knowledge on the ground, ability to work with people on the ground diminishes. first, i'd like your sense of is that actually right? but more importantly, if that is the logic how and why should the u.s. be more engaged in libya, right? is it reasonable to say it's a tough situation, okay, moving on, we have other priorities? >> well, i mean, again, the attack in benghazi. it did force this retreat. and you know, i went to libya five times since the resolution. each visit i saw the u.s. you know, presidents and, you know talking to libyans. said we never get visited by the americans anymore. go to the embassy and say, look we have these programs to help civil society, train media and do advice on the constitutional level. but we can't execute these programs because we don't have the staff, it was a skeleton crew and they couldn't get out in the country. the same thing with helping the security sector. i mean, we make a lot about should we have helped early on? there were plans on the books to do that. you know, i think part of it was some u.s. reluctance to get

all of that was trying to prep the ground work lay the ground work so that when the leaders come herey are all roughly in an area where something might be agreed. it is certainly not definite yet. we're talking about things like ceasefire lines, where are the front lines? we're talking about things like the border between russia and ukraine, who's going to make sure that border is not thanco conduit for weapons and men, and we're talking about self determination, independence autonomy for the self declared republics themselves. but it's the secrets of them. how do these things get put in place? the order in which they happen that can allow a ceasefire to take place, hold and deliver some sort of meaningful situation by which a proper political settlement can occur. >> yeah there is a suggestion with lavrov saying that there has been noticeable progress that a ceasefire starting thursday morning is going to be discussed? >> that's the rumor. there have been the various leaks about the terms set out in these talks. we will have to wait and see what the leaders decide when they come here

the growth throughout san francisco those plans developed by years of community planning laid the ground work for the construction so the city he e sets the goals in broad terms the private sectors builds market rate housing and non-built affordability housing that majority of housing in san francisco as well as throughout the country market rate houses built by private developers within guidelines of the city some below market rate you howls paid pie public and private dollars and prized to be variable to certain population housing is considered affordable if it costs less than 1/3rd the medium income for a 2 percent householder is $70,000 this householder will have to pay no more than $7,150 to be affordable san francisco has see long applied federal, state and local money often built and nonprofit tint for individual families the news cities in california what the inclusive program requires that 10 or ottawa more units to certain blow income levels or contribute to the fund that supports the blow market rate unit almost 25 thousand have been supported by city funds and more than 6 nous tho

she began laying the ground work for a rate hike later this year. en: the modification should be understood as reflecting the committee's adjustment. the conditions should be at a point for the change in a target range could be warranted at any meeting. olivia: today she will be questioned by the house financial services panel.

make that case in sacramento about automated safety enforcement this year and to begin to lay the ground work for some changes to the speed limit over the course of the session. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm the city traffic engineer with the sfmta and i'd like to commend the legislative analyst 's office for for the report they made a complicated subject very understandable. and i think the board putting attention on this will help us as well as the public to understand some of the -- these are the cross town through streets that are used to connect neighborhoods and the city with the regional transportation network. san francisco doesn't have a lot of through freeways so a lot of the local traffic gets mixed with the through traffic on these arterials these are streets that can carry 10 to 10 to fifty thousand vehicles a day so they are pretty important streets in terms of volume and also in terms of of the role they play in the system. the arterials in san francisco unfortunately have the characteristics that they are travelling often through very dense commercial areas and

talking about the disease that exists in the environment most of the people that work in the field versus the people that work on the groundstand the disease try to reduce the number of people and mosquitoes so you don't reach the threshold of an outbreak. you need a certain number of each. if you can get those numbers down. it won't be affecting people. >> so it can be passed from person to person? >> just threw mosquitoes. if i wiped the sweat on my four head and shake your hand you're not going to get it. it has to come to you from a mosquito that had the parasites long enough to burst & bd parasites. i think of the lifecycle that's going to be in the saliva and they will bite you within minutes. they avoid your immune system and then they stay. when they are mature enough, the best and attacked your blood cells and destroy your blood cells until you become very sick and your body responds with a high fever. the high fever is a good sign that you're immune system has kicked in and tried to reduce the number of terrorist sites so that you no longer seek them out for the systems. they become distinct and spun swim to the

