aid, our so-called distressed communities, providence, pawtucket, central falls, west warwick, north providence and now east providence. last five years prior to my taking office state aid to cities and towns was cut by $192 million. this has been an unbearable burden for our distressed communities where state aid has been reduced by 17%. no council, person or mayor wants to raise property taxes, but despite their best efforts, the tax levee in our distressed communities rose 16% during those years. 17% cut in state aid, 16% increase in property taxes. in communities that can least afford them. over the past several weeks, you have passed and i have signed into law legislation that enabled pawtucket and east providence to borrow just to meet payroll. make no mistake, this is a crisis. we're going to grow our economy and get our people back to work, we have to make this the year of the cities and towns, and work together. we have to work together on behalf of the property taxpayer. and it is about people. at my most recent municipal strategy session, and at the business community forums, everyon

provide the energy. that is the one up to the north and wets. providing the cloud cover today, slightly cooler air, as we widen things out, zoom back in, we are looking at moisture field staying offshore for the afternoon today. as we go through the early evening hours, still cloudy. looks like it's going to get a little bit closer as we head into an presidents' day the next system. latest forecast models breaking a chance of rain not only from sonoma county but marin county and all the way down the coast and east bay through the early morning hours on monday. by the afternoon, high pressure build in and we're on our way to a much drier and sunnier forecast for the workweek beyond monday. as for tomorrow, still looks like we could see spotty light showers especially over night towards the early part of the day. 35 in tahoe. few snow showers possible. there is moisture field staying offshore for today. 70 in palm springs. it will be a cool afternoon with the cloud cover. mid upper 50s. 55 in half moon bay, 57 in napa. down by monterey bay, looking

like the heartland lakeside school district saved nearly $700,000 just by switching insurance providers. in north fondulac, they were able to save over $300,000. that's money that can go directly into the classroom. >> not only after an english received the award, she was laid off. why? under the old collective bargaining system, she was one of the first to be laid off because she was one of the last ones to be hired. didn't matter that she was one of the best teachers in the state. to correct problems like that, our reforms now allow local school districts to staff based on merit and pay based on performance. >> think about that. that means we can bring our best and our brightest in classrooms and we can keep them there. two years ago, i spoke to the convention of school board members and administrators and laid out my plan. as a candidate for governor, i told them the system needed to be reformed and that we should empower local officials who are elected at the local level to make the decisions about their schools. and that's exactly what our reforms do. the best reminder of that came from the

beltway, 695 looking pretty good especially on southeast side at bw parkway and live look at north side at providences picking up in volume but no early delays to report as the drive times are pretty good for the time of morning. five minutes on harrisburg expressway to the beltway. back over to you. >>> in august vice president joe biden traveled to central asia on a diplomatic trip. >> who is speced later today for a visit to the white house. >>> and mayor stephanie rawlings-blake hands out the awards for the cleanest communities in the city. details coming up when "good morning maryland" continues on this tuesday, february 14th, it's valentine's day. hope the day is off to a great starts. -- start. what do you get when you combine the home depot with this weekend? the cure for cabin fever. because with get-it-done savings on everything we need... we can turn this weekend into a fresh floor... or an updated bathroom... or a brand-new look. so let's hit those orange aisles, and make today the day, we make a big difference, no matter how big our budget. more saving. more doing. that's the power of th

the north side of the beltway at providence is moving well. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. the weather is not a big deal. a couple of sprinkles but not enough to slow down the traffic. you can see the sprinkles. the rain will pick up in intensity. let's look at the temperatures. 38 at the airport. there are some light rain showers. we should add about 10 degrees this afternoon, 48. off and on rain showers are likely through this evening. the best chance for rain will be into this afternoon. we'll talk about the possibility of some snow over the weekend in just a few minutes. anymore.ave my goatee >> hundreds of customers in southwest baltimore are waking up without gas and heat. >> crews were working on a water main break when the gas line was damage. jennifer franciotti is live on the scene this morning. what is the good word? >> i can tell you that overnight crews did spend some time beginning to flush the water out of the lines. they went door-to-door getting inside and shutting off the gas. they had to do that bef

