bypass along highway - one at devil's slide. the area has been plagued for years by rockslides. and a harrowing passage through a narrow stretch of roadway. the total cost of the project was 439- million dollars. >> a one alarm fire at a san jose apartment complex has left 21 people without a home this morning. the fire broke out late last night. in the 31-hundred block of landess avenue. when authorities arrived they found a fire between two units and in the attic space above. fire fighters were able to knock down the fire within minutes and believe the fire is cooking related. the red cross is helping with food, shelter and clothing to th

our top news alert just in the last hour. italy's top appeals court overturned amanda knox's ate acquittal in her roommate's murder case ordering a new trial. >> we got word of this about 45 minutes ago, and already we're getting a statement from amanda knox herself. she says, she tells the associated press that no matter what happens, my family and i will face this continuing legal battle as we always have, confident in the truth and with our heads held high in the face of wrongful accusations and unreasonable adversity. amanda knox, you all probably remember this, she and her boyfriend were acquitted back in 2011 for the murder of her british roommate. they had served four years in prison in italy. now at issue back then was the lack of evidence in the case and right now we don't know what new information has persuaded the italian dort rehear the case. prosecutors allege that the couple killed kercher in a drug fueled sex scheme that had gone awry. there was a man from the ivory coast convicted of this in a separate proceeding and he is servin

the new issue here is the appeal that my client filed last thursday. the clerk has rejected it this morning on the basis of a city attorney opinion. and i wanted to give this board the opportunity to reconsider that decision by the clerk. the city attorney opinion takes the position that because a planning commission decision to approve the conditional use authorization without first preparing a supplemental eir, as we believe is required, is not an appealable decision to the board of supervisors. we think that is wrong under public resources code second, 21151. the city attorney opinion does not address the primary question, which is what is the legislature's intent? as the supreme court has held in a number of cases the legislature's intent is that ceqa provides that elected officials be responsible for the environmental decision-making of their jurisdictions. and so for the planning commission decision to proceed with the conditional use authorization without preparing a supplemental eir, for that to not be appealable shields the elected officials f

state supreme court is not necessarily the highest, there's a court of appeals in new york. nding appeal in new york state, what happens now? the ban does not go into effect, is that right? >> correct. the city is going to appeal, but under this decision today it would be halted. >> if it is not rejected by court of appeals in new york if they take it to the highest court in the state. thanks very much, mary. i know you'll be watching this story for us. the mayor, michael bloomberg, is holding a news conference on this at 5:30 p.m. eastern, we will have live coverage of that. lots of interest what happens next in new york city with those big drinks. >>> up next here in "the situation room," just years from now, routine hospital visits could be fatal. why super bugs resistant to antibiotics could pose what they now describe as a catastrophic threat to the nation. >>> and i am going to show you an alley oop in the nba some call the dunk of the year. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100%

in today's cover story: taste test: how food companies are using wild new flavors to appeal to a changing palette. plus, is our method of teaching outdated? a look at the impact technology could have on the way our kids learn. and, sequester expectations: what you need to know if you have money in the markets. first business starts now. you're watching first business: financial news, analysis, and today's investment ideas. i'm bill moller. angie's off for a couple of days. in our first look for tuesday, march 5th: wasn't sequestration supposed to bring widespread suffering & chaos? we're beginning day 3 of trading and the markets seem to have hardly noticed. what they're worried about is china. more on that in a moment with our trader. and about that china thing. it has all the makings of a bubble. china's runaway growth may soon run into a wall - a construction wall from the biggest building boom in history. dozens of new cities & thousands of gleaming towers, all empty. there's talk there may be economic ruin for investors. and, when the employment numbers come out this friday, if at le

we begin in italy and get to a fox news alert right away. italy's top appealsg amanda knox's acquittal in the roommate's murder case and ordering a brand new trial. she was found not guilty in 2011 and spent four years in italian jails. >> next in north korea. overnight the country claiming it ordered all long range rockettes to be combat ready. among the targets u.s. military bases on qualm, hawaii and mainland america. this released -- also releasing this disturbing propaganda video. it depicts an invasion of south korea in which troops are taken hostage and then defeated. >> let's go to guatemala. powerful 6.2 earthquake struck near the capital city on monday. no reports of damage or injuries. it happened so deep in the earth most people barely felt that tremor. >>> an update to a story you saw first last week on fox and friends first. americans every where were outraged over a test given to 5th graders in texas. it pretty much teaches them that the united states was responsible for the tragic 9-11 terror attack. the question why did the united states be a t

