torres: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] qwest join us tonight at -- >> join us tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern for a conversation with montana representative ryan zinke and after that, a look at the legacy of former first lady laura bush. speakers include anita mcbride. on c-span2, it is book tv in primetime. a pair of in-depth programs featuring walter isaacson and ronald kessler. on c-span3, a number of stops on c-span's cities tour with locations that include austin, texas, wheeling, west virginia, and more. that starts at 8:00 p.m. >> during this month, c-span is pleased to present the winning entries in the student cam competition. it encourages middle and high school students to think critically about issues that affect the nation. students were asked to create a documentary based on a theme -- the three branches and you -- to dem

torres: i think so. labor has gotten away from what we used to do really good before and that is our outreach effort. i think we need to do more of that. engaging the membership at their level. on things that are important to them. like child care. prior to me being elected to the city council, i was very involved in state and national lobbying efforts. because of childcare. i worked the great graveyard shift because i couldn't afford to hire a babysitter. those were the things that many of my colleagues had to do. a lot of their children went to the local library. that was childcare for them. single moms, i'm grateful that i'm not a single mom. but still, two-income family raising three sons, was very hard. in a neighborhood like pomona, i had to be there for my kids to make sure that they are on the right path. steve: you have three boys, names? ages? rep. torres: robert is 28. my son christopher, a veteran of the air force, is 25. my baby matthew is 22. steve: what do they think of their mom being in

representative torres: i have not. mr. scully: that was the starting point for your political career? representative torres: that was my starting point. i often say that i hate politics, not really. it's the work that i have to do to do what i love to do, and that is serve my community. it has been my life. mr. scully: you were born in guatemala. you came to the united states when? representative torres: i came to the united states in 1970. i was sent here by my parents to live with my father's oldest brother. he lived in whittier california. his youngest brother was here, but was serving in the u.s. navy at the time. my mother was very, very ill. guatemala war-torn country at that time. there was a lot of violence. my father felt that they could not take care of me because they were so busy with my mother's illness, that it was better for me to come to the u.s. i was told i was coming on vacation, but in many ways i think i owe this country a great deal. i have had a wonderful life here. mr. scully: did you speak any engl

torres: absolutely not.en, people said that she is a union member, she only cares about certain things. there was an issue with the l.a. county fair that i had taken on. they were proposing an expansion project. they had done and eir, and there were 67 issues that needed to be negotiated and i was involved in all of that. gaining the respect of my community and the trust of my community was really important but i never thought that i would ever make it this far. >> let me ask you about union membership because as you know it is on the decline across the country. why is that? from your past experiences, is there a way that you could change that curve? rep. torres: i think that in many ways labor has gotten away from doing what we used to do really good before. that is our outreach effort. i think we need to do more of that, engaging the membership at their level. on things that are important to them, like childcare. prior to me being elected to city council, i was very involved in state and national lobbying

his real name is saeed torres. amy: khalifah al-akili from a white muslim convert in pittsburgh, about to have a news conference with his lawyer sang he was being set up when he was arrested by the fbi. ultimately he was sentenced to eight years in jail on non-terrorism charges. today, we look at the film "(t)error" that is with a "t" with current the seas around it. we take you on the journey of the fbi informant as well as -- all of that and more coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. hundreds of people are believed to be dead in what may be the deadliest migrant disaster ever in the mediterranean sea. as many as 700 people perished after the boat capsized after departing from libya. only 28 people were rescued. the warmer weather has increased the number of journeys by people fleeing to europe from violence and poverty in africa and the middle east. the latest tragedy comes after a spokesperson for the international organization for migration had alread

david de la torre, local 261. and on behalf of my father i want to thank you everybody present in support of this resolution. commissioner tom harrison opened up with being one of the fortunate ones under the mentorship of my father. i got to say, i too, have been fortunate to be mentored by my father. i had a certain indoctoration into the labor movement. as a previous board member of the bbc. we used to meet monthly on a saturday at the village what they call the village. the board consisted of some of the residents, and the stories that they used to tell as far as the bloodshed and the violence within that community which made it a despondent community with such potential. it was not even newsworthy and that is what bothered me the most. i would heard this, but not on the news, and that is due to the lack of opportunities out there in the community. i am the current chair of the phillip institute center and through our efforts in the highly skilled workforce development and the opportunities that we're opening

