>> osha does not. osha doesn't have hourly work limitations. osha does not. >> that's a huge safety issue that doesn't fall under... >> it doesn't fall under us, unfortunately we don't have regulations that say once you work x amount of hours you have to have x amount of hours off there is a lot of things that i can do and there is a lot of things i can highly recommend. >> any new osha regulations are devised at the national level in washington dc, with input from interest groups. so, even if there were a will to impose more regulations, they could take years to implement >> is it out of control? >> yeah i would say i mean the problem is it's pretty hard to complain about the hours you work when you're making that kind of money. i mean you got people coming up here young, starting out making a hundred thousand a year or you can be like myself who makes 200,000 a year and so it makes it really hard to complain to management that you're working too many hours when there are a lot of people that would love to be in my position. >> the breakneck p

and that's the scarier part. >> reporter: osha region nine declined an interview request. but late this morning a national spokesman contacted us is called the allegations preposterous. they said osha has added more staff to cope with a backlog of cases but no one at the national office will speak with us on camera. >>> if you have a tip for vicky or anyone in our investigative unit, we urge you to give us a call at 88-996-tips or send us an email at nbcbayarea.com. >>> they flipped the switch tonight, coit tower and levi's stadium all lit up with that special message. you see it there. 50, as in 50 weeks until super bowl 50. today a lot of cheers plenty of free gifts were handed out, but a lot of people are grumbling after what happened over the weekend, another fumbled attempt getting out of levi's stadium. cheryl, 50 weeks to get it right. >> reporter: that's right. and time is ticking. super bowl committee only revealing two official sites for the biggest day in football. and of course the main event happening right here at levi's stadium. and the buildup, of course, s

osha issued merit findings 16 out of 562 investigates since 2009. that's just 2.8% of the cases. nationally, the numbers are equally dismal. he shared with us these e-mails between multiple investigator in his office highlighting concerns over pressure to close out more cases and meet quotas. >> it was always first and foremost about how can we do these things faster? >> this former whistleblower investigator agreed to speak with us only if we disguised her. >> if all you're doing is trying to do production line of investigations you're not assisting anybody. >> whitman points to his reports. he said they were altered by management to change his conclusions. without his consent. >> what is this an example of to you? >> it's an example of falsification of documents. >> your name? >> my name. and it's not my report. >> he launched former complaints all the way up to the u.s. secretary of labor, and he faced discipline for giving whistleblowers internal information about how he thought their cases were mishandled. >> the irony is not lost on whitman. an investigator from osha's whis

. >> and it is called the osha whistleblower protection program. the front lines of industries that affect our safety. but tonight you will hear from t'yh>nsiders who say the agency is hurting the very people it should be helping and that puts all of us at risk. >> the fertilizer plant explosioning in west texas. the blowout of the deepwater horizon in the gulf. >> the san bruno pipeline rupture, all fatal events burned into o cident in slow motion. >> there are examples of what can happen when osha's protection program fails to meet its mission. he worked as an whistle blower investigator in region nine which covers four states and guam. he examines complaints from workers who have been fired for speaking up about problems that can harm the public. the program addresses 22 areas ranging from corporate fraud to pipeline safety to nuclear power. >> when someone from one of those industries comes to blow the whistle, people in the government should pay attention? >> absolutely. congress intends that. >> is that happening? >> no. >>&ot whitman discove

an osha spokesman osha has reorganized its program and added more staff to improve whistle-blower protectionrts. we have more in our complete report including workers who brought serious complaints about airline safety and asbestos testing. see the entire investigation at nbcbayarea.com, just click the "investigations" tab. guys? >> vicki, thank you very much. if you have a tip for the investigative unit give us a call, 888-996-tips or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >>> we have tips for you this morning as well, how to get a free doughnut for breakfast coming up next. >> now we're talking. >>> 5:24 on your tuesday morning. live look outside right now on a crisp morning, bay bridge there in the background. looking for something to spice up your morning? maybe a little bit of a sweet idea? how about this. krispy kreme giving away free doughnuts to the first 1,000 guests at each of its stores. the giveaway celebrates the opening of the doughnut change's 1,000th store in kansas city, kansas. >>> who will be the next face of the mlb, it's now a battle of the bay. >> the major league pitted

