/south korean alliance. they're going to show that they are going to be there militarily for the south koreans going forward. they've sent more military materiel in the region. they'll be engaged in more exercises with the south koreans but the united states does not want to lend its chips to provocation. >> just on that point. i thought it was interesting if you compared the obama administration's decision to keep a very low profile in recent days to say bill clinton's effort to begin to reinforce during the... on the peninsula during the 1994 nuclear crisis or even president obama's decision to send bombers to guam during a crisis in 2003, the obama administration is trying to play it very cool and i think trying not to give the north koreans an excuse by putting american forces up front. >> rose: thank you, david, pleasure to have you on. >> thank you, charlie, great to be back. >> rose: back in a moment. congresswoman carolyn maloney. stay with us. >> rose: in 2006, new york police officer james zadroga

of yeonpyeong island that left four south koreans dead. the south korean military announced on tuesday that the exercises will be conducted at 29 locations across the country, including yeonpyeong island. the south korean military says it plans to stay on the highest alert for the time being. south korea and the united states began a four-day military drill in the yellow sea following the exchange of fire on november 23rd. on wednesday, the final day of the drill, the two nations will carry out exercises to protect the u.s. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier "george washington" from enemy attacks and to deliver supplies to combat areas. >> conventional forces -- provocative actions by those forces. >> a weekend poll by south korea's kbs television shows that more than 70% of those surveyed want much stronger responses to any future provocations by north korea. >>> nations concerned with north korea are carrying out diplomatic moves following china's proposal of an emergency meeting of chief delegates to the six-party talks. japan's top negot

south korea's foreign ministry has responded cautiously. ministry spokesperson kim young sun said it is as yet unclear what activities north korea will allow the inspectors to carry out. he added south korea needs to take various factors into consideration before it can determine north korea's intentions. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

i'm with the south of market community action network. i just want to emphasize that judas baker has been a great asset to the community. she has been there over 30 years and does a tremendous job. we hope that you would consider her even though she is not here today. supervisor campos: great. thank you very much. christian noto. >> good morning, supervisors. i'm the proud owner/operator of a couple of businesses on soma on sixth street. we have been successful in a tough economy in a blighted area with little foot traffic by making creative, sound business decisions and by offering stellar products. we also take advantage of city funds and solutions to urban redevelopment, which has been instrumental in our success. taking note of what seems to work and what is not working so well. i look forward to using this knowledge to help make sound decisions. as follows are several reasons i am seeking a seat on the committee. i look forward to representing the community serving small businesses because they, too, much like low-income residents ca

in south korea. president lee is often times seen as a puppet of the united states and the area around his office is called by many south koreans the news united states of south korea south korea certainly seized on any opportunity to escalate tensions there is the sinking of the south korean corvette cheonan which was immediately blamed on north korea over north korean denials and there are many in south korea who do not believe the official inquiry then we have the artillery exchange that happened on november twenty third which has been blamed on north korea however the exchange was triggered by south korea and marine garrison on an island that lies very close to the north korean coast you consider that you consider president leaves hostility toward north korea. it's his policy of confrontation deescalating war games and it's hard not to conclude that south korea is trying to precipitate a fight to pick a fight in trying to provoke its northern neighbor washington based investigative journalist way

south korea's military exercises. next week, three countries will have foreign ministers meeting to keep this unity. so this six-party talks can wait. >> thus far, there have been a number of disputes in east asia, the incident between china and japan in september near the senkaku islands is one and another is north korea's shelling of south korea last month. what do you think will be the key to stabilizing the region? >> u.s. and its alliance unity is a key to keep deterrence. on the other hand, to stabilize east asia is china. that is a key. china can create pressure on north korea to change their behavior. if it refuses to take the same step with us, china should understand the instability of the region will not work to their advantage. in this sense, china can be the solution for the problem. secondary, china starts to create problems as shown in the process of senkaku island and the fishermen's arrest. they tend to use power for their own sake and ambition. this is called arrogance of power. it will be a difficul