doppler radar scans and this over 200 mile radius has dry conditions and off to the north, a system that will providerainfall for washington and oregon will graze our area and also provide a little bit of moisture as we head into tomorrow morning. cloud cover on the increase that kept temperatures near average for today. 55 in livermore and 50 in oakland and 53 in san francisco. it's cool despite the cloud cover and we will keep it for tomorrow morning with a few areas of drizzle and throughout wednesday, just a slight chance of a shower. we will get afternoon sunshine here and we are looking at a warming trend coming up in the seven-day forecast. the one good thing the cloud cover and a slight change in the atmosphere is helping out. that's the allergies. trees, grass, and weeds. mold spiking up into the moderate levels. if you are suffering from allergy problems, it could be from a mold allergy. is the light and radar with the bulk of the cloud cover in canada and washington where the center of the storm is located for us. it will be the weaker band passing on by for tomorrow. this will mean throug

a smooth ride on the north side around providence. 58 towards the harrisburg expressway. 60 on the west side. we have a bit of a delay on the northbound side. 63 as you make your way south on 83 through the cockeysville region. a nice start at the fort mchenry toll plaza. this is 95 south of mountain road in harford county. problem free at the moment with light volume. this is 795 at franklin boulevard. no sign of delays. southbound traffic looking good down to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> it is a clean sweep for mitt romney but it was closed. >> tracie potts has the results from last night's primaries. >> a big victory for mitt romney in arizona. he beat rick santorum by three points in michigan. >> we did not win by a lot of wheat one by enough and that is what counts. >> rick santorum conceded before networks called the race. >> everyone said we had a chance here and the people of michigan looked into the hearts of the candidates and i have to say, i love you back. >> where did rick santorum bargo wrong? newt gingrich came in last in michigan. >> new being

north korea's third generation leadership transition is under way. improving the economy and regime survival remain enduring leadership priorities. pyongyang's nuclear missile programs provide strategic deter ants, sbenlt prestige and leverage for concessions. while north korea may abandon portions of its nuclear program for better relations with the united states, it is unlike to surrender the nuclear weapon. pyongyang can attack south korea with little for no strategic warning, but it suffers from logistic shortages, aging equipment and poor trainings. pyongyang likely knows it cannot reunite the peninsula by force and unlikely to attack on a scale that would risk its own survival. we see no sign that the leadership transition has changed the regime's calculus regarding nuclear weapons. in the defense intelligence agency retains continued focus on the peninsula to provide warning against additional attacks from the north. china continues to build a more modern military to defend its core interests, which are territorial sovereignty, national unity and sustained access to economic resources. countering u.s. forces in a taiwan or south chi na sea are a priority. it's design

we continue to run smoothly on the north side over towards providence. a nice start on the west side, 52 miles per hour. 70 looking good in from 29. traveling across the creek key bridge and the curtis creek drawbridge. 63 traveling southbound on 95 and moving well down towards the fort mchenry. at the key bridge, but so far so good. we switch over to traffic in the area of the fort mchenry. southbound traffic, no problems reported. harbor tunnel traffic, equally smooth. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a new online crime reporting system is set to begin in baltimore this spring. >> it should save the city some money. kim dacey is live to explain how works. >> the bill was introduced last night. the program is already in the works. the city is preparing an online crime reporting website. the idea is to make it easier to get a police report and to report minor crime. brennan scott believes it will cut down on frustration for citizens while allowing police officers to operate more efficiently. the site will be similar to others. the site will hav