this morning philadelphia is stealing the love after being picked a fall lance the city of osha lovesce. because it shaped our history. excited mayor michael nutter said dropping our name didn't hurt our chances either. >> when you have pope francis and jay-z within your city you do so. it's like, what else are you going to do right? >> i just want to say one thing. i hope to host another dnc convention. in charlotte they had to arrest 25 people who got out of arrest. and here or in the end there were no major problems. we are told the department will be ready next year. the commissioner ram see says they still need to watch the dignitaries and they are uncertain how many officers are needed on the street. but i will try to find out more information and bring it to you. >>> and we have more information from the fbi that now says it is investigating to see if any federal law report eded on this. >>> and recovering from injuries after a training exercise went wrong. this happened at the marine base known as 29 palms. officials say a fire extinguisher system in an assault victim went off

replace those 0 noisy beepers are a man on the ground so the fwhoiz a flag to signal when it is safe cal osha has approved many we've come this close to an agreement i called cynthia we might not have a hearing we'll withdraw it but we missed two things so there are 9 things we all agree on the only thing they said if this better beeper didn't workout they'll stop and go to a flarlg not until the next weekend we'll have to live with that two nights but to stop it and that night so that's it. >> i thought you said two, sir. >> we tried the beeper an 82 dba beeper low medium and high it is a white noise 82 (noise). >> they'll use the 82 dba so those are the 20 with only two changes stick with what you've showed us and conditionally and yeah. if it's not acceptable to the community i think that will be but if it's not don't make us go through two nights but put people on the ground arrest what about the change from 5 dba to 15 dba on an a.m. by. >> of course we're not supposed to bring 20 new things from sfmta and the toolbox and myself we came together this close to having no knowledge not comi

osha reorganized its program and added more staff to improve whistle-blower protection efforts.have a lot more in our complete report including workers who brought serious complaints about airline safety and asbestos testing. you can see the entire investigation right now at nbcbayarea.com. just click the investigations tab. guys? >> thank you, vicki. if you have a tip for the investigative unit, call us at 888-996-tips or e-mail us at theunit@nbcbayarea.com. >> the time is 6:42. coming up next, tragedy on the tracks and the warning this morning for drivers across the bay area. >> law enforcement in the south bay want permission to track your every move, and you may not know they're doing it. >> a live look at san jose, covered with a little bit of flow clouds there, and chilly as well. we're back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic and weather after this break. >>> what went wrong? 14 hours after a deadly crash, caltrain is still working to get running again. train slammed into an suv, stuck on the track during last night's commute. it happened at the ravenswood avenue cro

. >> they were facing opposition from the right, center, and from within their own osha list party --own socialist party. that's why prime minister manuel valls got permission to use the ultimate trump card, article 49 .3, which allows the government to pass a law without -- article 49.3 which allows the government to pass a law without a parliamentary vote. this is a drastic measure. it is a measure of last resort. it is very controversial. it is not used very much. the last time this was used was back in 2006, quite some time ago. they are talking about "the d thunder clap." it is a turning point for the government. why is that? the government is now facing a very open crisis within the ruling majority at a moment when it was not expecting this to happen. the government has been surfing on a wave of unity in the wake of the "charlie hebdo" attacks in paris last month. >> many of the french papers are focusing on what that might mean for the ruling socialists, the big breakup in the party. >> we are witnessing a very public breakup. you can know exactly what it happened. yesterday at

year later i was promoted to a admin role and i learned building code and learn plans and went to osha and day-to-day operations. regardless i was always seen as an assistant to my company. even after i was laid off and start by own business it was hard to pick up clients because many saw my experience and asked me this question how did you learn this? thinking all i was going to do is sit behind a phone and answer it and work on the computer, but when the opportunity came for me to go back to work full time i had some offers and my clients and one which was my old employer and offered my old job at part time at the hourly wage i made five years ago. when i said i wanted full time they said they would work in anotherad min position for me. another client said they could do better. they asked if i wanted to work for them full time and did the same thing at my old company along with all of the permits and building codes that i did on my own for so long. they asked me to submit a number that i thought i was worth for time and construction. i gave them the number. you're always told to aim

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a cal osha worker noticed a worker changing the sign and they got a letter alleging a safety violation because the worker was over seven-and-a- half feet off the ground without fall protection. >> you know if someone slipped and hit their head, that would be super unfortunate. >> sounds like a valid safety precaution. >> reporter: the theater said they are working on a solution. >> i appreciate the concern. um ... but it seem like the answer wouldn't be overly complicated. >> reporter: no word on how soon they will fix the problem. the theater, one of the first to play the interview in december couldn't even advertise that on their marquee. patrons say it is okay. current or not, the marquee is really the main attraction anyway. >> though this may be 90, 100 years old, it is a wonderful design in a retro format. so i love it. >> reporter: in berkeley, christin ayers, kpix5. >> they plan to bring in a bucket truck to remove the movie titles and put a generic movie slogan. >>> men and area dressed in fatigues raising money for veterans. only on kpix5 tonight, what we discovered when we s

