well, the union station folks tell us that grants as well as insurance coverage and reserve funding willost. live at union station, kristin wright, news4. >>> and breaking news, news4 has learn learned a postal worker was robbed and attacked in d.c. police say that the man suffered serious injuries. >> it happened on north capitol street and hawaii street. that is where jackie bensen is tonight. >> and doreen, he was doing the job, and delivering the plerts a -- delivering letters and mail when he was assaulted and at least one suspect had to b te taken to the hospital by ambulance. this is what we know. d.c. inspectors from the u.s. po postal service responded to a parking lot off of north capitol street in washington was just after 4:00 a and spokesman for the postal service did confirm that a letter carrier was robbed and assaulted, but not clear what was taken and it is not clear where the letter carrier's van is, because it is not here at the scene. short time ago we spoke to a neighbor who arrived home after work shortly after it happened. >> i just got home from work. >> they robb

thank you >> good afternoon commissioners islam lawrence - i am the vice president of the union station. i come to you to ask to move on. i've heard from the commissioner how they felt about the project and it didn't sound favorable. i talked to at&t they were going to come and talk to us. i waited two most and i heard from them a few minutes ago and they want to move inform 17 hundred address. what can you tell us about this at least confidentially it's already a microcould site now they're to add sites but why do we have to come down here

thank you >> good afternoon commissioners islam lawrence - i am the vice president of the union station. i come to you to ask to move on. i've heard from the commissioner how they felt about the project and it didn't sound favorable. i talked to at&t they were going to come and talk to us. i waited two most and i heard from them a few minutes ago and they want to move inform 17 hundred address. what can you tell us about this at least confidentially it's already a microcould site now they're to add sites but why do we have to come down here knowing that 17 hundred is for more viable they've moved on 18 hundred can't we see or is that 17 hundred a gun otherwise we've got to keep coming down here. if you're going to continue it something we can keep an eye on so it doesn't fall without us recognizing it. thank you >> thank you. >> hello, again. i was going to talk about the request to deny the application but as for the indefinitely continuance i believe it goes right along with at&ts approach from the beginning and that's been at&t only being could active when they have to be. i apprecia

spring time standing striking standing with striking workers at the ronald reagan building at the union station at the smithsonian air and space museum and we were standing there as they were striking demanding better pay as they were receiving eight dollars an hour stuff like that poverty wages and so we wrote we got fifty members of the progressive caucus on a letter to the president fifteen senators we banded with bernie sanders and folks in the senate we handed letters to the president every time we saw him we gave another one asked for more meetings and i think the collective force of our of our of our work together plus the program plus the striking workers and people with change to win and progressive leaders in the community that's kind of what i think persuaded the president to. that's just an example of what i mean you can't do anything by itself so i got involved the progressive caucus because i don't want to just have a debate society about how you know she was wouldn't be great if we had progressive legislation i want to actually move so that's why you're doing it. one of my best f

we're going to give you a behind the scenes look at the repairs of union station. >> all right, looking live outside. we have snow on the way and when it snows, share pictures and video with us so we can look. look what it looks like where you live. robbie daly posted this photo to our page. nice job, robbie. we'll come back. we'll talk about our yellow alert and impact on the morning commute. >>> a commuter alert tonight for any of you traveling the inner loop of the beltway. the administration will be closing three left lanes between branch avenue at 10:00. that is so crews can do some emergency work on the bridge. the roads will be open by 5:00 tomorrow morning, then close again tomorrow night. be aware of that. >>> repairs are wrapping up. damage by the earthquake 2 1/2 years ago. >> graham went behind the scenes as crews showed us their progress. putting it all back together again. >> when we go upstairs, you'll have an opportunity to touch a ceiling, which is 96 feet above the floor here and see how wonderful the restoration process is here. for us, union station is a national tre