bill: lawyers for the olympic "blade runner", filing a new appeal in a south african court.gue against what they call restrictive bail conditions for oscar pistorius, including the requirement that he hand over his passport and all travel documents. he is accused of killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp on valentine's day. he says the shooting was all an accident, thinking she was an intruder inside of his home in pretoria. martha: this is an incredible story. it is a breakthrough in medical technology giving paraplegics the hope to walk again. john roberts joins us live from atlanta on this sorry. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, martha. you remember the old television series the six million dollar man? a stuff of old science fiction back then but now at least in part science fact. a new device liberating for the loss of use of their legs. that is as long as the government doesn't get in the way. the step that shattered his spine was the last one michael gore took for a decade. a 12-foot fall that left him paralyzed from the waste down. >> the first thing i

he made the new appeal today at a ceremony where 28 immigrants took the oath to become american citizensmilitary. the president says they are examples of why the u.s. needs to encourage immigration and fix the system once and for all. >> immigration makes us stronger. it keeps us vibrant, it keeps us hungry. it keeps us prosperous. it is part of what makes this such a dynamic country. if we want to keep attracting the best and the brightest that the world has to offer, then we need to do a better job of welcoming them. >> bipartisan groups in the house and senate are moving closer to introducing separate immigration plans. the president says he wants to debate this beginning next month. >>> still ahead, we're waiting for a decision on whether american amanda knox will be retried in italy on sensational murder charges. would she wind up back in jail? that's a good question. if you're a fan of the british royals, listen up. prince harry is coming to the u.s. and we have details on the trip ahead. power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain,

relatives of the newtown victims joined president obama today in a very emotional new appeal for tougherounded sad. he sounded angry. that support for gun control appears to have faded since newtown. he tried to shame the nation and the congress to take action. >> less than 100 days ago that happened. and the entire country was shattered. the entire country pledged we would do something about it, and this time it would be different. shame on us if we've forgotten. i haven't forgotten those kids. shame on us if we've forgotten. >> driving home, the president's message a new 12-month-old ad campaign launched by a group called mayors against illegal guns. it features newtown family members. >> it was not long ago. i still remember when we were there, wolf. >>> a u.s. soldier who fought alongside rebels stands charged of conspiring with an al qaeda group. pictures surfaced showing him in combat with foreign fighters. let's bring in our foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty for more on it. this looks like such an unusual case, jill. what more are we learning about this u.s. soldier? >>

criminal court has overturned the acquittal of the man that knock amanda knox has ordered a new trial. an appeals court in florence when all we hear the case against knox and her italian boyfriend for the murder of 21 year-old meredith kercher. her body was on an november 2007 in her bedroom house she shared with knox and purdue of italy. >> the court is now saying the retrial will take place and she will not face trial again for dave defamation that she tried in the first time. >> 708 is the time and we will be back in a couple of minutes. a live look outside the san mateo bridge. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv starting at $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. mcdonald's dollar menu, home of the meaty, melty mcdouble you love... ♪ ...and othe

that come to us is where we take action on a dr or cu, that's what triggers the c-e-q-a appeal, right, in the new legislation, whereas we could take action today on the next dr that's coming up. the people who want to appeal the case, then, could wait till the time the building department issues the permit to appeal that case? >> yes, they could wait until the appeal period is expired on the final action that's taken. and, in fact, under the current procedures, the building permit appeal period, not the c-e-q-a appeal period. under the current procedures, the dr hearing does not constitute an approval action. so, if somebody tried to file a c-e-q-a appeal after a dr hearing, they would hear back from the city attorney that their appeal was not ripe. >> so, you couldn't even apply now -- >> under the current. >> no, it does actually make sense. it makes perfect sense. we've taken a public action on a dr. that kind of starts the appeal -- which, you know, we've taken a c-e-q-a action, too, there is an underlying c-e-q-a action that accompanies that dr. that's what triggers the appeal. i mean, the r

also, we have an appeal to as new construction on the subject property the va reported that the plans did not adequately represent the slope of the property and it was - the permit was approved but the height should be lowered but the board of appeals upheld your decision on those promotions. that concludes the reports >> commissioner. >> i'm trying to find the address there was a determination at a store on sill more street the neighborhood felt it should have been qualified as a national - >> only those 3 projects were reported to me but i can ask and get back to you. >> good afternoon commissioners i have a short summary. yes, sir. hearing we wemd welcomed our new commissioners who accompanies the seat profile seat. however, a couple of commissioners were absent so it's anticipated that the full commission will be present later on. also the commission continues it's 2 hundred to two hundred fourteen street draft eir the commission had several comments and the presentation alternatives outlined in the eir and that will be outlined in the document. the commission also heard an inform