. >> an investigator from the osha whistleblower office now a whistleblower himself. >> jon: can we at least assume this do-gooding gentleman whose job is to help whibs avoid punishment will be awarded? >> he has been work as a whistleblower investigator for five years. he faced discipline for giving whistleblower information about how he thought their cases were his mishandled. >> i'm assuming as soon as you broadcast anything i'll be fired. >> he can appeal his case to the bureau of whistleblower protection protecting whistleblowers. we'll be right back. the secret to a great night out... beer meat and cheese. oh, and great friends to share them with. introducing the new bar snacks & apps menu. nothing makes you want to show up to the party sooner, stay out later or one up louder. get a lot more bang, for a lot less buck. new bar snacks start under $5 and they're only at applebee's. dad like, how many more weeks are you going to be using my car? until my insurance claim goes through this is our car. mr. parker, my parents have allstate. they have this claim satisfaction guarantee. re

. >> an investigator from the osha whistleblower office now a whistleblower himself. >> jon: can we at least assume this do-gooding gentleman whose job is to help whibs avoid punishment will be awarded? >> he has been work as a whistleblower investigator for five years. he faced discipline for giving whistleblower information about how he thought their cases were his mishandled. >> i'm assuming as soon as you broadcast anything i'll be fired. >> he can appeal his case to the bureau of whistleblower protection protecting whistleblowers. we'll be right back. double coverage? no problem. triple covered? yes, please. for a limited time at pizza hut get the triple cheese covered stuffed crust pizza. order a large for just $11.99. now that's game-changing flavor. only at pizza hut. ready for another reason to switch to t-mobile. t 2 lines of unlimited 4g e data for just $100 bucks a nth. it's america's best unlimited family plan. and it's only at t-mobile. [richard] america. did you file your taxes with someone else last year? if so,come into block and pay us half,what you paid them. get you

. >> let the professionals come in and osha is involved and the board of public utilities is involved and the prosecutors office is conducting a cause and origin as well. because of damage to underground gas lines gas is shut off to 300 homes with dropping temperatures residents are waiting to see when they return the gas service. >> and now we have to worry about pipes freezing. >> that is an interesting point there. officials here have been vague as to when they can restore gas service. they have a shelter for those that don't have gas service. back to you. >> thank you john. we'll have continuing updates on this location all evening long at 6abc.com. we have video from the action cam and chopper 6 hd along with more than a dozen photos of this devastating blast find it all on website. >>> this was the almost unbelievable scene in ardmore, montgomery county today the white jeep cherokee there sitting on top of several other cars, at a dealership on lancaster avenue the driver of the jeep says she lost control of the car and hit a snow bank and went airborne and the result made for q

police officers are still not covered under osha regulations in the u.s. and so i think it's vital that collective bargaining or whatever term you want to use the interaction with the police association of the union is vital for officer safety. >> i agree, obviously. i mean our group is made up of associations from around the country. but i think it's important for perhaps states or local jurisdictions that would be resistant that if a state enacts a collective bargaining law, all it does is provide the option for workers to represented by union if they choose to. no state legislature can compel anybody to join a union or to force a sheriff to recognize a union if the workers don't want one. the other thing i think that's important to emphasize, because it gets -- ties into this same i think, level of resistance sometimes that the related issue of a national law enforcement bill of rights. one of the frequent criticisms is, well if we have that in place, the union in place, i can't get rid of a bad cop, a dirty cop, the brutal cop. and that's just not true

police officers are still not covered under osha regulations in the u.s. so i think it's vital that collective bargaining or whatever term you want to use, the interaction with the police association of the union is vital for officer safety. >> i agree obviously. i mean our group is made up of associations from around the country. but i think it's important for perhaps, states or local jurisdictions that would be resistant to it to remember that if a state enacts a collective bargaining law all it does is provide the option for workers to be represented by a yoon onif they -- union if they choose to. no state legislature can compel anybody to join a union or to force a sheriff to recognize the union if the workers don't want one. the other thing i think that's important to emphasize, because it ties into the same, i think, level of resistance sometimes that the related issue of a national law enforcement officer bill of rights, one of the frequent criticisms of that is, well if we have that in place or the union in place, i can't get rid of the bad crop, d

