secretary of transportation, ray lahood as well as our house minority leader, nancy pelosi at at ceremony to mark the approval of the federal government grant for the central subway. this is a commitment of almost a billion dollars to a project that has been on i books for a very long time. we want to take this opportunity to congratulate the sfmta on reaching that important mile stone and thank everyone involved in making that funding possible. of course, including the members of the board that have been supportive for this and advocated for this project and our star that have been working on this. secondly, on october 12th, we marked a major milestone. we have the ground breaking of the presidio park way. we were honored to have minority leader pelosi as well as the highway administrator, victor mendez and malcolm dougherty. we want to thank speaker pelosi and the project has received significant amount of money be it stimulus money to open it. the first phase opened in april. this second phase is important because it would be delivered through a public-private partnership it will rely

. >>> well, ray lahood is in the east bay today checking on the progress of a massive cleanup project visited the fleet in benicia a few hours ago along with state and local officials an they toured that site. the fleets, all in the process of being scrapped and recycled. >> we set an ambitious goal of removing 2 of these ships in three years. the ones that presented the greatest risk to the environment. today, i'm thrilled to tell you we've surpassed that goal. we've removed 36 vessels so far. >> over the years, experts say more than 20 tons of heavy metal has leaked from the fleet into the bay. >>> well, california -- corrections officials has a deadline. the state has been given to june to reduce the prison population by 33,000. that could detail a money savings money. prison officials say it would put them over the court-imposed cap. >>> some of you may have felt 29.3 earthquake this morning t was sent red three miles -- morning. it was centered three miles from danville. >>> it is decision day around major league baseball but the paths have been set for our bay area teams and onl

ray lahood today announced the government is granting the project over $900 million in federal funding. the city had started work on the $1.6 billion project, even though it had not lined up all the money yet. the subway will connect the city's south of market neighborhood with union square and chinatown. now that funding is in place, the big project can now begin. >> now we start building the stations, we start boring the tunnel and getting this ready for revenue service. >> earlier this week, a group called suv muny sued the city over its plans to begin a station at union square. any work on historic union square requires voter approval first. >>> a different kind of church, a metal fragment found. >>> what to watch for in tonight's vice presidential debate. >>> the political fireworks are flying in one city council race. that's coming up. measures... measure up. money to our schools. "misleading." out here. it. but there's hope. straight to our schools... keeps it there. politicians. yes on thirty-eight. >>> the election's not far away, because the political mudslinging is in full s

transportation secretary ray lahood. please share this announcement. >> hello san francisco. i am delighted to be here to celebrate with all of you three very important champions for this project. senator feinstein who doesn't often call me, but when she does i pay attention, and four years ago when i went to see her about a number of issues this project was number one on her list. we need to get it done. we need to get a full funding grant agreement. she has been a champion for this project from the beginning going back -- i am sure she will tell you, i don't know how far. speaker pelosi, a champion for this project. [applause] speaker pelosi doesn't call me very often, but when she does it's always important. four years ago when i took this job i went to see the speaker. this was number one on her list. how do we get this project done? jackie spear a strong advocate for this project. you have three great champions, and i will also tell you that in working with senator boxer on the transportation bill this project was always at the top of her list. [applause] so i am delight

transportation secretary ray lahood has $13 million in emergency funds available immediately to repair the damage caused by hurricane sandy. earlier this week, president obama cleared the way for disaster assistance, including a major disaster declaration for new york. >>> it is 4:39 right now. coming up, a warning in howard county. how untreated water entered the little paw tuxen river. we'll get an update. >>> welcome back at 4:42. if you look outside your window, you're going to see there's no rain falling. >> that's good news for us. we're going to see the chilly weather continue. tom kierein is in the weather center with the latest forecast. >> good morning. >>> a little moon showing through. a few breaks in the clouds. we are getting a few sprinkles. storm team 4 radar showing a few sprinkles in parts of prince william, fauquier, loudoun, and a few more down towards culpeper and around the blue ridge, shenandoah valley, out of the mountains, just a few sprinkles there. and in frederick county along the pennsylvania border. all those areas in dark blue in the 30s. cold in the moun

ray lahood we're told the is a republican but we're still investigating. arne duncan the best icahn do he is the basketball buddy of obama they played together in chicago. department of energy steven chu will be better remembered because of the solyndra debacle in winning the nobel prize in physics. and to plot -- janet napolitano one of my favorites. to be remembered to forget who she is and what she does? it is easier we don't get into it. she is making a mess out of things. don't worry. it is just a homeland. shaun donovan that is all we have to say. department of veterans affairs shinseki and we don't know what he looks like, and i do know what he looks like actually. the best reason not to know he works that hard for our veterans think you mr. secretary. 15 secretaries president obama has met with all of them. are you ready? twice. and the last nine months. and obama is hard at work golfing and campaigning to do it again. having weekly meetings with bala read jarret and political of pfizer's who are protected by a executive privilege is inspiring. wha

