the white nile in khartoum. unlike egypt, ethiopia enjoys a fairly abundant rainy season. in recent years though, the rains have become less dependable, and ethiopia is determined to build a huge irrigation system to avoid further famine. ethiopia is also in the midst of bought a rebuilding an ambitious series of dams for hydroelectric polysemy -- hydroelectric power. the egyptians say that this and others is like asking them to abandon their nile culture and go live in the desert. the inflexible attitude is based on two unchangeable facts, and the population has reached unprecedented numbers one of the land is confined to a narrow strip. both food and energy supplies are inextricably tied to nile water. agriculture represents one- third of egypt's economy. all of it is dependent on nine water. rhetoric over the water issue is growing extremely heated. -- all of it is dependent on the nile water. they talk about not being able to win a war with ethiopia over the nile waters. the current treaty was signed during

blue nile is going to refuse disarmament.ecause they know the public confrontation in the context now of the referendum is sort of a constitutional vacuum. it is not going to break the final solution that it is acceptable to the people in southern kurdufan and the blue nile. as we know it was supposed to be happening in the context of half a year of the interim period that was the democratic elections and then people who are elected in the fair and free elections and then there is the public concern on the framework of the cpa. that's sort of the vacuum of the framework. you can imagine if the republican confrontation is going to bring any lasting solution. that's why they want to keep their arms, they want to keep their forces. because they know there's a future challenge meeting them. so -- and i think this is a very big conference. recently south sudan agreed president basheer. i think it is important. but the risk here is that ncp could disagree or change their mind from here until then. what happens if they try to move t

the nile is something that egypt feels concerned about. how do you think the negotiations regarding egypt in the north and other countries will go on the nile? >> i think it's -- it's not a secret that egypt was very concerned about the whole self-determination vote and the implications of it, but toward the latter part of the year, egypt became very supportive, and just prior to the referendum, president mubarak along with president gadhafi came and urged the government to go ahead and go through with a referendum and follow the dictates of the cpa. and i think the attitude of egypt is that they're going to work with the new government of southern sudan. now, water, as the chair woman said is one of the issues to be negotiated, how the water is managed, the nile which cuts through both southern and northern sudan are going to be managed, access to water, amounts of water. those negotiations have not gotten very far and they will be important and clearly and egypt will be watching them very closely. >> thank you very much. the chairman of

blue nile is going to refuse disarmament. because they know the public confrontation in the context now of the referendum is sort of a constitutional vacuum. it is not going to break the final solution that it is acceptable to the people in southern kurdufan and the blue nile. as we know it was supposed to be happening in the context of half a year of the interim period that was the democratic elections and then people who are elected in the fair and free elections and then there is the public concern on the framework of the cpa. that's sort of the vacuum of the framework. you can imagine if the republican confrontation is going to bring any lasting solution. that's why they want to keep their arms, they want to keep their forces. because they know there's a future challenge meeting them. so -- and i think this is a very big conference. recently south sudan agreed president basheer. i think it is important. but the risk here is that ncp could disagree or change their mind from here until then. what happens if they try to move

blue nile is going to refuse disarmament. because they know the public confrontation in the context now of the referendum is sort of a constitutional vacuum. it is not going to break the final solution that it is acceptable to the people in southern kurdufan and the blue nile. as we know it was supposed to be happening in the context of half a year of the interim period that was the democratic elections and then people who are elected in the fair and free elections and then there is the public concern on the framework of the cpa. that's sort of the vacuum of the framework. you can imagine if the republican confrontation is going to bring any lasting solution. that's why they want to keep their arms, they want to keep their forces. because they know there's a future challenge meeting them. so -- and i think this is a very big conference. recently south sudan agreed president basheer. i think it is important. but the risk here is that ncp could disagree or change their mind from here until then. what happens if they try to move

blue nile i goin to refuse disarmament. because they know the public confrontation in the context now of the referendum is sort of a constitutional vacuum. it is not going to break the final solution that it is acceptable to the people in southern kurdufan and the blue nile. as we know it was supposed to be happening in the context of half a year of the interim period that was the democratic elections and then people who are elected in the fair and free elections and then there is the public concern on the framework of the cpa. that's sort of the vacuum of the framework. you can imagine if the republican cofrontation is going to bring any lasting solution. that's why they want to keep their arms, they want to keep their forces. because they know there's a future challenge meeting them. so -- and i think this is a very big conference. recently south sudan agreed president basheer. i think it is important. but the risk here is that ncp could disagree or change their mind from here until then. what happens if they try to move

