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chairman the railroad has worked very closely with the state and we are confident that the railroad is going to fully reimburse the state for those costs. in fact they have the bridge that you have that photo of removed in a day. it was absolutely remarkable to see the work that the railroad has put into making this as efficient as possible and making the lines correct again. i am confident that because of the strong partnerships and because of, well certainly we will have to wait for the investigation to be complete but i'm confident that the railroad will indeed have those expenses and not the state of missouri. >> and are you faced in missouri with the same kinds of need for great infrastructure, not just routine maintenanmaintenan ce but also bridges that are aging, track that is in need of replacement? >> correct mr. chairman. certainly we have is infrastructure needs in our system in missouri. we have a large highway system in missouri 32,000 rows of highway and 10,000 bridges. we do not own any rail track in the state however we have the grade crossings, 7000 grade crossings in
chairman the railroad has worked very closely with the state and we are confident that the railroad is going to fully reimburse the state for those costs. in fact they have the bridge that you have that photo of removed in a day. it was absolutely remarkable to see the work that the railroad has put into making this as efficient as possible and making the lines correct again. i am confident that because of the strong partnerships and because of, well certainly we will have to wait for the...
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safest year in railroading history. since the rail safety improvement act was passed in 2008, railroad accidents have declined for five straight years, part of a 43% drop over the past decade. and this hasn't occurred by mistake. it reflects our comprehensive approach to railroad safety. we've used good data to increase audits and spot inspections in strategic locations. we've taken steps to insure or the competency of locomotive engineers and conductors. we've issued requirements to have emergency notification systems at every highway-rail grade crossing. we've updated our track and passenger equipment safety standards to insure the safe introduction of high-speed rail service at speeds up to 220 miles per hour, embracing a performance-based safety approach that will allow proven high-speed train set designs to be used in the united states. but we must always do better. our goal always is for continuous safety improvement. so as we work with the industry to install positive train control, we've placed an increased emphasis on an
safest year in railroading history. since the rail safety improvement act was passed in 2008, railroad accidents have declined for five straight years, part of a 43% drop over the past decade. and this hasn't occurred by mistake. it reflects our comprehensive approach to railroad safety. we've used good data to increase audits and spot inspections in strategic locations. we've taken steps to insure or the competency of locomotive engineers and conductors. we've issued requirements to have...
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over the billions needed to pay for track improvements nationwide and railroad track repairs. i'm hampton pearson in washington. >> tonight, we heard the joke about someone trying to buy the brooklyn bridge but how about buying the empire state building. that's almost what happened when a top new york city real estate company offered to buy the skyscraper from 2 billion-dollar in cash from the family that confroms the building. it's lower than the tower's appraised value and comes weeks after investors improved a plan to take the empire state building public selling a real estate investment trust. no commit on the offer. i would say it's priceless, huh? >> i think it is. i think king kong will get into the bidding soon. maybe we can buy it. it would be nice to own. >> that's nightly business report for us. i'm susie gharib thanks for watching. >> and i'm tyler mathisen. thanks for watching from me, as well. read more at nbr.com and meanwhile, we'll see you back here tomorrow. fortune.... and love.... in a world that was about to change forever.... shanghai story.... a dance dra
over the billions needed to pay for track improvements nationwide and railroad track repairs. i'm hampton pearson in washington. >> tonight, we heard the joke about someone trying to buy the brooklyn bridge but how about buying the empire state building. that's almost what happened when a top new york city real estate company offered to buy the skyscraper from 2 billion-dollar in cash from the family that confroms the building. it's lower than the tower's appraised value and comes weeks...
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and then ran off and left her on the railroad tracks for dead. dead. >> the victim is reported missing shortly after being abducted. concerned that their serial rapist has struck again, police mount a massive search. >> they did send out police and a helicopter and a dog. and a dog started tracking down the tracks, but then turned off. >> the girl's stepfather also looks for her with a flashlight. he finds her six hours after the attack, unconscious, bleeding but miraculously still alive. >> and he carried her to the car and took her to a nearby hospital. and she survived, survived her wounds. >> the victim is able to give a description of her assailant and tells detectives about her ordeal. >> she was in and out of consciousness and she was very aware of the helicopter going over and lighting up the area and so she attempted to pull herself up on to the railroad tracks where she could be seen. >> i would say there's a lot of rage there, a lot of rage. over the top rage. you know, turning her over and stabbing her some more. it's almost like over
and then ran off and left her on the railroad tracks for dead. dead. >> the victim is reported missing shortly after being abducted. concerned that their serial rapist has struck again, police mount a massive search. >> they did send out police and a helicopter and a dog. and a dog started tracking down the tracks, but then turned off. >> the girl's stepfather also looks for her with a flashlight. he finds her six hours after the attack, unconscious, bleeding but miraculously...
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. >> who have stepped up is the railroad companies, by the end of the year, there will be a million ang the rails, getting it out to the east coast, the west coast, the gulf coast. >> real quick, this an environmental thing? i don't understand this. is there not enough capital? we need pipelines that get the oil to the east coast. instead of buying brent crude, they can buy west texas. >> it takes rights of capital. rights of ways have to happen. we see pipelines burst. when you have that happen, it works against industry. i do believe it has to be highly regulated, highly observed, the oil industry can be its worst enemy. affects the spills. >> i'm glad you have knocked the oil industry. we will talk about that later on. give me jeff basso from cleveland from spiro investors in cleveland, which helps beneficiaries handle their new-found wealth. you have ordinary americans through the land sales or royalties whatever get rich quick. like all of a sudden they could be multi-millionaires. so, first of all, what do you tell them? you find these guys what do you do with them? >> first aft
. >> who have stepped up is the railroad companies, by the end of the year, there will be a million ang the rails, getting it out to the east coast, the west coast, the gulf coast. >> real quick, this an environmental thing? i don't understand this. is there not enough capital? we need pipelines that get the oil to the east coast. instead of buying brent crude, they can buy west texas. >> it takes rights of capital. rights of ways have to happen. we see pipelines burst. when...
