drivers who pick up the wheelchair customers that has a value of $20 per trip. >> supervisor yee do you have a question? >> just a quick clarification, the number of rides provided for wheelchair accessibility, decreased by i am just wondering whether, the calls or the demands for maintaining the same, or... >> well, is there a correspondence with the calls coming in. >> i don't know that i have the data to measure that. but i think there is some folks here that in wheelchairs that who may want to speak to that, but to some extent i think that someone in a wheelchair probably decides to make other kinds of arrangements when they find that one type of service has just become so unreliable and you just stay home or find a friend or make other plans. >> so as i mentioned earlier as well, 25 percent of our 100 wheelchair taxis are not in service today because the companies cannot atowered to operate them unless the drivers appear, and there used to be a surplus of drivers and now, every company is complaining that they don't have enough drivers to f

the neglected area that no one has talked about other than that wheelchairs, which i can explain to you, is the taxi industry carries hundreds of thousands of people every year under the paratransit program. which is a state subsidized program and a federal subsidized program. and which is the envy of every city in america. we were the best. but you have to understand that the taxi industry subsidizes through its drivers and there itself, these services as well as the wheelchair services. and by subsidizing them, the way it works is this, you take some disabled people, and you take some people who are not disabled, the app industry... >> thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> i am going to call a few more names, amad albania, dan henos, cheryl, fabro or barbico. and douglas oconnor. hi, good morning. >> i am bary and an advocate for the taxi cab industry, i want to tell you that the legacy of sophie is not going unnoticed in seattle they took so concerned about what happened to her, they immediately took action. what happened in this city? the mayor said in july 13th, and gave it a day for on

the web and it's shocking people. i think it's going to shock you guys, too. this is security video from inside a nursing home and that is a nursing home worker pushing this patient in this wheelchair, but watch what she does here. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> she takes the patient and pushes the patient against the wall twice. and it looks like the floor is at an incline because the wheelchair seems to pick up speed. >> doing a no hands thing. letting the wheelchair go. >> turns back around and does this thing all over again. >> now that she's doing it over and over it's definitely on purpose it seems. >> these are always tough videos to see. videos that make it seem that our older citizens aren't getting the care that they deserve. >> that's part of the reason why people are so upset about this. >> do we know any truth behind this video? maybe i'm just really blind here, but to me it looks like this caregiver is trying to have a little bit of fun with this patient. >> well, it's not the caregiver that's trying to have a little bit of fun with the patient. it's actually the production company behind the video that's trying to have a little fun with all of us, because this video is actu

he's described as having a partially amputated right leg to use the wheelchair through the streets at a high rate of speed >>> the bay area is, again, drying out after a rainy night and wet early morning commute. this is a live look at conditions over the san francisco bay right now. you can see those gray clouds still lingering orr head over the bay bridge but it is nothing like the powerful storm cells we saw overnight. there were even reports of thunder and lightning in some areas causing thousands of people in contra kosta county to lose their power. let's go now to ktvu's mark tamayo in the weather center. >> reporter: that was a narrow band of intense rainfall last night basically pushing out of the bay area. we have lingering clouds and scattered showers in most of the bay area drying out in the bay point camera with clouds out there. rainfall totals over the last 24 hours, you can see santa rosa, 0.37 and san francisco, just over 0.25 inches and san jose, just a couple hundredths of an inch not taking up as much rainfall. storm tracker, you can see clouds and scattered showers

yes, i'm basically here also to in support of the wheelchair access platform at jud as and 28. i'm hoping this will move forward to fill in the gap between ocean beach. also for future ak sybls platforms along taraval street. i'm also going to submit a letter to in support of it to the board. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, mr. wong. >> randall glok. >> good morning, board, randall glok. thank you for allowing us to serve in the advisory community for you. this has been fun. you heard our concerns and comments going into west lake. we heard a lot of public outreach as well and there is a lot of support on staff and support on the board. it's a tough thing. i have been to a lot of the tep meetings myself and i have heard a lot of the concerns. i agree tep over all is a good thing for a lot of people. there are some hick ups along the way. keep working on the platforms. the people with disabilities need them. thank you very much. >> good morning. how are you? just so you know my last name is pronounced ierg. i ride buses a lot and you know we are talking about speedin