. >> lay the ground work for super bowl 50 turning levi stadium into a wireless powerhouse. >>> a look at the bay bridge toll plaza with light traffic. it is dry here for now. >> covering los altos, antioch petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> it is 4:42. protesters filled the street last night near san francisco city hall outside the 8th annual awards show chanting displeasure with the impact tech companies are having in the bay area. this group rallied against car service companies uber and lyft and take issue with the business practices of the ride sharing services and the affect on the taxi industry. airbnb picks up a bronze monkey for best design. san francisco when security company was named best enterprise start-up unlike the oscars, they are voted on by ordinary users. >> compton released a sentence sunday call made by a witness moments after suge knight murdered a man. >> a car ran over two guys that were fighting and he just pulled back and pulled forward and run 'em over. they are laying down. >> 49-year-old knight has pleaded not guilty to murder, attempted

but i believe we have laid the ground work for inviting new people in because we've got space. only have half the population of san francisco, but 20% more land mass, which also means we've got all those roads and sewer pipes to maintain, as well. >> and a much smaller budget. >> you have an $8 billion budget i have a $1 billion budget. >> there's a lot of politicians to say we're going to preserve the middle class, fix homelessness we're going solve homelessness. the city council passed a goal of ending homelessness by 2020. is that even possible? honestly? >> we won't make any progress unless we set a clear goal and start to marshal the forces. >> you mean 30 years into homelessness there's been no goal sh >> i don't think we've been very well aligned. we have a lot of folks trying to solve different pieces of this puzzle and only after a last couple of years where we formed a nonprofit collaborative to ensure the city and the county will be swimming in their lanes, not tripping over each other to get grant funds and focusing on a housing first approach. we identified the 1,0

we've heard that rean, head of the iranian force on the ground working with the militia, is that could very much backfire. second is failure to fully include the sunni population to take the necessary steps to do that. those are two things that even if we train the iraqis incredibly well and everything goes according to plan those two things can derail this. we've got to be paying more attention to that. >> i think you pointed to something that's really important here. reminds me when she talks about iraq, the hard power, soft power, the strategy ideological war, the idea that you can't beat what's appealing to muslim millennials with nothing other than an embarrassment about talking about our own values, for example. all of these point to an unbelievable disconnect. what about syria, we have iraq, but we're not actually doing enough in syria. even if we win, even if we take back mosul, we still got a nightmare in syria that is a heart of fighting in the middle east. to speak of yemen and africa and we can keep going. the problem is all of this hangs together if we're going to win, oth

the president is also proposing cutting that from 35 percent to 28 percent something republicans have long supported. >> we want to look and work with this administration to see if we can find common ground on certain aspects of tax reform and exhaust that possibility. >> reporter: the third trillion dollars budget offers to make spending programs and tax increases. largely on the nation's wealthiest, to help pay for middle class tax breaks and 0 proposals, like expanded childcare and a free community college program. >> all the proposals that i put forward connect pay for by fixing a a tax code that is riddled with tax holes for special interests and if republicans don't agree with my approach for paying for it, then they should put forward their own proposals. >> reporter: this is the president's first budget proposal in a republican controlled congress, and even though it has little chance of passing the white house is casting it as a fight for middle class economics, and laying the ground work for a political debate through 2016 election. jeff. >> glor: julianna goldman in dc, thank you. a seven alarm warehouse fire in brooklyn has been burning for a day and a half now. firefighters