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a large section of the railroad has shut down since april when a tunnel collapsed. the train's owner didn't have the $300,000 to make the needed repairs until this week. san francisco's save the redwood league agreed to provide the money in exchange for an option to purchase land to protect redwoods along the railroad's 40-mile long right of way. the owner of the 128-year-old railway say trains could be running again by mid july. >>> 4:55. this morning we're checking out some winds with leyla gulen in for mike nicco. you may want to reconsider going on the bay or ocean today. >> everyone is going to want to get on sailboats but be careful because with brisk winds it's going to be about 25 knots so you're looking at about 30-mile-per-hour winds and by comparison tropical storm barry is off the court of vera cruz, mexico, packing winds of 45 miles an hour so around 40 knots. be careful when you head out there. could be dangerous. we are going to look at warmer conditions today with the first day of summer. san francisco, a difference of one degree warmer. three degree
a large section of the railroad has shut down since april when a tunnel collapsed. the train's owner didn't have the $300,000 to make the needed repairs until this week. san francisco's save the redwood league agreed to provide the money in exchange for an option to purchase land to protect redwoods along the railroad's 40-mile long right of way. the owner of the 128-year-old railway say trains could be running again by mid july. >>> 4:55. this morning we're checking out some winds...
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he remains in jail detective as rested him after a woman's body was found along the railroad tracks. the suspect and victim had been romanticly involved. police say shepherd assaulted her during a fight. her body then left nearby along the tracks. >> a standoff between police and a naked man ended peacefully today. it started around noon. police say a man threatened another with a hammer and he started talking gibberish. he could face charges for going out a weapon and making threats. >> police suspect drinking and driving led to a crash that killed a man. the sedan slammed into a row of parked cars this morning. the driver survived. police arrested acosta on drunk driving charges. investigators say the two men had stolen beer before that crash. >> officers found several cans of beer inside of the vehicle. >> the medical examiner plans to. >> lawmakers have come up with potentially live saving changes for stretch limousines. abc 7 is live with details on this. >> if you count a limo fire where there are no fatalities. the fire killing a bride and four friends last month is prompting s
he remains in jail detective as rested him after a woman's body was found along the railroad tracks. the suspect and victim had been romanticly involved. police say shepherd assaulted her during a fight. her body then left nearby along the tracks. >> a standoff between police and a naked man ended peacefully today. it started around noon. police say a man threatened another with a hammer and he started talking gibberish. he could face charges for going out a weapon and making threats....
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this is about the railroads, the transport of coal.his is about all the jobs created in trucking and. it we haven't had a long-term energy plan for 35 years, and we know energy independence is right around the corner. it's finally within o sights. we need to open our eyes to it rather than fund special projects that have no return on investment and have yet to produce the bs that the energy industry produces in this country. john? >> i think this administration would love to take us back to the horse and buggy. look, candidate obama in 2008 says he wants to put such a heavy punitive tax on coal plants that we wil never build another one. his own climate adviser this week came out and said, yes, a war on coal is exactly what we need. but you have to understand that gets us to thatlternative energy future. windmills are great, solar power is great. it'sot enough to power our country right now. >> if this was 1976,ou would be saying the same thing about catalytic converters on cars. that was a burden on the consumer, they had to pay for i
this is about the railroads, the transport of coal.his is about all the jobs created in trucking and. it we haven't had a long-term energy plan for 35 years, and we know energy independence is right around the corner. it's finally within o sights. we need to open our eyes to it rather than fund special projects that have no return on investment and have yet to produce the bs that the energy industry produces in this country. john? >> i think this administration would love to take us back...
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you cannot underestimate the power of rivers and railroads during the civil war. they did not have adjusted highways. it did not have trucks. rivers and railroads. the union army, by capturing vicksburg, stops all of that from that whole part of the country. the other part of this is now the mississippi river is wide open for the union army to use, the navy to use to transport material, man, food, equipment, whenever they needed to the south. very definitely it is the beginning of the end for the confederacy. a lot of people in the confederacy know this and there are some quotes in the book to that effect. but that is the history lesson. when i got into the characters, and you have people like john pemberton. now, he is not common to most of federates, favorite sun. in fact, he's not a sign at all because he is from pennsylvania. that is a little irony there because a lot of the soldiers, the confederate soldiers who served under john pemberton at vicksburg are not very happy about the fact that this guy is from pennsylvania. he marries a woman from virginia, which
you cannot underestimate the power of rivers and railroads during the civil war. they did not have adjusted highways. it did not have trucks. rivers and railroads. the union army, by capturing vicksburg, stops all of that from that whole part of the country. the other part of this is now the mississippi river is wide open for the union army to use, the navy to use to transport material, man, food, equipment, whenever they needed to the south. very definitely it is the beginning of the end for...