to manually change the movie titles at the elmwood rialto theater in berkeley but someone with cal/osha saw this and filed a safety complaint. >> if you know somebody were to slip and hit their head on the cement that would be supe unfortunate. >> it sounds like a valid safety precaution. >> the last tight the titles changed was in december. no word on when the theater will fix the problem. >>> rescue crews are searching for 11 people still unaccounted for after a plane crash in taiwan. the transasia airways prop jet crashed into a river after take- off. 32 are dead, 15 others survived. dash camera video shows the plane's wings going vertical before clipping a highway bridge and then plunging right into the water. the cause of the crash is unknown. but it appears there was a problem with one of the engines. >>> in new york, federal investigators are trying to determine what led to a deadly train accident in valhalla. a commuter train hit an suv on the tracks and burst into flames tuesday night killing the suv driver and five men on the train. investigators are focusing on the suv driver

osha stopped by and shut it down and fined the amish because they didn't have helmets on. they only had their straw hats. so he put them out of work for a couple of weeks. they had to pay a fine and then they have to go by helmets to put a small roof on a small barn. i have a constituent from my district who has a little grocery store and he just had a shipment of bread delivered and it just so happened that an inspector was there and the bread was brought in through the dock door and sat next to -- inside the dock door. he was fined because the bread, which is wrapped and on racks, was sitting too close to the dock door. these are the types of regulation to which we are referring that crush jobs and are killing this economy. and one of the inspectors was asked, why are you doing this? and the inspector simply said and according to my constituent, arrogantly said, because i can. that's no way for an employee of the united states government to be talking to someone who helps pay his wages. so with that, mr. speaker, this is a good piece of legislation. this is common sense

we're supposed to by osha rules be in the safest position.you should be up on the roof with a hook ladder adequate crew. don't move too fast. just you know, go at it from the top down. >> reporter: one of the other hazards, simply pedestrians walking down sidewalks. in this area they are lucky enough to have a sidewalk. in other areas that we have been folks are forced on to the streets when they are pedestrians just because there is no other way. the other thing i want you to take a look at is how narrow this street looks. imagine driving through here? not only is it very narrow but visibility is also very loechltw. of course there are plows everywhere. one of the things the mayor is recommending is if you have headphones and are you used to walking down the street with them, don't use them. then you won't be able to hear the plow and there is another danger. >> rosa flores thank you so much. let's go to peter judge on the phone. he's with the massachusetts emergency management agency. mr. judge, thanks for joining us. just minutes ago the s

a cal/osha worker who happened to be passing by weeks ago noticed a worker changing the sign and theater got a letter alleging a safety violation because the worker was 7.5 feet above the ground without guardrails or personal fall protection. you know if somebody were to slip and hit their head on the cement that would be, um, super unfortunate. >> sounds like it's a valid safety precaution. >> reporter: the theater said in a statement, they are working on a solution. >> i appreciate the concern. um, but it seems like the answer wouldn't be overly complicated. >> reporter: no word on how soon they will fix it. one of the first to play the controversial movie "the interview" in december couldn't even advertise that on their marquee. patrons say it's okay. current or not, the marquee is really the main attraction anyway. >> even though this may be 90, 100 years old, it's a wonderful design in a retro format. so i love it. >> reporter: in berkeley, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> rialto plans to bring in a bucket truck to remove the old movie titles and put up a generic slogan but so far the

we have osha, workmen's comp., unemployment. the list goes on and on. we have to keep laws on all cuts so that -- kinds of that. it is overwhelming. it really is. host: we are going to leave it there. richard, thanks for calling in. p research center poll -- 51% says the republican party can best handle the threat of terrorism. 31% of democrats. 48% says the gop can best handle foreign policy to 35% of democrats. 47% say the republican party can best handle tax issues. 36% cite the democratic party. 44% say the republican party can best handle the economy while 41% for the democrats. 43% say the gop can best handle immigration with 45% democrat. 40% republicans best for health care 47% for democrats. that is in "the washington times" this morning. senator jim imhoff, republican from oklahoma, on the floor of the senate yesterday. [video clip] >> in case you have forgotten since 2014 has been the warmest year on record, this is a snowball. this is just from outside of here. it is very cold out and very unseasonal. i was surprised to catch this. we hear t

