and for this particular, for the tep, in particular, we are spending a significant amount of money, on out reach. and i want to make sure that yes, we have our bases covered in the draft plan, but one of the challenges that we face, in terms of out reach, with the five fulton when we implemented the five l, was the sufficient out reach to the senior developments in the area within an important area where a bus stop was removed. once we received information and reevaluated the situation, the bus stop was restored, but, those are the kinds of things that i am hoping to avoid, and i want to make sure that in our out reach, efforts we make it clear, that we not only take out reach seriously, but, with the amount of money that we are spending, we have an expectation to make sure that we try to reach as many people as possible especially those most impacted in the particular areas that we plan to change. so, i just wanted to go on record and express that, and thank everyone for their support as well as bringing to the table the information that we needed to feel a lot more comfortable with m

the larger issue is what is ignored here, the tep cuts out stops. and that is often said, overly to help to speed up things, for years i have been asking mta, everything now, supposed to be data driven, where is the data of how it will effect the senior and people with disabilities and how it will effect the increases of collisions for pedestrians who have to go a block or a block and a half and they don't have it, they don't know how to get it, they don't have time to contact other agencies. and it is a process, of avoid, evade and deny. on those questions. and frankly, i am going to make this a political issue. all of you who campaign, recite the mantra of diversity. but when it comes to people who are weaker, less mobile than you, all that you say is let's talk. and you don't hold mta's feet to the fire about how this is going to hurt. seniors and people with disabilities. >> how it will effect us. you are favoring the many and ignoring the vulnerable. by going ahead with recommending both the fullal location, but also thal location, for the out r

i think that it is a good project and obviously this is for the fiscal improvements for the tep plan which has general support in our community and is going to actually also be great in terms of a lot of our concerns around making pedestrian safety improvements als well, and for the greater space is also going to help ultimatessinger, and on the pedestrian safety front. and but as you know as the process moves forward and there is going to be a lot of dialogue, and feedback as we continue to run the greater tep process whether it is the elimination of the stops, or other sorts of, or changes in the service, patterns. and so, just wanted to insure that this board will have an opportunity to weigh in at other points in periods of time and that this will not be the last and that the other points that we get to weigh in are not just informational items but i am happy to support this today and out of plans and programs. >> thank you. >> colleagues, if there are no other comments, could we take this item with a positive recommendation without objection? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank

are some of the dlans -- dollars with the tep project. >> the tep is still under environmental review. we used the impact fee money and working closely with the tep money and matching up where they have funding identified. >> i think the other part of that answer is some of the projects could be funded and they have other sources as well. a lot of the large projects the impact fees represent partial financing and leveraging of other dollars along the way. >> you mentioned the central freeway and dog park, i haven't seen that start. is that going to start happening this year? >> that's what i have been told by the project managers on that and this we should anticipate the construction soon. i look at it everyday and i think they have a short-term intervention right now and kind of warming it up until the construction starts. >> that's been a beneficiary of these improvements. >> commissioner hillis? >> that park started construction. so, just a question on in kind contributions. we have a couple of in kind projects and we have a couple here. i always wonder if we can do them. they have

. >> i'm bob planthold, and there are many good things about the tep, and i help to develop that, when i was on the cac for that some years ago. things like more stop lights, count down signals, ball belts, but what continues to be unaddressed is the elimination of stops. it is not so much a take away, as you might want to characterize it to yourselves. but in fact, you and the mta have not answered the questions asked for years, how is this better, for people who are vulnerable, whether it is a person with a baby in a stroller, and a toddler, and having to cross an extra couple of intersections whether it is a senior or a person with a disability. we are not hearing any answers, there is an avoidance. the fact that this is meant for engineering design, was used last week and saying that figuratively some of these concerns don't matter, but the packet that you have before you shows the specific stops being eliminated and so the money is going to go towards eliminating stops and that is something that nobody has adequately addressed. and you are going along, a path that may in the futur

are some of the dlans -- dollars with the tep project. >> the tep is still under environmental review. we used the impact

and mta appeared to address, those questions, and it is regarding more details on the tep, as well as the scope and recommendation and benefits and the questions with how this prop k request for the larger tep recommendations and how the segments were prioritized and also the questions about the out reach strategy and so with that i will introduce john hailly and he can give the presentation. >> thank you. >> mr. haily? >> good morning, mr. chairman, and members of the board, and thank you amber. briefly, we are here as amber indicated to seek your approval, to advance some 13.1 million in prop k funds, which we view as the seed money or the money that will bridge money that will help us to begin the process to improve the quality and the reliability and safety of the system. and secondly, to respond to some questions and concerns that you have raised regarding our approach to doing all of this. so, with that, if you don't have any questions, i will briefly walk you through, some highlights. and again, this is for us, a very exciting opportunity, as amber indicated this has been a lon