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according to an alameda water county district official the man dove all the railroad bridge and into the 16-foot deep water himself body was recovered near those depth mashers. the man was here with two friends. the call for help came into 9-1-1 at 11:30 this morning. one friend says the man dove into the creek and never resurfaced. three hours later his body was recovered by dives. this is an area that is clearly marked with no swimming signs. it's not yet clear if the man hit something underwater or why he didn't resurface. his body is now with the county coroner and an autopsy may provide answers. the i'd -- identity of the man has not been released but we had a brief discussion with the water district official and he says the man may have just got out of the u.s. navy. reporting live, abc7 news. >> a heat with a -- heat wave hate the bay area today. mike nico tellses bit. >> 103 at my house so i came to work for the free air conditioning. good afternoon or evening, everybody. figure out what day it is, heat memory ross. it's bone dry. we sent records in santa rosa, 102. 92 in moun
according to an alameda water county district official the man dove all the railroad bridge and into the 16-foot deep water himself body was recovered near those depth mashers. the man was here with two friends. the call for help came into 9-1-1 at 11:30 this morning. one friend says the man dove into the creek and never resurfaced. three hours later his body was recovered by dives. this is an area that is clearly marked with no swimming signs. it's not yet clear if the man hit something...
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and we immediately said keep the railroad bridge, restore it chalktaw. it gave us a historic context for the place. >> rose: so the river gave you historical context too. >> the river-- and so in a way it was all about landscape. the president wanted it. we wanted it to make it part of a public park system for the city of little rock. and that's what has happened. >> rose: let's look at some of this and see what jim did for the clinton library. describe this, jim. >> it's-- in simplest terms it's a 400 foot long box about 80 feet wide. almost, almost square, not quite, within our three leveling. it's raised above the landscape, why? because it's preserved the opportunity for not just visual penetration through the site but for people to walk under the can't lever and along the rivers edge. >> and it didn't start that way. we first showed him three schemes. they were all parallel to the river. the views were in the water, seemed common sense and it's too long of a story to go into. but at a certain point together with the exhibit designer ralph applebottom
and we immediately said keep the railroad bridge, restore it chalktaw. it gave us a historic context for the place. >> rose: so the river gave you historical context too. >> the river-- and so in a way it was all about landscape. the president wanted it. we wanted it to make it part of a public park system for the city of little rock. and that's what has happened. >> rose: let's look at some of this and see what jim did for the clinton library. describe this, jim. >>...
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police in morgan hill a partially-clad body of a woman found on the railroad tracks is the victim ofomicide. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, her boyfriend has ben charged in the case. >> reporter: the body of the 46-year-old woman, whose identity has not been released, was found here along the railroad tracks just north of main street by nearby resident anthony bardon. >> her parents were half way down. >> reporter: police have arrested this man in the killing, describing 61-year- old -- her pants-for have for down. michael sheppard as her boyfriend. they say the couple were having 'fidelity issues.' >> we do know there were romantically involved and had an argument inside the trailer with an altercation. she died some time after. she was removed from the trailer. >> reporter: neighbors of the couple who lived in unit number 114 here at the morgan hill apartments and trailer park on monterey road described sheppard as a 'ticking time bomb' with a drinking problem and a bad temper. the amount of lot of people are upset about it but he seemed like a nice guy. again, that trick
police in morgan hill a partially-clad body of a woman found on the railroad tracks is the victim ofomicide. as kron four's rob fladeboe reports now, her boyfriend has ben charged in the case. >> reporter: the body of the 46-year-old woman, whose identity has not been released, was found here along the railroad tracks just north of main street by nearby resident anthony bardon. >> her parents were half way down. >> reporter: police have arrested this man in the killing,...
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he started buying got this land from the railroad and buying up other than and when the railroad came, he held an auction and people came and people came and they bought and he sold plots of land and these people came and planted and for the first couple years everything was wonderful, all sorts of produce, citrus that grew in the desert. people think of it as desert but there is water here. there is an aquifer, several streams coming from the mountains. for a few years it prospered. then disaster struck. 1894, began an 11 year drought and one by one the settlers abandoned their lodge. there was no water. 11 year drought is hard to overcome and so they left and mccallum died thinking he was a failure and his widow died and his children died except for one, his daughter. she came back and saw the old range kind of all -- nothing there. for it down and used for firewood. she decided to rebuild. she started rebuilding, replanting, got indians to help her and she started buying up the lots of the people who left. pretty astute businesswoman and she ended up building the first hotel in pal
he started buying got this land from the railroad and buying up other than and when the railroad came, he held an auction and people came and people came and they bought and he sold plots of land and these people came and planted and for the first couple years everything was wonderful, all sorts of produce, citrus that grew in the desert. people think of it as desert but there is water here. there is an aquifer, several streams coming from the mountains. for a few years it prospered. then...
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we have a crash at the railroad. that is cleared. good news. here is the east bay, no problem.oad crews out there but the lanes for the freeways mostly open. one lane at the interchange closed there. it's not presenting any slowing. this is west 580 heading through livermore. we have your overnight construction to hacienda. no big deal down here. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 4:57 right now. one minute he's having coffee in the city. the next he is under arrest. we'll tell you how detectives in san francisco nailed a convicted child molester on the run. >>> the latest scam targeting bay area businesses. what pg&e is warning people to be on the lookout for. >>> new this morning, a convicted child molester on the run and hiding out in the bay area. where u.s. marshals caught this man next. >>> get ready for a gorgeous father's day weekend, and then things change next week. we'll sort out where you're going to get the best weather if you want to take dad outdoors this year. >>> a gorgeous view above and at the bay bridge toll plaza. but we have the east bay slowing. we'
we have a crash at the railroad. that is cleared. good news. here is the east bay, no problem.oad crews out there but the lanes for the freeways mostly open. one lane at the interchange closed there. it's not presenting any slowing. this is west 580 heading through livermore. we have your overnight construction to hacienda. no big deal down here. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> 4:57 right now. one minute he's having coffee in the city. the next he is under arrest. we'll...