president chiu: please step up to the nile, and each will have two minutes unless you are getting assistance -- step up to the aisle. >> [speaking foreign language] supervisor farrell: public-- [sg foreign language] i would like to give a warm welcome to our new supervisors. we see them here besides each other today. mark, scott, jane. i want to tell you welcome. we need mayor. we need a strong mayor to do whatever our city -- he is coming to see which one can do it. four of you besides the gentleman in the quarter -- corner, he is going to be a body guard. i know him. ladies and gentlemen, i would like to get my message again to the woman. i like her, and i love her. supervisor cook -- supervisor jane, she has the courage. jane, as i have told you before, do not be scared. there are a lot of people would like to support you. do not worry. we are going to be behind you. we're going to establish anything a district's six needs. don't look to me as a different one. we are all here s family. thank you very much. god bless you. president chiu: 82, it next speaker. >> thank you, supervisors. stop

the nile is something that egypt feels concerned about.w do you think the negotiations regarding egypt in the north and other countries will go on the nile? >> i think it's -- it's not a secret that egypt was very concerned about the whole self-determination vote and the implications of it, but toward the latter part of the year, egypt became very supportive, and just prior to the referendum, president mubarak along with president gadhafi came and urged the government to go ahead and go through with a referendum and follow the dictates of h the new governmen southern sudan. now, water, as the chair woman said is one of the issues to be negotiated, how the water is managed, the nile which cuts through both southern and northern sudan are going to be managed, access to water, amounts of water. those negotiations have not gottener fthl b wich t vy hama and human rightsing is recognized. >> thank you for your extraordinary rvd adsh. as a cup o yo ntnerst step beginning the process of removing sudan from from the state sponsor of terrorism list

the nile will cause the closure of markets in six -- denial will cause the closure of the market in six months. he had never been sanctioned by the approved ordinance. he supports neighborhood safety initiatives. i am here on behalf of the north of market business association, and we support the conditional use authorization. thank you. >> hi, i've always come with overhead, so can we have the overhead? here on this last item of the chart, it talks about a conditional use. 97% of conditional use has been approved for the last 20 years. what is the difference between this one? why are we picking on this one? it is the coast people but are paid advocates decided to organize the neighborhood and say we do not want a liquor license. it is not a question of who we do not want a liquor license. people want to get paid and keep their business. it is about a bunch of non- profits, whom this owner is -- the market pays taxes, and then it is being used against him as a business owner, and we have these activists on the payroll who come and say we did not like to see market operates in ontario and

thousands of southern sudanese have been heading down the river nile on barges after spending years in exile in the north of the country. with the referendum on independence approaching, they packed up their belongings and headed here to start new lives in what they hope will soon be a new nation. the temporary home for a family that spent three weeks on the river. the children have never seen it southern sudan. their mother left the north because she feared she would be labeled a foreigner and lose her rights. >> living back in the south would be easy, but she is ready to start selling the land if necessary. -- tilling the land if necessary. >> a son with a message by a singer with a grudge. her father and brother were killed in the war. she now pushes for an end to the united sudan. yet >> i am not upset. again. i will go to the border. we will go to the border and fight the real ed -- fight. >> opinion is so one-sided, this vote will be unriggable. then comes the daunting task of building a country almost from scratch. will ross, bbc news. >> the israeli army is saying it accidently

obviously par four, -- the door for, the blue nile are issues. but in the khartoum i would be much more worried about these guys. and what they are likely to do. and i think the international community does not pay attention to this problem that the regime faces. so i would be interested today in what you think about that. >> thank you. second question right at the back. >> i am jeremy. a question about the post-referendum reconstruction of the south. there's been a lot of criticism about world bank, the u.n. and ngo community in terms of some of the department activities that have occurred in the south and that the limited success in going beyond just humanitarian service provision to get to actual development and reconstruction. and some recent criticism, particularly at the world bank. with the government of south sudan, as you pointed out, still spending upwards of 90% of its revenues on security sector issues, not able to invest very much in social service provision, what do you see as the prospects were actually getting beyond a paradigm as

