rfp n a number but the 2014 housing element this number is around thirty thousand it is only for new units and not for counting existing units which one builds new units to be inhabited by humans the 2014 housing element as written has not takes into account the change of the land lay today but based on teetered off on the housing element it is clear that the city has changed since the last element was written we allow additional housing to be built without looking at want specific zoning this change can reasonable tissue more people to get rent and in some cases there are even incentives for people to build to not pay taxes or fees open space is gradually disappearing in our front yards and backyards a major portion of variances is requesting rear yard open space because people want to expand the building to the rear the front yard and rear yard have not been surveyed which teetered off the building the carbon as an environmental review has not been studied in the 2014 this may be detrimental and applied citywide when are there are more places in the city urban and in the 2014 housing ele

to meet the mayors goal of thirty thousand nor unit by 2020 and by working closely with the planning and mayor's office of housing we have 4 thousand new housing unit online that was an achievement the effective approval 90 percent of approved ♪ 48 hours between the years of 2014-2015 we're on track to issue over 85 thousand permits between 2014-2015 of this year and providing housing priorities for the certificate of occupancy and code compliance and quality of life issues work with supervisor president tang with the may or may not disability and increasing the number of dbi certificate staffs for the certificate staff we the director is going to be working with the mar as the board of supervisors to increase the participatory of the in-law unit programs and earthquake safety for new buildings as well as training for all staff and continue the implementation of the earthquake soft story building retrofits and something to the effect education in chinatown will continue as last year as well as dbi staff training to include dbi reopens and providing staff for needed tools and insuring we have 12 month reserve funding to accurately respo

when her influence turned to intimidation, staff transferred her to a new unit. >> after she transferredo her new housing unit, her whole demeanor seemed to calm down. she was not the tough cookie that she had been before that. she suddenly wanted to talk about her children. one of her children had reached out to her and basically taken on the mother role, which is something we see happen quite a bit. >> she said, mom, you need to get it together. and she's only 7 years old. mom, you need to get it together. >> irasari had another issue to think about as well. her trial for two counts of assault and intimidating a witness is approaching. if found guilty she would face significant prison time because of her prior record. and now the often confrontational inmate seemed ready to throw in the towel. >> i go to court tomorrow so i might just take a plea. i already look bad. my record is horrible. and if i take it to trial, they're going to eat me alive. i'm not going to do that. i'm just tired. i just want to go -- if they're going to send me marysville, whatever it be whenever they're going

i just sit there and stress all day long. >> caleb bumgardner is placed in a new housing unit and it does little to allay his fears. >>> inside the fairfax county adult detention center, caleb bumgardner was recently moved to a new general population unit for medical, where he was recovering from an assault. but he describes the vibe in the new unit as toxic. >> it's like hell. it's rough. they're just -- trying to cope with the people around you, i mean, most of those guys in there, you can't even have, like, a civil, decent conversation with them. some of those people in there are the type of people that have no morals. it's crazy. i just sit there and stress all day long. >> bumgardner says fear of being beaten up again isn't his only source of stress. now he has a new one. >> my son was born two weeks ago. i missed out on that. it sucked. i've got to deal with it, though. i get to meet my son saturday. visitation. visitation on the weekend. meet him for the first time through glass. it's going to suck. it's just how it is. >> and now it will be even longer before bumgardner holds

we are also rehabilitating close to 4,000 public housing units, constructing new public housing units through the hope sf program and stabilizing at risk rental units. we're tracking our progress toward meeting the mayor's goals and we're actively working with the planning department, the office of economic and work force development and other public agencies to ensure that we're working as effectively as possible. as you also know, in november of 2014 voters overwhelmingly passed proposition k proposition k reflects the mayor's housing goals, that 30,000 unit number you keep hearing, with its affordable housing ratio, and then further proposition k sets a city policy that the city will attempt to ensure that 33 percent of all new housing produced in rezoned areas will be affordable to low and moderate income households and that funding strategies will be identified to fund new affordable housing and to preserve existing rental stock and public housing. a year ago the mayor convened a housing working group consisting of a broad swath of stake holders market rate developers, nonprofit