. >> the next time you catch a ride on amtrak here at union station, there could be something different about the ride. i'm adam tuss, and i will explain coming up. >>> and it is a musical reunion for the ages. >> they came in and we went crazy. >> not just the beatles, but the fans. stay with us for a special tribute to the british band half a century after they stormed the u.s. shores. >>> now the breaking news, a firefighter is badly nurt a fire in d.c. scott macfarlane with the details just in to the live desk. >> this is a fire that is still burning in d.c. it is at a trash disposal road on s-street, and back of the building has collapsed and one firefighter has suffered minor injuries, and other than that, nobody else has been hurt, we are told, but again, this fire is still burning on lincoln road east, and no word on what may have sparked it. chris and wendy. >> all right. >> i absolutely think that he was deeply sorry for getting convicted in court. that is what he was sorry for. >> and now at 5:30, a mother reacts to the courtroom apology for the man who killed her son. k core

european opposition the money was given to you on the call of it to bribe them to not sign the european union so station agreement and the opposition have stated that they would like to sign it russia doesn't want that so russia has stated its preference let's do we would like to have in power ok. go ahead jump in and go ahead go ahead jump in and washington. this is not a matter of preference to us that with all due respect this is not a matter of preferences first of all the russian offer came after refusal to sign the european union treaty because the math was wrong because european union demanded several billion euros in reform costs versus six hundred million it offered in return it was simply a math problem that wasn't going to work out after the riots broke out after does democratic opposition try to storm the government the russians made a counteroffer to present a coach but it's not a matter of who prefers what it's the issue of the russians giving the elected government which was elected in elections and there are another elections coming up so if one really believed in democracy one would ven

the capitol. john terrett is outside of union station. you look good now, but my brother, it's on its way. >> reporter: i know, there is a feeling of anticipation here. there is no snow at the moment, but i've just come from the downtown district of where we are, which is union station, and people are getting out of dodge. they're leaving. it's 4:30, and people are leaving. they've been told to leave as well because it could be really bad. we don't know for certain. the weather forecast keeps changing how many snow is going to come here. this is the national capitol so. let me deal with a few things that people will want to know. now according to flight aware.com, which i checked a few moments ago, right now as of this moment there are 3,563 flights that have been canceled. that very bad news. that means flights are going to be wrecked at the moment, they'll be wrecked tomorrow and certainly for the weekend. now union station, beautiful station. never been to washington, d.c. come here. go to the station. but there are lots of train cancel

so, what this means is that the sales will stop at the valero gas station and the union on campus. cvs pharmacy announced a change. i spoke with a student who wondered why it had not happened before. >> for people who don't smoke it's a neutral thing because they had all of this time to stop selling cigarettes if it was a moral stand. there is pressure on them with other universities doing it so i'm not impressed. >> reporter: he may not be but this does build on stanford's smoke-free environment policy which means that smoking is prohibited in classeses, offices and buildings. it's permitted outdoors but you have to be at least 30 feet away from the nearest building. this policy change starts on march 1. reporting live at stanford, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> thanks, christie. >> 6:55. let's talk business and tech stories. the founder of whatsapp is apologizing about an outage over the weekend. he says a faulty router affected some servers, shut down the app for about three hours saturday. just a day after facebook bought the app for $19 billion. in a statement he says

. >>> looking at the repairs at union station after the 2011 earthquake caused cracks in the main hall. the preservationist is decided to do a full restoration, and that means plast ter -- plaster, and gold leafing on the ceiling. >>> a george's county police officer with was on the way to a scene in largo at 1:00 this afternoon, and officials say that the ems tried to go through the red light with lights and sirens on and another car went through the green light and broadsided the prince george's suv. >>> earlier this morning, a fire left four people homeless in capitol heights. they believe it happened on heath street and drum avenue. they are trying to figure out what caused the flames, and the flames with were leaping from the roof when the firefighters arrived. all four occupants escaped without injury. >> and this is the technology to keep you safe, but some are worrying if the pharmacy robots are making medication mistakes worse. >>> and what health officials believe is behind a childhood >>> a rare up with on one meeting with president obama and speaker of house john boehner. i

the city. anyone with a vehicle will find it is towed overnight. this is union station. the capital building is over there. first to the white house, what a beautiful shot. the white house never looked better when it is snowing. how lucky they were when the french state bank wet wasn't tonight. if the weather came earlier, they would have been in a pickle. what is going on is the federal government is closed on thursday. lots of things were slated to happen, will not happen. the last time a storm of this size came through was four years ago. the city was closed for six days and they hope it doesn't happen that time. >> all over the country gay rights have gaped momentum -- gained momentum. kansas lawmakers turned back the clock, passing a bill allowing businesses and government employees to deny service to same-sex couples. hotels, restaurants, stores refusing service based on religious principles. government clerks could refuse to sign same sex marriage principles. i spoke to barbara bollier, and she cold me why she voted against the bill. i read it multiple times and sp

