our medation program also played an important part in our out reach and in 2012 we reached a community board peace keeping record for excellent and adr practice. we were acknowledged by california state senator mark leno and the san francisco board of supervisors. also in september of 2012, the coordinate and her long term, occ mediater, participated in the solute to the bay area volunteer mediators at at&t park. we are a unique oversight mod sxl we regularly attract interest both internationally and nationally, and from academic communities. during 2011, and 2012 we hosted representatives from other agencies such as the san diego police and review board. the office of the police monitor and the newly formed bart office of the police auditer. in addition to hosting members from other american civilian oversight agencies we also met with international representatives. we addressed the invitation of the police department, the dell delegation of the justices that were visiting through the international visitor leadership program. during our very spirited discussion with them, we discussed

it functions as two things as part of the out reach with the ada out reach program and also as a brochure that property owners are required to provide to their tenants knew or when they renew their lease. >> there are two structures with the out reach program with asian neighborhood design. they go door-to-door in the targeted areas and talk to business owners, and we are trying this approach because we have seen that the city goes in and starts talking to business owners and they are sort of kind of a blank wall that happens and the listening, they tend to shut down and are intimidated and we are trying the approach of having a third party entity that is not government going in and having a conversation with the business owner. and so working with the business owner, and walking or doing an on-site sort of immediate kind of overview and not a detailed inspection. so things like if there is the garbage can next to the toilet in the bathroom informing them to move that. so if it is really well and relatively easy medium level barriers and we have those identified, and some samples identifi

what is the actual early plan around reaching that and they have the ability to enroll in cleanpower sf? >> yeah, so we're assuming as part of our targeted marketing we may catch folks not part of the target audience. i might be in a deep green area. someone i talk to lives outside of it. they want to be part of the program too. all they need to know is let us know they want to be part of the program. we will include them then in the early phase. they will receive an opt out notice just as if they are in the deep green district. they will receive the same communication. >> first they have to reach the outreach effort. >> right. >> but in terms of reaching out -- i live in the excelsior and it's deep red but within that area there are about 20% of the population -- we consider opting in or enrolling in the program. >> yes. >> so is there a plan in terms of reaching that population in the early notification effort? >> so not in the early notification phase, but during -- not intentionally i should say. we are going to be very intensal and targeted to the dean green areas during the ear

to more effectively reach larger audiences and continue to fulfill the out reach commission by relying on the staff presentations and distributing widely our information to the materials and attending the community events involving the policing issues. we will maintain our robust schedule of out reach activities as we did in previous years. we will continue our policy work on language access, juvenile policing and violence in mental illness and we will continue to expand out reach activities. we will can't to log our out reach efforts and to tribute written materials and complaint forms to numerous agency and community center and libraries and organizations throughout the city and we will continue to post our community out reach strategic plan and annual reports on the website and take advantage of activities as they arrive in the media. >> we are committed to our ambition, out reach strategy as we were in the 2008 when we originally created this plan. and we will continue to maximize our resources by building on strategic alliances with our stake holders. who include non-governmental

our goal is really to reach as many people as possible throughout san francisco by repetition of this message, so no one that you bump into will say "i have no idea what you're talking about". >> president torres. >> yes ms. hale i wanted to go along the comments by the current chair and supervisor olague as well. part of the challenge we with with the stem cell industry is put in plain language the consent form and one of those experiences that we just had was with a young lady, who i can talk about now because she went public, one of the spinal cord injuries in the stem cell trial was that the medical language was so complex in the consent form that it needed to be improved so someone couldn't come back later and say "this patient was under emotional distress and of course they choose to because they didn't know what the consequences and side effects are" and this is not as serious as that, but it begs the question to make sure that the language is understandable english and in addition i don't think you're limiting the mailers just to the three languages of chinese, english and spa