. >> i'm phil torres. i'm an entomologist. i go on a journey of a lifetime, ten days off the coast of costa rica. including a dive in a submarine. there prepare to dive. >> that will take me down to 10,000 feet under the sea. >> i get paid to play in mud. like my dreams. >> that's our team. now let's do some science. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey guys welcome to "techknow" i'm phil torres joined by marita davison and dr. shini somara. the earth is covered by ocean yet we know about the planets more than we do about the surface of the ocean. my question to you is, why should we care about what's down there? >> we are just starting to understand how the ocean and the deep ocean is going to be on providing global scale. >> and it seems like a harsh landscape down there and very, very far down. and there are a few technologies that allow us to go down there and you have a chance to go down there. >> 10,000 feet, just to get a chance to go down there it's tricky. i had a chance in a submarine called alvin. take a look. >> as we look for signs of li

i'm phil torres. i'm an entomologist. that's our team, now let's do some science. >>> hey, guys, welcome to techknow, i'm phil torres, joined by marita davison, and crystal dilworth. as you think of a farm in the midwest you think of corn and wheat fields, it's not the case these days. >> as research is scarce, farmers find innovative solutions to problems. farmers are turned on its head, including going away from the field, and taking it indoors. going indoors, stacking plants and growing problems in the absence of sunlight. it sounds like a science fair experiment. it's a viable business. >> reporter: sometimes mother enemy. >> if we don't get rain in a 30 day window we'll be in strife. >> in california 400,000 acres are unplanted at a cost of $800 million in loft revenue because of the drought. >> in bosnia, the worst floods swamped 172,000 acres of crops in may. devastating the country's agricultural industry. last wint inside polar vortex took a toll as the impact made big news on the vineyard. >> a crisis on the lak

david de la torre, local 261. and on behalf of my father i want to thank you everybody present in support of this resolution. commissioner tom harrison opened up with being one of the fortunate ones under the mentorship of my father. i got to say, i too, have been fortunate to be mentored by my father. i had a certain indoctoration into the labor movement. as a previous board member of the bbc. we used to

hey guys welcome to techknow i'm phil torres joined by lindsay moran and marita davidson. this upcoming episode is an important one to me it takes place in peru where i've done alot of my research and it is a tale of contrast we will see a rainforest full of new species and then we will see the devastation that humans have done to extract gold. >> and as we know with devastating stories like this, where there is a lot of damage science can play a role here not just in monitoring and discovering what's going on but in trying to help process. >> i think this is a story having looked at some of the images that one image of the devastation pretty much says it all. >> absolutely, this is an important story it's one that is very near and dear to my heart and it starts in the peruvian rainforest. the amazon rainforest for more than 50 million years it's been a cradle of life. this is what pristine rainforest looks like. lush, untamed, bursting with wildlife. but maybe not for long. because the soil underneath is laced with gold. and the human desire for it can turn all of this...

john geer was shot and killed by fairfax county police officer adam torres in august 2013. he was shot in front of his home in springfield after a standoff with police when officer torres says he saw geer reach for his waist band. his fellow officers on the scene, however, say they did not see that. in addition to the wrongful death lawsuit, geer's death prompted the organization of a police review board in fairfax county and yesterday we heard from geer's father about that settlement and about what's next. >> it's another step in the right direction. over the last few months we've begun to see some action as far as john's death is concerned. we went along for 17 months without hearing a word from anybody or anything. finally we're getting some action and this is just in my opinion another step in the right direction. but we still got a long ways to go. >> reporter: the shooting itself is still under investigation, but prosecutors have not said whether or not criminal charges will be filed against officer torres, but coming up at 6:30, hear what john geer's father says shou