but when you speak to people here privately they will tell you none of the ground work is being laid for that to happen and they fully expect to continue the trials even if the detention camps are emptied. and that really begs the question at the end of the day what does closing guantanamo really mean. >> katherine, thanks so much live from guantanamo bay for us today. >>> the northeast bracing for another major snowstorm. boston gearing up. the system is expected to drop more than 2 feet in parts of massachusetts. and if that's not bad enough, it could also pave the way for some of the coldest air isso far this season. heaviest snow will fall across p upstate new york and new england. the storm expected to last from tonight until tuesday. >>> did you play power ball? there is still trim to try to nabt winning ticket because last night, nobody won the jackpot. it was at $380 million. you know what thoonoe whaknow what that means, even more dough will be on the line this coming wednesday. the grand prize will dwell to $450 million. wow. what would you do with all that? >> if you win, w

so the president is also proposing cutting that from 35% to 28% something republicans have long supported. >> we want to look and work withdm this administration to see if we can find common ground on certain aspects of tax reform and exhaust that possibility. >> reporter: the four trillion dollar budget offers to make spending programs and tax increases. largely on the nation's wealthiest, to help pay for middle class tax breaks and proposals, like expanded childcare and a free community college program. >> all the proposals that i put forward connect pay for by fixing a tax code that is riddled with tax holes for special interests and if republicans don't agree with my approach for paying for it, then they should put forward their own proposals. >> reporter: this is the president's first budget proposal in a republican controlled congress, and even though it has little chance of casting it as a fight for middle class economics, and laying the ground work for a political debate through 2016 election. jeff. >> glor: julianna goldman in dc, thank you. a seven alarm warehouse fire in brooklyn has been burning for a day and a half now. firefighters working in bitter conditions, wat

we will lay the ground work this year for the pivotal election to come. we will be very clear about what lawmakers in both parties need to do if they hope to earn the business communities support. outside of washington the chamber will be busy in the states. fighting for legal reform, workplace freedom, and education reform. we will be working in regulatory agencies to fix and improve any regulations. we will be working around the world to open markets defend the interests of american companies and protect their intellectual property last, we will be busty in the courts. it will be a critical tool in 2015. last year the chamber's litigation center filed a record number of briefs in state courts and we will likely sup pass that record this year. now let me continue with comments about what we can do right now today to accelerate growth and create jobs. first is trade, 95% of the people we want to sell something to live outside of the united states. we have opportunities to increase america's exports. we have working on the transpacific partnership agreemen

and working with moderate states on the ground and working with the rangecountries opposed to that and that is important because the range of countries is broad it is not just moderate arab alleys, it is russia and china and we can bring together an alliance to deal with this much beyond the show coalition put together but a group that will work to create functioning economies and alternative narratives to the extremists and be willing to commit to containing this for years to come. we don't see that strategy. we need the president to lead. we need reasonable people in the congress to support it. we need a long-term view. and right now we are playing hour by shower short-term ridiculous childish politics in washington. >> you couldn't have said it any better. david, thank you for reminding us. sometimes it makes sense to take politics out of it. so on a totally different note. a very serious question for. are you ready? >> white and gold. >> i love it. [ laughter ] >> thank you. why are we having this debate. it white and gold. dave thank you for being with

one of the most active on the ground working in the community. >> any idea you were excluded? >> what did you think of the summit? >> we had serious civil liberties. the summit ruled out community which doesn't make sense to us because we're more likely to be killed. impaired community outreach with law enforcement which is problematic because it approaches a community that is driving law enforcement lens. >> how do you not do that? law enforcement -- we're talking about countering violent extremism and law enforcement will be able to -- you will be. if it is coming out of religious organizations of one form or the other how do you not play the two? >> the entire summit, the model comes from what is not working in europe and what's not working in europe is having law enforcement go into communities to do outreach. the agents who are failing the community. they are sending in performance and not having conversations about violence being an issue that impacts all communities and looking at the active shooter. you are more likely to be killed by an active shooter by an active ext