it reaches the surface. it's going to take a while before the snow does saturate and begins to reach the ground. right now at the surface, still very cold. right now only in the low 20s. in the nearby suburbs, montgomery, prince george's, arlington, and fairfax. right at reagan national now at 24 degrees. and it is extremely dry. that's why a lot of that snow is just drying up before it reaches the ground. eventually, we ought to see some of that over the next couple of hours begin to give us a light coating. how much? i'll tell you in just a few minutes, along with the seven-day outlook, keith. >> tom, we'll see you back inside in a few. >> right now a gun control roundtable is taking place in the virginia commonwealth university, city of richmond. vice president joe biden is taking part as a part of his push to curb gun violence. senator tim kaine, congressman bobby scott, and several members of the president's cabinet are also there. they're discussing with gun control with experts who have worked on gun

real increase in community out reach. >> i do have a question. i think that last year, when we were talking about our grant programs, the cup and the sr and we also had a presentation from the senior i guess it was a task force around seniors and sros. issues and there was additional money that was talked about that we were going to aim specifically at seniors. >> so, i just want to make sure that we are continuing that focus within our code of advisory, and our code enforcement and sro collaborative efforts. >> right as part of the rfp that we put out and the contracts that we had let for sros and c, op it does have a senior component to it. >> okay, great. >> if you want a report on what exactly they are doing, i think that the key building inspector, ross marry could probably give that. >> it would be good to update especially as we are getting to the new budget. >> right. >> the grants program, we are actually adding $10,000 for landlords and out reach because there has been a considerable increase in that kind of area need for that area. >>

so, i am wondering what the plan is for out reach. you know, to make sure that a small businesses know what is going on with all of this, and particularly i am worried about chinese-speaking and spanish-speaking businesses who may not understand all of the technical stuff in english so well. and i am wondering if there has been any budgets set aside to make that happen for the printing of these great brochures or for, you know, people to talk to? or any coordination with owd or the corridor program, so if you can talk about that a little bit? >> yes, so, one is we are working with all of our neighborhood economic development organizations. so our non-profits that do business assistance, so, renaissance, meta woman's initiative, and lacasina and so we have set a requirement as part of the cbgfunding is to insure that their clients receive information about, you know, preparing themselves informing their clients about disability access and going into commercial space and what they need to know about the law and the responsibilities but

it's drying up before it reaches the ground. to our west, northern montgomery county, howard county, frederick county, hagerstown, washington county, as well as the panhandle of west virginia, northern shenandoah valley, those locations are getting sleet and freezing rain. all these areas in pink. that includes loudoun county. does look like around leesburg now and west of there, up toward hillsborough, per sellville. these areas in the darker pink are getting sleet and freezing rain. these are the initial reports coming in. farther to the east of there in northern montgomery county, also there may be a few pockets of some of that light rain now just beginning to reach the surface. of course, the critical thing are the temperatures. are they at or below freezing? right now in montgomery county, right at freezing. it's also at freezing in much of fairfax, loudoun county and prince william and fauquier a little bit above freezing. it's in the mid 30s in the district and in much of prince george's oint. parts of southern maryland a

they reached a deal. they reached it in time, kind of. it took a lot of time and effort and what does it do for confidence when a speaker when he talked about confidence and the efficiency of lawmakers moving things along, i did research. you know, back in july 2011, the s&p was up 1350. in the course of a month, a drop of 3.5% broccoli. if you think about that move, this bill is patchwork. unfortunately in dollars to the debt. $60.4 trillion per that the legal borrowing authority that we have. now that we have accelerated back, i feel as though -- and i would assume the market would feel this way -- as though the sense of urgency is increased to get the next thing passed. when you look at the commentary from mostly the republican side -- there was a disdain. it just felt like there was a clear disappointment. obvious and the republicans don't want to be responsible, but you can feel the tension. i think that will translate to the equity. these guys have to act quickly. they were inefficient at getting this part of it on. this is when the