. >> during the trip president obama bowed support for israel and appealed for new peace talks with the palestinians. the final stop is in jordan. >> hundreds remember a 16-year-old musician killed while cross train tracks near his home. last night was emotional for friends and family of donae johnican. you could often see him walking on campus with a guitar and head phones the he was hit by an approaching train while listening to music. >> the train clipped him. he want paying attention. there is a lesson, all teens who think it is cute. come on, the train tracks are not cute. >> the medical examiner has ruled his death an accident. caltrain was planning to add fencing along that section of track. >> this morning, san jose police are searching for a wanted parole he who ran from officers. police cordoned off a neighborhood searching for him in san jose. he was armed with a gun. the thing began when the police tried to detain him and the chase ended up in san jose. he hopped several fences to get away from the police. >> five bay area police departments will join law enforcement agencie

highest criminal court has overturned the acquittal of the men and knocks and has ordered a new trial. an appeals court influence will now we hear the case against knox and her italian boys and for the murder of 21 bureau mirror the scorcher. carters body was found in november 2007 her bedroom of the house if that she shared with knox in perugia, italy. knocks before years in prison before a court overturned her murder conviction. if she returned to the nine estates in 2000 and 11, and was not in italy for today's hearing. an attorney for knox says that she is shocked and saddened by the new spirit >> the new tunnel long devil's slide has officially open to the public. along the pacific coast near pacifica, there was an official ribbon cutting for two new tunnels that will provide a bypass along highway 1 at devil's slide. the area has been planned for years by rock slides and a harrowing passage through a narrow stretch of roadway. the total cost of this project was $439 million. >> we will be right back. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great price

new pope. great theater, much excitement. how is he going to appeal to progress rives in america?the poor, to have a pontiff who is so closely allied with the poor and has lived it, in these years of controversy and being reminded of the wealth of the church where they are paying out for the terrible sins of some priests, to have someone who has lived the austere life, the message of francis, that helps. my expectations for change are not big. but he talked about contraceptives with relation to disease. but he's turning a page that was needed. >> changing the headlines, this is a church that politically needs to have a game-changing message. talking now about poverty and equality much more than about ask sex scandals. politically a smart move. if doctor >> if he does anything, if he changes the bureaucracy in the vatican, which definitely needs an overhaul, and it's funny, talking about the social issues, remember, this is a religious person. you're right, kelly, contraception should be an issue. maybe it helps young catholics in the -- america say maybe the church is going to hav

i have wanted to bring new data to you representative to appeal 12-226, not brought up at a previous meeting. number one i have worked hard with the public health department and it is clear that the measurements to the bathroom are from the front door to the bathroom door. i have an e-mail which from eraes who is the inspect at ther and given that it is more than 200 feet this should fail on the face value. number two is... >> 30 seconds. >> okay, number two is the forms, that were filled out for the application were not complete and as i looked at the file, and they are still not complete and as i got an e-mail she said yes they are not complete. but of course, they know what they mean and it deals with the waste water dumping. this application was not complete when it was filled out, a permit never should have been issued. thank you. >> thank you. >> good evening, my name is allison row, referring to the overhead, we have given the department's maps of the location, there are three potential locations of this truck. the fire department, the fire marshal,

even though new york recognized their marriage, edie did not qualify for the marital deduction allowed heterosexual marriages because of the defense of marriage act. a federal appeals court in new york found that also violated the guarantee to equal protection, but went much further. after noting a long history of discrimination against gays and lesbians, the court concluded any law that makes distinctions based on sexual orientation must be subjected to "heightened scrutiny," and the government must present "exceedingly persuasive" proof that the distinctions further "an important government interest." should the u.s. supreme court agree, it would be much more difficult for congress or any city or state to discriminate against gays and lesbians on anything, not just marriage. the justice department ordinarily defends laws passed by congress, even those it doesn't like. but after the new york court's decision, president obama said his justice department would no longer defend doma in court. >> those who had fought for passage of the defense of marriage act were understandably dismayed. >> this is about what our children are going to be taught in elementary school.