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according to an alameda water county district official the man dove all the railroad bridge and into the 16-foot deep water himself body was recovered near those depth mashers. the man was here with two friends. the call for help came into 9-1-1 at 11:30 this morning. one friend says the man dove into the creek and never resurfaced. three hours later his body was recovered by dives. this is an area that is clearly marked with no swimming signs. it's not yet clear if the man hit something underwater or why he didn't resurface. his body is now with the county coroner and an autopsy may provide answers. the i'd -- identity of the man has not been released but we had a brief discussion with the water district official and he says the man may have just got out of the u.s. navy. reporting live, abc7 news. >> a heat with a -- heat wave hate the bay area today. mike nico tellses bit. >> 103 at my house so i came to work for the free air conditioning. good afternoon or evening, everybody. figure out what day it is, heat memory ross. it's bone dry. we sent records in santa rosa, 102. 92 in moun
according to an alameda water county district official the man dove all the railroad bridge and into the 16-foot deep water himself body was recovered near those depth mashers. the man was here with two friends. the call for help came into 9-1-1 at 11:30 this morning. one friend says the man dove into the creek and never resurfaced. three hours later his body was recovered by dives. this is an area that is clearly marked with no swimming signs. it's not yet clear if the man hit something...
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first came the railroad in the late 1800s, then during the depression, construction of the massive fortk hydro dam and in the late sixties, closure of the glasgow air force base. carney says folks here want the keystone pipeline. >> this was coming through where the pipeline will come through this town, everything helps. >> reporter: the pipeline's owner trans-canada will pay more than $80 million a year in montana taxes, most of that to the six counties in the pipeline's path. some landowners have doubts. >> and if it comes, right there, you see the stake? >> reporter: the underground pipeline would cross chad taylor's ranch. he wonders whether the country really needs it. >> the fuel that is made in texas probably ain't going to stay in the united states. it is going to be sold to the highest bidder. how is this going to benefit me? as an american? >> reporter: a fourth generation rancher, taylor worries the pipeline will lower his property value, especially if there is a spill. >> if this thing breaks up here it is going in the missouri river. they can't shut it off fast enough. >> r
first came the railroad in the late 1800s, then during the depression, construction of the massive fortk hydro dam and in the late sixties, closure of the glasgow air force base. carney says folks here want the keystone pipeline. >> this was coming through where the pipeline will come through this town, everything helps. >> reporter: the pipeline's owner trans-canada will pay more than $80 million a year in montana taxes, most of that to the six counties in the pipeline's path. some...
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first came the railroad in the late 1800s and then during the depression, the massive construction ofd then in the late '60s closure of the air force base. carney says folks here want the keystone pipeline. >> we're kind of glass xl is coming through closer to town. everything helps. >> reporter: the pipeline's owner transcanada will pay more than $80 million a year in montana's taxes, most of that in the six counties on the pipeline's path. some land owners have doubts. >> there's the stake. do you see the stake? >> reporter: the underground pipeline would cross chad taylor's ranch. he wonder's whether the country really needs. >> the fuel made in texas probably ain't going to stay in the united states. it's going to be sold to the highest bidder. how is this going to affect me as an american? >> reporter: a fourth generation rancher, taylor worries it will lower his value especially if it's a spill. >> if this thing breaks out here, it's going into the missouri river. they can't shut it off fast enough. >> reporter: at transcanada headquarters in calgary, the president insists it wi
first came the railroad in the late 1800s and then during the depression, the massive construction ofd then in the late '60s closure of the air force base. carney says folks here want the keystone pipeline. >> we're kind of glass xl is coming through closer to town. everything helps. >> reporter: the pipeline's owner transcanada will pay more than $80 million a year in montana's taxes, most of that in the six counties on the pipeline's path. some land owners have doubts. >>...
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a large section of the railroad has been shut down since april when a tunnel collapsed. rain's owner didn't have the $300,000 to make a needed repairs until this week. san francisco's save the redwoods league will provide the money with an option to buy land to protect redwoods along the right of way. the owner of the railroad say repairs will begin immediately and they expect trains to be running again by mid july. >> kids have so much fun on that. 5:54. let's check in with leyla gulen in for mike with the forecast. >> we said the sun would rise at 5:48 and it is on time. take a look at that. what a gorgeous shot. we're looking at a slight uptick in our temperatures. one degree warmer in san francisco. 66 degrees. 81 degrees in concord. cooler in santa rosa. as we look at highs for today across the state, it's going to be toasty in palm springs at 104 degrees. 80 degrees in los angeles. as we move up the coast, 59 degrees in eureka. seeing cloud cover but not thunderstorms that we were seeing a couple days ago. let's look at our traffic right now and see what's happening
a large section of the railroad has been shut down since april when a tunnel collapsed. rain's owner didn't have the $300,000 to make a needed repairs until this week. san francisco's save the redwoods league will provide the money with an option to buy land to protect redwoods along the right of way. the owner of the railroad say repairs will begin immediately and they expect trains to be running again by mid july. >> kids have so much fun on that. 5:54. let's check in with leyla gulen...