mraurld and the clogged drinking fountains given this it if seem the eir sufficiently addresses the new unit directly across the park jackson park is the only park and will be a draw if you want to work with the vendors to see it serves not only the housing needs but the long term stnlts for all residents and as a side my husband i, tell you there's a baby damon boom you'll see kids and new babies and a lot more asthma with the toxicity it will be e milled into the air as this project going forward thank you. >> next speaker >> who do i give this to. >> leave it right there. >> hello, i'm wendy and i live on connecticut street my daughter went to live oak and graduated last year i love potrero hill and i choose to live there because of the character and simplicity and true neighborhood potrero hill is made up of middle-class families where people talk to each other and raise our children together it's small in size but not in hearted it used to be a neighborhood of blue-collar workers i'm concerned of the increasing gent indication and the displacement of the families and the loss of distrib

new horse. he's the 5-year-old clydesdale who arrived at the mountain unit in december. now his name is tyson, but the department says it already has a horse named titan which sounds too much like tyson. so they are inviting kids in the county to rename the horse. >> we really don't have any restrictions on a name. we really don't know what we're looking for, but when we hear it we will know. >> each entry will read the horse's proposed name and an essay of 250 words explaining why they chose that name. get an entry form for the contest by using the nbc news app and the contest is 4:00 p.m. on march 9th. >>> wilmington has been making headlines about an increase in violent crime. >> tonight the news isn't all that bad. tim furlong is live. tim? >> reporter: you've all heard about the crime, but what people haven't heard about is this amazing wave of young people trying to move into the city and the growing number of nice new apartments like this one is creeping up to try to meet the demand. we'll talk about this when we come right back. >>> then coming up on nbc 10 news

. >> this is brand new united airlines has sent out a safety warning to its pilots after mistake in the cockpit put passengers in danger. one pilot had to make a quick move to avoid crashing in the grounds. united would not say if they plan additional training for its pilot. >>> madonna gave fans a shock when she summered down the stairs. madonna entered with a troupe of male dancers and pumped her steps. later posted on instagram that is doing okay. tonight on 6abc, it's the two hour how to get away with murder, season finale. west connor and laura may have dug themselves into too deep a hole to save them. how to get away with murder is on 6abc at 9:00 p.m. lots of twists and turns, it will be interesting to see how this turns out. >>> gunfire rinks -- rings out in a philadelphia neighborhood two people are dead. >>> a family is reunited with the rescuers who came to their aid and saved their lives. "action news" is there for the emotional reunion in delaware. on the seventh day beautiful skin is revealed. with one quarter moisturizing cream it helps skin feel more firm and elastic. ta

neighborhood the purpose to provide the accomodation for the elderly mother and the intent not to create a new unit to be rented this is the property owner home so it is not intending to skier to create a second unit that's why we maintain the request for the moratorium and we're here for any questions you may have >> questions for the commissioners? okay. seeing none thank you. >> does the department want a rebuttal. >> it's deservedly in your hands. >> thank you. >> question for the attorney this is we have to vote on this today; right? whether to grant the moratorium or consider it. >> you could vote or decide to continue it and come back to the next meeting it's up to you. >> commissioner vice president melgar. >> so we ask thank you very much and i am ready to vote on this today, we considered it at the last meeting so i'll be for voting on it today. >> thank you commissioner walker. >> i have a question on the threshold for the moratorium as to financial hardship does it apply to the owner of building. >> the requester has to be the owner of the building and demonstrate the financial hardship

the recession hit us and we sold 135,000 new units. now, we're back to 170,000 units.happening is the recovery is very very uneven. we have boats like pontoons that are well above pre-recession levels. >> okay. >> there's one indicator i'd always hit. use boats, which are trading hands at higher numbers today than they were prior to the recession. so people still want a boat, they want a different boat. but what's changing people are looking at boating differently and want a boat that fits new and different lifestyles. we have pontoons that are well above recession levels, aluminum fishing boats now at recession levels. and then we have some types of boats that haven't gotten there, but we found when we introduce boats in those size ranges with new and different attributes we can't make enough of them. >> let's talk about that. several times on the conference call, and i always like to reference the conference call. it's where the kind of genesis to the next ten points comes from. there were people who were basically saying you know what is the demand really that great