south of san francisco, oakland, vallejo, fairfield. if you're south of that not too bad. clouds to the north, sun to the south. warmer as well. near average temperatures. mountain view target forecast today starting off at a cold 34. 52 at noon. go 60 today for a high. that might feel downright balmy compared to where we've been the last couple mornings. san francisco 44. 58 high today which is exactly according to climatology where you should be. we've been below average for the longest time. by the way i was reading switzerland the coldest november in 45 years. and they have a bunch of snow in europe. this is one of the earliest winters even though it's still fall they've had in a long time. 33 napa as i bring it back here. 38 oakland, berkeley. palo alto i was looking about ten observations eight around 33 palo alto, men lo park around 33. san jose 38. lost alls to 34. 24 tahoe. 30s and 50s. 50 eureka clouds and rain. 38 redding. and 34 sacramento. 30s all the way down to santa maria and las vegas. there's a lot going on out here. there's just no consensus. so this sys

as the system digs down it will move it south, south, south. this will give us a very cold pattern. 40s and 50s on the temps right now. you can see the moisture source which streamed in here but the low that is digging down then brings in the cold air. our highs today one of the warmest of the next couple of days. lake tahoe snow. light snow right now. but until 4:00 p.m. today winter storm warning is out. another about half foot to foot to two feet of snow around 4,000 feet. 4500 feet for the snow level. today for us cloudy with showers or off and on rain but a possibility of thundershowers. upper 40s to low 50s. farther north upper 40s and low 50s. the five-day not a break yet. a little bit of a break. we might see that would be on thursday. as we head into the end of the week and the holiday weekend more rain. >>> an early trading on the european markets. stocks are up but it's setting a different tone. tensions between north and south korea sent it down 1.5%. other markets in the region lost ground. japan nikkei fell nearly 1% with stocks d

pezzini has yet the previous military drills carried out by south korea on the same island. on a fender the twenty third and that instance north korea reacted by shelling the island and that resulted in two civilian deaths and that's the team remains but it was the worst attack on south korean territory since the korean war ended in one thousand nine hundred fifty three know the first south korea saying that these astounded military tools that they carried out of a news quiz come back and said that they view it as a woman a vis others that the previous military drill in this time as he said they said that they view this as provocative action though you'll see that north korea doesn't need the partnership between south korea and the u.s. and japan in these really. it was a great thing and it is good that the hot stuff korea. was suffering. coming under some pressure from public opinion in the wake of the previous attacks when they got to take this stuff the stuff. with north korea has said that it's not going to welcome i am inspectors to come and examine its nuclear faciliti

in south korea. president lee is often times seen as a puppet of the united states and the area around his office is called by many south koreans the news united state of south korea is there ever a danger do you think that the north would ever play the car that it's that it's brought out yet again talking about maybe using its nuclear deterrent if i have a bit of sacred war ever did break out there could that happen and which nations are likely to be drawn into the conflict. the north could use its deterrent you never know what's going to happen when there's a game of brinksmanship being played as the south koreans obviously are i don't believe the south koreans want to bring this to an open state of conflict and i don't believe they actually want the north koreans to retaliate but when you play this kind of dangerous game anything can happen i believe the vice chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff had mentioned that it's very important that the united states control this escalation so that it

, 80% of it is from the south. i can clearly say that for the last five years when we signed the agreement, china has been playing a constructive role in making sure that the two parties including the cpa, and the outcome is respected. you can see from the statements that they are releasing and also from beijing. the role is very positive, and in the south, we are very happy with their role, and we are looking forward to engage with them so that a new nation will also work with them and cause relation with the chinese, so the role is very constructive, and then we are also urging them is to help more so that we reach an agreement on the post referendum issues because they are included in that, and we are asking egypt also to play a role because they also have invested areas that is important to help us. it is in the interest of the chinese and others to see us back to square one, and they are helping and have been attending many security counsel briefings here, well, not here, but their role have been very positive

on a south korean island in the yellow sea last week. lawmaker who is attended the meeting say won't explain the background of the north's attack. the chief reported that the north was irritated with south korea's rising international status after the group of 20 summit in seoul last month. he also said that the north's leadership needed to distract from the worsing on the economy and the success of kim jong il. >>> china's foreign minister says that china remains neutral on the korean issue and is working towards calling attention on the korea -- calming tensions on the korean peninsula. he made the remarks at a forum attended by foreign diplomats based in beijing on wednesday. >> he stressed the importance of not enflaming intention and ask that the country exercise restraint. diplomatic sources say china will send two senior officials, one state counselor in charge of diplomatic affairs. and a special envoy on korean issues to the north. >>> observers say yang's remarks were aimed at rebutting criticism from the international communit