. >>> transportation secretary ray lahood is planning a major funding announcement in san francisco today. he is expected to provide almost a billion dollars in federal grants to the central subway system opponents filed a lawsuit yesterday to stop construction of the union square station. streets in the area have been closed for months to build underground staging areas. opponents say the 1.6 billion dollar project that connects third street to chinatown will dig a financial hole for the city >> city of oakland filed federal lawsuit to try to present the u.s. justice department from vicking a medical marijuana dispensary. in july federal prosecutors served paper on the health center calling it a marijuana super store. the city's suit claims the justice department knew about harborside for years. the city says federal officials are overstepping by interfering with oakland's process. a hearing is scheduled for november 1st. >>> another arson fire in a west san jose neighborhood. cell phone video shows a blaze in a trash can. the fifth -- make it the 9th fire in two weeks. many homes back t

secretary of transportation ray lahood is checking on the process of the massive clean up project of the mothball fleet in benicia. he toured the site with state and local officials. the mothball fret is in the process of being scrapped and recycle. >> we have an ambitious goal of removing 23 ships, the one that is presented the greatest risk to the environment. today, i've thrilled to tell that you we surpassed that goal and removed 36 vessels so far. >> the clean upstarted in 2009. over the years, experts say more than 20 tons of heavy metals like mercury have leaked from the fleet into the bay. >>> the showers yesterday here until the bay area came in the form of snow up in the lake tahoe area. take a look at the photos sent to us by heavenly ski resort. there was enough snow to make a snowman. the storm moved through the reno-tahoe region leaving a dusting of snow. >> if you want snow, you know where to go. but if you want 80s and nice weather, bill, stay right at home. >> yeah. it will be warm inland, and it will be warm along the coast and in san francisco. classic fall weather

ray lahood will be the keynote speaker at the summitment then in may 2013 it's global youth traffic safetyonth. registration is now open for high schools from around the country to act out loud and get involved in the message of traffic safety. you can find information on both events on our website, wusa9.com. >>> very good. when we come back the latest on the race for the white house. both presidential candidates will be in the commonwealth today. >> plus, we're going to take a look at what happened last night in the virginia senate race. >>> we're back at 6:29. this is always the place to get your weather first. here's a live look at the washington monument. and the jefferson memorial. it is dark but the lights are twinkling at least there on the 14th street bridge. they are moving, monika is going to be telling you about a standstill that's been in the work for hours on the beltway inner loop in just a few minutes. thank you for starting your day. hope it's going better than the motorists, i'm andrea roane? >> and i'm jessica doyle. >> for some of us we still have more storms though. la

transportation secretary ray lahood announced he's marking $13 million in emergency funds immediately for help to repair damage caused by hurricane sandy. earlier this week, president obama cleared the way for disaster assistance, also making a major disaster declaration for new york. >>> today president obama heads to new jersey to assess the damage caused by sandy. he'll be joined by new jersey governor chris christie. the republican governor is one of mitt romney's biggest supporters, and he has criticized the president on many issues in weeks and months. christie, though, calls the president's response to sandy outstanding. >>> mitt romney will return to the campaign trail today. the republican presidential nominee will stump tomorrow in virginia. paul ryan will return to wisconsin. mitt romney cancelled many campaign events out of respect for sandy's victims. he helped collect supplies from his supporters yesterday in ohio. the district is making up for lost days by extending early voting hours. you can vote until 9:00 p.m. in maryland, you'll have two extra days to vote early. t

right now in illinois i'm going to be on friday with ray lahood our transportation secretary.re going on a trip from jolliet, illinois on high speed rail. it's quite exciting and something we need to build all over our country. >> jennifer: building the infrastructure is one of the president's blocks in his five-point plan. he wants to make sure that we have human infrastructure as well as physical infrastructure. pat, what do you think--if you had to pick a moment last night in the debate that was your favorite, what would you say? >> well, i had a chance to meet lily ledbetter. she came to chicago what a great woman. she was really cheated out of a fair wage. she fought and fought and ultimately the supreme court said she couldn't litigate her case but it took congress to pass a law the very first law that president obama signed to make sure that she would get justice, and people like her. i thought romney had no answer for when the president said, what about equal pay for equal work? that's a fundamental american principle. i think that was one of the parties of the debate

transportation secretary ray lahood visited the armada of arcane war ships today to announce salvage crews have already removed and recycled 36 of the fleet's original 57 rusting ships. lahood says three more will go by the end of the year and the entire fleet will be gone by 2017. the reserve fleet is made up of obsolete military vessels, some dating all the way back to world war ii. because they pollute the water the government under threat of a lawsuit agreed to remove all of them. >>> save money and the planet. a new class on the peninsula is helping do both by teaching basic repair skills from everything coffee pots to seat cushions. the best thing of all? it's free. nbc bay area's marian favro has more. >> reporter: when you look in your garage do you find troubled treasures? you know, things you love but need to be fixed? like this broken camping cushion or this tea pot with a lid that doesn't close. instead of turning them into refuse you can now rescue them with the help of the new repair cafe opening sunday at the palo alto museum of american heritage. here volunteers will