parts of this city on the nile are starting to look like the city on the tigress, baghdad. this was the headquarters of the president's political party. until recently, it was one of the most secured buildings in cairo. it is now being burned and picked apart by looters. the fires in cairo still smolder today, dangerously close to the egyptian museum, home to the treasures of the ancient pharaohs, including tuten calmen's gold. by midafternoon, the protests started to grow. with police gone, only the army was in the streets in tanks, but tanks aren't built to hold back crowds. they can only do one thing -- fire. but the big guns have so far remained silent. the egyptian army has been overwhelmed by the demonstrators. now the soldiers face a very difficult choice. they can either open fire on the protestors or just allow themselves to be surrounded. the government ordered a new curfew, but no one listened. instead, in cairo's main tahrir square, what looked like 100,000 people called for president hosni mubarak to leave the country immediately. >> change makes room for other

the main standoff played out over the nile river. protestors were determined to cross into downtown. a brave few rushed forward through the volleys of tear gas. the masks followed until they were pushed back again by the police. but the protestors refused to give up at one point pausing as a group to pray. elsewhere around the city injured people were pinned by the crowd. >> they are firing rubber bullets and they are firing them right in our faces said this protestor. >> reporter: east of cairo protestors attackedded a police van. the driver was finally forced to escape by driving through the crowd. as dusk fell in cairo the crowds had grown so huge pressing forward from the bridge, throwing rocks action until the police seemed simply to give up. and the crowd streamed forward into cairo's freedom square. nearby a proud symbol of the party political headquarters was looted and set ablaze. authorities had announced curfews in cities across the country but in cairo, at least, nobody paid any attention. then suddenly the army appeared

thousands of southern sudanese have been heading down the river nile on barges after spending years of exile in the north. they have pack up all their belongings and headed here to start new lives in what they hope will soon be a new nation. a temporary home for a family that has just spent three weeks on the river. the children have never seen southern sudan. their mother left the north because she feared if south sudan is he seeded, she would be labeled as a foreigner and lose her rights. she said living back in the south won't be easy, but preferring to be home and a peace, she is ready to start tilling the land if necessary. a song with a message from a singer with a grudge. her father and brother were killed in the war. she now uses her voice to push for an end to united sudan. >> i will not accepteded united sudan. again, i will go to the border and fight from there to keep them away from coming into our country. >> opinion is so one-sided, this vote will be unriggable. this extraordinary struggle for independence is almost over. then comes the daunting task of building a country

richard engle is on the banks of the nile in cairo tonight on what could be the eve of something big there. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. many people are very concerned about tomorrow. the demonstrators say they will start out from at least seven mosques and three churches here in cairo, and then plan to march to the center of the city. they hope to draw tens of thousands of people. the most violent clashes today were outside cairo. near the strategic suez canal, demonstrators torched a police station and a firehouse. witnesses say they stole weapons and opened fire on security forces. egyptian police tell nbc news 87 policemen were injured, one was killed. and this unprecedented popular arab revolt is spreading. in yemen, the arab world's poorest nation, thousands demonstrated today at a university, demanding reform and lower prices. in tunisia, where this movement began just last month, the emerging new government caved to protesters' demands and agreed to purge officials associated with the ousted former president. a pattern is starting to emerge. the re

back with us, always niles to see you, welcome back. you've got a couple of smaller stocks in health care, beginning with rav met, a medical imaging company, what makes you think this is a breakout. >> more like a double for me because they are the largest operator of medical imaging centers in the country and they're buying up the smaller players, disvanged, don't have the scale or muscle to deal with insurance companies. and this is one that will continue to expand. deutsche bank just put it on their focus list as a small cap. >> tom: plays into that consolidation trend you have been talking about for weeks as well. transone is another interesting one. this is a spinal surgical procedure company. and we saw that pop last week when humana the insurance company said it would cover it. why buy now? are you buying at a top? >> no, this is just the beginning of many insurance reimbursement announcements to come. transone does the spinal fusion surgeries, they are about 100,000 of them a year. they ran up to 100,000, niece can be done at 40