the city has set an ambitious goal to create thousands of new housing units. in today's small step in that direction to bring a big change for some. carolyn tyler with the story. >> they have one the lottery. not money but an opportunity to stay in the city. >> leaving the city would mean leaving my job and my friends and my family. >> mayor ed lee brought a basket of fruit as a house warming gift. more than 2,000 people entered the property for 69 below rate apartments. the city requires developers to offer a percentage of affordable units with any new projects. many opt to build more as long as they're offsite. but this developer decided to include the low-in health care housing in the same complex. >> i think people who want to live in san francisco embrace diversity. having the low rate housing units doesn't detract. it enhances the overall experience for the residents. >> jennifer and heidi will pay $1,139 for a two bedroom. the market rate is more than $4,000. to qualify, they have to meet the city's definition of low to moderate income. together making

in terms of looking at the occupancy this was not an in-law unit that came on the books in the last 5 years or within the 10 year of this new owner this unit has been around for a very long time that happened a lot in this city my community they have there's present of carriage hundred dollars and bars that are new legal unit somehow the city recognize those structures as legal residential unit so i just wanted to know if any of that

you can see how badly it damaged a gas line processing unit just rently installed. abc7 news is live with the impact it could have hat the pump. >> we've seen gasoline prices rising about $0.25 here in the bay area in the last month. and afterwards, warning they could go up and some wonder if the torrance refinery can be reopened. >> drivers have seen the prices rise but is not as bad as a year ago. >> this is not too bad. >> it's okay. you can tolerate it? >> it's tolerable. >> the price has gone up $8 to $ten driving up the price of gas about $0.20 but the fire and a strike shutting down the tesoro plant are going to reduce supplies estimated 16%. this analyst says there will be an impact. >> ht have been shut down for maintenance. and we just wonder why prices have gone up there. >> gas prices have gone up in three major bay area cities, up about $0.12 last week and $0.25 from a month ago. exception is san francisco. >> concern we have is that two refineries in california have gone down and that as a result, gas prices will go up >> i was getting comfortable to have advent

you can see how badly it damaged a gas line processing unit just rently installed. abc7 news is live with the impact it could have hat the pump. >> we've seen gasoline prices rising about $0.25 here in the bay area in the last month. and afterwards, warning they could go up and some wonder if the torrance refinery can be reopened. >> drivers have seen the prices rise but is not as bad as a year ago. >> this is not too bad. >> it's okay. you can tolerate it? >> it's tolerable. >> the price has gone up $8 to $ten driving up the price of gas about $0.20 but the fire and a strike shutting down the tesoro plant are going to reduce supplies estimated 16%. this analyst says there will be an impact. >> ht have been shut down for maintenance. and we just wonder why prices have gone up there. >> gas prices have gone up in three major bay area cities, up about $0.12 last week and $0.25 from a month ago. exception is san francisco. >> concern we have is that two refineries in california have gone down and that as a result, gas prices will go up >> i was getting comfortable to have advent

the new unit will consist of soldiers from five west african countries including nigerianmynigeria and neighboring chad and cameroon. >>> an australian tv reporter who had spent more than a year imprisoned in egypt is now free. the egyptian state-run news agency said president abdel fattah al sisi decided to release the al jazeera journalist. >> we begin with breaking news out of egypt. one of our journalists, peter greste, has been freed from prison have 400 days behind bars, and he is in good health. >> greste and two others of the network's journalists were sentenced to between 7 to 10 years. authorities had charged them with supporting terrorist organization. al jazeera had been critical of a de facto coup staged two years ago by egypt's military. greste's imprisonment triggered an international outcry including a critical statement from the united nations. authorities have not said anything about the two journalists who remain behind bars. the egyptian government reported greste -- deported greste after his release. members of his family say they're ecstatic he's coming home. >> i

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the central philadelphia development corporation and center city district says that nearly 2,000 new units were added in 2014. they defined greater center city as girard to tasker river to river. homes sold for more money and faster then before. while rental rates also rose. influx of 15,000 people to center city in 2013 hell helped fuel this demand. millennials make up just under half of the population in the core of the city, pine to vine, and is there a big contention of empty nesters moving there. however, the report warns of a problem. a drop in both the 35 to 44 year-old demographic and school aged children. the center city groups are calling on politician toss improve the city's public schools or face a reversal of the cities population gains. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight, the one thing you can start to eat tomorrow that researchers say will help you lose weight. >>> plus that sinking feeling of a plow end up in a precarious spot in new jersey, and seeing red, there is fierce competition for one way ticket to mars. >>> group of men from southwest philadelphia got their