>> it has been reached behind closed doors. we are at 0 hours. 58 minutes until we go over the fiscal cliff. there has been a lot of light breaking developments. deal has beena reached that would stop the big that would be enacted across the board if we over the fiscal cliff. this is a live picture from the capital. been a flurry of activity tonight. this still addresses some of the about to happen -- the deal addresses some of to happen asbout well. the vice president walked past d was asked if a deal had been reached. here's what happened. >> happy new year. >> do you have a deal? >> happy new year. >> happy new year. he would not answer the question. that he was smiling is taken as a good sign. e deal that has reportedly reached keeps taxes the every one making $450,000 or less. it also appears this avoids the to defense and other programs that would happened if we went over the cliff. this is a fast developing situation. , that goes byts the wayside. your taxes would go up if the is enacted. could be ideal tonight in the se

that's as high as they can reach.ffes not get sunburn on their tongues. yeah, it's true. every time it comes out it gets blasted by the sun so it's got that natural suntan lotion, that blue pigment. you know, this is a whole other point of view on giraffes. usually you're looking up at them but when you get up in the trees you're in the giraffe's world. chris: and this gives a good view of those ossicones those bony horns on the top of their head. that's what they use for those neck battles to smash each other in the neck. martin: and you know, they have big eyes with long eyelashes. look at the cool pattern on the rothschild giraffe. now you can tell different species of giraffe apart from their patterns. giraffes are one gentle creature with some really cool creature powers. okay, see you later. giraffes are awesome. here's to the tallest creature in the world. keep on creature adventuring. we'll see you on the creature trail. hope there are no lions around here. a chipmunk! did you see that? the chipmunk just stuff

when we reach out to others, everyone benefits. reaching out and making connections for a good life provide peace of mind for you, but for every one that loves you as well. if there is one final message i would like to leave you with, it is that we are, quite simply, better together. if any of you are interested in learning a little bit more and seeing a live demonstration, i will be over in the south court this afternoon and in the lunch break. i would be delighted to chat with you. in the meantime, thank you so much. [applause] >> oh, come on. give vicki camack a bigger hand than that. [applause] that's vicki. whoa. thank you, vicki. honestly, vicki, i like that ties network, just the idea of all the connections. a personal and isolated in formation, thank you very much. there is a gentleman i will bring up and get out of the way, i wanted to mention something about the news business and technology. hopefully you watched television. our business is changing by the day, we depend on technology. i would feel naked without my phone.

a democratic source says a deal was reached just minutes ago.s in the senate are meeting right now on capitol hill with vice president joe biden who helped move these takes long. and there is word that there may be a vote in the senate this evening, possibly before midnight. we'll see. we will be back in just a moment with continuing coverage of the fiscal cliff talks. you're watching msnbc, the place for politics. ♪ [ male announcer ] why do more emergency workers everywhere trust duracell...?? duralock power preserve. locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. now...guaranteed. duracell with duralock. trusted everywhere. >>> welcome back. let's go back to nbc's chuck todd. we are talking about the fiscal cliff issue about an apparent deal that has been struck in the senate tonight. chuck, before the break you were talking about the possibility, even likelihood that there will be holdouts on both sides of the aisle who don't like this deal, and perhaps may not even pass in the house, the senate, or both. what is the likelihood of that really

staff should have reached out to mr. pashelinsky and he could have picked up the ball when pollard dropped and he could have straightened things out and that didn't happen. all i'm asking as a matter of due process is to restore us back to the position we were in, and let the thing continue and let the chips fall where they will on the issue of the variance. i don't think it's fair to make me wait until next august or september to have to start this again, given the circumstances involved. thank you. >> mr. murphy, condolences for your father-in-law. i wanted to ask the same questions i asked of mr. sanchez, the zoning administrator about the no-shows in may and july. >> i went to a hearing in april. he was right about that. we continued it, mr. pollard was there with me with mr. sanchez and mr. pollard said he was going to submit in documentation to the planner and i left at that. i was not aware there was a hearing in may alt all. the first i heard about that was this evening and i was gone. again the problem is staff