. >> good evening, john from washington, d.c, the famous union station, amtrak hub. amtrak says none of its trains will head southeast, and the northeast corridor which is the businessest part of the service, they are running restricted. new jersey transit, long island metro? are following by the hour. the number of flights that have already been cancelled. according to flightaware.com, 3700 flights have already been cancelled and that will have a massive knock-on effect thursday, friday and into the weekend with delays at airports as they get the planes back into place and the airlines struggle to get back onto schedule. in washington, d.c, as emergency has been declared, anyone who is parked in an entrance or exit point, will have their vehicle towed overnight. there is a 75% chance the federal government will be closed tomorrow. >> for now john it looks like the cars are moving behind you right? >> at the moment the cars are moving. the snow began about 60 minutes ago here but the feeling is that this is going to be very big in washington, d.c. they rolled back the

on the railways, we saw nothing travelling south of union station in washington d.c., except the chicago train, it goes south to virginia before turning north to turn at illinois, arriving 24 hours after it leaves here. what about on friday? well, already at this hour there are around 900 cancellations in the air, and although airports in the washington d.c. area, like vwi between here and baltimore, and the local airport, the runways are all open. once again, even though they are open, planes are in the wrong place, delays must be expected. little on the railways headed here >> virginia. the north-east corridor - they are talking about running a service, including the keystone train to harris berg. with the weather as bad as it has been, all will have to be reviewed by the countries every hour. >> it will be a rough couple of days. storms costing 13,000 cancellations nationwide. it means more than 75,000 flights around the country have been cancelled this year. >> don't forget to stay with al jazeera for coverage of the storm and the aftermath sure to last a few more days. in other news

. >>> now we want to take you on a rare behind the scenes look at earthquake repairs that union station today. the 2011 quake cracked the 95- foot vaulted ceilings in the main hall. crews had to repaint, reguild, and reengineer the ceiling. that repair work was long overdue. >> while earthquake was getting repairs, the ceiling itself was also coming due for full restoration and that is why we are glad to have taken advantage of this opportunity with the enormous scaffolding and to partner with the national trust and american express. >> one of the gateways to washington nearly 100,000 folks pass through union station every day. you heard him talking about american express. they donated $350,000 to help with that restoration work. >>> a wusa9 investigation gets refunds for drivers nabbed by unpublished speed cameras. at 5:30, russ investigates to see if more checks are soon to follow. >> plus, a blind man who shot and killed another man demands his guns back. we'll tell you why a judge ruled in his favor. >> bitcoin 101. 3 and 4 americans could not make sense of those digital dollars. we

so, starting very soon the two retailers here on campus that do sell cigarettes, the union and also the gas station, on the other side of campus, they will end the sale of all tobacco products. this gives stanford smoke-free environment policy the ban that it has in place. it applies to classrooms, offices, buildings and all facilities. you can't even smoke outside during organized athletic events if you are close by. smokers have to go more than 30 feet away from the nearest building outside to smoke. so with this new rule, no tobacco products will be sold, we're talking about cigarettes, chewing tobacco all the way down to e-cigarettes. cvs had a similar announcement. uc-berkeley went smoke-free. the use of cigarette products no longer permitted there. stanford school of medicine has been smoke-free since 2007, the vendors will end the sale of tobacco products by march 1. reporting live at stanford university, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> all right, thank you much. they have had a whisky gulch. now perhaps a tobacco gulch. rain ahead. >> rain ahead. we need it this morning. we're lookin

leaders spoke here just recently french president hollande said very harsh things on the need for at least union station and we need to work out. shultz later acknowledged he was mistaken about some of the figures of palestinian versus israeli access to water although the figures are far from equal now it is fellow countrywoman angela merkel's chance to face the firing line. day in my mind and in my party's mind this illusion is not to have two states rather this solution should be that in the land of israel they will be only one country and i hope that under merkel is coming to talk and not to pressure us this is the most divisive issue israeli settlements in the west bank and jordan valley because of it according to recent polls only fourteen percent of germans view israel positively the european union already bans all products grown in settlements as israel's number one trading partner accounting for about a third of its total trade it hurts the pockets of farmers like your seed deeply your seed grows organic vegetables in the disputed jordan valley and the family that we used to sew tons per month t