north korea's nuclear program. the headline today in agreement between pyongyang in washington in which the u.s. will provide food assistance to north korea in exchange for north korea's agreement to allow monitors inside north korea also scaling back its nuclear program. this is "washington today" on c-span radio. construction funding or maybe more specifically the lack of it, is a major concern in the department of veterans affairs and the proposed 2013 budget which includes a 10.5% increase in construction project but underfunds facility maintenance and other construction projects for the third consecutive year the budget process reductions in construction and maintenance programs raising concerns by senator murray from washington, democrat, and chair of the veterans affairs committee. also with automatic budget cuts in place with congress's inability to reach agreement on spending programs. that issue comes up with the veteran affairs secretary as he testified earlier in the day. here is a portion. >> like i said in my opening remarks i believe all v.a. programs including medical care are exempt from gut

this is harford road and the north side deslay is going to extend over to providence road. and if you travel through pikesville and wood lawn, some slow spots making the past liberty road. and this is live at howard and martin luther king, jr. boulevard. >>> supporters of proposition 8 which bans same-sex marriage they're going ask the supreme court to overturn the ruling from the supreme court. gay marriage can't resume in the state till the deadline passes for supporters of the ban to appeal. and an attorney for a christian legal aid group they hope to defend the band and no court should presume to redefine marriage. >>> governor o'malley said that the ruleing is a victory for same-sex marriage. and he hopes that will be influential to maryland's house of delegates. it failed in the house here last year amid religious and family value concerns. >>> outrage over anti-gay flyers sent home with thousands of high school students. linda is here with what the flyers say. this is sparking a lot of controversy. >> reporter: here is what the flyer looks like. and we posted a link

north light court. thank you to moon star for providing delicious food. thank you to the youth at cyc for the amazing dragon dance. speaking [a foreign-language] thank you all. good night. >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to made a pot greater thanchapino. >> you only have $20 to spend. >> i know peter it is going to be tough, but i think i can do it. it is a san francisco classic. we are celebrating bay area food. we have nice beautiful plum tomatoes here. we have some beautiful fresh fish here. it will come togeth

now i will say that it will supply us with oil produced in north america and that obviously will provide some sort of national security to my good friend ed markey. i disagree. i this it will. but it will not supply with us a more reasonably priced gallon of gasoline at the pump. it's not going to happen. and this is my last year in congress but i would imagine all of you that will be returning will be in this room when gasoline is $4 to $5 a gallon trying to explain why the keystone pipeline, which eventually was permitted and built is not producing an affordable gallon of gasr, wch draining our economy and will continue to drain you're economy with high fuel prices. i'm going to share mr. markey's basic tenet in what he's trying to show. it's not truly a question of dependency on foreign oil that is the central question. it is a dependency on oil itself. way beyond the foreseeable future. i acknowledge i think for the next 20 years fossil fuel is an absolutely essential mix as a transportation fuel and otherwise. but what it's doing and what it's taking aweffo that has bee led by indiv

that is open records laws and both north carolina and north carolina state provided the list of who was at the chancellor's box and i studied them. we googled everybody. we wanted to see what was going on and at the end of the day you find out kind of what you expected. this is the development officers dream group. these are the people you want your chancellor to have three hours to talk to, so what they are using these gatherings for was to get support, both financial and other so there was no smoking gun. i did find clarence thomas was a guest at the university of georgia and rick perry of course was at the texas a&m game but i enlarge their was not anything too surprising. let me say, i have got myself three minutes and 25 seconds left so let me see what i can do. if you want to ask a question i know there has been a lot of controversy. let me go to the article, there. caleb branch is the unc graduate and wrote an article in the atlantic basically saying the players ought to be paid. there has been a lot of controversy. if you look in "the new york times" this sunday magazine two sun

