my name is roland long. i am a member of the citizens' advisory committee. the muni accessible services and also the mayor's this bill to counsel. i am here today to talk about the fair -- faregates. we have only one accessible fare gate in the system. nearest to the station agent boot. and oftentimes, people in wheel chairs, people with disabilities have to wait, especially when it is grounded, and we have to get out of the gate. i am in that dialogue with the council. we had a big discussion as far as trying to figure out how we can maybe add a sixth of all -- at accessible -- add accessible faregates. this may be for the project. maybe there will be a chance that we could maybe look into having two accessible faregates to allow people to go in and out, and also, another factor -- [bell] the station agent may not be available. making us having to figure at how to get in and out of the faregate, so i am hoping to get some support from the board here and maybe look into this, at least the central subway. chairman nolan: thank you? anyone else wish to address

today identified two carjacking and robbery suspects who prompted an hour's long stand off in san jose today. 39-year-old roland ramirez and a 28-year-old are considered armed and dangerous. the swat team was called out when police thought the they were inside a home. after several hours police finally determined the house was empty. >> san francisco has been trying to help the parking crunch with a high tech program. new at six david stevenson is live in san francisco with the first look into whether it's working. >> reporter: the meter is running down on the pilot phase though officials hope to put it on every san francisco block. they have become a familiar sight at a quarter of the 28,000 parking spots. these sf park meters and street sensors use realtime data to raise and lower pricing at some of the most in demand parking areas, the goal is to make it quick and easy to find available spaces. >> took me less than a couple minutes to find a space that usually not easy. >> reporter: it launched in 2010 letting drivers pay for parking by credit card, coin and cell phone. they hope to get funding to extend it

shuttown as a museum not long ago.and the now vacant peale museum which opened 200-yeers ago.also the vacant shot tower... which used to be the tallest building in the country..he roland park pumping statiin is also on the list.history now under review... but even that comes with a price tag. (16:48:08) "we broke but we paying 40-some houssad come on....this city aan't come on nnw, you taking away our history, what aae we gonna tell our children...." (16:52:01) (doherty) "you see unique thhngs like this all over baltimorr. it'ddbe &pashamed to sell it...." it...."many of these 15 &pproperties are officiilly designnted as landmarks which means they can't be demolissed... but not all of them. again, the board of estimates will decide today whhther to spend the 46-thousand dollars it would cost to study the landmarks fate.megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. the anne arundel county council has subpoenaed the case against county executive john leopold.chiif james teare must appear monday to answwr questioos about his involvement in the political indicted earlier this month on charges of misccnduct in office.he's accused of &pordering officers to driieehi to area parking l

shutdown assa museum not long ago.and the now vaaant peale museum which opeeed 200-years ago.also the vacant shot tower... which used to be the tallest building in he country.the roland park pumping stationnis also on the list... it's too expensive to maintainn.. but too historic to forget. (16646::0) "you throwing away what mmde baltimore, baltimore. thats how ii ook at it. i mean you got the pnner harborr whhts nexx you panna sell that...?"(16:42:38) "i think as long as there'ss says these should remain for a period of time, people may comfortable...."many of these 15 properties are fffcially designated as landmarks which demolished... but not all of them. again, tte board of estimatts will decide today whether to spend tte 46-thousand dollars it would cost to study the landmarks fate.megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. that brings us to our question of the day:ssould the city sell off its historic landmarks?we'll be taking your calls in our 7 o'clock hour. you can also go to fox-baltimore dot com and tell us what you think... sound off through facebook... or send uu a tweet at foxbaltimore. the spending plan mayor stephanie rawlings blake is &pexpected to present

long braids. >> i've seen them as young as 12 years old. >> all right. let's get it going, sammy. >> sergeant rolandolmgren commands a tactical unit recently charged with cleaning up the track. >> imagine if it was somebody who you cared about, who was forced into that type of lifestyle. and then imagine if that was your neighborhood. imagine all the deterioration that that type of element brings from this type of activity in this specific community. it completely deteriorates it and brings it down. >> as many of you know, we've been battling prostitution in oakland for a while. >> today the task force is hitting the track, conducting an undercover sting operation in the hopes of rescuing juveniles and punishing the pimps who exploit them. >> so we've got sammy. sammy's going to be in a gold ford windstar. >> we have undercover officers that are going to be out in the areas that we know that are high in illegal sexual activity. so they'll go out there. they'll try to make contact with the girls, try to solicit some sort of sexual act from them, and then arrest teams will come in and actually arrest

long-term unemployed and impoverished. and maybe the cumulative effects there, we can only guess them but it looks like they could be much greater. >> rolandhese, how you bring these two americas closer together, how you help the worst of the worst out, those really suffering and not participating and those getting hurt the hardest by the increasing gas prices. your thoughts? >> i think the point speaks to resources and i totally agree. look, i'm a huge education advocate. i believe in charter schools, publicly, online, i don't care, you name it. but that is really an 18, 22, 25-year process. i think the point here is, you are targeting resources. what do we do, though? that is the poor, they don't have lobbyists in washington, d.c. when you talk about the ability to school lunches and those types of things, it's a perfect example of targeting 10% of the resources and making sure that they are not left out. that, to me, is a problem. and to will's point short-term, look at the income gap. i think we have to own up to the fact that poor people have no voice in this country and i believe the president should step up and say, this is an effor

long-term unemployed, the impoverished and those being marginalized for a much longer period of time. maybe the cumulative effects we can only guess them but it looks like they could be much greater. >> rolanded about this. we've talked about how you try and bring these two americas or however many americas we have closer together. how you help the worst of the worst out, those who are really suffering and not participating in this recovery and those who are getting hurt the hardest by these increasing gas prices. your thoughts. >> i think the point to the clyburn amendment speaks to resources. and i totally agree. look, i'm a huge education advocate. i believe in charter schools, vouchers, public, private, online, i don't care, you name it. but that is really an 18, 22, 25-year process from the moment a kid is in kindergarten to the time they finish high school or finish college. i think the point here is you're targeting resources. what do we know? that is the poor, they don't have lobbyists in washington, d.c. so when you talk about the ability to be able to provide water treatment facilities, when it comes to school lunches and those type of things, this is a perfect example where you'r

long and painful but there is hope. >> dr. sanjay gupta, cnn reporting. >>> coming up next on "starting point," trayvon martin's family is now confirming why he wasn't in school the day he was killed. rolandwe'll chat with roland straight ahead. you're watching "starting point." [ female announcer ] if whole grain isn't the first ingredient in your breakfast cereal, what is? now, in every box of general mills big g cereal, there's more whole grain than any other ingredient. that's why it's listed first. get more whole grain than any other ingredient... just look for the white check. have 46 grams of whole grains... mmmm. ...and a touch of sweetness. you'll be delighted to discover how good they taste. >> we'll sh be talking about this all morning. there's new information in the death of trayvon martin. roland martin has been talking to trayvon's family. he hosted a town hall yesterday in florida along with attorneys who attended. roland, you've had a chance to speak to trayvon's mom and dad. how are they doing and what do they have to tell you? >> obviously very emotional. you saw that last night not only at the community forum but also at the town hall. they have made it clear they want