qatar was selected from among bids by japan, south korea, australia, and the u.s.russia and qatar will be hosting the event for the first time. the leader of the russian delegation said his country will not let soccer fans down and called on all people to create history together. the leader of the qatar delegation thanked fifa for giving his country a chance and said that he is proud of the middle east. qatar developed invitation activities using funds backed by natural gas resources in the country. at the presentation it stressed the significance of holding the world cup in the middle east for the first time. japan had hoped to be the sole host of the 2022 world cup after co-hosting the event with south korea in 2002. >>> the "sea shepherd" is getting ready for another standoff with japanese whalers. two of the -- two of the observation group's boats have left for the antarctic ocean. the vessels pulled out of port in tasmania on thursday. they'll soon be joined by a thursday ship, a new one, called gojira, or godzilla. captain paul watson told reporters japanese

agency for international development is funding construction of south sudan's first paved highway.ight now, there are no paved roads or railways linking population centers, no efficient way to move people or goods in a country the size of france. so, by building this highway, this 120-mile stretch of road will connect the city of juba so, by building this highway, the government is, in a very real sense, laying the foundation for a new economy. investors see opportunity. among them is china, the sudan oil industry's largest investor and customer. china provides foreign assistance to south sudan and recently opened a consulate in juba right next to a chinese- owned hotel. a beijing-based developer is building another juba hotel, the eastern pearl. the time is right for chinese investors, says serena chen, an official with the firm. >> we want to invest here just because the south and the north will separate and i will know, there are plenty of chinese and as long as china is a responsible partner, that's what's important. >> reporter: the chinese are not the only ones to see busines

the ban that is moving south will give a lot of rain. there will be issues for those folks as we see the cold unstable air beginning to move in. we could get brief hail. one low moves through but another one is coming in behind it. today though north bay colder. possibility of thundershowers to the south more clouds and just light rain. but it will be keel as that whole -- but it will be cooler as that whole system moves in. sot snow level in the sierra goes down but a winter storm warning is out until 4:00 today. possible showers for us today. possible thundershowers. mostly cloudy to cooler. you will see a possibility of rain. north bay a few thundershowers popping up again. upper 40s. very low 50s. a few mid 50s toward the south bay. that will generally be more rain than the north bay. showers very chilly on tuesday. the next rainer comes in on tuesday. >> well wikileaks has once again released new classified documents. the chilling revelation concerning the security of nuclear material. >>> new terrorism fears in the week before chri

he was detained following an extradition request from south africa prosecutors. a taxi driver who's been convicted of the murder told the court in cape town that mr. darani arranged the killing. mr. darani denies any involvement. the bbc's nick davis told me how the case unfolded. >> she was actually murdered just over -- close to a a month ago. november 13. just go back in time. what happened while she was going from the area of cape town, she was with her husband and traveling in a taxi when it was carjacked, simply carjacked. he was taken out of the vehicle. so was her husband who has been arrested today. but she was later found dead, shot in the neck. and at a time many were concerned how this had happened and raised questions about security in south africa, but only yesterday in the cape crown court, cape high court that we found allegations came forward that her husband possibly was involved in this. and that's the reason why today he was arrested by members of the metropolitan police extradition unit. their job to put in place a warrant which was issued by

anywhere but the south. tavis: the period you're talking about happens to be america in the king years. it covers part of the king years. one does not think of it that way. when you think of dr. king fighting for justice and equality and the rights of black folk, you think of them in the south. it is fascinating to think that while he was leading this movement, negroes were getting out of the south. >> see have the exposure to the freedom of the north and that was in the early 50's. he met his wife in the north. that even -- there is a connection there between the great migration, he was part of the great migration four times and he went back for that moment of truth in the south. tavis: were there folks like him who escaped the south for whatever reason and felt called back? >> most did not. most left and the lead for good. some of them changed their name and they did not look back. which is why the story often was not told to succeeding generations and it needs to be. the country needs to be aware of the s

let's go to the south bay.how you northbound 101 traffic looks pretty good getting up to the 880 interchange and 280 also good getting into the west valley. it's 5:38. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you very much. couple things, if you're traveling this weekend to the northeast, the great lakes, it's going to be looks like a whopper of a system. cold, very cold system going from not only the great lakes all the way down to florida by sunday into monday. little advance notice. what's the good news? good news is it looks like high pressure's coming in to give us a warm weekend. it's long overdue. i think four out of the last five we've had rain. sun and clouds today. cool to mild. patchy fog out there. there's a big system inching closer. most of the cloud cover now is rising to the north. it's 58, 59 degrees eureka, crescent city with a south wind. advance of this very moist system. stay mainly to the north. some of the higher clouds will drift in. so farther north a few more clouds. farther south a few more

