. >>> the official network is making changes. facebook launched a tool to make it easier to divide your friends to narrow your audience for different things to post. it will let you receive everything you ever posted for your personal records. back to you. >> are apple plans to bite into another phone network. apple plans to make a verizon version of the phone that would be like the iphone 4 that would allow them to sell the iphone early next year. the iphone 4 is only available from at&t in the u.s. today marks the beginning of the tenth year with the war in afghanistan, the longest war in american history. president obama wants to wind the war down by next year, but critics question whether we are fighting the right enemy. tracie potts reports live in washington on what today's anniversary means. >> total disregard for his own safety -- >> president obama marked the ninth year by honoring staff sergeant rob miller who died defending his comrades against insurgents. >> they heard his voice. he had been hit. still he kept calling

the cia used a secret prison in europe to torture its most important terror suspects officials uncovered a secret network. the bbc has learned there is evidence of a criminal standard of proof that khalid sheikh mohammed, the man accused of coordinating the 9/11 attacks, was tortured in poland before it joined the european union. >> hidden behind multiple layers of razor wire, the polish based thought to be a secret sect -- cia present. >> human rights officials are now convinced that it was here that the cia brought their most significant detainee, khalid sheikh mohammed, under controversial interrogation techniques. >> they were subject to very intense torture during interrogation, including, as far as we understand, water boarding. >> flight logs show an executive jet linked to the cia left with khalid sheikh mohammed. the flight was secretly changed in budapest, and records now confirm that the plane actually landed in poland. we traveled to the small airport that documents now prove was visited by half a dozen cia aircraft since 2003. so the paper trail suggests that within days of being detained in

that is the opinion of a european official who has uncovered this network. he has told the bbc there is evidence to a criminal standard of proof that khalid sheikh mohammed, the man behind the 9/11 attacks come up with water boarded -- was water ordered -- boarded. >> hidden, a facility thought to be a secret cia present. >> [unintelligible] >> human rights officials are convinced it is here the cia brought their most significant detainee, kalid sheik mohammed, in use controversial and -- and use controversial interrogation techniques to force him and others and to talk. >> they were subjected to very intense and torture during interrogation, including, as far as we understand, whiter boarding -- water boarding. >> records show an executive jet leased by dc-8 left kabul. records just released not confirm the plane actually landed in poland. -- now confirm the plane actually landed in poland. new documents now prove this area was visited by more than a dozen cia aircraft since 2002. evidence suggests, that within days of being detained in pakistan, kalid shei

. >> san francisco muni officials are working on creating an application that pulls in public transit information, schedules and pricing all under one networkaminer reports officials have been talking with several private technology developers to design the application. they plan to have it available next year. it would provide information to travelers and help decide whether to take a bus, ride or bart, pay for a cab or drive where there might be available parking. >> just ahead on abc 7 news at 5 a.m. the dire warning from san francisco police chief george gascon about a looming cop shortage. >> also legislators are set to vote on a state budget deal today. so why are people still protesting? i'm theresa garcia live at u.c. berkeley. that's because the biggest loser is public education. we'll let you know more about planned protests today. >> meg whitman isn't the only political candidate breaking campaign spending records. coming up the money former senate president don peratta is pouring into his bid for [ fema announcer ] why settle for plain bread when you can have pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits? the warm, light delicate laye

the ancient pagan tradition of druidry has been officially accepted as a religion the druid network well now we recognize alike. any other mainstream religion in the country and will be exempt from tax on donations druids have practiced for thousands of years in britain where about ten thousand people now worship nature through ancient rituals and song. finally in this news block the seventh paid a lympics are underway in the russian capital and although they might not be able to fly there certainly proving that they can run porkers from six countries have trained long and hard to find out who's the lightest on their trotters n r t stacey bivins is keeping track of it all for us. i think that mean annual pay grace is among them but never before had the competition been so intense where they were paid as private that's because for the first time ever it's now international appeal that's as being from six countries including egypt and bello and like i said the the competition is just not a one day event the pigs have been trading all year for this meeting held the people doing runs on thei