custodial care they can't find societies and the people that get on board can't make it to t to t to the wheelchair lift to sit down and a enjoy the ride. other thing is the panhandling of other people that are already on the bus walking upside down the israel and taking money from people on the bus. i'd like to this is a very good program i support it. i think that we need to upgrade the bus service which means having more buses taking the people so we don't have backlogs of people on the bus so that more buses are running and more people can get on the bus safely. the drivers themselves i don't find any problems with that. the drivers do make announcements of the bus saying there's a who ever come on board there's a walker coming and people with capes coming on as well. so the bus drivers are okay. as far as announcements are concerned i've had enormous number of complaints on the announcements people can't hear the driver making the announcement as and stops from designation to designation. we can improve that by having a better system. so i thank you very much for your time. and those are my qu

if they don't drive the train, i can't get around, and if i don't have a train, i can't get to the wheelchair practice. >> reporter: and it is athat th metro is finding itself is in how to help riders be less crowded. riders like jan. do you think it is crowded on the ride these days? >> yes, absolutely. i'm not riding necessarily at rush hour. >> reporter: and making more room with the limited space and budget is metro's challenge at the moment. and back here now live at the tinley metro station, and they aralso h making plans to make improvements at bus stops around the area, and are you due for an upgrade? we will tell you more about that at 6:00. adam tuss at tinley for news4. >>> and now for the first time the father of the sandy hook shooter is speaking out candidly about his son who turned into a killer. >>> it is the wild incident that shutdown the maryland school, but this time, it has nothing to do with the weather. >> but how about the weather. winter is not over yet, and today, a spectacular afternoon, and temperatures tomorrow warmer, and we will get warmer still wednesday, and t

. >>> 65 years old, mark "the snake" jones has competed in the wheelchair 9-ball championships. planned to become a championship pool player, but it helped him overcome something that happened 40 years ago. >> i was asleep on the passenger side in a little volkswagon beetle, and the real wheel came completely off the car and the impact, my door flew open, i didn't have on a seat belt, and i flew out of the car at probably 50 miles an hour. and ended up breaking my neck, back and bones all over. >> he was paralyzed. >> my friends said, let's play some pool. i just sat there and watched them play and said, this can't be that difficult. >> friendly pickup games turned into tournaments. >> it's pretty much undescribable. i just love it. i just love the competition. >> it's a feeling he wanted to share with others like himself. which is why he began working with the national wheelchair players association. >> it's not easy. i know exactly what they're going through. that's what our organization is about, getting people back into society again and out doing this. >> dr. sanjay gupta,

the wheelchair racer only took up cross country skiing about a year ago. >>> and one last note, the the u.s. and russia hockey rivalry is renewed once again. the two men's teams will square off tomorrow for the gold medal. you can catch it at noon eastern time here on nbc. >>> when we come back, a dream come true for one mother two decades in the making. >>> our final story tonight is about the incredible reunion of a mother and daughter who lost each other decades ago torn apart by war. you're about to meet a pair of brave women who never lost hope. we want to thank our nbc station kusa in denver for bringing this remarkable story to our attention. we get our report from nbc's ann curry. >> reporter: amira ali is nervous, with tears and joy. about to meet a daughter she thought had died long ago. >> the dream is coming true. >> reporter: she last saw her little girl 24 years ago when their village was attacked one night in sudan's brutal war. in the dark and the chaos, amira lost her 6-year-old daughter tina. believing tina was killed, amira fled with her other children, walking for da

disciplines here in salty and i'll mention also that they will also be potential podium finishes up for the wheelchair curling and the sledge hockey teams that did qualify for the semi finals so it's still early days to see where exactly rush to finish but one thing is crucial. they have really really set a precedence for themselves. apple's future four paralympic games as a whole. like okra chad got a light from shaun tait michael thank you very much indeed britons arrested three men and a woman on suspicion of having to still read to support extremist find is that they now faced heron a stitch on his back on them where the line in jail and has been amro has a search for rice and the uk what they said the elites hanging terrorists. our will and then consulted time on british soil. in total nearly two thousand europeans have traveled to see where to find francaise the big it's all sold the bonds he is an estimated seven hundred germany and belgium had each seen around three hundred people had to they will call region as the uk and these guys say around two hundred and fifty british is have now reached

manager of the cab companies of san francisco and provides thousands of rides to the customer and the wheelchair customer and we have a smart phone technology and it is working wonderfully and other than the fact that we are short of drivers and we need your help to bring back the drivers to the regulated market where there is safety and concerns are met and fees are paid and we have experienced a great shortage of drivers which is why we can't fill the ramp orders which is why they stopped calling us, this will end in the taxi demise and only tnc and there will not be service for the most important residents at one level playing field. >> frank sahey and ed saley and jim knight and trevor johnson, and marian, fotioli. >> my name is cory lamb and a cab driver for desoto cab but i wanted to address the puc as they need to figure out what to regulate is absurd. in the united kingdom in 1635, so the idea that they have no basis for regulation is pretty disgusting. and i would like to point out the fact that as a cab driver, i have fees that i pay to the cab company and the city and the city has for