in the case of a minnesota woman the teps may have saved her life. >> keep your eye on the overpass where surveillance camera caught the woman's pickup track crashing into the guardrail then plunging dozens of feet below. she and her truck landed on a pond that had completely frozen. it was so solid that it didn't even break when she hit it and she was able to come away with only a few minor injuries. >> glad she made it out okay. >>> another deadly avalanche in the rockies. this time one was killed and three injured while skiing in vail, colorado. the victim was 24-year-old anthony seibert, the grandson of the man who founded the vail mountain. the three skiers rescued from the back country slide are expected to recover. this latest death is the fifth in the rockies in just the last two weeks. >>> and we are following a developing story from canada. not far from the u.s. border, a train carrying hazardous materials has derailed and caught fire in a sparsely populated area of new brunswick. 16 cars went off the tracks including four carrying crude oil and four carrying propane. crews have

and for this particular, for the tep, in particular, we are spending a significant amount of money, on out reach. and i want to make sure that yes, we have our bases covered in the draft plan, but one of the challenges that we face, in terms of out reach, with the five fulton when we implemented the five l, was the sufficient out reach to the senior developments in the area within an important area where a bus stop was removed. once we received information and reevaluated the situation, the bus stop was restored, but, those are the kinds of things that i am hoping to avoid, and i want to make sure that in our out reach, efforts we make it clear, that we not only take out reach seriously, but, with

the god of the tep commandment too much for them. i don't believe in that god but let me find something i find interesting. this is troubling because superstition is a real enemy to societal peace. >> do you see the same way? >> there's a component of spirituality in religion. religious people basically have faith in god and their life is guided by god through his revealed word. spirituality may be something different, may be a new name for paganism and head-onism, that what you think is transcended could be nature, a certain type of sexual license. and it's also based on emotionalism. religion is not based on emotionalism. this new group, probably since they are emotionally-based, they haven't been part of the conservative political grouping anyways. >> it's interesting. i remember there was a woman mary ann williamson, i think that's her name. she started this spirituality movement a decade ago. i wonder if she latched onto something felt as a movement. david, on its face, you should be really, really, really happy with the stats,

moves forward and there is going to be a lot of dialogue, and feedback as we continue to run the greater tep process whether it is the elimination of the stops, or other sorts of, or changes in the service, patterns. and so, just wanted to insure that this board will have an opportunity to weigh in at other points in periods of time and that this will not be the last and that the other points that we get to weigh in are not just informational items but i am happy to support this today and out of plans and programs. >> thank you. >> colleagues, if there are no other comments, could we take this item with a positive recommendation without objection? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> next item? >> 9, introduction of new items this is an information item >> thank you. let's open up for public comment is there anyone that would like to speak? >> seeing none, public comment closed. call the next item. >> public comment. >> is there anyone from the public that would like to say anything else. >> public xhebt is closed. >> is there any business before us. >> no item 11, adjournment, thank

does the volatile tep ity of th week change that? >> not at all. nonfund payroll report, for december, very disappointing. the fed will look through riety. the u.s. its getting slow, continued momentum. the fed, steady as she goes. no surprises for janet when she comes in. >> bern kthe term will end this. >> as janet yell spin comin com. one size is policy, and regulation. fed hats not concentrated on regulation for 20 years. good guess to say janet yellin will be a tighter regulator than people expect. >> if i could, one other point. two new nominees, brainard, fisher, if they've get in the whole focus on emerging markets will be interesting. they both bring a lot of international experience to the job. could have a different tone. and risk going on. i think that will be interesting to watch. >> valley goreally good point. >> sentiment in cape todicators. n neutral sentiment. stocks to bond. vice versa. >> i think they are. our contention in the middle part of the cycle. the middle part of the cycle. people become accepting of equitie equities. the