dozens of new units will be housed in three historic buildings. the local developer in charge of this project says the time is right to introduce these homes to the booming market street corridor. >>> in philadelphia, construction could begin this summer to renovate the royal theater on south street. that's from our partners at "the philadelphia business journal." it once hosted musical legend but has been vacant for more than 40 years. developers hope to submit applications this spring to begin construction. >>> thousands of jobs could be coming to our area after a small lehigh valley airport has land. it's letting go of hundreds of acres for a fedex ground distribution hub. experts say that could create had,000 4,000 jobs. >>> one of atlantic city's busiest streets, last night city officials took a look at plans for the makeover of atlantic avenue. the proposal calls for bike lanes, new sidewalks, l.e.d. street signs -- streetlights rather more visible crosswalks and landscaping. state transportation money would pay for this project. if it's app

travellers booking united airlines flight from london to new york found on line fares for 74 bucks for that usually cost 6000. united will not honor the tickets. the deftnitions in the united states were solid on united danish website yesterday. united supered the fares but there was a wrong exchange rate. it lasted several hours and tickets were solid. most purchasers lived outside of denmark. they tried to manually change location to denmark and they were directed back to the country of origin. united gave a statement saying it suspended sales from denmark website. and they are not honoring the tickets. >> what do you bet there will be lawsuits. people say the airline ought to pay up. nunited had a glitch and they honored the tickets, but egs enough is enough. >> that is a different time back when flying was easy. patty ann brown thank you. nflying easy? i want to go back there. >> and a new website illustrating the dangerous of weapons. pick a target and crunch the numbers on what could happen and in the event of the attack. it is more from the new york city newsroom. >> reporter: n

topping the news, united arab emirates will take part in air strikes against isis.rding to an associated press report quoting an official in jordan. the uae announced it's sending over a squadron of f-16 fighters. they suspended air strikes in december after islamic state fighters captured jordanian pilot last year. meanwhile, the family of the only known american held hostage

united states. we have surpassed new york now. and i don't know how long this bubble is going to last. every time you have a bubble you have a bust. i know the mayor started and the board of supervisors raising the minimum wage. it's a shame people can work in this city but they can't afford to live in this city chl that's kind of troubling to me. i don't think we can put it all on the mayor, i think this needs a coalition of city hall. i think business, the tech companies, the citizens, i think we all have to have a coalition to work. this is a city-wide program. sometimes you hear it's up to the mayor, no, it's up to all of us. the businesses need to ante up, whether it's bonds, we're the best city in the united states, how can we afford to have senior citizens that lived their whole life here and not able to stay here any more. it's unacceptable. look at the homeless problem we have in the city, it's sad. you probably have more rich and wealth in this city than almost any city in the united states and we're having this conversation and just morally we have to do something about it a

"new york times" say hackers hit 100 banks including some in the united states installing spyware onk computers and made illegal transfers. a hacker managed to rig an a.t.m. to spew out cash. the thieves are russian chinese, and european. >> the country could be on the verge of another partial government shut down during an appearance on fox news sunday house of representatives speaker boehner is prepared to allow funding to the department of homeland security to lapse after the house going passed a spend land if the department that would gut president obama's immigration plan. the president has vowed to veto the budget if it goes to his desk. san francisco's pelosi is calling on a clean homeland security bill with funding running out next friday. >> a scorpion stung a woman on the hand before the flight from los angeles to portland took off so the plane returned to the gate and the woman was check by permits. -- by paramedics. the members of the oregon state university men's basketball were on the flight and mike parker said and i quote "coach was two rows behind the woman." flight

come back new. >>> the united states must fight terrorists.ng so does it have to ally with dictatorships and absolute monarchies? i asked president obama to explain what looked like a shift in his views and his policy. >> in 2011 during the arab spring, you said that authoritarian regimes offered illusion of stability but breed problems including terrorists. >> right. >> now secretary of state kerry praises general sisi of egypt. you have formed the relationship with saudi arabia, the administration works with dictatorships in central asia absolute monarchies in the middle east. is the theory of authoritarian stability back? >> no i don't think so. i think if you look at all my statements what i've always said is that in applying u.s. foreign policy we can never operate as if the world as it is doesn't exist. we've got friends and allies who help us with strategic interests, who also engage in practices that don't meet our test of human rights or democracy. and what we can do is encourage them to move in a new direction. but oftentimes we're g