access is provided at the polk street entrance is provided via wheelchair lift. assistable listening devices are available at the meeting and sign language interpreted. our meetings are also available in braille. to prevent electrical interference in the room, please silence all mobile phones and pda's. your cooperation is appreciated. we welcome the public's participation during public comment. you may complete a speakers card in front of the room or call the bridge line at 415, 554, 9632 where a staff person will handle the question to speak at the appropriate time. the mayor's disability council's meeting are held on the third friday of each month. our next scheduled meeting on march 21, 2014, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at city hall in room 400. please call the mayor's office on disability for future information or request accommodations at 415, 554-6789, or tty 554-6799. please speak slowly into the microphone to assist our captioner and interpreters. >> thank you. we have roll call. >> cochair chip supanich, present, cochair idell wilson, absent. councilmemb

you climb over the wheelchairs to get to your seat. it's a terrifying experience for disabled people on the currently overcrowded lines. if you cut the lines in the working class, poverty class neighborhoods even further, currently you have to do at least two transfers to get from one part of the city to the other. if you have to do long walkses and long waits and continue to ~ -- if you continue to cut or condense, you're living in disney land. you're not oblivious, you're delusional. seniors and disabled and students, other people on fixed, limited incomes, you can't condense the bryant into the folsom. it means cutting buses on bryant. you can't condense the bus he on potrero into the 9 san bruno. it means cutting buses in those areas. the valencia bus is already gone. it's a terrifying experience for seniors and disableds to climb over wheelchairs, to have elbows in their neck, back packs in their faces. the drivers should not have to be policed for violent behavior. the little guys in the lime green vest, if your transfer is expire

accessible vehicles therefore impacting the transportation options for wheelchair users. the second piece of correspondence was a notice of board of vacancy through connored house ink a private non-profit corporation on its non-board of directors. the third piece of correspondence a member from the public about their concern about family court. you'll i will distribute those packets. >> thank you. item no. 13. councilmember comments and announcements. do we have any? mr. zarda? >> thank you, cochair supanich. i just want to give a heads up about events coming up in march. march 29th, a saturday, the independent living center in san francisco with the san francisco blind will host a regional power summit which will be an opportunity for community partners and members of the public to come together for a 1 day summit with other community members from the bay area to discuss issues that are important to the community for better fostering independence where we live, work, learn, shop and play. this is a great time for people interested in learning more about how to joi

in fact she is one of the fastest wheelchair racers in the world. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter the paralympics in sochi, she'll be trying something entirely new. games. >> reporter: yeah, you are a track athlete. >> yeah, it is going to be cold for me. >> reporter: and you just took up skiing recently? >> yeah, last year was my first time i started skiing. >> reporter: she started skiing 14 months ago, and last month she qualified for the team. >> in wheelchair racing you have a different stroke where you push down and around, and it's really about the power in your arms and back and core, all of those things. skiing, it's really about having the power mostly in your core and being able to synchronize it with your arms. >> reporter: how she became an elite athlete goes back to her childhood. she was born in russia with a condition that left her without the use of her legs, and for the first six years of her life without a family. >> there she was crawling on the floor with this huge bow in her hair and her legs were all at trophied behind her back. >> reporter: debra mcfadden w

. >> 65 years old mark the snake jones has competed in the wheelchair championships. e never planned on becoming a champion pool player but it helped him overcome something that happened years ago. >> the wheel came off the car and the impact my door flew open and i didn't have on the seatbelt and i flew out of the car at probably 50 miles-an-hour and i broke my neck, back, all over. >> he was paralyzed. no longer able to walk. the. >> able body, as my friends they said let's play some pool. i sit and watched them play. i said this can't be this difficult. >> friendy pick up games turned into tournaments. it is undescribable. i just love it. i love the competition. it is a feeling he wanted to share with others like himself. >> it is not easy. and i know what they are going through. that is what the organization is all about. getting people out doing things. >> dr. sanjay gupta cnn reporting. dear sun, you created light. you are loved. celebrated. but things have changed since you got into this business. at philips, we're creating led light that people can color... adj

, remember a few years ago when the democrats put up an ad of paul ryan taking an old lady in the wheelchair, pushing her off the cliff? well, now that is what they're trying to do. they're basically saying to her, look lady you're probably going to die at an inopportune time, so why don't you just quit? >> they're not saying she is going to die, but to take it easy soon. >> they're panicking they're going to lose control of the senate, because if they lose control of the senate they lose control of her ability to control her successor. >> even if she listened to them and you heard the sound bites earlier. she hears something like that, she is probably going to say to you, i'm staying extra long. even if you think justice ginsburg takes her marching orders from the far left and she retires, couldn't the republicans slow down the process enough to kick it past november? >> oh, of course they could. well, first of all from her mind she is 81 years old. justice briar served until he was 90. she probably thinks she has another good ten years on the court so why would she step down? >> justice br