so firm nile and why it is green bit this piece of plastic still with and dirty ninety five percent of these birds flying dust bins there's all sorts of fragments of broken plastic items in here this. at least seven industrial plastic granules ok what i fear is the efforts plastic content of a full moon in the southern north sea so if you translate it to human the size that this is will be efforts in a stomach. so in that case there's no need to discuss whether it's good or bad for you we agree that this is not l.c. . according to the united nations plastic is now part of the diet of half the species of sieberg. thanks to the use of best eats we protect the planet and we protect the climate evolution is well if you would have to replace the basic by getting back all the material then you would have to multiply the weight of the begetting by for the price of the packaging by two and the amount of waste by one point six. drifting plastic. marcus and his friend joe a sailing mid pacific sitting on thousands of slightly leaky bottles. marcus's plan has already worked. his exploit is being

that is near niles. 56 and then 52 for a high today. lots of sunshine. that will be the good news. everyone will be in on the sunshine. the rain cranked up. we are on the western edge of these. they also take care of the fog. you can see the wind gusts right now. not much for some. a southeast at 3. that is enough to move things around a little bit. that west-22 will take care of things at sfo. you can see how that is a pick big dome of high pressure. for us it means wind and fog. no wind and cool. we will have 52-60 by noon. sunny and breezy. 60 to 68 later on today. it looks like sunshine across the board. temperatures are rebounding well. lookalikes the wind will be -- it looks like the wind will be a big story now. >>> thank you, steve. a few minutes ago wells fargo recorded earnings of $3.2 billion. profits rose by 61-cents a share. just what wall street was expecting. that is up 21% from the same time a year ago. >>> australias national airline plans to leave san francisco international airport. qantas now offers eight flights a week between san francisco and sydney australia

revolt on the nile. the eruption in eresident is condition continue -- eruption is continuing in egypt. thousands protest. egyptian president hosey mu -- hosni mubarak is being called to step down. international atomic energy agency, flew to his native cairlead the protest. he is calling for mubarric oac -- mubarak to resign. >> i've said a number of times >>> president obama, on casion being. >> president obama thursday, stepped into the debate about egypt. >> president mubarak has been very helpful on a range of tough issues in the middle east. but i've always said to him that making sure that they are moving forward on reform, absolutely critical onomic to the long-term well-being of egypt. >> barra day is now under house arrest. what set the stage for egypt's protest. >> they've got a virtual dictatorship there. young people. and enormous numbers of them don't have job opportunity, there's food problems. what set it off was the tunisian revolt. dictator for 22 years was dumped off by street mobs and

restaurants along the nile were torched. the army rolled in. people cheered, confident it was on their side. after days of clashes, president mubarak had still not said a word. finally with the headquarters of his party in flames, mubarak addressed the nation. not just egypt, but the whole region watched. he didn't step down, but announced he was getting rid of his cabinet and would instaull what he called a new government. not the resignation the masses called for. and so the protests continued. and from across the region, angry messages flooded twitter. "the bastard is staying." president obama made a statement, saying this. >> suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. >> reporter: tonight, with the military on the streets in force, the question hovers. how far will president mubarak go to suppress the ideas that at this point seem a very real threat to his 30-year rule over this nation? another question is, who would take over if mubarak were to fail? would it be a liberal democratic government? the kind many of these young pr

on a high-speed zigzag chase through three cities, northbound on the 880 freeway, east on alvarado niles road in union city and northbound again on mission boulevard ending in the crash near industrial parkway in hayward. no one at the scene was hurt. the suspects tried to get away on foot but police apprehended first one, then two suspects and led them away in handcuffs. the third suspect disappeared for a time near a mosque but with officers and police dogs swarming, he was found hiding in a trash can on the side of a building and placed under arrest without further incident. >> we have three suspects in custody. >> reporter: police also recovered an undisclosed amount of cash. meantime, hundreds of homes and businesses from fremont to hayward were without power due to the downed utility line. but this fabric store other than wasn't complaining. >> close the business maybe about almost three hours, nobody come in. but still, good safety for -- did a good job on -- police did it -- nicely done. >> reporter: now, the utility crews have a lot of work ahead of them, besides knocking down t