. >>> the city of new york says it will appeal a decision by a state judge blocking a ban on big sugary drinks. city officials say the regulation is meant to curb obesity. the court's decision came just hours before the ban was to take effect. >> reporter: new yorkers can drink as much soda and sugary drinks as they want for now. a state judge struck down the ban on sugary drinks over 16 ounces the day before it was supposed to go into effect. the decision is a major defeat for new york city mayor michael bloomberg who made public health the cornerstone of his administration. he went on "the late show with david letterman" and explained why he'll appeal the ruling. >> for the first time in the history of the world, more people will die from overeating than undereating this year. >> reporter: the judge questioned how they would be enforced and criticized loopholes he saw. one of the ways new yorkers could get around the ban would have been to keep refilling their 16-ounce cup. many restaurants were already prepared for the new regulations. one restaurant bought 1,000 new 16-ounce cups to

work in a week they couldn't work more than sixty hours a week as i recall after losing in new york's court of appeals in one thousand nine hundred five this employer took his case all the way to the supreme court and there the justices decided in lochner favor striking down new york's law in a close five to four decision in their decision they cited lochner is right under the fourteenth amendment to run his business without state interference apparently the bakeshop act violated that most fundamental of liberties that of employers to work their employees to death the court's interpretation struck down an important piece of progressive legislation and ushered in dark times for the american worker the lochner era as this period is fittingly called so the supreme court decided against child labor against coal regulation and even strike down the minimum wage as unconstitutional the supreme court eventually reversed many of these decisions actually included wachter in the one nine hundred thirty seven case west coast were twelve versus our nation a parish excuse me confirming the government's role in prot

work in a week they couldn't work more than sixty hours a week as i recall after losing in new york's court of appeals in one thousand nine hundred five this employer took his case all the way to the supreme court and there the justices decided in lockers favor striking down new york's law in a close five to four decision in their decision they cited lochner is right under the fourteenth amendment to run his business without state interference apparently the bakeshop act violated that most fundamental of liberties that of employers to work their employees to death the court's interpretation struck down an important piece of progressive legislation and ushered in dark times for the american worker the lochner era as this period is fittingly called so the supreme court decided against child labor against coal regulation and even strike down the minimum wage as unconstitutional the supreme court eventually reversed many of these decisions actually included wachter in the one nine hundred thirty seven case west coast would tell vs our nation a parish excuse me confirming the government's role in protectin

amanda and raffaele had appealed their convictions and a new judge and jury were in the driver's seat. the appeal hearing was under way. by now, they had both been imprisoned for four years. raffaele sollecito shaved his head. knox rarely smiled. knox's family said the couple who had met just eight days before the murder hadn't communicated since their arrest. march 26th, 2011, amanda mouths to raffaele are you okay. it is a tender moment in what would be a strange hearing. amanda knox's attorney cross-examine an old witness. he is the homeless man who lived in this park and originally told the court he saw amanda and raffaele near the crime scene the night of the murder. before any testimony, cameras are ushered out of the court, and police bring in a star prosecution witness that the jury would find laughable. the homeless heroin addict could no longer remember the exact night he saw the couple. he was confused. it could have been halloween. actually the night before the murder. and then the star witness dropped a bombshell admitting he was under investigation by mignini's office fo

two american women who were to parent russian children held a news conference in moscow. they appealed to authorities to let children leave the country if the adoption procedures had started before the law was passed. >> all of our hopes and dreams started to come true, and we began to dream of a future with this little boy. >> reporter: as long as the two governments continue this dispute, the russian children and their adoptive parents may be deprived of a chance for a better life. eri okada, nhk world, moscow. >>> air pollution in china in recent weeks has been getting worse by the day. it is now posing a health threat. to alleviate concerns, a service has been launched in shanghai that will allow them to check the air quality real time. there's a new word that people in china have been hearing a lot of recently, pm 2.5. they're fine pollutants found in diesel exhaust and industrial smoke. the new service in shanghai can be accessed by cell phones or on pcs. this little character is called boa-boa. she informs people about the air quality outside their homes. when pollution levels a