. >> reporter: then there's tatiana mcfadden born with spina bifida, the wheelchair racer just took up a yer ago and now has silver. overall americans won 17 medals. as the paralympics come to a close today, it is in that spirit, an end to the games but not the inspiration. >> every day when i watch them get to the ice, get dressed, take their stuff off, all of those types of things, it's incredible the price they've paid, and they deserve to win a gold medal. >> the paralympics can be game changing, not just for the athletes but for all of us watching. these were the most watched paralympics ever, ticket sales up 30% from vancouver. many more watched it on tv. >> such a cool moment. kristen, thank you. let's get a check of the weather from dylan. >>> trying to figure this out. celebrating 90 years. no one here is 90. >> together we're 90. i'm her daughter. i'm 30, she's 60. >> that equals 90. we're looking at heavy rain across the gulf states. a tornado watch in effect. new orleans to pensacola, florida to the panhandle there. looking at chance of possible tornados, large hail like in

audio descriptions for the visually impaired and all 32 ven fews in new york were made wheelchair accessibleile the pass of the americans with disabilities act in 1990 was a milestone, signs of stigma are still everywhere. >> if i go to the entrance of a building and there's a wheelchair symbol that says this way and, and let's say i'm with a group of people. everybody else can go in through the beautiful, well-designed entrance and i gt off to the side. that's one of the kinds of signals that we get all the time. that we are marginal. >> one of the goals the festival is to draw attention to the underrepresentation of the stabled in the media. another is to portray them as ordinary people. >> you see my disability, but i can't see your disability. i can't see, you know, the average joe who holds the toor open on me a given disability. the hidden ones are sometimes the most disabling of them all, because society doesn't know it's there. >> society is learning thanks to disability activists new york city will soon require that half of the city's 13,000 taxis be accessible to people with disabi

on their own, not adequately trained for an emergency that when the shooting started some of the wheelchair attendants scattered leaving their disabled passengers to fend for themselves with no way to move on their own. in the report many union employees say they had better emergency training at their previous jobs as you mentioned at taco bell, disneyland and walmart. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> quite the day that was. >> a recent security breach at the palo alto yunl fied school district appears to be an isolated incident and not widespread fraud. last month a district revealed a palo alto high school senior made changes to his or her grades. according to the "mercury news" the district has reviewed all of the transcripts of palo alto and gun high school students and found no other changes made. however, the district has taken steps now to make sure this does not happen again. >> the city council will talk whether to recommend the state name winchester dome theaters a national historic place. mayor chuck reed is against the plan. he's written to the office of histor

in fact, they are set to present the 500th wheelchair to a vet that very night. hope all the people in the tri-state, new jersey, manhattan, here, factor tip of the day count your blessings and give back as much as you can. that is it for us tonight, check out the factor website, different than billoreilly.com, also spout off from anywhere in the world, oreilly @foxnews.com. word of the day, do not be p petulant when writing to the factor. i think geraldo was a little petulant. please remember the spin stops here, so we're definitely looking out for you. >>> several big stories breaking tonight, welcome to "the kelly file," everybody, i'm megyn kelly, we have just gotten reports that the crews are searching for the missing malaysia jet. the sun is up, the seas are calm. and we are told they could be there at any moment. more on that in just a bit. we are also tracking the dramat dramatic escalation with putin. and we see amateur video shows russian tanks nearing the ukra

the i talk program. this is a developing class. they want to keep their friends in wheelchairs with communication devices there, thank you. [ applause ] >> next speaker please. >> yes, good evening, hello my name is maria sanchez. this is pedro martinez. he has cerebral palsy. and he works with the -- to communicate with people and do homework. i have a bunch of stuff here and i have a lot at my house. like he wrote my journal, today is monday. he talked about the weather. i have a letter from the teacher when he got it wrong, the wrong words. he said, i want to do it again. everyone with vantage. i'm so sad that you want to close the program. my son he doesn't talk and now he's expert. i don't even know how to use the talker. he says give me my milk, right of way. i say, okay, pedro. please don't close the program. >> thank you, next speaker, please. >> hi, my name is rick martin. my daughter is very shy but she did put something together for you guys. this is her electronic talker. >> hi, my name is christina. please don't close the program. >> say thank you. [ applause ] >>