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the creation of the new unit an acknowledgment that that task force wasn't very effective?reporter: anderson, it's an attempt to appease critics of the administration, liberal critics, who have been outraged from the beginning of the administration that not a single high level executive has been jailed for blowing up the housing market and for abusive mortgage practices and show the base some fight so today i spoke to one source who's in the know on all of this who said because of this new task force you will see charges brought by the end of the year. i spoke to another source who said, really? what the heck took so long? only he didn't use the word heck, anderson. >> it is an election year. eric schneiderman is critical of the administration dealing with big mortgage servicer servicers. was his appointment done to silence critics? >> reporter: so here's what you need to know about eric schneiderman. he is one of a handful of states attorneys general who has been reluctant holdout on a deal that the department of justice is trying to cut with some of the big banks over bad

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these rebels have formed themselves into a new unit ready to join the national army once it is great. government is planning to disarm and trained tens of thousands of these fighters and integrate them with a stable salary. this 24-year-old is one of those signing up. he says that the new force can transcend the old divisions. i'm happy to serve in an army with former pro gaddafi fighters as long as they don't have blood on their hands. we're all libyans, brothers. the defense minister says that that sense of unity is rare and creating the army is being held up by lingering resentment. >> the main problem is that most of the rebel fighters have not agreed to work with fighters from the old regime. once the forces in place, the rebels can hand in their arms. >> a country awash with weapons and armed groups who see themselves as guardians of the revolution. the legacy of the uprising weighs heavy. colonel gaddafi kept his army week for fear of a coup so the new army must start from scratch. >> tens of thousands of people in yemen have held street protests to pressure president saleh to

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it would be incredible for them to just pack it up when they are building a new unit. for resale value. it does not make any sense. my recommendation is that they take that opportunity to work with the fire department, whether it is 2 feet, 3 feet, or for free. to me is a safety concern for all the adjoining properties. >> there might be a legal definition. if there is to be an offset it would have to conform to whatever that is, i would think. >> are you talking about at the rear of the ground floor between the rear property and the subject property? >> i believe so. commissioner antonini: i think i have a good idea of what they conditions would be. it sounds like these are correcting things that were done without permit and probably are not advisable. and not -- that being said we could approve them to go forward with the renovation they have proposed which is the rest of it but eliminate these problem areas. >> i had a couple of other points. the -- one of the conditions would be that the bay window be restored to the secretary of the interior standards. and obvious

♪ [ male announcer ] the new united mileageplus explorer card. it and you're in. . >>> last in a series of storms moving out of the bay area but not before leaving over ten inches of rain and bringing you to about 40% of normal. all the rain leftover going to cause a lot of fog. we are seeing fog right now but you get the sense already of high pressure starting to buildn. look at how the clouds are rotating. we will see a phylloclads move on by. we are going to stay dry for the future. partly cloudy over san francisco. temperatures starting to cool off. certain to see fog in concord. 43 degrees, 48 oakland. 51 san jose, low fog in the santa rosa. i think tomorrow starting out with the fog early on, by the afternoon, that will be partly cloudy with sun. 50s if 60s outside as high pressure continues to buildn. strengthen over the next couple days, return to dry weather. the jet stream going to the north. maybe a little longer. overnight lows going to be chilly, plan of 30s and 40s, by day 50s and 60s in toward the an. high of 62 in mountain view, a

news, tucson. >>> a venezuelan diplomat is being thrown out of the united states. the state department has declared venezuela's consul general to be per known thsona . she may have tried to get information about u.s. nuclear power plants. >>> here's your "first look" at some of the other news going on around america today. a miami coast guard rescue crew scrambled to save an alabama couple after their plane crashed near the bahamas. the aerial unit discovered the pilot and passenger on an inflatable raft less than an hour after their plane went down. the man and woman were pulled from the ocean without any injuries. >>> more than 1,200 explosionive devices were used to demolish a houston skyscraper. a series of explosions reduced the 20-story building to a pile of rubble in less than 20 seconds. the implosion was planned after asbestos and aging foundation made the building too costly to maintain. >>> finally, work subway was the site of another bizarre big apple phenomenon. for the 11th year, commuters stripped do unto their skivvies to take part in the no pants s

a new united nations draft resolution is facing opposition from russia, but secretary general remains optimistic. >> when it comes to the situation, they have made the resolution trying to resolve the issue through a political process. >> more unverified footage posted on the internet shows the protesters in syria had not given up hope. they are keeping up their calls for the president to step down, a man supported in the united nations by the arab league and western powers. >> we will have a special report from inside syria coming up later on this half hour. france has just announced that it will withdraw combat troops from afghanistan by the end of 2013. yesterday, germany said its pullout would be completed within the same timeframe. president sarkozy unveiled the french plan in paris after talks with his afghan counterpart, hamid karzai. there had been speculation that france might accelerate its pullout after the killing of four french soldiers last week. france has troops in afghanistan, the fourth largest contingent in the nato-led international security force. to iraq now wher

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these ex-rebels have formed a new unit, ready to join a national army when it is created. the government to -- the government plans to train them, integrating them with the promise of a stable salary. this 24-year-old is one of them. >> i am happy to serve in an army with former pro-gaddafi fighters, as long as they do not have blood on their hands. >> the defense minister says that that kind of sentiment is a rare. >> the main problem is most of the former rebels have not accepted to work with fighters from the old regime. once the national army is in place, the rebels will have to give up their arms to deal said. >> the legacy of libyas uprising weighs heavy. colonel gaddafi kept his army weeak for fear of a coup. libya will have to start from scratch. bbc news, aaa. >> in other news, a hot air balloon has crashed in new zealand. the crash happened about 8 kilometers east of the capital of wellington. is a region known for -- is a region known for hot air ballooning. witnesses saw the balloon in plans. the 100th birthday for the party of nelson mandela. there will be a t

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