network. but government officials from the south bay are charging that a 50 million dollar federal grant may have awarded improperly with the company that received a grant getting preferential treatment. story now from abc 7 vick lee. >> the new broadband network system would help first responders talk to each other on the same radio band during major disaster and terrorist attacks. that's the big achievement for police and fire who work with a hodgepodge of different radio frequency. in august the federal government awarded the 50 million dollar grant to the bay area to launch the cutting edge communication system. the agency administering the project is called the bay area urban area security initiative. a joint partnership among bay area government and public safety agencies. they selected motor role to build the new system. company in turn received the 50 million dollars. not so fast says san jose mayor chuck reed. >> did you ever vote on this. >> no denied the opportunity to do that. we were blind-sided. >>reporter: santa clare county executive jeff smith also has serious concerns about the

officials may issue a precautionary alert for americans traveling to europe as early as tomorrow. intelligence agencies are said to be hearing increased talk among terror networks suggesting attack plans are in the works. but absent hard information about the nature, timing and location, american officials have apparently decided to stop short of taking the more serious step of issuing a travel warning. let's get the latest from london. >> reporter: paris was on high alert this week, the instructions to americans, be vigilant overseas which has not yet been issued, followed two evacuations of the eiffel tower in the past two weeks. bomb threats on trains and at subway stations. german intelligence warnings that al qaeda could be staging mumbai style attacks in europe's major cities. nbc learned this week there's also been a great deal of chatter, e-mail and phone conversations about a possible imminent attack. according to the associated press, the language in the u.s. alert is expected to be vague. it won't address a specific country or specific landmarks. but possible targets are europe's main tourist sites. as well as airports, trains and other public transp

in russia is used as the boogie man as usual russia doesn't need a spy network in georgia will be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there's a massive georgian jospeh here in russia was jong toys to homeland's so there's absolutely no need for any old spying methods to gather intelligence it's all basically nothing more than pawns of george's internal policies twenty thousand and six russian military personnel who were arrested in georgia accused of spying for russia and that resulted in the the temporary terminations of travel and services between the two nations and the relationships between the countries hit its lowest ebb in two thousand and eight following georgian aggression in south a set yet this forced russia to send troops into the region and resulted in the military conflict in august of that year and in march of twenty ten this year we saw two russian citizens and one georgian receiving lengthy prison sentences here in russia on espionage charges so quite a few incidents over the past few years involving tensions between these two countr

. >> san francisco muni officials are creating a smart phone application that pulls in regional scheduling and pricing all under one networke san francisco examiner reports muni chief ford says officials have been talking with several technology developers to design the application they plan to have available next year. it would provide information to travelers and help them to decide whether to take a bus, ride on bart, pay for a cab or drive where there might be available parking. >> it's 5:57 now. just ahead on abc 7 news at 6:00, several sightings, several dead animals. a bay area community where mountain lions and humans are getting too close for comfort. >> and there are winners and there are losers in the new proposed budget deal that has yet to be signed. i'm theresa garcia live at u.c. berkeley. some of the losers are speaking out sparked by the cuts to out sparked by the cuts to educucucucucucucucucucucucucucuc as a prosecutor, you never forget the cases where children are hurt. they stay with you. i'm kamala harris, and it's why i started san francisco's first child assault unit and wrote laws increasing prison

of my favorites is "open for questions," short videos where officials and the president himself often answer questions posed on social networking sites. most of the videos are serious and cover the economy and health care with secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius doing many of the videos, but there are some fun ones, too, like questions for astronaut sally ride. you can post these on your blog because they're all public domain. there are some critics who complain that this is just not enough. with all this information that the government is making available, who is actually reviewing it? well, one site is ellen miller's sunlight foundation and its sunlight labs, founded in 2006 with the mission of using the revolutionary power of the internet to make government information more meaningful and accessible to citizens like revealing the connections between lawmakers and health care organizations. instead of writing an article about the chummy relationship, they actually create an easy-to-understand graphic map that connects all these players together. it's a great way to visualize the senate-lobbying complex. c