egypt has always been an alluring place, filled with history and ancient treasures, the pyramids, the nile, mummies, king tut. so, it's been disturbing to hear about treasures destroyed or defiled, looters taking advantage of the chaos. at the egyptian museum in cairo this weekend, soldiers surveyed the damage. 14 cases, priceless artifacts, damaged by thieves who seem to be hunting for gold. >> they were able, these two people, to enter inside the cairo museum from the top and they destroyed two mummies. >> reporter: concerned egyptians formed a human chain to protect the museum's treasures. >> but thanks god there is some egyptians, really good egyptians, tried to stop them. >> reporter: still, the damage was done. all over the world are studying the grainy images on websites, conferring with each other on blogs and to their trained eyes, the destruction is devastating. >> it just hurts. it really hurts. >> reporter: dr. bob briar is an expert on egyptian mummies who has been to that museum more than 100 times. >> it's like our smithsonian. it is a repository of egyptian culture. >> repo

10 minutes. 880 right now, earlier we had reports of a trouble spot in union city right at alvarado niles. couple of cars damaged up possibly a stalled vehicle. everything off to the right shoulder. 880 nice start to the morning no major problems there. now let's jump to the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are off. traffic very light. still very early only 18 minutes to go from the carquinez bridge to the maze. but keep in mind if you are take 80 this morning we have a fog advisory for solano county and parts of contra costa county. that may cause some limited visibility to your drive. right now some nice speeds along the eastshore freeway overall. we do have some troubles on the benicia bridge. we are seeing lots of fog here. unfortunately, i can't get that camera to work this morning but it's really foggy and pretty socked in. so very limited visibility across the span. use caution through there. remember our radio partners when you hit the roads, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 4:54. the san ramon valley fire protection district has launched an iphone ap

the firefight happened after an armed robbery at bank of the west on niles road saturday afternoon. the police chased the getaway car until the driver stopped in a residential neighborhood. the driver was arrested while a passenger ran out and exchanged fire with the officer. the suspect was eventually found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in a backyard. >>> a woman and her dog are dead after a hit-and-run in concord. it happened just before 6:00 last night on solano way on avon avenue. the 53-year-old woman walked into the roadway because of an issue with her dog. both were struck by a teenager boy driving southbound on solano way. as the teenager stopped to check on the woman a second car hit her. the driver pulled over, talked to the and and fled the scene. police are searching for the second driver. >>> new this morning, the trial of the alleged gunman in the tucson shootings will likely move to san diego because of extensive pretrial publicity in arizona. 22-year-old jared lee loughner is charged in federal court in arizona, but court leaders plan to move the case out of th

. >> patricia paoletta, coming from the republican side of the nile. >> nsa telecom earlier i am thrilled he's there because he does understand the issues and in terms of a sort of republican principles and governments, he has always articulate it a preference for reliance on market solutions and technology involved, don't come up with an answer to fix a problem that isn't really there. so i think that gives a lot of comfort to folks across-the-board in the different sectors of communication. >> getting back to privacy who do you see being the players on that? in the house, joe barton has been outspoken on the need for privacy legislation. who do you see stepping up to the plate and who do you see stepping up to the plate in the senate? >> i think on the house the take a measured view and held some hearings. i think there is somewhat of a difference approach to privacy so i don't think you are going to see anyone initially jumping into that and leading the banner saying this was a priority but perhaps looking at it in a more measured approach. >> do you see bobby rush still being at all a

>> reporter: the main standoff played out on a bridge over the nile river. protesters who funneled here from all parts of the city were determined to cross into downtown. a brave few rushed forward through the volleys of tear gas. the mass followed until they were pushed back again by the police. but the protesters refused to give up, at one point pausing as a group to pray. elsewhere around the city, skirmishes left the injured to be tended by the crowd. "they're firing rubber bullets" says this demonstrator. "and they're firing them right in our faces." east of cairo in the city of suez, protesters attacked a police van. the driver was finally forced to escape by driving through the crowd. as dusk fell in cairo, the crowds had grown so huge, pressing forward from the bridge, throwing rocks, until the police seemed simply to give up and the crowds streamed forward into cairo's freedom square. nearby, a powerful symbol of mubarak's regime, his political party headquarters, was looted and set ablaze. authorities had announced curfew in cities across the count