as the south bay right now.ains's going to pick up in intensity as we head out. the later you wait to get to work or school, the more likely it is you're going to get wet. temperatures pretty nice. looking in the upper 40s to low 50s. the monterey bay a little cooler. mid to upper 40s. inland low to mid-40s. our highlights if you will, rainy and cooler today. probably the heaviest we'll see this week. minor chances for tomorrow and friday and then warmer than average and sunny weather this weekend. south bay, 60 at campbell. everybody else the upper 50s today. upper 50s on the peninsula with mid-50s on the coast. san francisco around 57 degrees. up through the north bay where it's raining right now, this is the area that will probably stay cooler with low to mid-50s. the east bay shore mid to upper 50s. 58 oakland, union city, fremont, castro valley. and the east bay valleys mid to upper 50s. monterey bay, have to wait until the better part of the afternoon to get some rain. a little warmer, 57 santa cruz, 59 ca

expect the winds out of the south. san jose and a southeast breeze at three. 40 degrees right now with clouds from the west. you can see here no rain sheing up yet. most of the action continues to be north of the area. if your travel plans include the north coast, there is a good soaking taking place this morning. this will weaken as it slides towards the bay area. for hour by hour futurecast, most of the showers hanging out to the north of the bridge and this includes the afternoon commute. we will see a few showers across the south bay early and as we get to the weekend, widely scatter and the same stories into sunday. by sundayy we will see the rain filling in as we head into sunday evening. similar to yesterday and more in the way of clouds. cooler temperatures and the best bet for showers are north of san rafael. scattered showers and a mix of sun and not nonstop rain, but you just can't pack the umbrella away until monday of next week. >> a stockpile of highly explosive material in a house leads to a state of eme

it was south korea's largest live fire drill for this time of year. the exercises were held on the assumption the country would strongly respond to any provocative attacks by north korea. in an unusual step, the south korean military invited about 2,000 people, including citizens and community officials, to watch. >>> south korean president lee myung bak traveled to the front lines to visit soldiers who are stationed there. the troops are in the eastern province of ganguong near the military border. that's as close as 750 meters away from north korean soldiers. lee gave them words of encouragement and said they must remain on alert because no one can predict what the north will do next. >> translator: we thought up till now that patience would make peace possible. but it turns out that's not true. we will be able to preserve peace by powerfully responding to attacks from the north. >> lee stressed that a strong response could curb provocations from the north and prevent war. >>> north korea's media, meanwhile, have criticized the drills. they reported

/south korean maneuvers. >> translator: japan and the u.s. are allies.e still need to resolve a number of issues with south korea. >> kitazawa said japan must continue efforts to resolve pending issues to make the south korean public more receptive to the idea of joint drills with japan. japan ruled the korean peninsula before world war ii for 35 years. south koreans are still wary of japan's participation in joint military activities. >>> a key member of japan's government is promising to do everything he can to resolve an international issue dragging on for decades. more than 30 years have passed since north korean agents abducted japanese citizens. chief cabinet secretary yoshito sengoku spoke at a symposium attended by families of the abductees. >> translator: the japanese government will do everything it can in order to resolve this abduction issue as soon as possible. >> sengoku said the abductions were an extremely serious infringement of japan's sovereignty and an unimaginable violation of human rights. he also expressed regret and apologized for

by 9:00, light snow south and west. mid 20s. by midday. 27 and light to occasionally moderate snow at time. temperatures by 5:00, upper 20s. not a big storm. timing and the cold means any untreated surfaces will be seeing accumulations. clouds have been moving in. here comes some radar returns now all snow cold enough to support that. but very little of this is reaching the ground. let's go to live doppler 9000 hd. you can see here for new market, harrisonburg, the very ragged nature of the returns. however, south of charlottesville, see the darker blues. some of this is starting to reach the ground down south of i-64 and even in stanton. we've had reports of a few flakes within the last half hour. all right. winter weather advisory goes into effect from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. tonight. south toward richmond. a winter storm warning is in effect. they could have slightly more snow or a mix. they have raised that to a warning. temps are running in the low 20s in town. 25 at the pax river naval air station. upper teens in the shenandoah