russia is used as the boogie man as usual russia doesn't need a spy network in georgia it will be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there's a massive georgian john spirit here in russia was drawn towards the homelands so there's absolutely no need for any old spying methods to gather intelligence it's obviously nothing more than part of george's internal policies but there are a few exact details on the story at the moment but of course already reminiscent of the spy soldier that we saw unfold in the summer it can be compared to the to the scandal that took place in summer between russia and the united states in fact there was practically nothing in substance in it but as a media tool is a lever that may be useful i really cannot imagine the work moscow can undertake now because the official relations between russia and georgia are not zero they are below zero they are minus and there to only means that that will take another time more time for them to improve that's a recap on that story that was ten russian agents found in the us the details that

that it has busted a foreign financial network used to funk terrorist groups in the north caucuses officials say the recent surge of militant attacks has been enabled by the growing money flowing in from abroad was probably live to our state of evans for details on this so i still see just how big a blow is this to the terrorist networks in russia so. hello to you are russian security forces say that they believe the funding this foreign funding is directly tied to the under us in the north caucasus and this is just an increase that's going on that they say they've notice and this is particularly the case the darkest time if you search and chechnya now the amount of money that's made it into this area is unclear but investigators say that they were uncovered and not work and which does dummy corporations transfer money into banks that money is then withdrawn and carried into russia the money now they say that this money is collected by military leaders and then doled out to. footsoldiers and one of these leaders that's believed to benefit from this money is. now you may remember that he is o

russia is used as the boogie man as usual russia doesn't need a spy network in georgia it would be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there is a massive georgian john spirit here in russia was strong toys to homeland's so there's absolutely no need for any old spying methods to gather intelligence it's obviously nothing more than part of george's internal policies such as the politicians that have been having a say in this political analysts as well suggesting that this could be the just the further to modulation of somebody that's read far too many spy novels it's also been brought up the comparisons between this and the situation we saw earlier this year in the united states there wasn't so much spy saga as it was well a bit of an embarrassment really we ended up with no less charges for espionage and a lot more glossy magazine cover sheets on a chapman with the case for the leisure ship between the two countries has suffered since because he came to office in georgia in two thousand and six or so for the russian military personnel arrested accused

terrorist committee has confirmed that it's busted a foreign financial network used to fund terrorist groups in the north caucuses officials say the recent surge of militant attacks have been made possible by the growing flow of money from abroad with more details here's stacey bevan's. the russian security forces believe that this foreign funding is directly tied to the increase in unrest in the north caucasus and they're primarily looking at dogs. and chechnya the agents say they have uncovered a network in which dummy companies deposit money into banks that money is then withdrawn and then brought into russia via money mules and how much money has made it into the hands of militants is unclear but investigators assisted the money makes it to military leaders and then is dolled out to foot soldiers one of the leaders that it's it's expected to have been a state from this money is doku umarov now you name remember him as one of russia's most wanted criminals he's on the international most wanted list and he's also believed to be behind the moscow metro bombings that killed forty and left more than a hundred injured the mo

russia he's used as the boogie man as usual russia doesn't need a spy network in georgia it would be waste of resources russian officials can get all the information in georgia without leaving their desks there is a massive georgian just broke here in russia was jong toys to home loans so there's absolutely no need for any old spying methods to gather intelligence it's all basically nothing more than part of george's internal policies. for their house that a number of high profile spy spads between the two countries before peter so can you bring us some background that. will indeed has been quite a check of history in recent times between russia and georgia in two thousand and six russian military personnel were detained in georgia accused of spying that resulted in a breakdown of relations between the country which saw the temper suspension of travel and services between russia and georgia in two thousand and eight just two years later the relations between the two countries had probably the lowest ebb with the military conflict in south assess and in march of this year we hear that the two russian citizens and one geo