and incident and i was just waiting until a new unit got assigned to us. when we got to a bridge along the road, and he said let's have them sit on the side of the road. november 1st, 1950. and i had everybody sit down on each side of the road. and a man that i knew very well who was not in my squad but my platoon. his name is luther wise, and he fought in world war ii. a little older than i was. and he came up and he started to light a cigarette. just as he started to light the cigarette, everything broke out. they had infiltrated our area. it was coming off the same hill we just came from. get under the bridge. that's all i could think to say. and from then on, organization was lost. confusion reigned supreme. no one knew what the other man was doing. i didn't know. i still didn't want to get under the bridge, but some of them went the other way. it's my time. you hear firing going up we had no leadership and we became all disorganized. and people just went every direction. and it was a terrible night, but i saw several wounded. we'd just sit there and t

new day" has that story right now. 't think it's accurate of them to say the united states government hasn't done everything it can. >> hearing that sources from the white house will unveil a new authorization for the war on isis. >> let's not forget in whose hands this woman died. >> are you kidding me? brian williams? just got suspended for six months? >> suspended for six months without pay. >> what did he say that might not have been accurate? >>> he's revolutionized the news or satire or whatever it is in an unbelievable way. >> jon stewart is a more relevant news figure on the news landscape than brian williams. >> for whatever reason you are tuning in for, i thank you for watching it. >>> this is "new day," with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> welcome to your "new day," it is wednesday, february 11th just before 6:00 in the east. the enemy is growing, that's what u.s. intelligence officials are saying. that isis is gaining foreign fighters. traveling to syria and iraq in unprecedented numbers, despite months of bombardment. there are more than 20,000 allegedly ready to go to battle for isi

his goal is 30,000 new units within five years. >> we're making great progress in it. we already know the projects that will fill about 20,000 of them and we're working on the next ten. >> and he believes developers would be willing to build more affordable housing if the city gives them more flexibility on height and density. in san francisco, caroline tyler, abc 7 news. >> students at one san francisco school got a jump start on tomorrow's chinese new years celebration. >> kindergarteners paraded dressed as draggens. >> it's a tradition that goes back 20 years at the school. the kinder gartners make noise to ward off the evil spirits. >> there is a lesson on the dragon legends. >> they want a new creature to protect the city so they took the scales from the fish to make it into a dragon and took the claws of the bird. >> tomorrow marks the beginning of the year of the ram. san francisco's parade will be held on saturday, march the 7th. >> looks like they had a great time great lesson. >> great lesson. we need the month of rain. >> yeah, that would be nice. >> that's

and collected their winning prize today and a brand new unit at below market rent. kelly and was there as some of the letters were gradual and by the city's mayor who hopes to make more affordable housing available in the near future. >> reporter: mayor ed lee handed over a housewarming gift to jennifer modesto and heidi right as they move into their new home. that's been new tenants show the mayor their new digs. a two- bedroom to bath apartment inside a brand spanking new development as thick and folsom streets. the monthly rent suggest little over 1100 bucks a month. the low over $1,100 a month. not per person for the entire place. the market rate for this place would normally be around $5,500 a month. 69 departments out of this new development for 1966 units are slated to be rented at below market rates under the city's conclusion very housing ordinance created to help working class people stay in this city. jennifer and heidi score their place by entering a lottery run by the mayor's office of housing. jennifer works as a sales manager and a part- time students

bbc news united arab emirates. >> now this we talk about it a lot on the program.e luxury goods market. certainly over the past decade mostly fueled by wealthy emerging market buys that buy anything from high end handbags to fancy shoes and wine. but, could the good times be coming to an end? let's look at the head winds facing this industry. now, the economists estimated half of all luxury spending in the world, done by chinese shoppers. thanks very much. this was fine and good when china was growing at a blistering pace. that's no longer the case. last year china's economy grew at the slowest rate since 1990. it is expected to slow this year. then the chinese corporate crackdown on corruption. the government cracked down on gift giving of luxury items. some high end brands were 40% to 50% of their business in china. this year they will have to contend with lots of other things. russia's economy going off the rail. japan and europe facing deflation and folks in the middle east feeling less flush because of the lower price of oil. how worried should luxury retailer