thousands of people could sign up for the free service, but because of the >>> a special look at a restoration inside of union station2011 earthquake left cracks in the walls and the ceiling. and preservists are going to repaint song pain kkiller. with a $70 co-pay, he does not use them the often, and so he was unaware that he returned from the pharmacy with all of these extras. he said they call them periodically if they want the prescription prescriptions refelled and if the people don't answer two or three times, they will automatically fill the prescriptions. >> reporter: it is called automatic refill, and you don't have to automatically call, we will call your prescriber when you run out, and all of the major chains do it, including cvs. >> they begin to build up medicines and don't know why. >> reporter: this pharmacist worked for cvs for 30 years, and he says each store has a 40% ready used for treatment of chronic disease. you can cancel your prescription any time. but regardless, you need to be aware if you are on the auto list, and if you are, tell them to take you off. >> these are great for people who are

the train derailed. it ended up heading back to union station. use the u p west line as an alternative. in the last few minutes we heard a train 1216 was not operating at all. go to the u p west line as an alternative. we will stay on top of that and bring you more in the next few minutes. >>a steady pace of snow turned highways into the slowest way tomost of the highways and busy streets in the chicago area are now clear as plows were out all night. it took several hours to get that way, as the snow came during the heaviest amounts of traffic yesterday. that added hours to some people's travel times, because of low visibility and accidents. >> it's really bad. in barely dry on this. >> we have all the salt need and we continue to have solved the need to get our streets paved and to keep them safe for the communities through the city. >>five to seven inches of snow fell all over the chicago area. this season is now in 5-th place for most snow in the city. the busy streets may be cleared, but the side streets you need to get there are probably not. tonya francisco is live in old irving p

. >> on the railway, nothing travelled south of union station. except for the one train, the chicago train. it goes south into virginia, before turning north where it arrives something like 24 hours after it leaves here. >> what about on friday? already at this hour there are around 900 cancellations in the air. although airports in the washington d.c. area, between here and baltimore, and the local airport, regan national. the runways are open. once again, even though they are open, planes are in the wrong place. >> on the railways, not much heading south from here. the north-east corridor, amtrak is talking about running a regular service, including the keyberg restaurant to -- keyberg train to harrison. >> coming up, on the brink. bearing witness to the sectarian violence unfolding in central african republic. >> plus, big deal - comcast and time warner cable - what it means for them and the consumers. >> the united nations a warning of ethnic cleansing in central african republic. u.n. peacekeepers uncover a mass grave with at least a dozen bo

the pentagon, faeks. this morning you'll pay about $9.40. that will cost you $9.78 with that jump. plus parking going up, as well, 50 cents. and finally, we'll move into virginia, a trip from vienna to union station in the district. right now you'll pay $11.30 for that. but soon you may have to cough up $11.75. and that is not just -- this fare hike isn't something restricted just to the rails. metrobus and metro access also going to see the increases. head to nbcwashington.com and search metro trips for the breakdown. >>> we have breaking news out of florida how. >> this is out of vieira, florida, outside of orlando. there are reports of a gunman outside the county courthouse and the building is on lockdown. here is video from chopper. you can see there are police on the right happened sind side, g. they are surrounding this man. police have pot cnot confirmed that was the original begrinlor. everyone has been ordered to stay inside the courthouse while they're on lockdown. we're following this story from florida and we'll give you the latest here on news 4 and nbcwashington.com. >>> and right now, temperatures remain in the 20s all around our area. let's check in again with tom kierein for the

the european union elsewhere in this way. there was a demonstration with aunt brenda's in support of watching tv station towards meeting the brain which may know the real cost of the people preferring kazakhstan to the station which is being critical of president piece it accuses of farce he said censorship. i knew. london peacekeepers shot dead a member of the crowds that means to most of us on sunday in the capital of central african republic. at the weekend at least nine people were killed as violence rages between the majority christian population in the stands sides continue to justify it at the top leagues between the two communities. but everything else on that nice a man killed five people and in the morning he came into the system. that's why we went to complain to the temple site sees it too much given any extra protection. and even as honing the same and came back and sauces this again. that's when we went to tuck in downtown his house got the green under the freedom to tell you that the bike the presence of sixteen hundred french soldiers and five thousand african troops has failed to stop the finance despite confisc