>> one of our aims is to reduce the source of the contaminated water. to do so, tep co plans to build a massive ice wall around the plant and install the new system to deal with the contaminated water. >> we are doing initial testing. >> will you have to dump contaminated water into the pacific? >> our policy is to decontaminate the tutee a sufficiently safe and harmless level in order to reduce the risk it poses. decontaminated to a level where people with a.m. accept it will be dumped into the okay, they can do it. there is no way they cannot do it? if tepco's latest strategy fails and the more dangerous forms of radiation don't get felterred worried. >> it's difficult. it is all over the continental it's. >> even if all goes well, fukushima, itself, will remain on the edge of disaster, an come. >> the government says it will take 30 to 40 years to decommission the plant. so, there are always problems and that's what keeps some people awake at night. >> to be clear, people are awake at night because every day worst case scenarios are conceivable fukushima. if for s

. >> the tep ten valley authority was a project that was one of the early new deal prompts. it was a project and a concept that had been under consideration for some years before franklin roosevelt became president. frank norris of nebraska was looking to help improve the quality of live in the tennessee river valley, to bring flood control and generate electrical power and to improve the lives of the people living in the tennessee river valley. it was one of the poorest regions in the country at the end of the 1920's and it was a serious attempt at remaking the social and economic lives of the people living in the river valley from knoxville to the ohio river. >> this weekend on book tv a ook at the history and life of chootnoogga, tennessee. -- chattanooga, tennessee. >> treasury secretary jack lew stressed congress need to act on the debt ceiling ahead of february 7 this. is 45 minutes. >> welcome everybody. we're going to go a few minutes later than planned and we'll have a good opportunity for a robust question and answer session so please be thinking of some robust que

i have to contrast the applause rightfully given to him by that body in that moment for the tep pid applause for the single sentence, we must take america off permanent war footing. cory remsburg's life and struggle is a consequence of that body to put america on permanent war footing. there's a distinct disconnection to take america off war footing and the honor it gave to that sergeant first class in that moment. and i think there needs to be a recognition the hunger of the american people have politically, and steve, we talked about this, republican and democrat to get off permanent war footing. do i clap for that line? and neither did because they are still scared. >> that said to me resoundingly, elections matter. this president, that position going in back in 2008, he's there enshrining it again tonight. it was wonderful, he established a personal relationship in that soldier. he had hung out with him over at normandy. it's wonderful that he had a personal tie. anyway, let's go to a senator, from a red state, may not be this year, i thought the speech, senator, i don't know if you hear

stands to but this is not just about money, he says this is about fair play and this is about the loss of his tepon. >> cnn new york. >> and a new interview with his key witness may hurt a-rod's fight. anthony bosch gave a stunning interview to 60 minutes. >> once he was fully under your protocol what were the various banned substances that he was taking. >> testosterone and growth factor one. human growth hormone and different forps ms of pep tides? >> all of them banned. >> all of them banned. >> and he knew that? >> yes. >> and you knew that? >> yes. you injected him? >> personally. >> i'm joined by turns now. well, this is pretty tough. for a-rod to perhaps counter. but, this is the kind of thing that has beeen swirling around the investigation. he says he is going to take this to federal court. how does he do that? >> he says he is going to appeal. he has a very small chance, almost none of winning this. players and owners agree in the bargaining agreement that this is how we will resolve our differences. even if the suspension will not be as harsh? major league baseball won't be able to go

singapore has the sake issues. but it does tepped to follow the same kind of path.urse, you've got the same situation there. jobs are free, hundred is tsh money is free. >> to you see a crash taking lace in singapore or hong kong when it comes to the property market? >> i don't really. but i do expect to see a downsize down 10%. think that's a definite possible. >> 4%. something like that. we're going to see -- certainly a rise in interest rates in this part of the world. and that's going to precipitate a little bit of that in the market. but we don't have a lot of supply. hong kong is producing about as half as many private sector flats as it has over the longer term. so not a lot of supply. so there's not really a liquidity problem. so a crash would be pretty hard to see a this stage. >> if you wanted to buy property, where would you recommend? >> well, i'm look a certain markets like australia and new zealand. >> really? >> oh, yes, you're seeing a lot of chinese money going into those markets. yields are very high. you can buy properties in sydney nd auckland gi

the united states. while 114 countries took teps to increase economic freedom last year, the u.s.top ten most economically free countries. it is now at number 12. according to the report this is largely due to regulation of health care, finance and energy. it's worth noting this is a report from the conservative heritage foundation. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i'll see you next week. >>> hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. two big stories. new terror concerns for everyone heading to the sochi olympic games. weeks before they begin, cnn obtained an ominous video from terrorists at the heart of the concern. back in this country, another allegation against governor chris christie's office." the mayor of