restaurants on the nile river set on fire. and when it seemed the clashes were peaking, silence fell as protesters stopped, once again, to pray. but as quickly as the silence came -- it was shattered. both sides digging in for what may be a long fight. diane, tonight, after mubarak went on television, we heard celebrations in the streets. the protesters clearly feel like they've accomplished something. but diane, i have to tell you, all the people that we spoke to today say they won't rest until he steps down. diane? >> alex marquardt, still on the streets of cairo tonight, thank you, alex. and let's now go to abc's lama hasan, in another part of cairo today, talking to the protesters about that message they want to get out to the whole world. >> reporter: diane, as we walked through the streets of cairo tonight, we heard several chants in arabic that captured the mood here. "down, down with hosni mubarak" and "the people want the regime to fall." everywhere we went with a camera today, people were desperate to tell their stor

a little cooler over toward sunol and niles. 56 at noon and 52 for a high. wind might be a factor later on today. all caused by a system dring down toward the east of us. it impacts only in the way of wind. and when there is enough wind, that just helps stir up the fog. north, northeast. fairfield. santa rosa north at 12. there is the calm condition in san jose which allows the fog to tomorrow. sfo west 22 we have not seen that in a long, long time. it has been east or northeast what seems like forever. high pressure still large and in charge. as these systems drive down, it has changed our pattern ever so slightly in we do get the wind and decrease in the fog. there is patchy fog out there. 36-52. we will go breezy later on today. some areas in the breezy category. wind 52-60. morning sun later on today. 60s for everybody today. maybe a little cooler. you just usher in a slightly cooler air flow today. 60 to 62 should cover it for many. santa cruz was at 71 yesterday. san jose will go 61. sunny and breezy after patchy fog. it looks like a lot of sun and mor

911 call from a customer around 12:45 reporting a masked man trying to rob the bank of the west on niles road. a second call from the alarm company warned police that the suspect was armed. a union city officer in the neighborhood spotted the suspects in the getaway car and gave chase. during which this passenger the man police say entered the bank started shooting. and during that chase and even after as he exited the car he was shooting at the officer and his police car. the officer returned the fire. >> the shooter, the one that got out of the vehicle, fled, ran into the backyard of a home. the officers responding set up a perimeter. at the same time the driver of the vehicle was taken into custody. while the perimeter was being set up, a shot was heard in the area, at which time they locked down the position where they last saw the suspect. >> now, whether the suspect shot himself or was hit by police fire is still under investigation tonight. and there are other unknowns, including details about the robbery and the suspect's history. as you can see there is a lot of work going on he

restaurant on the west nile virus river set on fire. when it seem the clashes were peaking, silence fell. protestors stopped once again to pray but as quickly as the silence came. it was shattered. both side digging in for what may be a long fight. this is abc news, cair cairo. >>> here at home a prayer meeting at the orthodox church in hayward. egyptian national, him with family in egypt are praying for a peaceful end to the situation halfway around the world. white house faces a crucial challenge right now. expert say the u.s. is in a jam and you can tell by the response from our government. egypt under mubarak is an ally but he isn't stepping down and the u.s. isn't pushing him to do so. here's more from mark. >> hungry. unemployed. tired of rampant corruption, protestors in egypt are demanding that mubarak step down after 30 years in power. stanford university middle east history professor has been watching it unfold. >> the report that i was reading says that there were between 300 and 400,000 people in the streets of alexandria. >

police got a call yesterday that a bank on niles road was being robbed. the suspect in their getaway car. i said a passenger started shooting at him. the chase ended at dow avenue where the driver was arrested. the passenger ran away. police returned fire then sealed off the area. that man, the passenger, was later found dead with a gunshot wound to the head. police can't say whether he was hit by police gunfire or if he shot himself. san francisco police had more information today on yesterday's fatal shooting atop twin peaks. police say 100 people were gathered at 3:00 in the morning at christmas tree point. that's a popular vista point. they say an argument broke out between two groups of men. shots were hired hitting 23-year-old lewis vanagas who died at the scene. two or three men drove off in a white minivan. wikileaks supporters held a demonstration at the new york times office at clay and montgomery streets. they taped some of the 2,000 documents wikileaks has posted online to the walls of the building. the demonstrators say several media outlets