the businesses that recently have reached out to our office that have been sued. these are suits that we are seeing that were done prior to this legislation being enacted. so, we have not yet called the filings of the federal court. which is primarily where the lawsuits are filed yet to see what has been, you know, taking a look at the volume of what has been filed in federal court. creating sb 1186. we have not done that yet. >> and it would be interesting as we get further down the road on that. finally you showed a little bit of ap preheniveness with the $3,000 which is important money to you. >> yes. >> and obviously, 30 days yes, and as a commission we want to make sure that you get that money. >> thank you. >> if anything that you can bring to us and give us updates on how that is going, please let us know. >> what i will do is i will definitely talk to one, our investment neighbors and program administrator and asian neighborhood design to work on setting some criteria to come and report to you. and you know, if we are able to utilize any of these funding t

the government is close to reaching its debt limit.hing the $16.4 trillion borrowing limit. yesterday it stopped issuing new debt for two government retirement funds. that won't impact current retirees. treasury secretary timothy geithner announced last week that his department will adopt measures to save about $200 billion. that's going to keep the government from reaching its limit for about two months. >>> we've also got much more information coming ahead in the next few hours on this deal right here on news4 today. again on news 4 at 5:00 and at 11:00. you can also read about it by going to nbcwashington.com. >>> today is the day some couples in maryland thought would never come. same-sex marriage became legal at the stroke of midnight and it's exactly how some couples decided to bring in the new year. sabrina and natasha of frederick exchanged vows the minute same-sex marriage became legal at midnight. maryland voters approved same-sex marriage back in november. gay couples can now marry in nine states, as well as the district of

like i said, not all of this is reaching the ground. a lot of this moisture that is up in the clouds. sheer where we stanld. santa rosa, 116% of average. san francisco, 109. we sure need moisture here, check out snow pack. we're falling behind a year ago, 33% of average. i'll be back to let you know when it will be safe to put umbrellas away. >> thank you. we'll see you then. >> apple stock value plunged by more than 10% today after the tech giant released it's earnings report. that drop wiped out a year's worth of gains. the sales growth slowed and analysts suggest apple cannot rule out new products. apple's last big splash debutted in 2010. steve jobs died in 2011. the subpoena says it has new innovations on the way. >> a california budget is looking good for a change. state revenues are up because of a jump in income taxes but there may be a backlash that is brewing. we're live with the story. >> republican state lawmakers believed california's higher taxes drive away successful people. now, they can point to pro golfer. >> i love th

unemployment in the eurozone reaches an all-time high of 20 million people, who are looking for a job. >> after a decade of reclusive is, musician david bowie releases a new single remembering his days in berlin. german troops have arrived in turkey to take part in the nato deployment of patriot missiles on the border with syria. turkey is a member of the nato military alliance and asked its partners for help, saying it is concerned about further deadly rocket attacks from syrian territory. >> dutch and u.s. troops will also be taking part in the mission, which nato says is a purely defensive measure. critics say it is likely to raise tensions in the region already on the edge. iranian and u.s. forces facing off in the strait of hormuz and with the war in syria and dragging on. >> a plane carrying german and dutch troops touched down in turkey as their right to prepare the deployment of nato patriot missiles. earlier, the missile batteries were loaded onto ships. this would be the first time germany has deployed its patriot missiles for anything other than training exercises. >> we ha

they reached that deal for two months. and what is important about that deal, it relies on tax increases and spending cuts. the tax increase is a little bit complicated and dodgy, regarding the roth ira accounts. it puts together the principle that after the deal further changes, needs to be half on the tax side and half on the spending side. what that holds open to them, going forward, when we have the sort of inevitable deal over medicare, possibly social security, and to raise the debt ceiling, democrats want to be very sure that that is going to be again, half tax side, mostly revenues coming through tax reform and half spending cuts. so that they're not giving up what the tax revenue could be from the fiscal cliff, in order to just let the republicans take a big chunk out of social security and medicare and without having to compromise further. >> what do you think about the fact that the house left for the night and will be back at noon tomorrow? but the senate really decided to stick this out. whether they vote or n