providing any. thickest fog north bay and east bay valleys some may spill into the bay like it did this morning forost part the same as far as temperatures low to mid 40s. area split by high pressure the next system heading north but we are getting large swells that could be up to 18 foot right now mainly 13 to 14 feet everybody along the coast under that high surf advisory until 3:00. today and tomorrow some of the warmer days we could touch 70 in a few areas away from the coast mid 60s low to mid 60s friday through tuesday. last models putting sprinkles into the forecast friday evening with that better chance of measurable rain sunday night into monday. we'll keep an eye out on friday for you. >>> parents we have new help if you are feeling like you can't keep up with the acronyms your kids use. san bruno's monitoring service social shield has come pilled a list of common acronyms especially ones that could raise red flags if, you see gky, go kill yourself or gnoc get naked on cam or lma leave mae len to access the list go to abc7news.com. >>> -- are you looking for that quick caffeine fix? no ne

the jet stream will keep the storm track to the north of us all through the weekend. higher pressure provides us with a nice, sunny day tomorrow. the wind flow will be off show. north, northeasterly wind flow. this will be the case right through the weekend, so we will keep it dry and keep it mild. highs for your thursday in the south bay 64 for santa clara and san jose. cupertino and saratoga. low to mid60s. palo alto 64. right near the coastline here, clear in the afternoon. 58 degrees in pacifica. downtown san fransisco right around where you should be, 61. you get up into the north bay though, and it is warmer than average for this time of year. it is the down sloping wind that will take you up to 67 degrees in ukiah, santa rosa. a beautiful day in san rafael. mid60s there. same thing for oakland in the east bay. hayward 62. head inland and we will see temperatures in the mid60s for concord, danville, livermore, monterey bay, 60 in caramel and 65 in morgan hill. here is your accu-weather seven-day forecast: groundhog day tomorrow. if the groundhog sees his shadow, punxsutawney phil that i

of 695, here at the baltimore washington parkway, if you are travel on the north side of 695, it's building around providence delaney valley road. traveling mta, rails are moving on time, buses without major delays. >>> seems samsung is taking on apple. >> the maker of the ipad is suing samsung this morning. >> details coming, and the president lays out his plan for fiscal year 2013 as the country prepare for the coming budget. that's coming up in a bit. off to new york for tech bites. >>> whitney houston's death lights up twitter, news of the passing was tweeted half an hour before the first word from the established news media. twitter was kept busy with people passing the word and retweeting celebrity reactions to the passing with 2.4 million tweets in the first hour alone. apple is moving to stop sales of samsung's galaxy, the latest u.s. lawsuit claims samsung violated four iphone patents including signature slide to unlock feature and voice recognition. that's a threat to the iphone sales. a folk hero for the digital age, thanks to youtube, anchored by somebody posted on facebook. the north carolina fa

on the north side inner loop, providence road around charles street, the west side inner loop continues to back down baltimore national pike around security boulevard as far as accidents go quite a few to talk about, academy road edmund son avenue, harper road at echo dale and lastly east earn avenue at south grundy the belt way not looking too bad. this traffic report brought to you by bills, bills has it all for you call them 1-877-75 bills. >>> thank you christy some whale watchers get a surprise visit from a stampede of dolphins look at this hundreds of dolphins surround the california whale watching boat in dana point it is very rare to see so many together. they say something possibly a predator in the water, may have trig forked all the dolphins to rush off at -- triggered all the dolphins to rush off at the same time >> beautiful. >>> straight ahead, stepping up security, will the violence in iraq stop long enough for peace meetings. >>> a fight in an alley over a boy an 11-year-old girl dead and why police are calling it a homicide. >>> and warm today, will it last. bob sup dat

north light court. thank you to moon star for providing delicious food. thank you to the youth at cyc for the amazing dragon dance. speaking [a foreign-language] thank you all. good night.