the firefight happened after an armed robbery at bank of the west on niles road saturday afternoon. police chased the getaway car until the driver stopped in a residential neighborhood. the driver was arrested while the passenger ran out and exchanged fire with the officer. the suspect was eventually found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in a backyard. >>> it is back to work for congress this week as republicans vow to repeal health care reform. and there could be a change in the mood on capitol hill with everyone vowing to disagree nicely. "today in the bay's" tracy potts is live in washington with more. gorngs. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. this is the vote scheduled for last week put off because of the shootings in arizona and the observances here. it is rescheduled for this week as lawmakers now say they believe they can do the debate in a kinder, gentler way. >> and that all men and women -- >> as gabrielle give fords recovers in arizona, her condition has been upgraded to seerls. her colleagues are promising to tone down the meanness as they get back to work this we

we had an earlier trouble spot in union city 880 at alvarado niles cleared on the right shoulder no problem for the roads. fog advisory in solano and contra costa counties affecting your drive through fairfield along the eastshore freeway. right now we're seeing some nice speeds. of course it is still early for the commute but again, give yourself some extra time as you head out the door this morning. if you are headed along antioch or if you are going out the door on highway 4, we have some nice speeds right now but again, limited visibility as well on the antioch bridge. unfortunately we lost our camera there but it's really socked in through that area. golden gate bridge, everything look good light out of marin county no delays to report. up next, we'll check mass transit. right now we'll head upstairs to sydnie and elizabeth. >> thank you. >>> 5:07. a desperate plea from the family of a kidnapped boy. >> jose, if you are watching this, i forgive you. [ crying ] >> why the search seems to be hitting a wall. plus, actions speak louder than words. the challenge for former governor brown ov

investigators tell us two men robbed a bank of the west branch yesterday afternoon on alvarado niles road near the post office. when police responded to a call from inside the bank an officer near the scene began chasing the suspect by car. a few miles into the chase the driver pulled over at arizona street and dell avenue. after an exchange of gunfire there, the passenger ran off, only to be found dead in a nearby back yard. officers say they heard a lone gunshot before they found the second suspect. >>> take your vitamins and watch your wallet. insurance giant blue shield says it will go ahead with rate increases on schedule for the third time in six months. even though the insurance commissioner asked for a 60-day delay. "today in the bay's" kimberly terry shows what the hike could mean for consumers. >> reporter: the hike implemented by blue shield could amount to a 59% jump in premium for policy holders which could put a major strain on both family and personal finances. >> appalled. i'm absolutely appalled. >> reporter: nicole is one of 200,000 californian hit hard by blue shie

over the nile there's bright winter sunshine but look more closely and a crowd of thousands is streaminging across. until the police forces them back. then an extraordinary calm in this rebellion. hundreds pausing for prayer before running back to the front line. a police post was set a light. and the air has been thick with tear gas for hours, mingled with smoke from protestors' fires. and amid the screaming, the shouting and the wounded, this much is clear, egypt's 82-year-old president has never faced anything like this. it wasn't just cairo, this was the port city of suez today where security forces lost control of the streets. riot police were confronted by crowds in the tens of thousands. armoured vehicles and government buildings were set a light, in clashes which left at least one man dead. and walking into this firestorm is the retired u.n. diplomat whose's hinted that he might be the leader of a post mubarak egypt. mohammed elbaradei joining protestors and calling for the regime to listen to the people. though the nobel winners' supporters were beaten when they tried marching this

. >> reporter: on the banks of the nile river in south sudan entrepreneurs pump water to fill up tankers. private water collection and sales from rivers and wells is big business here. particularly during the dry season. but for customers the water often comes at a high cost. >> it is a good business for them but this is spreading diseases. >> reporter: dr. justin bruno directs the children's hospital in the town of juba. >> the water is not... it is just flowing naturally. the people just drink it. it's not boiled. >> reporter: what happens as a result? >> diseases. people get acute diarrhea. people get bloody diarrhea. and typhoid fever. that is rampant in this town and in southern sudan. >> reporter: you can trace that right back to the.... >> right back to the river water. >> reporter: patients suffer not only from preventable diseases but even if they make it to a health care facility often from inadequate treatment. this essentially is the waiting room of the only children's hospital in south sudan. the health care system, such as it is here, is barely functioning. most people have