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you can walk to the railroad. >> quickly, the san juan islands in the northeast.nk. >> you might not know if you haven't been there. it's beautiful. there are over 450 islands. obama actually in march proclaimed it a national monument, so it helps protect some of the land, and you can take ferries. only accessible by ferry or sea plane. and you can take ferries from downtown seattle in the summer. you can rent mopeds. you can take tours. >> this is the time of year to go. >> hotel, quickly. sorrento hotel, first boutique hotel in seattle, $122 a night. everyone from the vanderbilts to bono has stayed there. it's a great property. >> great. thank you very much. >> thank you for coming to see us. >> all righty. you found the perfect guy, now you want him to stick around for good. >> dishes that have him coming back for more. >> we know what we mean by that. >> i don't know what it means. >> i don't either, but it was there. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> it is time for today's kitchen. what's cooking, we got three romantic meals to seal the deal with the man of
you can walk to the railroad. >> quickly, the san juan islands in the northeast.nk. >> you might not know if you haven't been there. it's beautiful. there are over 450 islands. obama actually in march proclaimed it a national monument, so it helps protect some of the land, and you can take ferries. only accessible by ferry or sea plane. and you can take ferries from downtown seattle in the summer. you can rent mopeds. you can take tours. >> this is the time of year to go....
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i mean, it first started when we came back from scotland he brought back the railroad ties.ck wall. he has all new concepts. >> i remember when deane beman asked me to make a sketch and nobody has been able to be able to figure out the sketch since i made it. ♪ when we were digging the area where the 17th green is now, they kept digging and found sand. and just kept digging it and digging it, because i needed all the sand in the world for fairways and finally, i just had a big hole down there and alice came by and i was telling her, i said, what am i gonna do with this crazy hole? there's no hole left. >> well, his vision ran out that day. i said, pete, why don't you put it right back where you had it and bulkhead it and fill up that big old hole with water? >> i said, you're crazy. i'd get shot. but anyhow, that's what i did. i had no idea that it would ever get the way it is today. >> it never occurred to us that it would be even a difficult hole because the only hitting pitching ranches and how many golf professionals ever miss a green with a pitching range? >> we'll go f
i mean, it first started when we came back from scotland he brought back the railroad ties.ck wall. he has all new concepts. >> i remember when deane beman asked me to make a sketch and nobody has been able to be able to figure out the sketch since i made it. ♪ when we were digging the area where the 17th green is now, they kept digging and found sand. and just kept digging it and digging it, because i needed all the sand in the world for fairways and finally, i just had a big hole down...
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and something about our ancestors helping to build the railroads here in the 1800 and is now two chinese americas mayors of our country coming together on the bay privilege. just something remarkable about that. you know, a year ago, i appeared before you, to talk about what we were planning to do, it was the year of the dragon, the dragon meant that we had to be bold, take risks and that all of the elements around the dragon tell us, us forward to take the biggest risks we could for the good of our residents and i'm happy to say that now, that we have with about to celebrate the year of the serpent or snake it's considered in our culture the minute aye dragon which means not so bold not too risky, in fact kind-of what you would think a snake would do still going in the right direction but figuring out how to get there smarter. that is what we are going to. and it will help help us guide what we had already signaled as our bold promises a year ago in strapping something both mayor khan and i did we said we have to create jobs and recovery from economic challenges and in san francisco we
and something about our ancestors helping to build the railroads here in the 1800 and is now two chinese americas mayors of our country coming together on the bay privilege. just something remarkable about that. you know, a year ago, i appeared before you, to talk about what we were planning to do, it was the year of the dragon, the dragon meant that we had to be bold, take risks and that all of the elements around the dragon tell us, us forward to take the biggest risks we could for the good...
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it did some damage there to some metal structures between the railroad tracks there in town and northeast 11th avenue. pretty interesting development. a small, short-lived little storm that rolled through there. that storm is now, by the way, over the top of idaho going into montana. could spark additional severe weather for the northern plains. otherwise, hot weather still continues but some of the cooler air has shifted a little bit further to the south. we've cooled it off slightly in nevada. also areas of utah, colorado. as far as the temperatures go, say high pressure is going to try to build in. yesterday was very hot in the desert southwest and still salt lake city and denver. today will be maybe a little bit cooler. we've heard so much about these horrible fires out there. areas like denver. today will be in the 90s. but it will get a little cooler over the weekend. temperatures dropping down to around somewhere around 80 degrees. so the forecast for the west does look a little better today in the northwest and into saturday. so enjoy what should be a rather good start to your wee
it did some damage there to some metal structures between the railroad tracks there in town and northeast 11th avenue. pretty interesting development. a small, short-lived little storm that rolled through there. that storm is now, by the way, over the top of idaho going into montana. could spark additional severe weather for the northern plains. otherwise, hot weather still continues but some of the cooler air has shifted a little bit further to the south. we've cooled it off slightly in...