president obama in the meantime visited the union depot train station in minnesota to announce a new extra structure spending plan, $302 billion over four years to mix and maintain roads and train lines. it says the spending will stimulate the economy and create jobs, but he knows it has little chance of happening this year with republicans in control of the house. >> infrastructure didn't used to be a partisan issue. everybody uses roads, ports, airports. unfortunately time and again over the past few years there's been some in congress who have refused to act on common-sense proposals to create jobs and grow our economy. partly it's not that they don't like roads. they just don't want to pay for them. >> the president proposes paying for this spending with what we calls pro-growth business tax reform. in other words, larry, closing tax loopholes. >> right. closing tax loopholes. oh. >> one person's tax loophole is another person's deduction. >> yeah, right, we'll hear much more in just a minute. thank you very much. >>> let me get a quick take from our special guest this evening. i

we look at a trip possibly in fairfax county from vienna to union station in the district.ight now you're going to pay $11.30 for that. soon you may have to cough up $11.75. and that's not just -- this fare hike isn't something restricted just to the rails. metro bus, metro access also going to see the increases there. to see the breakdown for yourself, head to nbcwashington.com. and search "metro trips." >>> it is now 4:47. news4's molette green with breaking news. >> just getting troubling news out of japan. fish caught off the coast of fukushima are showing high levels of radiation. we've just learned this morning the amount exceeds japan's allowed limit. this information is coming in from the head of agriculture in tokyo this morning. a new report just released days ago says some of that radioactive contamination from japan's nuclear disaster several years ago could actually reach the u.s. west coast within weeks. that's the latest from the live desk. back to you now. >> thank you. >>> today for the first time, we will hear 911 calls from people stuck in traffic during

the senate banking committee. that has been cans e this is union station. amtrak hours. nothing is going south on thursday. the busiest route is the north-east corridor, there'll be a limited service on amtrak going to baltimore, filly. mark and merrylands, new jersey transit. long island railroad and metro north are reviewing the situation by the hour. so many flights were cancelled on wednesday, 3,700 cancelled before the storm hit this part of the world. that will have a knock-on effect now, through the weekend. obviously the airplanes were in the wrong place, it will take the airlines a while to get back on the feet. on the roads people told to stay off them until the snow has gone. >> well, let's take a look at what is happening across the eastern sea board, a lot of that snow is making its way across virginia into parts of pennsylvania as well. snowing has begun in new york city at 2am. you can see it pushing through. we'll watch this carefully. we think in new york specifically, what will happen is it will snow through the morning and about 11:00am it will turn to rain. it will last for 10 hours, and

the city. one proposal would add a loop from union station around the mall down underneath. that would start next spring. d.c. circulator held a forum taking input from riders on where they would like to see current lines expand but of course nothing is free. ddot recommending a fare change. that would have to be approved by the d.c. council. >>> in less than 30 minutes another public hearing will be under way on proposed changes for some of metro's bus routes in southern prince george's county. past meetings have left some commuters upset when the routes could be eliminated or severely altered. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: buses in southern prince george's county are important. there aren't many of them and with no metro train stations around buses are what many commuters rely on. brendan is one of them. >> i'm a metro fan. >> reporter: which is why he was so upset when he heard his bus route might change. right now around 6:00 in the morning he comes out here to old fort road and catches the w 13 bus and rides 40 minutes before h

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engaged into a battle on the edges of the square while the trade union building wered the nerve center was raided. >> that's where victoria was stationed after three of her companions died she like many ukrainians hope these documents will make a solid case am al jazeera, kiev. >> meanwhile, the the unrest in ukraine remain as very big concern. john kerry says he spokes to the russian's foreign minister. the white house briefing just a short while ago. shortly after signing the agreement, in early fashion, packing up his stuff, and disappearing. it is hard to claim you are leading a country when you advocate responsibilities and disappeared. they have been watching the development in washington, how is the cry issue going to strain the already strained relationship that the u.s. has with russia. >> that's a great question, and all along over the course of the last several days as this crisis has unfolded you have heard everyone from the president to a spokesman here at the white house from secretary kerri to his spokesperson de-emphasize this perception thatting this a cold war redo. there is undeniably this aspect to it. a number of a