the afc wildcard game. >> it would first playoff win in 20 years. >>> 31-tep at halftime! k, 3 interceptions, and a lochtd fumble. 10 at halftime! andrew luck, 3 interceptions, and a lost fumble. >> and wins despite the three picks and lost fumble. >> we never picked in any game. we've been a part of. everybody stepped up! >> you leed like that, have them battle pang -- of >>> piloting led in the 1st half. heat led the game -- holt led the game. holt on! he comes hard to the hoop! skt mary -- st. mary's -- wins. comblap if if >> jierpd broujrid scores. >>> another nfl so passionate about its new tomato florentine soup, it took a little time to get it just right. [ ding ] ♪ but finally, it happened. perfection. at progresso, we've got a passion for quality, because you've got a passion for taste. [ male announcer ] you say tomato. ♪ old el paso says diced tomato stand 'n stuff chicken tacos. ♪ you say what's for dinner? old el paso says start somewhere fresh. you've got to try this sweet & sour chicken helper. i didn't know they made chicken. crunchy taco or four cheese lasa

the majority are working age adults, 18 to 60. >> there are more people who are working that are getting food stamps, more people who are of primary years, 20s, and 30s. >> economists say a tep ied economy and the loss of american manufacturing jobs pushed people into lower wage work. an analysis by the university of kentucky found the 2012 median income of american households is down to 1999 levels. >> you are not going to be paid as much. >> more americans with some college training are using food stamps. they have a third of food stamp households up from 8% in 1980. 46-year-old sonya has a degree in art and uses food stamps since losing her job waiting tables. >> i'm not one to ask for handouts. it's very humbling to come here. she says she's waiting to hear back from a job interview now, and is looking forward to buying groceries with her own money and standing on her own two feet again. >> house republicans offering up a blueprint on immigration reform, calling for a path to legal status, but not citizenship. it includes proposals on boarder security, employment verification and a plan for dreamers or young immigrants to earn citizenship. >> is the republican party read

are being banned in connecticut, following the shooting deaths of 26 at the sandy hook elementary school. guns can only hold tepds. in order to keep them legally. >> these are getting a lot of attention in the new year. here in new york, there's a ban on smoking e cigarettes in public. where cigarette smoking is no longer allowed. imposing this type of law, and several others are debating whether to restrict the devices. if you got or gave a pet in the holidays, the new pet lemon law may interest you. it allows an owner to return a pet or reimburse vet bills. also drivers passing up school buses. they can signal cams to catch them. in california, new rules for schools. based on the gender they identify w not the gender they were born with. and drinking laws have not been forgotten for the new year. in wisconsin, you can go to a pedal tavern. it cycles you from bar to bar. some will take place several months into the new year. but it's clear that 2014 will bring new changes, not just the calendar year itself. aljazeera, new york. >> 2013 was a year to remember. and not for the reasons that you may think:. >> fro

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. >>> it is time to bundle up again, because the freeze is about to get worse for teps of millions ofcans. two dozen states are under windchill warnings or advisories and still trying to rekocover fm a winter weather storm. we have a report from new york. >> reporter: blinding blizzards and brutal cold from the midwest to new england. and tens of millions are now digging out. in plymouth, massachusetts, they have to clear a foot of snow at busy airports across the northeast where tarmacs are froze frozen and planes grounded. over 5,000 flights are cancelled in the last 48 hours and more flights delayed. >> got on the plane and taxied out and spent an hour on the tarmac, and came back and then, then about an hour, an hour and a half later, the the flight was cancelled. >> reporter: a massive cleanup effort at the home of the super bowl, metlife stadium in new jersey. >> it is a dress rehearsal, but i am not wishing for another snowstorm. >> reporter: on the streets of philadelphia a miracle on a s d sled. this mother went into labor and she could not reach the car so the husband put he

possible political retribution three weeks before the lane closures on the george washington bridge, bridgette m. kelly one of three tep dis wrote to a port authority official david wildstein, time for some traffic problems in fort lee. wildstein wrote back, got it. wildstein did order lane closures which caused major problems for fort lee residents and as "the bergen record" reports tonight, emergency responders were delayed in attending to four medical situations, including one in which a 91-year-old woman lay uncongress. that woman later died. the first morning of the lane closures, fort lee mayor made numerous calls inquiring about what was going on. bridgette ann kelley e-mailed david wildstein again. did he call him back? wildstein wrote back, radio silen silence. his name comes after steven fulop who also claims theed a min vags retaliated against him because he also did not endorse the governor for re-election. the fort lee mayor reacted to today's news this way. >> don't do any favors. don't reach out for me. you need to reach out to the families who were waiting for ambulances taking three times longer to get