<up from oshaommute is a really rough ride this morning we cleared up the back up on 37 or still jammed up from 37 and one no one south in san rafael. at the bay bridge the backed up as only easing a bit were there still into the maze and 580 were the other approaches are still much better in your read to this cemetery bridge is still quite slow. <>: reporter: on this tuesday morning on here and also read know where the police are looking for two suspects they're described as two men in their 20s they are both hispanic and they are wearing sweat shirt and devotees while they were covering their faces. they're fleeing with cash from this little caesar's pizza place and san pablo ave. this happened around 820 monda

the point osha and mandate is the reason why think some of getting more traction is maybe they are perceived by their citizens right or wrong, to be more effective. and the citizens of some of these countries, including china or so have seen their government in some ways perform. the issue we have in democracy is that our governments are seen to be maybe less able to perform and to change. that's really my point. so my point is not so much about a system. i'm not saying that system is better or not. i'm saying there's a perception by letting by a government that is more effective, citizens at the end of going to be better served, and that makes -- >> i'm looking for a point of entry to start changing the situation. so what i've heard so far is that we have a set of public institutions that are not professional confident, service oriented, that one problem is that the human capital in these institutions isn't as strong and appropriately motivated as it should be at all levels as simon pointed out. one reason for that is the polarization in congress which has led to gridlock over complexity of

not exactly osha compliant back then. that gentleman is sitting on the precipice of death working hard to build this country without a hard harness, without the types of things that ironworkers have now but a good deal of people have made these kind of dedications and sacrifices. i'm glad they captured a photo of it. these are the types of people i think should be inspired by this committee, rather than just the committee chairmen of past. we made those changes. i hope the committee appreciates that. i'm honored to have these photos in here. i thank the members for my indulgence. we now would like to recognize our second panel of witnesses -- oh. pardon me. i'd like to yield to the ranking member, mr. cummings, for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, when you told me that you were going to select some photographs i didn't know what you were going to do. but, i must tell you -- and all of those who had anything to do with selecting these photographs -- that they are absolutely beautiful. you know i used to say that my father, w

we received training in asbestos work abatement, lead worker abatement osha, first aid and wastewater treatment plant. the house whopper is a 40 hour course but it provides participants an opportunity to learn basic knowledge about protecting the health and safety of personnel working with hazardous waste in this is just some of things that can be done until the problem of spills are so. again it's a great program and its through the community college. >> host: brigham mccown? >> guest: i would like to see these programs are important a federal government and the agency that i the privilege of leading is that millions of dollars in grant money and preparedness and response train each and every year. we need that. when a regular looks at risk there are two aspects to it. one is prevention and the second is medication. prevention means keeping the accident from occurring in the first place. we need to do a better job at that especially on rail. for the reasons we've previously talked about. mitigation means reducing the consequences or the size of this bill and we need to continue to do

we received training -- osha first aid, and wastewater treatment plants. it is a 40 hour course.t provides participants an opportunity to learn basic knowledge about protecting the health and safety of personnel working with hazardous waste. those are just some of the things that can be done until the problem of spills are solved. again, it is a great program. and it is through the community college. peter: thank you, sir. brigham mccown. guest: i would like to say that these programs are important. the agency that i had the privilege of leading gives out millions of dollars in grant money and preparedness and response training each and every year. we need that. you know, when a regulator looks at risk, there are two aspects to it. one is prevention, and the second is mitigation. prevention means keeping the accident from occurring in the first place. and we need to do a better job at that, especially on rail. for the reasons that we had previously talked about. mitigation leads reducing the consequences or the size of a spill. and we need to continue to do that. have a lot of fi

osha only three cities and so the purpose of a part is to demonstrate whether this can be done on a scalempact far beyond just those three cities. >> i take it that you are concerned that this speeded we will leave this discussion at this point and go live now to capitol hill to washington, d.c. action. former u.s. ambassador to the united nations john bolton will be talking about national study challenges. he's a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. the defense forum foundation is hosting this event. it is just getting underway here live on c-span2. >> the opportunity to hear from her expert speakers on a critical national security issues. primarily to deal with national security and defense of our country. over the years our leadership, under the leadership of presidents suzanne scholte he susan is our great beloved leader come we focus on programs for freedom, democracy and human rights. she has been one of the greatest ways of measuring her greatness is that she is now on the list to be exterminated by the north koreans. life like she has done so much work for human rig