the jet stream will keep the storm track to the north of us all through the weekend. higher pressure provideswith a nice, sunny day tomorrow. the wind flow will be off show. north, northeasterly wind flow. this will be the case right through the weekend, so we will keep it dry and keep it mild. highs for your thursday in the south bay 64 for santa clara and san jose. cupertino and saratoga. low to mid60s. palo alto 64. right near the coastline here, clear in the afternoon. 58 degrees in pacifica. downtown san fransisco right around where you should be, 61. you get up into the north bay though, and it is warmer than average for this time of year. it is the down sloping wind that will take you up to 67 degrees in ukiah, santa rosa. a beautiful day in san rafael. mid60s there. same thing for oakland in the east bay. hayward 62. head inland and we will see temperatures in the mid60s for concord, danville, livermore, monterey bay, 60 in caramel and 65 in morgan hill. here is your accu-weather seven-day forecast: groundhog day tomorrow. if the groundhog sees his shadow, punxsutawney phil that is, s

providing any. thickest fog north bay and east bay valleys some may spill into the bay like it did this morning for under that high surf advisory until 3:00. today and tomorrow some of the warmer days we could touch 70 in a few areas away from the coast mid 60s low to mid 60s friday through tuesday. last models putting sprinkles into the forecast friday evening with that better chance of measurable rain sunday night into monday. we'll keep an eye out on friday for you. >>> parents we have new help if you are feeling like you can't keep up with the acronyms your kids use. san bruno's monitoring service social shield has come pilled a list of common acronyms especially ones that could raise red flags if you see gky, go kill yourself or gnoc get naked on cam or lma leave mae len to access the list go to abc7news.com. >>> -- are you looking for that quick caffeine fix? no need to stop by starbucks or pick up a red bull. now all you have to do is inhale. a harvard professor has created a new product that offers people a caffeine fix by inhaling from a lipstick-sized tube on sale in new york boston and o

timothy heenan, at prax air, the largest provider of gases in north and south america. he joined in 2004 from earnst and young specializing in the development and implementation of international tax strategies. thank you all very much for your time and the committee has received each of your written statements and they'll be made part of the formal hearing record. each of you will be recognized for five minutes for your oral remarks, followed by questions. so mr. fritt, we'll begin with you. you're recognized for five minutes. >> good morning. chairman camp, ranking member levin and members of the committee, i very much appreciate this opportunity appear before you today to discuss the importance of tax reform to fedex. we believe reducing the u.s. corporate tax rate significantly to be more in line with the rest of the developed world is essential to overall economic and job growth. and will help our company continue to invest in critical infrastructure to compete and grow. before i tell delve into the details of how we analyze tax reform i'd like to make a couple of p

north. russia's called on iran to provide assurances to the international community that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only but in return. rights to the regime enrichment must be recognized. to bush it is a school it's very important for world powers to confirm once around answers all the questions raised by the international atomic energy agency on its nuclear program that it will in turn have the right to peaceful uranium enrichment this is the same right exercised by other members of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. when coming after the un's atomic official said they're on able to confirm whether iran has the ability to build nuclear weapons to rahm's criticized for its failure to cooperate with them during two recent visits to the country the western allies suspect the islamic state is building a nuclear bomb the country goes on a tough sanctions from the u.s. and the e.u. with israel also threatening military action something iran's nuclear and voice said might put existing sensitive discussions about their program at risk and in the past few hours earlier may spoke

two sources of low pressure moving the arctic cold front coming down from the north and west, those two features providing precipitation and all forms. then in this upper level disturbance leaving us with cold weather and will give us snow. it could got a couple of inches and the advisory area. high winds as well. these snow bands will be coming directly out of the great lakes. at many times -- during many years, the great lakes are frozen over by this point. one-3 inches more north and west. not much accumulation in southern area -- in southern maryland. a little mix of rain and 35 in the morning. probably tapering off by noon. later in the afternoon that is where we will pick up some more snow showers and really strong winds. sunday we will be like 32-36 for high temperatures. very windy and cold. and there is cupid on tuesday. >> any time you use the word squalled makes us -- >> very when terry. >> you waited all week. it is time for our latest ipad 2 winner. >> the winner is matthew cavanaugh. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00 a 20-year-old learns his fate after killing an honor roll student. >> stor