>> let's get more on the vice president's emotional appeal for new gun laws. susan candiotti with the speech, the backdrop of new york city, the mayor and involving a number of family members from the connecticut shooting. >> reporter: fredricka, it's always so hard to hear from the parents of those victims as well. what the vice president is trying to do, fredricka, is to get all the support he can especially from the public to try to fight for more as they put it common sense gun control legislation. so he's doing these speeches so that he can try to encourage the public to call their lawmakers in wherever they happen to live to try to get more support for this type of legislation. so he is calling for for example universal background checks which many people think exist but do not currently. he's asking for tighter restrictions on the size of the gun magazines and of course he and the president really pushing for a renewed ban on assault weapons. >> three months ago a deranged man walked into sandy hook elementary school with a weapon of war. that's what he

two american women who were to parent russian children held a news conference in moscow. they appealed to authorities to let children leave the country if the adoption procedures had started before the law was passed. >> all of our hopes and dreams started to come true and we began to dream of a future with this little boy. >> reporter: as long as the two governments continue this dispute, the russian children and their adoptive parents may be deprived of a chance for a better life. nhk world, moscow. >>> air pollution in china in recent weeks has been getting worse by the day. the new service in shanghai will be accessioned by cell phones or on pcs. this little character is called bo-bo. she informs people about the air quality outside their homes. when pollution levels are high, her hair changes color and her expressions also change. the chinese government is taking air pollution more seriously because of the growing number of complaints by anxious citizens. >>> women in saudi arabia have to wear head scarves and long attire according to islamic law but can put on with whatever they

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a burger king making a new effort to appeal to health conscious customers, rolling out a limited $4 turkeyurger. the associated press says burger king is the biggest fat food chain to offer the burgers and to increase foot traffic is offering a one dollar latte. >> turkey burgers, vegetable burger, have it your way...making me hungry. >> now a check with mike and the forecast. >> nice day to be outside walking around with your umbrella if your hand. at 87, it looks quiet in san jose, where the temperature is going to be 6 a like it was year, and concord is 67 and fremont and oakland and san francisco one to two degrees cooler and santa rosa four degrees cooler so not noticeable the a few radar runs and that is just sprinkles developing and high elevation snow is possible headed toward the evening hours and 55 in tahoe and near 70 in sacramento and best chance of rain is 56 and los angeles is 70. sue? >> good morning, happy tuesday, we do have further details on this accident in fremont. c.h.p. is checking in now, telling us if the solo spin out on-ramp to northbound 880 we are seeing a lit

new york city mayor bloomberg plans to appeal the judge's decision. >>> new york's battle is noticednd where voters rejected a soda tax in november. just like new york, the author of richmond's fail measure n continues to fight for it. 67% of voters said no to the citywide tax which would tack on 1 cent per ounce on sugar drinking. but a field poll she's people may be sweetening on the sugar tax, 68% said they would favor enwhen told money to go to childhood nutrition and exercise. >>> is everything behaving on the bridges and roads? >> we're off to a decent start. it's still early but you'll like what you see. let's take a look at the commute on highway 4. it's already getting slow in antioch, now into pittsburg, but nice at bay point, no problems on interstate 680. we've been looking at the toll plaza. we don't have a big commute yet but after 6:00 you start seeing the traffic and sometimes they turn on the metering lights at about 6:15. sometimes earlier, depending on how busy it gets. this morning's commute, livermore freeways, westbound 580, slow traffic from the castro valley a

. >>> the department of justice said it will not fight an appeals court ruling that blocks new graphic warnings on cigarette packages. last year an appeals court ruled that the labels seen here were a violation of free speech protections. the american cancer society called on the fda to quickly develop new warnings saying current labels are ineffect i have. the cdc says cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death. >>> contra costa county is taking a hard line when it comes to smoking. the county is considering an ordinance that would ban the use of battery operated e cigarettes everywhere that traditional tobacco smoking is already limited. the electronic devices emit vapor. the proposal mandates that the retailers obtain a tobacco sellers license. >>> a tasting room in berkeley. the beer company has applied for a liquor license. the beer companies communication manager says they want to open up a walk in bar. >>> it's a san francisco tradition. in eight minutes, why the carnaval celebration may be in trouble. >>> bill martin is back with his complete forecast at 10:40.

the reason this legislation also addresses hills and if there is an appeal over a project that the zoning administrator and these new rules can allow for the window of time that appeal delays the project under be added as another extension. now, whether that may or may not be reasonable, it could be reasonable, the point is that we are about to have a major consideration of changes in our ordinance around sequel procedures in san francisco, both the wiener version and now the kim version of these changes and i don't think that the planning should be arbitrarily setting policies typically where they r elt to sequel and probably make some profound changes to the sequel and i would urge you wait until those two pieces of legislation is decided and then take up this item. to this item itself, i just want to say that especially to the second resolution, just quite frankly no way. we don't want six year instead of 3 years. we don't want the zoning administrator with all due respect to the zoning administrator, who i'm sure does a great job, we don't want the zoning administrator to extend deadlines add nauseam. we are tal