. >> a network news personality and his wife are busted for drug possession. u.s. officialsalerts for americans in europe. one nation rallies. thousands descend on the national mall. donovan mcnabb prepares to return to philadelphia. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 11:00. >> we begin tonight with the rest of the veteran cbs radio reporter or drug possession in northwest washington. howard arenstein and his wife were taken into custody after marijuana plants were found growing at his home. >> this began as a simple, anonymous call to police. a lot of people are surprised by this, not only about -- not only because of who was involved, but because of what police found. using an emergency warrant, officers raided dess home about 11:30. they arrested cbs radio reporter howard arenstein and his wife. police found between 11 and 19 cannabis plants. officers also found at least one half dozen smaller bags inside. >> arenstein was a prominent voice for cbs. he has covered numerous international stories, including the 9/11 attacks in the iraq war. >> in baghdad, a suicide bo

officials say that three men at that were arrested may be linked to a network that recruits fighters for afghanistan. firearms were seized during those grades. although they targeted islamic militant groups, the arrests do not appear to be linked to the terror plot in europe. they are focusing on al qaeda training along the border of afghanistan and pakistan. in washington, the department of homeland security says there is no indication that terrorists are targeting the u.s. or its citizens occurred >> the pakistani immigrant and u.s. citizen accused of botching the bomb attempt in times square will spend the rest of his life behind bars. he said he welcomed all six life sentences and warned that more attacks from muslims are on the way. it was all done with the intent to kill as many americans as possible. faulty wiring kept the bombs from detonating. >> if you are on your laptop and it is on your lap, be aware. what doctors say is happening to frequent users. >> a little health scare did not keep jimmy carter from his humanitarian efforts. we will tell you what the former president

network hasn't been easy. john ramos is in contra costa county, where official may finally be getting some details they need. john. >> reporter: thanks, allen. after the pipeline exploded in san bruno, there were communities and counties all over the bay area that were suppliesed to find out that there may -- surprised to find out that there may be pipelines in the area they didn't know about and they were more surprised to find out that pg&e wasn't willing to share the whereabouts with them so one county decided to take action but today we have news of a breakthrough. contra costa county supervisors wanted to know where the pipelines were in their area so they could form an emergency response plan in case of an accident like san bruno. so they had a meeting with pg&e late last month. >> they showed us the location on their maps but said we can't leave these maps with you because at this time, this is proprietary information. but they understood our predicament and knew it was important to us. >> reporter: but county emergency responders felt they needed that information on hand. so at today's supervisors me

russia is used as the bogeyman as usual russia doesn't need to spy network in georgia it would be a waste of resources russian officials can get information in georgia without leaving their desks there's a massive georgian diaspora here in russia strong close to homeland so there's absolutely no need for in the us to gather intelligence is obviously nothing more than part of georgia's internal politics. we can discuss this with dr. from the moscow based think tank the institute of world economy and international relations joining us there in central moscow. what do you make of these reports from georgia. it is very difficult now to say anything unfair because the information was not confirmed. by bar georgian side no a by a russian side so it will take time to see how the development will take place in any case i think though that may be really interpreted as. breaking news on the eve of the weekend nevertheless let's still speculate here we know of course just this past summer there was a so-called spy scandal threatening russia u.s. relations and it calls obviously quite a stir in the international media and it turne

barriers of competition the economy where it's going official when the competition this is the main obstacle for further development because the network and the state finances are a good. business now i know that finance later on this international monetary fund meeting we're discussing the so-called battles of cars if we can say that you know we know that the u.s. and. they complain about china and some other countries deliberately on the ballot there crisis to aid their exporters and this may lead to trade wars i haven't heard that how serious is that and where is russia standing on that matter. never loop. currently there's no battle currencies it's very likely that it's more of an expectation that one day currencies will become a more serious competition so we're at the moment your best examples are the u.s. and china the situation there is unique but i don't think we can say that such a war is taking place in other parts of the world on the other hand you might say that some of the disproportionate distortions are forming in currencies for example of the americas. most likely there for years this sunday will become more serious b