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going all the way back to 1850, the railroad and the arkansas act, that needs to be investigated. the way to under pin our rights in this would be to keep the title in public control. that way the rights of development and ground rents and so forth can be investigated to further supplement what needs to be done to mitigate the impact. the second question is earthquake safety. the inevitable 6 to 30-year earthquake. we don't have an underpinning in regard to any trust funds for any damage that would be done. and with that, i will entertain any questions to me at a later time when it's convenient to you, but those are serious redevelopment questions. i hope [speaker not understood]. >> thank you, mr. showden. is there any additional public comment on item number 6? seeing none public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, if there's no additional discussion, do we need to make amendments to this today? no? okay. >> motion to move forward with recommendation. >> second. >> colleagues, there is a motion to move item 6 forward with recommendation. can we take that without objection?
going all the way back to 1850, the railroad and the arkansas act, that needs to be investigated. the way to under pin our rights in this would be to keep the title in public control. that way the rights of development and ground rents and so forth can be investigated to further supplement what needs to be done to mitigate the impact. the second question is earthquake safety. the inevitable 6 to 30-year earthquake. we don't have an underpinning in regard to any trust funds for any damage that...
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infrastructure program that would have at least as we did in the early part of the 20th century when we had the railroads that became a national transportation structure or the highway system, okay, that is the interstate highway system, both of those we had something to show for the money we spent and secondly, we had a dramatic difference in what that did to the gdp growth. we did not have those kinds of programs in place. i believe that it was a good idea to try and do these kinds of programs. we just didn't do them well. i would have done a much larger infrastructure program particularly for airports and airplanes because that's the new method of transportation of goods and people. i would have done something to the patent office which is blocked. i would have added the h1b visas four years ago when these are people who create and help the high tech industry and therefore that's the best part of our economy. >> i'm going to bring in don, he's talking about infrastructure buildout and the new things but cuts in government spending are what dragged down growth in the first carter of this year. consumer
infrastructure program that would have at least as we did in the early part of the 20th century when we had the railroads that became a national transportation structure or the highway system, okay, that is the interstate highway system, both of those we had something to show for the money we spent and secondly, we had a dramatic difference in what that did to the gdp growth. we did not have those kinds of programs in place. i believe that it was a good idea to try and do these kinds of...
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, they have cut it off, you can't underestimate the power of rivers and railroads during the civil war. they didn't have interstate highways or trucks, it was rivers and railroads and the union army by capturing vicksburg stops all of that from that whole part of the country. the other part of this is now the mississippi river is wide open for the union army to use, the union navy to used to transport material, men, food, equipment, whatever they need into the south, it very definitely is the beginning of the end for the confederacy and a lot of people in the confederacy know this and there are quote in the book to that effect but that is the history lesson. one i got into the characters and you have people like john pemberton, who is not to most confederates a favorite son. he is not a son at all because he is from pennsylvania and a little irony there because a lot of soldiers, confederate soldiers who served under him at vicksburg are not real happy about the fact that this guy is from pennsylvania. he married the woman from virginia which is why he pledges his allegiance to the con
, they have cut it off, you can't underestimate the power of rivers and railroads during the civil war. they didn't have interstate highways or trucks, it was rivers and railroads and the union army by capturing vicksburg stops all of that from that whole part of the country. the other part of this is now the mississippi river is wide open for the union army to use, the union navy to used to transport material, men, food, equipment, whatever they need into the south, it very definitely is the...
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it's operator on the norfolk southern railroad has even taken precautions to defend the bridge from the constant collisions. >> the railroad company has set up the crash beam to prevent damage to the structure because it's a very busy train track. they've had to previously shut down the train tracks for days on end to repair the tressel which is very expensive. >> the city has also made an effort to prevent these crashes by posting clearance signs and by installing a warning system. >> the city has set up a system to detect over high trucks which triggers the flashing lights on top of the crash beam to alert the driver, hopefully, that the vehicle's too tall to pass the bridge safely. >> but the crashes continue to happen. with all the warnings and safety precautions, why are there still so many crashes at this particular bridge? do some drivers not know the height of their trucks? or do they simply not pay attention to all of the warnings? henn has a theory. >> the problem in my opinion is the speed. the speed limit is 25 miles per hour. i have noticed that a lot of the trucks that hit
it's operator on the norfolk southern railroad has even taken precautions to defend the bridge from the constant collisions. >> the railroad company has set up the crash beam to prevent damage to the structure because it's a very busy train track. they've had to previously shut down the train tracks for days on end to repair the tressel which is very expensive. >> the city has also made an effort to prevent these crashes by posting clearance signs and by installing a warning system....
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i'm talking about lincoln, in the middle of the civil war he built the trans-continental railroad. people in government say we can't do that because the times are tough. he built the railroad across this country in the middle of the civil war when he's facing the rebel war across the river. we're sitting around waiting for somebody else to do it someway down the road. when are you going to catch up to europe, catch up to asia? we are falling behind. >> absolutely. the reason why we did this report today -- >> want to build. >> basically put out a report today that says the problem is washington is having the wrong conversation. we've actually done well in deficit reduction. supposed to be at 8% of deficits to gdp in 2023, a decade from now. it's now dropped to 3%. we're doing deficit reduction really well. what we're not doing is economic growth really well. >> who's advising the president on austerity? >> i think the challenges, we demonstrate how austerity is failing in europe and it's a bad strategy and why we need to have investments now. we have a -- we put forward a proposal w
i'm talking about lincoln, in the middle of the civil war he built the trans-continental railroad. people in government say we can't do that because the times are tough. he built the railroad across this country in the middle of the civil war when he's facing the rebel war across the river. we're sitting around waiting for somebody else to do it someway down the road. when are you going to catch up to europe, catch up to asia? we are falling behind. >> absolutely. the reason why we did...