north light court. thank you to moon star for providing delicious food. thank you to the youth at cyc for the amazing dragon dance. speaking [a foreign-language] thank you all. good night. >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of the mayor's office of economic and workforce development. we are here to announce the 10- year lease for river bed at 680 folsom st.. 167,000 square foot lease. we have the mayor, ceo of river bed, the owner of the building, as well as david from jll to talk of the significance of this to the city. >> thank you, good morning. welcome to the super bowl of innovation. while we did not enjoy the other super bowl, we have been working on hours. i have always referred to san francisco -- and we continue to do this -- as the innovation capital of the world. riverbed's decision to sign a 10-year lease and to work with the city to renovate a building here in south market, to make sure they are staying and growing here is a reflection of not only their interest in making sure they continue to find talent that exists in the city, bu

we have a delay on the north side inner loop, from providence road to harford road. average speed, 30 miles an hour. west side inner loop, also struggling there. over to 70. another 15 to get through that delay. and another east side inner loop, an accident blocking the right-hand lane. northbound 95, another crash to watch for at riverside parkway. and we have an accident in baltimore city as well. liberty heights avenue, at reisterstown road. let's take a live look. you can see things are beginning to thin out there. and we'll take another look there. not a bad situation there for you at all. this traffic report is brought to you by phil's carpet, hardwood and laminate, too. you can call them at 1-877-75- bills. back to you. >>> if you have been in baltimore for a while, you have no doubt enjoyed a burgers cookie or two or 10. the chocolate cookie is an all- time favorite. ron matz reports, for a while, there's a new twist to the baltimore classic. >> reporter: enter the home of burgers cookies and you'll land in chocolate heaven. they're all hand made. and baltimo

. >>> a lot of sunshine here from the north bay to the south bay. that was all provided by these gusty, dry winds out of the north that didn't even top 20 miles per hour in san jose. also for gilroy. as for tomorrow, we're starting off cold with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. we'll tell you about t that, pl another chance of showers in just a few minutes. >>> for the second night in a row, a battle is brewing between two silicon valley giant companies. cisco challenging microsoft now. we bring in our business tech reporter scott budsman with what the difficulty is now. >> now we have the ability to see each other. challenging skype for $8.5 billion, the first challenge in europe, they say they want to make sure microsoft is not allowed to break other videoconferencing services. the silicon valley parade continues this week. tonight tesla the ones opening the books. they saw their revenues grow thanks largelyo t deals with mercedes, tesla stock moving higher after hours. the market hit with uncertainty in greece across the board today. we told you last night that they r

long-term construction at farragut north has been suspended to provide additional space for customers who will use it as an alternative. >>> stacy cohan will talk live with a spokesperson from metro in the next half hour for more on what you need to know about the closures. es. >>> to politics now. mitt romney is relishing in his big victory in the florida primary. he has now won two of the first four republican presidential contests with nearly all the precincts reporting in florida. romney has 46% while newt gingrich has 32%. rein santorum and ron paul largely stayed out of florida to focus on key caucus contests. the former massachusetts governor gets all 50 delegates for the sunshine state. he focused much of his his victory speech on president obama. >> three years ago this week a newly a leaked president obama faced american people and said if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll be looking at a one-term proposition and we're here collect. >> it is now clear it will be a two-person race between the conservative leader newt gingrich and the massachusetts moderate

level of cooperation and funding that we're providing and i will look forward to providing an answer on the record regarding north africa. i just returned from a visit to tunisia and algeria and morocco. i think we have an opportunity there. but i'm conscious of the risks and dangers you identified. >> thank you, madam secretary. thank you, mr. burton. mr. meeks. >> thank you, madam chairman. it's always a delight to have you before us. i just want to say on behalf of all of the government what a splendid job you're doing. i have three questions that i'm going to try to ask you in the time that we have alotted. one, about our complex relationship with russia which i believe presents a significant accomplishments, challenges and opportunities and our areas of disagreement are sometimes profound and frustrating multilateral efforts to confront threats of life in syria and iran. notably, the cold war is behind us and the united states and russia are no longer eyeball to eyeball but fingers posed over red buttons that would release arsenals at one another and we are elbow to elbow at the conference table which is a g