. >> and john, in the nation's capitol also a travel hub, how is that effecting things. >> when union station is here. really not much -- i don't think anyone is running south of here. >> they have the northeast corridor. north of the city like baltimore and philly -. >> a very limited service, long island railroad, metro north, and the boston public transport system, they are all running restricts as the storm hungers down. but the big deal, and it was the same last night, even more so today. the flights the airline are completely wrecked. 6,000 flights have been canceled today alone. which is going to have a terrible effect for those wanting to come into this part of the world. two eastern portion of the united states, right away through the weekend, because it is going to take them a while to get the planes in the right places so the delays will knock on. although the national airport here in d.c., the ragan national airport is closed we just heard the runways of dulles are open again so that is good. of course, mrs. a serious side to this, 14 people have died as a result of this storm blo

the soviet union. he was a kgb, and he defected to the station in moscow in early february of 1964 which was only four months after the kennedy assassination and during the cold war of course the cia, defectors were considered gold. the cia had a defector program to try to detect them. it is a huge important account and always has been. so here it was he literally walked in. like a lot he had the baggage, he was a heavy drinker, possibly an end as aware of the funds. but he came and he not only fell into the agency's lap, he had access to the kgb file of lee harvey oz old and of course at the time that was huge and basically what he said was a kgb never had any connection with oswald. >> host: which is not exactly what they were hoping to hear. >> guest: yeah. keep in mind this is 1964. i am old. [inaudible] yes, i think there were some obviously different schools of thought because some of them took him at his word and others were a notable character named james angleton who was the head of the intelligence at the time and was convinced that he was a devilish soviet union dispatched to the agency and

the track that train was traveling on. >> it's been rough. you're looking at union station w some passengers are waiting even longer and delays across the potomac, and that is where we find news4, edadam tux and reag reagan national. how are things going there. >> reporter: you saw the pictures. at's been a tough scene, even in the skies one everyone is trying to deal with right now, recovery. trying to get home, the traveling not always easy. jill patton and her daughter have to connecticut in philly to get to milwaukee and drive back to chicago. chicago hasn't exactly been fun this winter. >> unbelievable. negative 20 is unbelievable. i think at one point it was colder in chicago than in either of the poles. >> reporter: steven lyons is tired trying to get back to maine. he's delayed until tomorrow. he says he could use some sleep. >> yeah. basically. i've been up since 2:30 last night. caught a plane from birmingham at 5:00 in the morning, lost my voice and everything. it's been rough. >> reporter: there are those looking for more snow. hans and david headed to maine to

the new trains won't be faster, but amtrak says they will be more efficient and reliable, and news4 transportation reporter adam tuss was at union station to see what the d.c. riders think. he will have that report at 5:00. >>> and tonight marks a milestone in late night television. tonight, jay leno will turn over the lanes to jimmy fallon. he will premier after the olympics. we have stephanie in downtown burbank. >> well, after a brief departure in 2009, jay leno is stepping down from the "tonight show" for good. while jay has said publicly, it is not his deis igs to leave, he is doing it with dignity and grace and a few laughs. >> reporter: tonight not only marks leno's final show, but also the last one in the city that the show has called home since 1972 when johnny carson moved it here from new york. >> it was part of the, sort of the burbank landscape. >> reporter: and leno's first guest from the show in 1992 -- billy crystal. and returning for tonight's finale. >> i did it for 22 years, and it was great and a lot of fun, but you get older. >> reporter: what are you doing? >> bringing it back to new york, man. >> reporter: and jim

the town for hours. many homes were burned and some people say soldiers stationed there fled after the gunmen arrived. >>> african union troops have uncovered a mass grave in the central african republic. a soldier was on patrol in bangui when he discovered the site. u.n. chief ban ki-moon said the area could be split because of the sectarian violence. >>> the u.n. said the humanitarian situation in south sudan is at a level three, the highest level, putting it in the same category as syria. >> reporter: what we're trying to do here is to save lives and alleviate suffering, but at the same time to prevent the situation from unfolding, and to an ever greater emergency. and what i do fear most is that if we cannot keep possession, if we're unable to reach people in need you'll have even more displacement. at the moment we've got 900,000 people in this country on the move. >> to libya now where the defense minister says its government has stopped an attempted coup. we have more from the capitol of tripoli. >> reporter: the defense ministry here in libya reported that an attempted coup has been prevented at the head of the

the fire department since 1994. during his career, he worked here at fire station 1. the firefighters' union out of character for the person they know. here is video of cuestas from a disaster drill a few years ago. the department of justice spokeswoman says it appears he was soliciting children through websites and also gained their trust while on the job. he was arrested yesterday afternoon for sex crimes with a minor. it's unknown how many victims are involved and how long the behavior has been going on. cuestas was also arrested for possession of drugs and for selling them to kids. he worked out of the fire department's administration building doing community outreach. items that they seized included his computer. his home was also searched. >> i think the person we know makes it, you know, difficult because i think we're all shocked at the allegations and the charges. i have faith in our personal justice system. i will reserve any thoughts of guilt or innocence. as far as the charges and behavior, they are unacceptable and do not represent the san jose fire department. >> reporter: on c