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. >> so, woody, sometimes the railroad seems to be finding old cars and rebuilding them. have -- are any of these actually rebuilt and used again? >> some of them they have saved because they've popped up now and then. like the ones on ninth avenue. those three cable car trailers. they were saved by ed zelinski who took them and donated them to the maritime museum. think one still sits in a warehouse waiting for somebody to do something with it. but other old cars have been rescued and taken to parks where they've been restored. there's one down in san jose in kelly park. it's an old horse carrie stored that runs around on the weekend. -- car restored that runs around on the weekend. on the one hand, you're in this foggy neighborhood, there's not much insulation. on the other hand, you've got 30 windows, and the sunshine in the day could just make the place broiling. and at night all of those windows let in the cold. so they advised people to put up curtains. they'd have little oil lamps, coal stoves, little oil/coal stoves. but it was a challenge. it was sort of part of t
. >> so, woody, sometimes the railroad seems to be finding old cars and rebuilding them. have -- are any of these actually rebuilt and used again? >> some of them they have saved because they've popped up now and then. like the ones on ninth avenue. those three cable car trailers. they were saved by ed zelinski who took them and donated them to the maritime museum. think one still sits in a warehouse waiting for somebody to do something with it. but other old cars have been rescued...
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system and for the existing union pacific railroad and we can't do that without closing the railway.> reporter: now b.a.r.t. silicon valley officials are asking people to have extra patience while driving through the area in the next year. take your time, pay attention to all the signage and be extra careful in the construction zones. now the 10-mile b.a.r.t. silicon valley extension is scheduled to begin passenger service in the year 2018. as of now, that date could be more like 2017. a full year ahead of schedule. live at fremont, i'm artura santiago, nbc bay area ymnews. >>> arturo, thank you very much. man, did the a's really stink it up. we're not talking about their play out on the field. more of an odoriferous situation literally. >>> plus, president obama is in northern ireland getting ready for the g8 summit. the huge international topic he's expected to take on next. >>> we've got cooler than average weather to kick off the final weekend of spring. summer's not far off now. that sizzle is soon to return. your forecast coming right back. [ wind howling ] [ female announcer
system and for the existing union pacific railroad and we can't do that without closing the railway.> reporter: now b.a.r.t. silicon valley officials are asking people to have extra patience while driving through the area in the next year. take your time, pay attention to all the signage and be extra careful in the construction zones. now the 10-mile b.a.r.t. silicon valley extension is scheduled to begin passenger service in the year 2018. as of now, that date could be more like 2017. a...
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and expanding it through its capacity it's one of the longest railroads in the world. at around ten thousand kilometers it is going to be our tree linking together europe and the asian pacific we are given as strong an impetus to the development of the russian far eastern siberia our transport infrastructure as moving closer to the dynamically expanding asian markets all these projects are an invitation to work together with us and russia i'd like to reiterate we for one are willing to invest money where we're interested and strong . and reliable partners and i instruct the government of russia to as soon as possible come up with concrete mechanisms for the implementation of the project i'd like to emphasize not just lofty words but projects carefully thought through and prepared. i like to say that the near pipeline for structuring the frybread as to whether string two words china to its sea terminals in the pacific will allow us to employment large scale projects and be a pacific this infrastructure has already given the ross nafta a chance to sign today a large scal
and expanding it through its capacity it's one of the longest railroads in the world. at around ten thousand kilometers it is going to be our tree linking together europe and the asian pacific we are given as strong an impetus to the development of the russian far eastern siberia our transport infrastructure as moving closer to the dynamically expanding asian markets all these projects are an invitation to work together with us and russia i'd like to reiterate we for one are willing to invest...
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the klan associate lived here on a dead end street in the railroad town of mountain view, on the outskirtslanta. >> we're tapping telephones. we heard a lot of rhetoric. we heard a lot of racial slurs. >> on one wiretap, the detectives heard this said. "go find you another little kid." the gbi followed the four brothers for almost two months. >> these family members were under surveillance at that time, physical surveillance where we had an eyeball on them. >> in those two months, six more black youths would disappear and die. detectives saw nothing to link the klan to them. >> if somebody was in there with a van or two or three men who, you know, to grab somebody and dump them in the back of a van, people would have noticed if they were white. >> the brothers were called in. they took lie detector tests and passed. >> they were polygraphed and cleared as to their involvement in the killing of atlanta's children. >> clearing the klan didn't stop the murders. jojo bell vanished during the surveillance. he used to hang out at this seafood carryout place. manager richard harp. >> you come her
the klan associate lived here on a dead end street in the railroad town of mountain view, on the outskirtslanta. >> we're tapping telephones. we heard a lot of rhetoric. we heard a lot of racial slurs. >> on one wiretap, the detectives heard this said. "go find you another little kid." the gbi followed the four brothers for almost two months. >> these family members were under surveillance at that time, physical surveillance where we had an eyeball on them. >>...