i'm phil torres joined by lindsay moran, dr. shay somora and dr. dilworth. i just got back with an exciting week of my life, and it was all for science. with you jump on an one-ton tiger shark? well, that's the opportunity i got to do with these researchers based out of university of miami. we went on a boat in the bahamas sbahamas bahamas, in the name of sharks. let's take a look. >> shark on! >> shark. the very name inspires wonder and fear, vilified as the world's ultimate killing machine, but their bad-boy image is all wrong, according to these guys. >> i haven't had a single bad day with sharks in 35 years of doing business. >> if there is a shark around, you're likely to find jim in the water with the camera. >> we have 400 billion years of sharks shaping our ocean's health. and in the last 50 years on my watch we've literally destroyed it. >> one in six of all sharks that have been threatened with extinction . >> the university of miami, one of his primary missions is to study sharks in the wild so policymakers can make good policies based on science.

mario de la torre guided me on how to best perform the responsibilities of this job. he continued to mentor and guide the me through my career as a union officer. not everyone has been fortunate as i have in having such a wonderful mentor. this job-training academy is a foundation to creating new career pathways and building confidence for successful career. it's a very important thing to myself, i am very interested in seeing the success of this program. i think it's important for these young people to be given the right direction in a career path offered career path. mr. president, i know that we have public comment and after at the appropriate time, i would like to make this motion. >> thank you, commissioner. let's move to public comment. >> okay. dan dillon, chris, joan valentine and linda. >> i am here on behalf of the pga tour an tpc manages harden park and we're about what? six weeks away from harden park being showcased to the entire world when the top 64 golfers in the world come to play in the cadillac match play championship for $10 million in purse. more

phil torres. i'm phil torres. 'm an entomologist. that's hour team, nout let's do some science. >>> hey, guys, welcome to "techknow", joined by dr ross shimabuku, and lindsay moran. microscopic things have been making news. viruses. take ebola - it caught america offguard. in some places we overreacted and in other places we doesn't do enough. >> there's a lot of scare around ebola, because we don't know much about it, compared to measles. which is also a hot topic. >> when we think of diseases we tend to think of containment. how do we contain them. i had an opportunity to meet a small group of scientists who are seeking out the pathogens in order to understand it. it might surprise people that metropolis. that's good reason for that. let's have a look. >> reporter: we are all vulnerable to the tiny viruses. >> microscopic agents causing big diseases. >> reporter: these infectious agents know now boundaries and in today's hyper connective world, they can move fast. like others, like small pox are eradicated. others spring back to li

i'm joined by phil torres, host of "techknow" and doug gurian sherman. are bees particularly vulnerable because they live in intimate little groups of 40 or 50,000 individuals? >> yes i think that definitely contributes to it. if one bee is out there he's bringing it home to the rest of it. but it goes beyond a single hive. one of the issues is bees are being shipped across the united states to pollenate could have a might mite or infection it's not in the hive it's in the pollennationenpollennation grown udz. the deceases or possiblen could spread. >> i want to put this in its proper context. how much we should worry about this whether it is a potential calamity, how much circulate we worry about the potential of the honey bee in the united states? >> it's critically important. as you indicated a third or more of our food depends on bees or other pollenators. , very types of foods that are threatened by decline of pollenators. not just honey bees. wild beads are important in pollenating our foods. billions of dollars to our agriculture economy. those ar

i'm phil torres joined by davison.he internet at all you've probably seen the face of commander chris hadfield. i got a chance to interview him. >> making space travel and this whole idea so cool again. it's fantastic. >> give us a with it into his world and a way for those of us that aren't living on the international space station to kind of have an understanding of what that experience is like and maybe imagine ourselves in space one day. >> and i had a chance to talk to him about all those amazing things. let's take a look. >> five four three two one and liftoff. tom and ivan and chris making their way to the international space station. >> international space station has long been a paragon of mystery, that is until one man brought it back down to earth. >> chocolate pudding cake, looks like it too. not bad. it is going to be hard to eat. going to be messy. >> chris hadfield the former commander of the international space station spent 166 days in space. but he didn't spend his time just doing experiments. instead