the north korea regime to stay in part by providing you with a system. where many billions of dollars in return for disarmament did not happen they have already made the same deal twice so you probably didn't also coriander hold a hope to make it for a third time and it would be a fairly stupid thing to do again if i could maybe something to get blunted you like that the interesting thing of course is that u.s. and north korean officials will be meeting to discuss pyongyang's controversial nuclear program what do you hope could come out of that because clearly that is creating tensions isn't it the nuclear program there north korea north but of course of course again the main problem is that it has been proven time and time again and whatever deal will be cemented and signed it will be immediately by a by north korea and as soon as they get if you were fooled and cash they're there they are hoping to get so from that perspective. you know this is going to go on forever right here the chinese are also the elated to have such an arrangement where they have

but as it gets closer, we think it may spark a little instability to provide maybe a spring until the north bay. may transition down to the peninsula. as we mentioned, that onshore cooling breeze is what a lot of you will notice as we head through friday. as we head through the weekend, those of you who had 70s today, doesn't look like that's going to stay in place, as temperatures look to stay on the cooler side. here's what our future cast mad models are doing. look at the chance of showers up here. i think it's overdoing it on the heavier side. but getting some sprinkles would be getting up in the east bay at this point. 47 in fremont. 46 in los gatos. and 43 in santa cruz. for your friday forecast, numbers above average. but not as warm as today. 65 in san jose. 63 in los gatos. 65 in sunnyvale. going down with widespread mid-60s from livermore to dublin. alameda with 60. san francisco in the low 60s downtown. also, 62 in san mateo. and 62 in santa rosa. with our winds shifting to an onshore flow. over the next 48 hours, fairly dry as we continue into saturday with clouds lingering. sun

north carolina growers. they meet migrant health providers. they meet english as a second language providers. they meet wage an hour providers. lot of oversight and accountability. we give full disclosure. we keep records and provide wage statements and we comply with the law. that's how you make sure workers are not exploited. >> so as you may know, i'm kind of frustrated by this whole thing. i was here in the '80s. i was the republican floor manager of simpson masoli. i wrote a lot of what is now the h2a program from the '80s hoping that would work. i look now and see it didn't work. we haven't had the protection of the farm workers that i believe we should have. if they had a legal status and they were out of the shadows of illegality, and so i'm trying to put the best program forward that i think can pass and can actually work, but then i hear things like a cap. things like a cap. anybody here know how many tourists we have come into the united states per year? 50 million. so what i were here to advocate an arbitrary cap of 25 million? doesn't relate to the flow. doesn't relate to the mar

the north side inner loop, stop and go there from around the providence. you also see a couple of delays on the north side outer loop. that's heavy from york road to charles street. average speed about 30 miles an hour. as far as accidents go in forest hill. the alameda at turn bridge in the city. perring parkway at ingram road. and also pulaski highway at north point. taking a look at the inner loop, 83 to 95. 41 miles per hour average. and about 15 minutes to get through. let's now take a live look. you can see, there's a look at 95 south at the beltway, looks like a little bit of volume beginning to build in that area. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the firm. or visit them online at cochranfirm.com. >>> christians around the world celebrate ash wednesday. pope benedict recognized the start of lent, the 40 days that lead to easter are the most scasa cred and -- sacred and spiritually powerful on the christian calendar. baltimore's new cardinal, edwin o'brien

north rights of the disabled. advocates, family members and people who provide care gathered in lawyers mall. they're concerned about the need for more services. while they're thankful the governor restored funding that were lost to increases. >>> earlier this month we told you about delays in the doctor discipline system that allows some physicians to go on practicing despite some serious problems. abc2 news investigator joce sterman is here to explain. >> reporter: as part of our bad medicine investigation we talked about a baltimore county plastic surgeon, oscar ramirez. the medical board allowed him to continue practicing after questions were raised about the death of one huff vis patients. the medical board is allowing him to stay in business while they look into the case. as we uncovered, he still practices in florida. we told you they filed motion to temporarily suspend or revoke his license in november. almost four months later still nothing. now a member of florida's medical board is defending the delay. >> it's not a case where you -- the reality is due process is something good. it