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the woman was likely killed just a few hours before her body was found near the railroad tracks there. police suspect foul play. they do not think she was hit by a train. investigators also looking into the possibility that she was sexually assaulted before her death. we are told there are two persons of interest in this case but very little information to go on. >> we believe, combined with the witness statements and the results that we get back from the coroner's office and the crime lab that helped process the crime scene will help put together a story of what happened. >> police are talking to a person of interest and are speaking with all of the people that live in that mobile home complex. this woman is the first homicide victim of the year for morgan hill. >>> the chp is trying to track down the driver of a pickup truck that is responsible for a crash that injured a san jose man on north 101 in novato. a red pickup truck drove across all four lanes of traffic and smashed into a car. it took off. it took fire crew 20s minutes to pull the man from the wreckage of the lexus before
the woman was likely killed just a few hours before her body was found near the railroad tracks there. police suspect foul play. they do not think she was hit by a train. investigators also looking into the possibility that she was sexually assaulted before her death. we are told there are two persons of interest in this case but very little information to go on. >> we believe, combined with the witness statements and the results that we get back from the coroner's office and the crime...
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started with the underground railroad. part of the civil rights movement. it has reached fulfillment through the black church. through civil rights organizations. social justice organizations. and we are now at the point where we are seeing african-americans take leadership roles in fill an -- philanthropy, outside of the black community. so, it has the made $35 million contribution to usc. so there are things going on in black philanthropy where we have a duality now, as african-american. we beth haveoth have a commitmer own community. we understand things are not where we would lack them to be. with education. incarceration. with housing and unemployment. but we are also fully part of the broader communities. we have interest for all americans. and global interests. for the world. so we -- we walk in that devoid, both, and one foot in. one foot out. and weep move forward to make the world a better place and exciting for african philanthropy, time, talent, treasure. often we focus on the treasure and not time and talent. >> reverend. you see a lot of time
started with the underground railroad. part of the civil rights movement. it has reached fulfillment through the black church. through civil rights organizations. social justice organizations. and we are now at the point where we are seeing african-americans take leadership roles in fill an -- philanthropy, outside of the black community. so, it has the made $35 million contribution to usc. so there are things going on in black philanthropy where we have a duality now, as african-american. we...
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. >> the birth of the railroad. what happens sick sick cali. es it over, oil production declines, they open it. we are seeing early steps about opening up mexico -- >> to point you're making they're talking about changing the constitution so that way foreign investment can be allowed in mexico because they realize they're going to be so uncompetitive compared to the united states. >> everybody cheering what chavez did. everything's going to rust and fall. we need to bring in h.w. plainview. i have a milk shake, i direct your milk shake. >> took two years in russia for them to privatize these oil companies and turn around the decline in oil production. >> then russia made a deal to buy it back. >> you know what? five or six years, it's going the other way. >> who's going to invest? who's going to invest to russia after what they've done with the companies? here's the price we're paying you. >> brian, tell in tomorrow in the deal's right. >> they have no memory. >> they would be in tomorrow if the price is right. i share your sentiment. >> it's no
. >> the birth of the railroad. what happens sick sick cali. es it over, oil production declines, they open it. we are seeing early steps about opening up mexico -- >> to point you're making they're talking about changing the constitution so that way foreign investment can be allowed in mexico because they realize they're going to be so uncompetitive compared to the united states. >> everybody cheering what chavez did. everything's going to rust and fall. we need to bring in...
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csx amongst the railroads on the downside. they have held up pretty well, but obviously money is being distributed elsewhere right now. elsewhere it's a pretty broad rally outside of the transports so we have the home builders up and the home building sentiments doing well and financials doing well and brokered dealers all strong, some up 2%, 3%. the sop, that's oil and oil stocks in that sector up israel 2% and tech almost up 2%. you can see it's a fairly broad rally. bond yields are coming down today. >> they are. >> is it going to hold into wednesday though with the news conference with mr. bernanke? >> all was on one side and mr. bernanke is going to be as conciliatory as possible, that he's gotten what he wanted, that essentially let's get a little bit rise up in yield but not too much. you've got to get a gold locks scenario for bond yields, slowly moving up, but you can't let it get out of control. >> that's true. >> can't let it slip away and can very easily slip away. >> what they are afraid of, instead of 2.2% of the
csx amongst the railroads on the downside. they have held up pretty well, but obviously money is being distributed elsewhere right now. elsewhere it's a pretty broad rally outside of the transports so we have the home builders up and the home building sentiments doing well and financials doing well and brokered dealers all strong, some up 2%, 3%. the sop, that's oil and oil stocks in that sector up israel 2% and tech almost up 2%. you can see it's a fairly broad rally. bond yields are coming...
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and bringing the republican party, the party of lincoln, who is a big infrastructure man, built the railroadsroosevelt, big infrastructure man, bring the republican party back to its roots, come together on a big infrastructure plan. >> ana, looking at the democrats from where you sit, you're seeing democrats who are critical of the president. saying, look, the second term is getting away from you. things you've tried, you've made a big stand on, like guns and such have not panned out. you've got to get back to jobs. >> look, i think absolutely he's got to focus on jobs. and we all have to focus on jobs. the entire government has to. but we've got to walk and chew gum at the same time. we cannot look the other way when you've got things like government overreach. when you've got the criminalization of important government agencies like the irs. you just cannot look the other way. that's what makes our country great and what makes our democracy so strong. that there are checks and balances. and that we do have mechanisms to be able to detect when there are these abuses of power. if there are a
and bringing the republican party, the party of lincoln, who is a big infrastructure man, built the railroadsroosevelt, big infrastructure man, bring the republican party back to its roots, come together on a big infrastructure plan. >> ana, looking at the democrats from where you sit, you're seeing democrats who are critical of the president. saying, look, the second term is getting away from you. things you've tried, you've made a big stand on, like guns and such have not panned out....