torres said he saw the father of two move his hands towards his waste but none of the other officers, many of them closer saw that. >> then -- a quick motion, he brought his hands down near his waste and i pulled the trigger one time. >> it took police another hour to enter the house and geer was dead by then. >> it's unjustified. he had his hands up in the air. 40 minutes he was calmly talking with officer barnes. it was heading toward a conclusion in a peaceful way. he did nothing nothing to cause anyone to think that he was a threat to anyone and then a shot was fired. >>> now there is an ad hoc police review commission in place now, and county leaders are hoping that it will help improve police accountability and transparency but the supervisor's chair today declined to commit to trying to make that commission permanent. reporting live in alexander bruce leshan wusa 9. >> fairfax police released -- they remained silent for 16 months until a us senator and county judge forced them to release more information. >>> a death in -- 1200 people attended the funeral for gray mann. she's t

. >> philadelphia police say that franco torres may be in danger she left her home on monday but never showed autopsy the the school of the future. her mother tells "action news" she went with a man she met online at fifth and lehigh, but she told the family that the man did not match the picture of the person online. >> she had two phone calls kutd off and her mother reports her sounding scared but the phone calls are not completed. franco torres's mother say teacher in west kensington and he is a spokesperson for the family, the phone call to the mother was last night since the mother claims to have received multiple threatening calls. >> saying why are you saying i have your daughter if i see anything i'll drop her off at work. changes stories if he knows who she is s if you have seen franco torres, are you urged to call police. i'm live in west kinging ton chad pradelli channel 6 "action news." >> frightening story there chad thank you. >>> police are waiting for a person in a deadly hit and run to turn herself in today. the crash happened monday in southwest philadelphia it killed

after that, police said torres fired a bullet through the drive-through window.one was hit and torres was arrested. >> larry: now, in shaneka's defense, they did forget her bacon twice. in the same day. i'm no lawyer, but that might hold up in court. we thought this story was so important that we thought we did re-create it for you through the majesty of... "we can't believe this (bleep) so we have to act it out theater." ♪ please welcome the "we can't believe this (bleep) players." (cheers and applause) >> larry: okay. let me set the scene. shaneka rolls through the drive-through eagerly anticipating her cheeseburger with bacon. >> sasha: here's your order ma'am. >> holly: oh, hell, no. i asked for bacon. this burger ain't got no bacon. >> mike: baby, baby, baby, it's fine. you don't need all that pork anyway. >> holly: no, it's not. next time i come up in here, i'mma get that burger for free with bacon. >> larry: and that next time turned out to be just a few hours later. >> holly: i'm back for my cheeseburger with bacon! >> sasha: certainly. here you go! >> ho

we still don't know whether the county police will fire torres. now, officer torres back in 2013 shot and killed john gear while he had his hands on the top of his storm door in the doorway of his spring field town house. it was after an argument with his girlfriend who called police. torres the officer insisted he saw the father of two move his hands towards his waste but none of the other officers, many of them closer saw him move his hands. it took police another hour to enter the house and gear was dead by then. now, sharon, the share of the board the supervisors say the settlement was the right thing to do and the lawyer for john gear's state says that the $3 million deal will insure that gear's daughter could afford college. >> he wanted them to go to college and debt free when they were done and have a net egg to get started in life, and sadly but true, it does accomplish this for them. >> it was a tragedy that shouldn't have happened. that's from my point of view. it looks like something you know, something tragic that happened. tragic for

this interview for her -- from our office in capitol hill is 25 minutes. >> representative norma torres from california's 36 congressional district. as a freshman member of congress, what is the difference serving here and your time in the state senate? norma: it is quiet a difference between the two chambers. -- i should say the three chambers. the biggest difference i think is our inability to work across the aisle. in california, we certainly did a better job with that. >> how do you fix it? norma: i think members have to commit to working together. we have to commit personal time getting to know each other traveling in each other's districts and learning about the issues that are important and respecting those issues. >> i would suspect another big difference is the amount of money it takes to run for congress and to get reelected. what has seven like for you? -- what has that been like for you? norma: it is incredibly hard to get here. the money involved in politics makes it almost impossible for someone like me, and average mom , a 911 dispatcher by trade it's incredible that i ma