get the underground piles done and pylon 9 the center column of the cable state bridge is the above ground work. the grade level work will start this month. and these are some photos of pylon 9. you can see we are getting ready at the grade level to pour the grade beam and tie in the rebar for the above grade work coming up shortly. you can see some rebar fabricated in the lower right. it gives you a pretty good perspective of the diameter of the rebar with the workers standing besides it. we are going to continue the concrete on the steel bar and the modeling is on going. that's important next step for us. there is a team of workers on that everyday. over the next 60-90 days, march anticipate, structural steel in the central zone and fab -- fabrication and legal and plumbing. a break down in the bay area, no real change here, east bay and san francisco are well represented. and here is our apprentice breakdown which is no real change there either. labor trades breakdown. i think this increases every month, 2000 different individuals. i hope i didn't go too fast. i wanted to get through it. any

or he is going to have to -- he is going to have to lay the ground work for the insanity defense. but either way, his conduct at the time and the fact that he acknowledges on several occasions, he knew the difference between right and wrong. and it's going to be a very tough road for the defense to overcome. but we still have to wait to hear what the experts have to say and what they are basing their opinions on. >> also in the same new yorker interview, he contradicts himself here. he have said in that interview that he shot littlefield first and then kyle. that is dprimpbt what he said in the confession to police. is that significant? >> yes and no. there's no question that the jury typically had a witness contradicts themselves, it's an indication of deception at least. but you are dealing with somebody who everybody would agree has some form of mental illness. is probably exacerbated it by what he smoked and drank that day. i'm in the sure how he shot two individuals, six or seven times with dampbt weapon i the answer to the question. that is not the significant point in the c

lay the foundation for us, the ground work. what's the connection here?>> it is a classic, vicky, because it is about the rights of the citizens versus the proper role of the government. that's it. california is one of 20 states that allow parents to exempt their children from vaccinations on the basis of personal beliefs or religious values. last year, about 13,000 exemptions were granted, 80% for personal beliefs. they are very dramatic. 2% of the children in alameda county to more than 8% of the children in santa cruz county. this is data that comes from the department of public health. >> four times as many kids are not is vaccinated in places like santa clara county. people who have personal or religious beliefs ta vaccinations are harmful. some are saying that it can cause autism. the overwhelming data from the medical community and the government and the general consensus among doctors is that vaccines are safe and that they save lives. at the end of the day, why shouldn't it be up to parents to decide what is best? >> those who choose not to v vac

analysts say there is still a major zoid few if any american intelligence operatives on the the ground workh their yemeni counterparts. the hands-on operation with the yemenis was always seen as crucial in operations with al qaeda. brian today, cnn, washington. >>> a new report claims president obama has received a secret letter from iran's supreme leader. according to the "wall street journal," the ayatollah wrote in response to a letter mr. obama wrote in october asking for iran's cooperation in fighting isis. an iranian diplomat says the response is respectful but noncommittal. the white house will not comment. australia's prime minister is pleading with indonesia to spare the lives of two men on death row. the australian citizens have spent the past ten years behind bars for attempting to smuggle heroin out of indonesia. indonesia's president rejected clemency pleas to keep them alive. >> millions of australians are feeling very very upset about what may soon happen to two ahn australians in indonesia. and my play at the this late stage is for indonesia to be as responsive to us as it e

diplomates laying the ground work for a cease fire in eastern ukraine between the army and the separatistrles reports. >> destroyed ukrainian tanks and heavy weaponed abandoned in the snow, this town, is virtually deserted. that's how it is with the self-proclaimed army, took control here from the army a few days ago and they say they are advancing. tightening the news around the town it is important. it is a railway junction, and we want to liberate it people here believe in us, they voted for us because they trust us we want to bring them freedom. >> it is not known how many civilians were killed here. >> this is the town it surrounded 2010-kilometers as the crow flies. separatest tell us they have them completely surrounded. the army has denied the claim but we were across the line, and saw the tanks digging in close to the only rout in and out they grabbed rocket launchers were driving towards the front. many the military controlled city around 50-kilometers away missiles hit a residential area, and military base. we were speeding the kids, the kids started screaming and the shells st