while i reach out to you in san francisco those that hear my voice please stop the killing. please stop drug flow. please give peace a chance. in this instance means that labor unions, trade unions must open up and provide more training so they can lay a brick. it means that the education system must instill the value of strong minds and that brings strong change. take your child to school. meet your child's teachers. exchange numbers. turn the tv off at night. take a report card every nine weeks and take your child to religious celebration once a week. most of the violence is from the bottom up, not top down. mothers say something like "i'm going to beat you boy. i'm going to beat you so the police don't have to do it one day". it was their own way of saying get some home training, some home cultivation is a big fact in the social order and we must restore homes but unemployed parents don't do as good job as parents with jobs. i'm all about welfare back to work. there are four steps involved. one the parents must have day care. if you leave the child without day care you're

instead of reaching across the aisle with open hands, he has reached across with a clenched fist, whatepublicans need to stop the rhetoric. obama needs to stop the blaming and recognized to coming together and show true leadership. this organizing for america and organizing for action in his campaign committee has turned not for profit, is this going to educate the american people or just another liberal spin machine? >> arthel: so you said congress should do of improving the relationship. i don't know if you told me if the voice of the people will play a part in that. >> our responsibility, congress should reach out to us. president works for us. we have the right to state our grievances but we have to take control. that is the problem. we have let washington, d.c. run amok. i don't think it's up to president or congress to allow the people to more involved. congress belongs to us and white house belongs to us. more people lose jobs, i think they will face grievances. >> arthel: let's talk about some of the major issues they are facing. immigration, gun laws, we're talking about spend

finally, near the bottom, they reach a point where rescuers can reach them from the ground. >> how do climb down such a long ladder? >> it was a long haul. i'm getting a little weak in the knees, but we did it, and these kids were an inspiration. they did fine. nothing like terra firma, i tell you, the safety of the crew, the safety of the arms. we were all crying and just glad to be alive. >> bill presents both boys with a smokey bear pin as a tribute to their courage. meanwhile, 10-year-old aaron whitaker is shaken but in good spirits. >> would you ever fly again? >> probably when i'm older. a couple years away, yeah, probably. but this year, no. >> sir, what about you? >> you betcha. >> you've been flying for a long time. >> you bet, yep. i can't wait two years. i'm getting too old to wait. >> thanks to a nationwide fund-raising effort, bill

unemployment in the eurozone reaches an all-time high of 20 million people, who are looking for a job. >> after a decade of reclusive is, musician david bowie releases a new single remembering his days in berlin. german troops have arrived in turkey to take part in the nato deployment of patriot missiles on the border with syria. turkey is a member of the nato military alliance and asked its partners for help, saying it is concerned about further deadly rocket attacks from syrian territory. >> dutch and u.s. troops will also be taking part in the mission, which nato says is a purely defensive measure. critics say it is likely to raise tensions in the region already on the edge. iranian and u.s. forces facing off in the strait of hormuz and with the war in syria and dragging on. >> a plane carrying german and dutch troops touched down in turkey as their right to prepare the deployment of nato patriot missiles. earlier, the missile batteries were loaded onto ships. this would be the first time germany has deployed its patriot missiles for anything other than training exercises. >> we ha

. >> details of the deal reached in the house just hours ago in a live report from capitol hill. >>> while the fiscal cliff drama is over for now, another battle lies ahead. what the new congress faces in the months ahead. fox 5 morning news continues right now. >>> straight up 6:00 right now. here is a live look outside. we'll take a live look at the u.s. capitol dome where lots of wheeling and dealing has been going on, finally a compromise reached on the fiscal cliff deal, but, of course, our troubles are far from over. we'll be continuing to follow that story coming up. >>> good morning, everyone, it is wednesday, january 2nd, 2013. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. let's get right over to what's happening outside in the weather world. and for that we say hello once again to tucker barnes. >> hi. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> everybody headed back to work and school, at least parts of the area. >> get the seat warmers going. >> get the seat warmers going. 30s to start your day. here's a big change from yesterday. we'll have more sunshine than we've seen in the last