the judge went beyond sentencing guidelines since torres pulled a knife. when the woman broke free he tackled, punched and kicked her. the judge reviewed the victim's description of the attack. she told torres she was a virgin and asked "would you do this to your sister" and "are you a man of god"? a few days later while police combed the scene for evidence torres returned to the wooded area looking for a backpack he had ditched. he wore the same necklace and cross as described by the victim. >> it was terrifying. this was a young girl who was -- had a knife placed to her neck. she was beaten. she was bruised. stephen: when arguing for a harder sentence the prosecutor cited the pain inflicted on the victim and her family and referred how the crime affected the entire community. >> you have to be afraid and you want to exercise and you want to be free and you can't be free anymore. you have to be careful. stephen: after the judge sentenced torres, the victim left the courtroom with her family where they huddled and sobbed. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. aliso

--ayer se haba programado una audiencia para el juicio de "antolin garca-torres" acusado de secuestrarar a la adolescente en marzo de 2-mil doce... --pero la cita se pospuso una vez ms... siendo sta la doceava vez que ocurre. --"sierra" desapareci cuando iba camino a su escuela. --fiscales seÑalan que el a-d-n de la menor fue hallado en el auto de ''garca-torres'' pero ste se declar incocente ante dichas acusasiones. lorena/ots ---ayer ....en sunnyvale... un polica dispar y mat a un sospechoso de robo.... wait for nats trt: 04 sec cont vo/lorena ---en esta llamada de emergencia se revela los momentos de tensin que se vivieron durante el enfrentamiento... ---el agente indica que el sujeto que portaba un cuchillo se rehusa a obedecer..... momentos despues comunica al despachador que dispara y el sujeto queda abatido... --- el oficial fue el primero en responder al asalto de una licorera ubicada sobre la avenida ''tasman''... el hombre muri camino al hospital lorena/ms --- residentes de carolina del sur siguen indignados tras la difusin del video que muestra... take vo ...a un polica disp

--ayer se haba programado una audiencia para el juicio de "antolin garca-torres" acusado de secuestrar la adolescente en marzo de 2-mil doce... --pero la cita se pospuso una vez ms... siendo sta la doceava vez que ocurre. --"sierra" desapareci cuando iba camino a su escuela. --fiscales seÑalan que el a-d-n de la menor fue hallado en el auto de ''garca-torres'' pero ste se declar incocente ante dichas acusasiones. fb lucrecia live bug lucrecia amigos tengan todos muy buenos dias y sean cordialmente bienvenidos a noticiero telemundo 48 primera edicion. enseguida les comparto la informacion meteorologica del dia de hoy. como usted ve en su pantalla aqui tenemos las siguientes condiciones climatologicas: durante la manana tenemos: bajas temperaturas y nubosidad. para la tarde subira el termometro permanecen las nubes. y para la noche esperamos temperaturas en los rangos de: 50's =============== como usted sabe en nuestra area geografica tenemos por lo menos cinco microclimas. hoy las temperaturas maximas en: la bahia norte tenemos: 70 la bahia sur tenemos: 71 la bahia este tenemos: 68 la c

officer adam torres fired a single shot killing gr.family pursued a wrongful death suit against the kaunt county. julie carey will join us with reaction from leaders. i'm wendy rieger at the live desk. >>> google is changing its way the smart engine works on your smartphone. the sites that google define as mobile friendly will show up first, a move that will sway where we all eat and shop. most big companies already meet google's mobile formula but it could threaten the smaller businesses. >>> the pittsburgh pirates are offering their thoughts this evening in prayers on twitter to a fan who was hit by a ball. take a look at the play. the batter fouled the ball behind home plate and hit a woman. there is a screen there, but the screen gave way just enough. the pirates offered this statement on twitter today saying the woman was take ton the hospital and was conscious and alert at the time. >>> it looks and sounds like something right out of an action movie. a man finds himself trapped in a burning car with a broken leg and no way to esc