the goal is to see what is working or not with the program. now called the supplemental nutrition assistance program or snap. republicans say this could lay the ground work for an overhaul of the program. democrats are wary of the review process, saying it is a prom that works. >>> the u.s. secret service may soon start flying drones over washington, d.c. the agency is not saying what the drones will be doing except to say that they'll fly over areas that are typically restricted such as above the white house and the u.s. capital building. a secret service official says the exercises have been carefully planned and coordinated with other government agencies and will be tightly controlled. >>> and happening now, hundreds of miles above the earth, astronauts are working outside the international space station. this is a live look now at the spacewalk, which began a little after 7:00 this morning and is expected to last another couple of hours. the astronauts are hooking up cables to prepare for future dockings with new american space capsules. they're also lubricating parts of the station's robot arm. this is the second spacewalk in five days to compl

the talks in berlin yesterday, to try to lay the ground work. omeone came out saying they have been difficult. some tangible results. more talks later on today. this time it will include representatives from the prorussian separatists. they have to go well before that summit is -- before we know if it will go ahead tomorrow. >> we will watch and wait for that. thank you indeed. bridgette kendall in moscow. >> time to turn to business. aaron. >> aren't you clever? >> not very much. >> as a diesel car owner, i don't know if i like this story. i think the technical term is straight down. that's it. let me break down the story. thanks, david. one of the most polluted cities in europe. that could be set to change. yes, the mayor of paris wants to ban most diesel vehicles from the city by 2020 to lower air pollution. by july diesel buses and trucks will be banned during the daytime from entering the city. the ban will be extended to diesel vehicles. the push away from diesel is happening throughout europe. in london studies highlighted the scale of emi

before then, hundreds of inmates filled the grounds, worked out in the yards and pursued a variety ofgrams. today, the vast majority of inmates spend most of their day in their cells. >> it's depress -- it's real depressing. it's depressing. but i try to stay focused. i always try to keep an avenue of hope. because without hope, you would go crazy here. >> life here means spending more than 20 hours a day in a 7x10 foot cell. the only regular time out is an hour of exercise in the yard five days a week and one hour for lunch and dinner. the majority of prisoners spend their days watching television, reading and sleeping. >> i want you to do this entire section on mechanics. capitalization, commas. >> stateville does have a mandated adult education program where prisoners can work towards their ged or graduate equivalency degree. >> i think you've had enough time with that paper. >> any inmate who fails a standardized test must attend 90 days worth of classes. >> c-a-r-e-e -- >> they may leave the program after 90 days even if they continue to fail the test. >> remember, i said i want

new jersey chris christy and governor scott walker laying the ground work for campaigns. with potential donors in new york. and chris christie traveled to dc after stops in iowa and new hampshire earlier this week. carl came ron is live in washington now. christie is taking heat for not acting like a candidate. and now that he's on the road what was the reaction. >> reporter: he was in new hampshire and iowa and it was warmer in new hampshire than the hawkeye state. social conservative are more skeptical of christy. even in his home state his favorability has dipped. and it can hurt fund-raising, too the example is woody johnson owner of the new york jets who play in the met light statedium. johnson was a huge romney supporter in 2012 and decided to back jeb bush instead of christie. wisconsin governor scott walker was across the hudson in new york city and paid a courtesy call to donald trump who talked about running him. and afterward trump had a tweet. governor scott walker just left my office and we had a wonderful talk. very interesting. walker was huddling with seve

decision whether or not he's going to run for president in 2016 but he's doing all the necessary leg work and laying the groundo be in a good spot to make that decision. in terms of this poll this is positive. this is good to be in the lead and to have gained ten points in the past month. that's a great sign. he has been out working hard talking with people around the country as he has been pro meeting his new book but also connecting with the people. while this is good news this is a national poll. we like seeing the numbers this direction breaking down the cross tabs in this seeing that economy is a number one issue for the voters in this poll. clearly the governor's message is resonating with his views on the economy and how it's important to rein in the size of government. looking at balancing the budget. >> let me ask you this too. you're being cautious when you say mike huckabee has not decided to run for president. this poll is great. i know why you're doing that. a year ago it changed from michele bachmann herman cain rick santorum before finally settling on mitt romney, do you think that 2016 will be