north or the south. it connects the southern valley and provided before when he 34. i just for wheat -- group -- completed a review of the business plan and i will look at highlights from the analysts review. we did take note that the new delays for the overall system. additional concerns from the legislative analyst's office included the fact that committed funding had not been identified for the project. that environmental reviews, to meet the schedule laid out by the authority, would have to be completed by 2012, which seems extremely ambitious. there is really no funding available to complete the initial operating segment, southern or northern. questioning the analysis of prospective benefits and costs to the overall system. san francisco also had some concerns with the plan. notwithstanding the fact that we are supporters of high-speed rail, we did think that there were aspects in which it could be strengthened. both of the options identified for the initial operating segment for connecting low rider ship areas, which we thought was not the optimum way to begin

let's get a look at the live traffic camera on north side of 695 here at providence road at crawl makel pike outer loop the heavier side making your drive on i-695. and here's 83 passing northern parkway heavy and slow in some spots making the drive into downtown. take it easy on your travels and stay with us online at abc2news.com. thanks fortuning in.

north carolina. >> hall admitted murdering lori and provided clues about where to find her body. >> larry hall mayre victims than ever imagined. >> we understand that it's not 20, but maybe 30 to 40 in terms of victims. >> that leaves 30 or 40 families awaiting answers which is why it is critical that serial investigations do not stop. 18 years after trisha reitler vanished, they believe larry hall knows where to find her. >> if larry knew what we go through on a daily basis and wondering where she is and what happened, i don't think he would have any choice to confess and let us know where she is buried. >> donna is not as sure. >> here confessed and recanted and confessed and recanted. without a body, it's just another possibility. >> more than anything else, they just want their daughter back. >> to have a place to lay her to rest. just to be able to sit and talk to her. >> as for jimmy keene, his truth is stranger than fiction. he has gone from football stand out to drug dealer to under cover operative. and now to screen star. with his story in development as a hollywood film. still said keene

north. but first russia has called on iran to provide assurances to the international community that its nuclear program is for peaceful uses only in return moscow says tehran's right iranian enrichment should be recognized. ocean to us it is this it's very important for world powers to confirm once around answers all the questions raised by the international atomic energy agency on its nuclear program that it will in turn have the right to peaceful uranium enrichment this is the same rights exercised by other members of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. the statement comes after the un's atomic officials said they were unable to confirm whether iraq has the ability to build nuclear weapons tehran was criticized for its failure to cooperate with them during two of their recent visits to the country western allies suspect the islamic state is building a nuclear bomb the country is under tough sanctions from the u.s. and e.u. with israel also threatening military action the former head of the u.n. watchdog shares his thoughts on the issue in our interview coming your way in about twenty minutes

north america as the award. that team demonstrated the ability to provide creative engineering solutions, strong expertise in intermodal transactions come and brought a strong design to the project. also, strong experience with the caltran approval process and strong planning expertise. the team has an underutilized disadvantage bridges addition rate of 22%, which exceeded our goal of 12%. there is a representative here to answer any questions if there are any. we're seeking recommendation for a two-year consulting contract. i can answer any questions at this time. commissioner wiener: colleagues, any questions or comments? we will open it up to public comment. i am sorry, commissioner commissioner chiu: . -- commissioner chiu: . . commissioner chiu: this will help to improve transit along that area in corridor. i am wondering if we are making sure as we are taking a look at these, are we taking opportunity to look at any overlaps that may inteimpact area? >> we will interact with them to see how this would have synergies with the recommendation. there is obviously some question about how you handle bus service, especi