the valero gas station and student union that operate nearby have also agreed to phase out the sale ofcounty for preschool age children that will provide free access to early learning vocabulary and reading app. the program, footsteps to brilliance, is being funded by the napa county office of education and neap learns. the web-based app offers 18 animated ebooks, along with more than 200 educational games. it will be available this spring for all preschool aged children in napa county, whether or not they are attending school. >>> well, an increase in the measles. the choice health officials say is the best way to protect yourself. >> the sun is shining and temperatures are climbing. i'll have a look at a time line for your saturday and the high expected in your neighborhood. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. get 10% off all in-stock composite decking at lowe's. ♪ . >>> excitement is building after warner bros.' announcement yesterday they are making a sequel to the lego movie. the sequel is scheduled to be released may 26 of 2017. so far, the lego movie has brought in more

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the platform and stations. i condemn this strike. the shadow defense minister was asked to do so today, he actually said it was a matter union, so i hope that the leader of the opposition unreserve iedly condemn this strike today. >> the on going floods and storms have seen families driven out of their homes and affected significant parts of the country. as the prime minister knows many those affected feel the government's response has been low and more could have done sooner. will the prime minister testimony the house what action areas g taken to ensure affected have all the necessary support they need? update the house on this very serious situation. i don't accept the government slow.een we've been having meetings on a basis. there are currently 328 flooded.es 122,000 properties were protected last night because of flood prevention in place decemberrotected since and seven severe flood warnings. flood warnings in place which means more flooding is expected and immediate action is required. the environment agency has 219 flood alerts in place. a serious situation with so many people losing electricity. 60,000 homes have been reconne

delays due to workers' strike on the london underground most stations out of action mueller's have had to stay at home or face massive queues for buses and overground trains unions declared the strike over plans to close ticket offices and jobs. a warehouse fire in argentina has killed nine firefighters and civil to fans workers when a seven metre wall collapsed into them as they battled the flames seven others were injured in the incident at a storage facility for banking documents and data in buenos aires because a fire is being investigated but authorities say that arson might have taken place . and x. world apart mean to the american activist flying to take the strain jacket off our computer software. recently an online poll by the liberal doe's t.v. channel that's rain in english has caused quite a storm of rage across the country how could a stupid online poll cause russia wide anger while they pose the question was defending living grad from the nazis worth it because retreat in their opinion could have saved hundreds of thousands of lives what is offensive from culture to culture differs a lot but from a russian perspective fighting to the bitter end to

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the main roads are fine. but this is going to be a street right behind union station in northwest d.c.. if you daycare a look at these sidewalk here, they have been shovels and cleaned up. you can really see this coat of ice and everything is just so slick. i have to say i have had so much trouble this morning staying up upright because of this almost ice rink that has pretty much encased this entire area. you'll see the snow. i had to actually -- i mean, it is all so hard. look at this. yeah, it is really hard. then i have my storm chaser here. nobody cleaned it up yesterday. i was out this morning trying to get it off. one of things is on these side streets here, since the plows have been going up, they have been pushing up all of that snow. the cars are going to have a difficult time, especially downtown on these side streets trying to shovel and make their way out of their parking spots. this morning, just take caution. it is going to be slick and icy. i have to say i took a fall yesterday and even my car got stuck. i hate to have to admit that. i have been telling everyone not the

. >>> union members say they've been working without a contract since they temporarily walked off the job in may and november. the union represents more than 224,000 and at the station'suses, a strike date has not been set. >>> ellen page says that she's gay. the 26-year-old made the announcement at an event called time to thrive in loss vague as. the canadian actress says she's tired of hiring and lying biomission. she wants to make a difference for other young people who are struggling with their sexuality. time to thrive supports the issues of the gay community. >>> a wave of controversy with the 50th anniversary swimsuit issue. the cover features barbie posing in a black and white piece, it is the doll that started it all. >>> they get to own who they are. this includes christie bringly and brooklyn decker. >>> spring is in the air, spring training, the giants are in arizona when the rest of the players get there and when the two teams will face off in the desert state i. >> a gray day in the forecast and wet weather slowly approaching the bay area, i'll have the timeline of when you can expect that rain to arrive. how much rain to expect coming up. we're new to t