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it hopes a truce will ease the suffering of the people allow aid in and possibly lay the ground work r a political process. until now opposition fighters haven't been convinced. countries like saudi arabia qatar, turkey and jordan must convince them to comply with the ceasefire. >> translator: the success of any effort related to the war on syria, depends on the capacity of the parties that finance the armed terrorist groups. >> reporter: the syrian government says it is prepared to suspend its aerial attacks on aleppo for six weeks in a trial ceasefire. but opposition groups won't guarantee president asaw's forces won't take advantage of the lull in fighting. >>> greece seeks to extend its european loan program. plus -- >>> i'm in los angeles, a long way from russia, and find out why edward snowden is causing a stir on this side of the pacific ocean again. >>> and in sport new zealand makes england suffer at the cricket world cup. [ cheers ] ♪ >>> ukraine has accused russia of sending tanks to the rebel-held town on the southern coast. it lies about 40 kilometers from the port city o

no word on how it started or any injuries, but firefighters are also on the ground, working on fightinghis fire. we'll continue to follow this story and bring you updates as we get it. >>> ten years ago today, richard petrone and danielle imbo vanished without a trace. the disappearance is still uninvolveun unsolved. the fbi announced new steps it is taking to solve this mystery. cydney long has more. you just spoke to the feds? >> reporter: vai, that's right. i just got done speaking with fbi agents as well as police upstairs on the eighth floor here at the philadelphia fbi office. they have honestly been baffled by this disappearance, this very bizarre disappearance for ten years now. but what they just told me is they believe that it is solvable. they told me they have devoted both seasoned detectives some on the disappearance of danielle imbo and richard petrone, since it broke, as well as new detectives, so new sets of eyes as well as an analyst who will take a close look at anything they have missed over the years in their very lengthy case file. they may also reinterview people c

that aside do you think the president here laid the ground work for just that?are going to get this treatment and are going to be allowed not only to get ss ss dating back years? >> the irs confirmed that from questioning two weeks ago. if they file a return this year be able to go back three years and collect a refund. think about that. while the president is threatening not -- the democrats threatening not to fund dhs the way we think it should, consistent with the federal judge's ruling last week while that's going on, you are going to have non-citizen illegals going back three years to get a tax refund while we are bow potentially not going to pay border agents -- >> worse than that. you astutely brought this up in the hearing, it is not a leap at all then to say they are going to give folks refunds, gonna reck fwhiz their work here in this country for the last few years, illegal or not, it is not a big jump to say, all right, the health benefits as well will come your way. >> relative to this entire law. i mean remember they just sent out 800,000 forms to b

, this is a very important work, it's very sensitive work and the quality of the work is ultimately dependent on the workers, the people on the ground doing this work. and i just want to note that i am very troubled by the fact that over the last few months we have received a number of complaints and concerns from workers at edgewood and my office has actually reached out to edgewood to address some of those concerns and the response was actually pretty diss diss miss pretty diss missive and i think if you ask some some of the workers that are familiar with this facility and familiar with this entity they will tell you that this is not an agency that at least from the workers who are on the ground treats their workers well, this is not an agency that recognizes that in order to treat workers -- the reason why you need to treat workers well is because it has a direct impact on the quality of service provided to the families and if the working conditions of these individuals are not sound and strong that leaves a lot to be desired in terms of the quality of the service that is provided. so i will be voting against this item and i woul