the arrest. and devante lewis was taken. and and two teps were truck but they surfed.s and family have a fundraiser for a woman who was struck and killed. and she was holding her son and with a 17 year old girl when she was struck by a car. >> and and police say her son remains in critical condition. she was treated for her injuries and released. the driver in the crash a 64 year old man is cooperating. and the fundraiser has been set up by friends. an investigation underway this morning into what caused a crash between a muni trolly and a big rig. and traffic on the embarcadero was shut down after a semi truck pulled in front of a muni trolly in the afternoon. police say that the crash between the f-line and the big rig happened near bay street. and a passenger had to try his wife free. >> and we saw it coming. and in the front seat. she was pinned between the railing and the seat and screaming in pain and we had to get the conductor back and reremoved the seat and got her out. >> the injured penal were the only passengers on board the trolly at the time. and it was o

the weather. >> thank you so much, savannah. let's show you right now. you don't geto say ts that often. guys, we're going t go to niagara fall slowly i turn. teptep. is a look at niagara falls. look at the ice build-up. this is crazy. th've got two icereakers out there right now. a chance of flurries this morning, eventually just becomi cloudy and we've got icy conditis in the midwest from arkansasll theay on up into the u.p. of michigan. we're looki at icy conditions this lowressure syem bringingnow, rn and freezin in and ice up into the midwest. look at the amounts we're lookat. ice and snowll the way from kansas up into the u.p. of chigan. th >>> 7:35. happy friday morning to you. i'm meteorologist christina loren. look at thesexd temperatures, ty will be4ñ comfortable later on except for san francisco. onshore throw means the fog will return. 59 there. 67 in the east bay, we need the rain so desperately and we have it in the forecast for your we're going to have to wait until tomorrow morning, showers start in theÃnorth bay by about 9:00 a.m. and the whole thing clears out by 5:00. a thas yr latest weather. >> all right, al. thanks a lot.

we doubt that he will be ,tepping down as ceo and co-cio so speculation has begun, what will he do next? matthew klein writes about how one possibility is to join thesible, he says, is that stanley fischer is looking to push a trusted deputy into that slot. also fill-erian would a crucial void that the fed, where they lack significant market experience. does have that macro role that is so essential in that market experience. >> the interesting thing is he would not have to go ahead of time. some people are promoting him for president of egypt. it must be nice to have those kinds of choices. be possible that he wants his own operation. in davos, are- people talking about it? >> there was a good feeling for him. the real issue, to be blunt, was would he push out or not? then the idea of going forward, yes. when people asked me to we is -- he is the number one guy on theory, practicing economic gain. like no one else. i am sure there will be a place for him in the coming months. >> i am sure he will not have any trouble finding gainful employment. my agenda this morning cannot be avoided. back.nter weather is storms have stopped, the cold is here. ta

the careers of three college basketball players are over. gambling it? >> betting on sports in you are a student athlete is a big no-no. next in your bleacher report. >>> following an fbi investigation, through u-tepen's basketball players have been kicked out of school for gambling on sports. >> this is bad. this is a big no-no as a student athlete. it is unclear what they gambled on. utep officials say it was not on their own game. yesterday, this he made the announcement that mckenzie moore, jaylin raglan and dustin cross dale were removed from the team and a loss of eligibility. all three players were upper classmen, so their college career is now effectively over. >>> a new jersey man is suing the nfl because he says the league is pricing the average man out of the super bowl. >> go, josh fenkellman. >> he says the nfl made only 1% of tickets available toen fas an that violates the new jersey consumer fraud act. he is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. they are reviewing the suit. the majority of super bowl tickets are given to teams that sell them at face value to fans. >>> florida state completed their dream season monday night. someone got a little too excited when rushing

tepping into their arms. i know highway we need to encourage the ukrainian people to continue to move ahead. we hope there are going to be free elections. i know the standard is for opponents to be arrest and had not be available for election, which makes it more difficult. but what would be your guidance to u.s. outward comments and policy relative to ukraine right now and push back, and what effect does that actually have, if you will, on the ukrainian people there? >> i think we should learn from the experience of poland's he manslaughter situation from soviet control in the late 980's, early 1990's. they haven't institutionalized itself n. poland, it t became institutionalized in a so-called solidarity movement with a dramatic leader which may not have been the most senior leader originally, perhaps not always the most intelligent leader, but the most effective political leader, and it was under his leadership that eventually that movement forged the regime to negotiate an arrangement of accommodation. it was transformed into a democracy, a western type democracy of poland today in the e