ben: i think there's probably a stereotype that south of market is just... just the freaks and the super-yuppies. and kind of there's no in-between, and perhaps there is some truth to that more than, say the mission, where there might be a greater middle ground of people who live there. but i don't have a car and, i only have a motorcycle and it would be great if there were better public transportation. lisa: people are concerned with the lack of services, and the lack of houses, and there's others who have businesses who are concerned with the concerns of... having homeless in front of their business. and we're at the youth center, and another thing is youth programming. youth are exposed to a lot here in this part of town. bobbi washington: no it's not a walk through the park, in fact when they walk here, it's almost like a walk through the jungle. we do embrace them and let them know they are safe when they get in the bessie carmichael grounds. and we let know also that the things that they see- it's not like this all over the world, but we have to deal w

cloudy south. rain to the north. everyone is going to get rain eventually. 50s and low 60s for your temps. we'll keep a lot of clouds in the forecast and some rain through thursday. the storm track starts to lift to the north on friday. saturday and sunday it can be near upper 60s and low 70s near the coast but inland it will be that valley fog. >>> thank you, steve, up next tracking high school dropout rates. the local school district that received some alarming news. >>> also she's being remembered as a woman that shows courage through strategy and betrayal. we'll take a look back at the life of elizabeth edwards. >>> good morning if you are driving in the southbound northbound traffic is moving a long pretty well. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> good morning. we have cloudy skies. san jose south cloudy. very light rain. peninsula southbound, eastbound. northbound is looking for slight rain. >> all right, steve, thank you. >>> welcome back. good morning to you. here's a quick look

most followers of the incumbent laurent gbagbo live in the south of ivory coast.ope was that the election would help heal the wounds of the civil war. but even though laurent gbagbo lost the vote, he is clinging on to power, defying the international community. economic repercussions from the conflict have already been felt in what is the world's biggest producer of cocoa. but ivory coast can no longer guarantee that it will deliver its biggest earner. >> the turmoil has profound economic implications. ivory coast is the world's top cocoa-producing country and has been one of west ever does most promising economies. the standoff has raised the sector and fighting could disrupt exports by blocking transport and shipping, leading cocoa prices to shoot a bit of the world bank froze funding to ivory coast on wednesday to squeeze laurent gbagbo financially. but if he is feeling to the pain, it is not visible. he and alassana quattara offering material rewards to supporters. >> free petrol. that is not enough -- that is not an offer that will be turned down. the have be

south korea has carried out far exercises on. close to the border with north korea despite threats of retaliation from pyongyang moscow called on so to council in military exercises warning light tensions on the peninsula when i when i joined by a correspondent sara for more on sarah what's been going on at the border between the two koreas. despite the threats of war from north korea we've seen south korea carrying out this weapon till today and now this comes off the way it was delayed at the weekend the bad weather we've had they were carried out today around. people evacuated from the front line buddha knew that the speech to the territory and the rest of the people had me freeview say this weekend to the mainland when they'd received that warning as he said these drills have now gone ahead this comes off more than eight hours of discussion last night as an emergency u.n. security council meeting does meet. russia's request and participants at that meeting were discussing a russian draft statement the coups and south korea to

now, these advisories extend even further south. i'm surprised that the counties down towards richmond weren't under advisories earlier because the snow started down there and moved into our direction. all those counties in blue are under a winter weather advisory until 9:00. it does include washington, annapolis, fredericksburg, dale city, leesburg, places like that under a winter weather advisory until 9:00 for accumulating snow anywhere from a dusting to maybe an inch or two inches in some of the areas where we are seeing heavier bands. current temperature, 33 degrees in washington. 33 in fredericksburg. for today, morning clouds and snow will give way to partly sunny skies later this afternoon. our temperatures remain steady or fall. high, we've got 37 degrees. we were already at 37 degrees a couple of hours ago. now, it is 33 degrees. very windy today as well. as long as we are talking about snow, today's edition of ask weather guys, we will revisit the forecast that we made almost a month ago as to when we would see our first

but look to the south and west.hat's what's coming into our area as we go more into around 11 or lunchtime, we could see snow moving in. that's what we have to look forward to. but again, it's not going to be a lot of anything. but hour by hour, 20 degrees by 9 a.m. by lunchtime, 26 and those showers in the forecast will continue by 4 p.m. and will be back in the 20s as we head into 8 p.m. with snow showers in the forecast. now over to kim brown with the traffic. how are the road this morning? >> reporter: the roads look good. but anticipation of the snow they are doing salting operation on the bay bridge on eastbound span. looking live at the roadways, 895 southbound heading towards the harbor tunnel at the o'donnell street exit, traffic is moving well. we have a pair of water main breaks in baltimore city. expect to see east north avenue closed at north collington blocking the center lane. one lane get by in each dries. south highland between bank and pratt street closed because of a water main break. now back to