i wish he had done more to reach out. in fact that was the point of my message today at the national cathedral was to say, you know, we need a new american vision that's not just democratic or not just republican. it has to be a new vision that brings people together. if we had a new vision with key strategic goals that republicans and democrats have crafted together and say this is what we're going to work together over the next ten years, it would have a huge impact on bringing americans together. i wish that he had done more of that >> brown: so you liked his message overall >> i liked the idea of... brown: but you didn't like the lack of embrace >> right. i would have loved for him to have done more to reach out to people across the line. i think when the president recommends something, unfortunately in the polarized place that we are today, the president makes a recommendation or puts forth a proposal, immediately there's going to be a negative response to that. i think in bringing people together, which is what i'm

can we say that, well, they've reached the foothills perhaps? >> george, they've had good news today, but they have got an uphill struggle. and let me give you an example. good news they had on their new mobile, the lumia, the new model out in the last three months, the buildup of last year, including the christmas period. nokia sold 4.4 million of theseless babies, and that was good news, first time they got over four million. here's what they're up against, the iphone. apple, last night we heard in that same period of time, apple sold 48 million of these, 4.4 million, 10 times, 48 million in the same period. that was the struggle, george, that nokia is facing. let me explain in more detail. hell on there. bosses at nokia must be breathing certainly a sigh of relief. they have announced the results for the last three months of 2012, and with the help of the sales, assist i said, of this little baby, the flagship, the nokia lumia, the company made a profit for the first time in 18 months. let me show you some of those numbers. they made a net pr

they are bitching about the fact that he didn't reach out enough. yeah, reach out.hy should he reach out. >> that's what he did in his first inaugural address. remember? that that's what he did for the first three and a half years of his presidency. remember? what did all of that reaching out get president obama? republicans stabbed him in the back every time he tried to reach out to them. mr. president, no more reaching out. this will gang doesn't deserve it. that and a whole lot more here this next hour of the "full-court press." but first we will take a break, get the latest. today's current news update from lisa ferguson out in los angeles. it's all yours. >> good morning, everyone. some house democrats are meeting with gun rights advocates today as parted of an effort to improve gun safety nationwide. brett mike thompson serves the gun violence task force and says he is looking for today's hearing about recommendations about keeping guns away from criminals while preserving second amendment rights. thompson's panel is hoping to accurately legislation that can w

the outer reach of the wheel is worn down. if it's not repaired, there's a risk the car could jump the tracks. nitta uses a grinder to scrape up the metal. he's trying to restore the wheel's original shape. this work is part machinery, part craft. >> translator: you need to shave off another half a millimeter. >> reporter: with a few stops to check the shape, nakahara steers his understudy to another perfect fit. >> translator: when it fits just right, you feel great. >> translator: i get the result i'm looking for just by following his instructions. it's amazing. >> translator: we still have many old cars. so it's important to train younger people how to maintain them. >> reporter: a century of the rural, hiroshima wouldn't be the same without its street cars. back at the shop, they make sure that tradition remains in service. yuki hosaka, nhk world, hiroshima. >>> people in japan are ringing in the new year. many worshippers braved the cold to welcome 2013 at a shrine or temple. thousands lined up at the shrine in sendai. th

. >>> the nhl is planning on scheduling a shortened season after a labor agreement was reached between the players and the league. the base yuck framework has been agreed upon after a 16-hour negotiating session. the deal still needs to be ratified by owners and players. the players have been locked out for 113 days after the two sides were unable to reach a collective bargaining agreement. more than 62000 games have been cancelled to date. at this time the nhl has models for a 50 or 48 game season. the a agreement could bring fans back, adding up to gameday dollars for local businesses like restaurants, bars, and parks lots. ahead in sports we'll hear from the nhl commissioner. >> the days of free parking on sunday ended at meters across san francisco today. drivers parked for free at meters on sunday us along most city streets until now. city officials say they're not doing this to bolster san francisco's coffers. they save it's to free up valuable parking spots for shoppers. many churches feel worshipers will stop coming to services. >> affects people who come here to the service. i