mercedes de la torre, roma.las temperaturas actuales. son las 11 de la noche con 12 minutos. estamos transmitiendo en vivo desde san echemos un vistazo a las temperaturas actuales. son las 11 de la noche con 12 minutos. estamos transmitiendo en vivo desde san francisco donde el termÓmetro marca 52 f. ya volvemos. tres sujetos robaron un cajero automÁtico de una gasolinera y todo quedÓ grabado en vÍdeo. los sospechosos llegaron al lugar en una camioneta ford blanca, tendrÁs uno de ellos distraÍa el empleado otro enganche la mÁquina a la parte trasera y un tercero acelerÓ la camioneta para arrancarla de su lugar. hasta el momento no hay sospechosos detenidos. en otro crimen pero mucho mÁs grave continÚa prÓfugo el depredador sexual que secuestrÓ una niÑa de dos aÑos en un lavadero de autos en el sur de california. la policÍa estÁ empeÑada en capturarlo antes de que vuelva a atacar. osvaldo gorrÁez tiene la informaciÓn mÁs reciente de este caso. osvaldo: Éste vÍdeo fue captado. a menos de 24 horas del rapto de la n

i'm phil torres, with global extremes. we're seeing the hot get hotter and the cold get colder, and it's hitting all corners of the u.s. >> it's a really challenging time. challenging and exciting to try to understand what these extreme weather patterns mean for our climate. >> and i got to look at the significant costs involved not just with the devastation caused by extreme weather but hidden causes. >> heat, drought, it's happening. let's take a look. >> oxnard, california, august 12, 2014. >> the weather team has been at it for ours. the storm was no surprise. scientists and technos cameras were tracking it. what meteorologists were calling the storm of the decade hit california with a vengeance. at the national weather service office in response to one of the worst winter storms to hit the state in a very long time. nine inches at once reported in napa valley. massive snow and minutes lake tahoe. flooding in los angeles. >> this is a chance for scientists to study in realtime the latest in a year of extreme weather ev

pero fiscales dicen que el adn de la menor fue hallado en el auto de ''garca-torres''... --- el acusadoeclarado incocente de los hechos... take vo / juan fran --pasemos al condado de "solano" donde un juez decidi negar la solicitud de un agresor sexual para vivir en fairfield. --"fraisure smith" pidi a un tribunal que le dieran de alta de un hospital y le permitieran mudarse a su casa en esa ciudad. --el pasado mes cientos de residentes se reunieron para expresar sus inquietudes alegando que el ingreso de "smith" pondra en peligro a las jovencitas en esa comunidad. --"smith" es conocido por una serie de delitos que datan de la dcada de los ochenta. lorena/ots --- autoridades de san jos quieren retomar un plan para honrar a sus hroes cados... take vo --- segn el diario ''mercury news'' el alcalde sam liccardo est considerando establecer un monumento en las instalacioes de la alcalda para rendir tributo a los policas y bomberos que mueren en cumplimiento de su deber... --- la idea resurgi tras la reciente muerte del agente ''michael johnson'' .. --- en 2008 concejales tuvieron una idea si

officer adam torres remains on the police payroll. the folks are hoping for some kind of civilian oversight. live in alexandria, richard reeve, abc 7 news. alison: a luxury car reduced to a burned-out shell. it happened during last night severe thunderstorm. a lightning strike sparked a fire and left a mercedes owner with a to little. jay korff has the aftermath. jay: a depressing and mind-boggling scene. last night, a wild scene. a lightning strike hit the power line, which crashes down, barking, sparking, the fire charring this once loved mercedes. >> it was in good condition, low mileage, and a nice running car. jay: it was once a sweet ride, but it's now a melted mess. >> this was a disaster in the making. jay: it now serves as a marvel in his arlington neighborhopod to mother nature's might. during monday night's storm rain came down from the sky. >> we heard an explosion. jay: they capture the destruction with video and pictures. a power line was toppled and caught fire. the arcing line punched holes in the road, turning asphalt