more lighter ones hanging back in those areas and the south bay, especially farther south into the montereyay, you can see healthy radar returns there. the south steady rain and a lot of snow up in the sierra. winter storm warning until 4:00. not out of the woods yesterday. showers now most of them in the north bay. >> good morning. if you are getting ready to leave the house you should have a nice commute awaiting you. all the earlier crashes have been cleared. all mass transit is running on schedule. let's go to a live look outside at the golden gate bridge where you will find a nice ride making your way into san francisco. looks -- there it is, the golden gate bridge, nice and light for you. if you're commuting through the south bay this morning, a live look at san jose. 280 at the 17 overcrossing. looks like -- oh, there it is, san jose. nice and light here. main point is no major problem spots. you have a nice commute awaiting you. the san mateo bridge traffic moving nicely in both directions there as well. kristen. >> thank you, megan. we'll keep checking back. many bay area commutes

. >> south 101, it's currently blocking the right lane. you the speed signs, without injuries i think they'll clear this one hopefully by the time you head out the door by the time i drive through the redwood city area. no delays elsewhere. and east bay and south bay, head to the north bay here is 101 in san rafael, nine minutes from nova to 580 and nine to ten minutes down could to the gold bridge where you see bridge crews, not having any delays. get the latest traffic when you want it by going to www.abc7.com. >>> another free shipping deal and why the next turn of a book page could be an advertisement. here a jane king with money scope report. >> good morning. they extended free shipping offer for amazon. they say it's up 12% from this year. and jewelry sales are also up. they'll grow 6% this holiday season after being flat this year. could be seen as a bullish time for the economy. they tell bloomberg, jewelry is last category to turn up. >> good book to get away from it all. marketers want to advertise in books, specifically e-books.

to the south. accumulations today, the thinking is about an inch or two here in the immediate washington area. the farther north you go, the less you will see. maybe a coating of snow to about an inch near the pennsylvania border and the farther south you go toward fredericksberg and richmond, the higher the know amounts might be 3 or 4 inches across portions of the viewing area to the south. that will include southern maryland. currently 24 degrees. it is crisp out there. i just stepped out of the door. humidity 45% and winds shifting out of the west at 5 miles per hour. light snow developing and total accumulation 1-3 inches and there could be a bonus four inches across south central virginia. and check out the high temperature, only 28. so every flake that falls for the next couple of hours will stick on roadways. could be a slippery commute. taking a look at the raid rar in a couple of minutes -- radar in a couple of minutes. allison and gurvir, back to you at the desk. >>> road crews are out i

the south yeonpyeong island. shortly after that attack, the u.s. navy participated in exercises with south korea. meanwhile, north korea accuses the south of collaborating with the u.s. and japan to pressure it. south korea's current drills are expected to continue through friday. >>> well, by the end of this day we could have a good idea whether the tax bi will get through congress. the senate will hold its first test vote on a deal president obama made with republicans. it would extend the expiring tax cuts on every american, not just ose who make less than $250,000 a year. many say they're prepared to accept a deal, but those in the house are not s willing to compromise. >> i'm not a member of the tail between the legs part of the democratic party. i think we still fight for the thin we care about. >>> it would renew unemployment benefits. >>> opponent's of prident a bam ma's health care have their eyes on virginia as it has a challenge on the overhaul. attorney general cucelli said americans should not be pen

watch how this system is sliding south. sliding south. i'm banking on that continuing to go south and give us a little bit of a break on some of these clouds. i haven't seen the sun in three or four days. 42 napa, 44 palo alto, 48 san jose. 40s for many except right by the coast. still the system continues to slide south. so that will give us a little bit of a break today. partly sunny, partly cloudy. cooler in the morning though. little patchy fog. forecasted highs though since we're starting in the 40s we'll end up mainly in the mid-50s. vallejo 54. novato 55. hayward at 56. warmest looks santa cruz at 59. redwood city 57 degrees. cooler today. partly sunny skies, partly cloudy on thursday. then rain starts friday. then rain and wind kick in on saturday and go sunday and off and on maybe even into midweek. >> all right. >>> president obama's about ready to speak. so we'll be right back with more on that. stay with us. >>> as swiftly as possible. getting that done is an essential ingredient in spurring economic growth over the short run.