topping the news, united arab emirates will take part in air strikes against isis. that's according to an associated press report quoting an official in jordan. the uae announced it's sending over a squadron of f-16 fighters. they suspended air strikes in december after islamic state fighters captured jordanian pilot last year. meanwhile, the family of the only known american held hostage by isis says they are holding out hope despite claims in the islamic state that she died in jordan's air strikes. leeland vittert is covering the story from washington. >> reporter: experts say the jordanian air strikes over the past couple days, while symbolics, are unlikely to change the battlefield equation by much. the jordanian response comes as there is growing criticism in the administration's handling of the isis threat. yesterday national security advisor susan rice doubled down on the president's policies for confronting terror. >> while the dangers we face may be more numerous and varied they are not of the exist tension nature we confronted during world war ii or during

when you talk about v.a., i remember going to l.a., and we had four brand-new units sitting for over two years. we have built those units, 400 units, four separate buildings that are still vacant for two years because we build them, but the state of california did not have the money to operate it. we have to make sure that does not happen in the future. i am pleased that he was able to go in and resolve those issues. can you give me a response as to how you feel about how this is going to help the a move forward? i just want to hear from all three. i would say that we offered our support of the legislative hearing. >> he hit on an important point. this was allow for more transparency. i would also suggest that -- what i appreciate seeing is that i believe this is the first time i've seen the v.a. take serious this requirement as part of the advanced appropriations process. for the last several years since his was passed one of our chief complaints has been that the congress passes an advanced appropriation as requested by the v.a., then the next year there is no consideration given t

breaking news overnight. the united states closing down its embassy in yemen. the state department has evacuated dozens of diplomatic officials from its compound in sana'a while urging all americans to leave that country immediately. there are growing concerns about security now that shiite rebels have seized control of the yemeni government eliminating a key u.s. ally in the war on terror. the situation there is one of a political vacuum. there is concern there's a complete lack of control in that country right now. the shiite rebels who now control the country, they are anti-al qaeda, but they are also anti-american. that creates a problem for the u.s. as they want to fight terrorism in that country. >>> other news this is the day president obama could formally ask congress to officially authorize the war against isis. his request will limit the type of ground forces the u.s. could deploy. and it comes on the heels of the shattering news that american hostage kayla mueller is dead. the pentagon revealed that u.s. commandos tried unsuccessfully to rescue her l

we've got two new national park service units in my home state of new mexico. that passed in the last public lands bill. and the local communities that host these new units are incredibly excited to see these places finally come to fruition after literally decades of advocacy. at one of those, management is moving from an unsuccessful experimental model to a more traditional national preserve model under park service management. and what drove that was really a lack of adequate public access, and recreational opportunities under the previous arrangement. but the preserve has a very strong scientifically driven resource management program that the delegation certainly myself feel must continue under the new management model. and in particular the preserve has been a key partner in a collaborative landscape restoration project designed to reduce the risk of catastrophic fire, and to restore forest health after many years of relatively irresponsible high-grade logging that occurred years ago under -- when this land was actually private. adjacent land managers, inc

so, we loaded in our news units, and we headed up there. >> nbc news cameraman, kerry mootz. >> bearthe heights, you know? that's a great way to start your day off. >> the bear is on a desperate search, presumably to find her missing cub. little did she know the cub was safe and sound, officials had caught him wandering through town the day before. >> and i said, now that they have baby bear, the big question is, where's mama bear? >> the answer, fast approaching a busy intersection. >> so, we get over to tramway and montgomery, and the bear heads for a power pole. and so, immediately, i'm thinking to myself, can bear climb a power pole? >> when a bear feels cornered, instinct tells it where to go. straight up. now, getting her down safely is up to game and fish officials like mark burkehouser. >> it is just looking for a place to get away and get some place where it feels safe. for a bear, that's high, as high as it can get up from the ground where not much can get to it. >> this is not a normal volt. this is a large high-wire high voltage pole. and there's, i think, three sets of w

timberlake is moved to a new unit as a safety precaution. >> i'm strong, i'm a big boy. i pretty much can handle it. >> in another part of the jail, tony goodwin was recently alleged to have been involved in a separate in-cell fight. >> he's known, wherever he goes, he's known. he's a member of two street gangs, one called the starter boys and the other is called the heartless felons. >> heartless felons is the jail's largest gang. most of them were recruited in county juvenile facilities. goodwin himself only recently transferred from the jail's juvenile wing to an adult housing unit when he turned 18. but he was first arrested 18 months earlier at age 16. he's charged with murder and has pled not guilty. >> i've been here so long, it's hard to cope sometimes. you try to adapt as much as you can but when you get around new people that ain't doing as much time as you is, sometimes you snap. >> see somebody coming here three or four times and i'm still sitting on the same case, it bothers you sometimes. take their life for granted. >> sam mcclaren has known goodwin since