i just got off the phone earlier today with ray lahood, the head of the transportation, and he's workingith fema and with napolitano to get aid to the city of new york and the resources. they are coordinating responses with the red cross and others in terms of food, water, and seeing that people down on the lower east side where i was working today, it's the american spirit as the president said, people at their brightest. >> it's the american spirit, but it's also the american government. >> absolutely. >> and we've been hearing a great deal about reducing government, about government being our enemy, and yet on a day like today i imagine millions of people are relying upon our government. >> we're relying on them to help us get our infrastructure in order so we can return to helping people and moving people. fema was an icon during 9/11 and they're an icon now. they are coordinating the federal response. it was slashed under the ryan budget 43%, and now it's been restored by president obama, and they are responding as they should to the northeast and to all states that have been inflic

transportation secretary ray lahood will be along for that ride as trains hit 110 miles per hour. that is 30 miles faster than the current top speeds and those test runs will take place along a 15-mile stretch of that amtrak stret stretch. construction bids, crews and blueprints still need to be figured output together to actually put a shovel in the ground and get it started. >>> high-speed drivers of the tesla roadster will be able to get a recharge on their way to los angeles. >> the company today will open its new electric gas stations, i guess you call it. scott, fill it up? >> it's not a regular gas station so the new recharge stations will be a welcome sight for electric drivers and good advertising for tesla as well. a few months ago tesla announced the technology to charge cars more quickly. these stations will open at gilroy, folsom, harris ranch and barstow. meanwhile the company is announcing a buy-back program. if you own a roadster, you can turn it in for partial credit on a new model s sedan. the model of this story, we all turn in our roadsters for sedans eventuall

nancy pelosi and transportation secretary, ray lahood, a group of critics called save money sued whent wind of the event, calling the project a waste of money. >>> the 49ers are set to play another football game in england. this is video from when they beat the broncos two years ago. they will be heading back to wimbley again. this time, the team will play the jacksonville jack -- jack wires -- jaguars. >>> let's bring in sal rate now. how are we -- right now. how are we looking on the roadways? >> when you saw that gay, did you notice there are a lot of players that are no longer -- >> yes. >>> we're okay. we're better than yesterday. today it is just kind of normal traffic out there with a couple of exception. we're go in start on 280. you are used to seeing slow traffic. it is actually better than it used to be. this morning we've had that big accident vasco road at walnut. there's -- they are still clearing it. a lot of people taken to the hospital. it's pretty slow. i want to just mention the traffic is going to be a little bit slow on 580 and 680 in the general area. let's take

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also, transportation secretary ray lahood saying that his department is providing millions to states. there will be stops in wisconsin, las vegas, and colorado for the president tomorrow. mitt romney, three stops today in florida. an appearance at 8:00 p.m. eastern live at c-span. and florida, joe biden espy campaign just after -- is a campaign just after 3:00 p.m. eastern. casey -- casejohn id is encouraging -- gov. john k. sacha is encouraging early voting. >> we have made incredible progress in the last eight years. we have balanced budgets in all those years and have become the fiscal n.v. of the country and have the largest budget surplus in ever in our history. i believe we can cut taxes for every hoosier. but john, you just said that we pay for things in indiana. when you were speaker of the house, for five of the six years that you were running the state house, indiana ran deficits. when ms. daniels' came into power just a couple years later on budgets that you helped to write, indiana was $700 million in debt and had a deficit of $820 million. facts are stubborn things. i wou

i was also honored to be a part of ray lahood's future aviation advisory committee where we were a fundmental development in every conversation we had no matter what the subcommittee, and prevails theme throughout all of the committee recommendations. i should be clear. i never intended to learn this much about nextgen, but in many ways, i just had to. with experts like vicki cox or paul here, i can't claim to be an expert, but i know more than i've ever hoped to about this subject, and it's no secret airplanes are at or near the bottom on performance, and those delays trickle throughout the country. we are told that one in three u.s. flights are affected by delays in the new york, new jersey, and philadelphia air pace, and 40%-50% of the national air space ground stops and ground delays occur in new york. that means right now, half of all flights in the country held at the gate or delayed on the tarmac trace delays to an airport in the new york-new jersey region. delays and ensues constraints stifled growth and put a no vacancy sign on jfk, newark, and la guardia. economists calculated for e

we will see congeniality at the level that ray lahood and others in the past have tried to strive forcluding tim johnson. i would like to follow in their footsteps and working in a bipartisan way to make sure that we don't see the polarization that is happening in washington right now. >> moderator: what specific we would you do together to get things done. gill: when we have some republican congress people that refuse to take the checks from the oil companies and the insurance companies and the wall street banks, i look forward to working with them. i am running against a guy that is part of the cole brothers industry. they are doing great harm to people in this country, destroying collective bargaining. a process that i thought was settled decades ago. we are fighting again. i look forward to opening up the trade agreement. those that understand we have lost more than a million dollars in this country because of those who got rich because of the free trade agreement. and i look forward to working towards health care reform with people on both sides of the aisle that understand that