. >> that example is exactly what rick stengel and his new unit at the state department is going to bep against. how do you reach out to these people when they have seen -- these are people who are joining the islamic state from the opposite side. you in 2011 were pelted with tomatoes and had to escape as you were still ambassador before we closed the embassy. we have pictures ever your car escaping from the crowd, the apgry crowd there. >> it was a syrian government inspired mob, syrian secret police organized a mob to ambush us. >> and at the time people were stunned frankly by your personal courage in staying as long as you stayed. but you finally left the diplomatic service because this administration in your view did not move and take a stand when it could have. >> i don't -- first of all i wouldn't diminish how difficult the problem in syria is. >> understood. >> but at the same time, inaction or too little action is a policy decision. and in the end, what we have seen is the rise of extremists. had we helped moderates who were in competition with extremists and had we helped mod

he has agreed to serve in this new role. the uniteds will do more to counter hateful ideologies. i urge your nations to join us in this urgent work. >> just some of the president's remarks. watch his entire remarks tonight at 11:15. also later "look tv -- book tv" in primetime. michael can be on god, guns grits, and gravy. then later, april ryan on her book, "the presidency in black and white." and tomorrow on washington journal, the united transportation advisers and bob deans of the national resource defense council discussed the train accident in west virginia this week that spilled crude oil and caused a massive fire. and lauren pritchard joins us to conclude or visit on historically black colleges and universities. we will also be taking phone calls, facebook comments, and live tweets. that is all on "washington journal" live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> here are some of our featured programs on the c-span networks. saturday morning at 10 a.m. eastern, live on c-span, our nation's governors get together to discuss issues affect

. >> concerned about possible gang retaliation, staff decided to move him to a new unit to protect his he says the risk was worth it. in fact, he welcomed it. >> a little part inside of me was setting these guys up. i'm sick of them treating us like we're weak. i knew they were going to steal this. i left my door open and everything, act like i wasn't watching my door. guys stole my stuff and they got caught. i mean they got what was coming for them. >> coming up -- >> we're getting involved with the kind of thing that we would usually be filming. the lockup field team finds itself in the middle of a heartless felons caper. >> who took this stuff? >> and -- >> their mouth is saying one thing but tattoos saying something completely different. >> gathering gang intelligence through inmate ink. . but a lot of us leave our identities unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012, but for every car stolen, 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money, damage your credit, and wreak havoc on your life. why risk it when you can help protect yoursel

still the condos are going up with over 41,000 new units. question now is will there be enough foreign buyers to buy that one. this penthouse was sold to a russian. >> thank you all for watching the program today. >> "closing bell" starts right now. ♪ >>> and welcome to the closing bell. i'm kelly events here at the new york city stock exchange. >> i'm bill griffith. believe it or not, we're on track right now for the d.o.w. to have its best percentage gain in about two years and you can credit oil today. 's back above $50 a barrel. just incredible volatility. there it is in the afterh

dozens of new units will be housed in three historic buildings. the local developer in charge of this project says the time is right to introduce these homes to the booming market street corridor. >>> new jersey governor chris christie is headed to chicago. many believe he is continuing to build support for a potential run at the white house. christie will attend two roundtable meetings and will be a keynote speaker at a republican event tonight. christie's backers have launched a pac that will allow him to raise money and travel. >>> now first alert weather with bill henley. >> clouds are here and i'm tracking very light snowfall. we'll see scattered snow showers this afternoon, but i'm not expecting them to stick as the temperatures will just be too warm. but that changes later today. the cold blast that we're in for will cause temperatures to plummet. by tomorrow morning, single digits and teens to start with. and then potentially record cold air will move in over the weekend. moving out right now, not that bad. 31 degrees in reading and philade