and it is the — it transport director and, as well. basically all products drop in prices.prices domestically will go up as well. it is fashion as a successful. and very quickly, if i may, i can see suede shoes and a necklace on, you look like a bit of a hippie will stop a year at a big fan of the volkswagen beetle? a hippie will stop a year at a big fan of the volkswagen beetle ?|j spent a holiday in a convertible red beetle three years ago. it broke down on me in the middle of the jungle and i would still be there but for the fact that a lorry happen to be coming through about half an hour after a broke down. but after that was the one that brought the zen, so let us be cautious about its history. we are going to leave it back, lorry. thank you for being with us. stay with us on bbc news. much more to come. hello. well, before we go to the weather for the uk, an update on hurricane florence battering the east coast of the united states. and the worst of the weather is technically still out to sea. the storm's eye isn't expected to cross land, that is, make landfall, until

the transportation director of the municipal transportation agency told the board yesterday that changes include broadening recruitment efforts and increasing class sizes to train more people to operate buses in -- and metro trains. >> the expectations for us have never been higher. the agenda is fast-moving and expanding rapidly. >> muni also plans a 5% increase on bus service to its most popular routes. it has a plan to address complaints over the slowdown in service . the examiner reports the transportation director is calling for more training to reach that goal. muni will increase its bus and rail class sizes and the new plan also calls for improving service on the lines. hopefully, that will address some of the complaints. >>> more than 1000 people were arrested over the holiday weekend for duis here in california. chp says that is up slightly from last year. 22 people were killed in crashes statewide over the three-day weekend, which is an improvement over last year. there were 30 deaths last year. >>> allie is in force out. it has been a pretty good commute so far. hopefully it s

transportation director of the municipal agitation ecstasy -- agency >> the expectations for us have never been higher. the agenda is fast-moving and expanding rapidly.>> the union also plans a 5% increase to its most popular routes. >>> president trump fleming a new book, up next the explosive claims being made that high- ranking officials say are false. e. >>> a warm-up in the forecast, we are going to bring back more information on that. >>> this morning president trump tweeted about an upcoming book about his administration by bob woodward. he said isn't it a shame that somebody can write an article or book, totally make up stories from a picture of the person opposite of the fact. the book is called fear: trump in the white house. some of the explosive claims in the book.>> reporter: excerpts of the book, fear: trump in the white house released contending explosive quotes coming from white house insiders according to bob woodward. >> look at the world and administration you.>> i assume that's going to be a negative book.>> reporter: facts about presidents trump quoting he's an i

the transportation director of the municipal transportation agency told the board yesterday that changesnclude broadening recrewment and increased class sizes -- recruitment and increased class sizes to train people to operate buses and metro trains. >> the expectations for us have never been higher. the agenda is fast-moving and expanding rapidly. >> muni also plans a 5% increase on popular bus routes. >>> still to come twitter and facebook executives head to capitol hill today. hear some of the criticism following the russian interference campaign during the 2016 election. >> the 49ers have their franchise quarterback signed to a long-term deal. now the hope for fans is that it pans out. coming up next how jimmy g is preparing for a tough test this weekend in explode. -- in minnesota. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪ ♪ they're the modern stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. >>> speaking of

pennsbury school district, transportation director, charlie williams, recently named jean as the 2018 school bus driver of the year. for the past 14 years, jean has transported students who area schools, including pennsbury high school, william penn middle school, and quarry hill elementary school. during this time she cultivated strong and inspirational relationships with her students and their families. jean says she streets all children on her bus as if they are her own. a statement that i think puts into context her dedication to the job. her job driving does not stop with pennsbury. in the summer she also transports summer campers who participate in programs at the lower bucks family ymca. i would like to congratulate jean on this much deserved recognition and charlie williams for his dedication to transportation safety in our community in bucks county. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee, mr. kustoff, for five minutes. mr. kustoff: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of families and children everywhere who have b

the transportation director of the municipal transportation agency told the board that changes included increasing class-size to trade train more people to operate buses and metro trains. spot the expectations for us have never been higher. the agenda is fast-moving and expanding rapidly. spot they also plan the five percent increase on bus service to the most popular bounce. >>> san francisco mayor is urging governor. brown to sign a bill to allow a three or pilot program for safe injection sites in the city. the narrowly passed the state senate and assembly and the governor has until the end of the month to decide if he is going to find it. opponent they the opening the center would be a direct violation of federal law. the mayor wants to see safe injection sites open as soon as possible calling it a public health issue. the proposal also faces opposition from the white house. the justice department that you may fight plans to open city sanctioned drug injection centers. struck a federal appeals court has decided that the cities cannot prosecute people for sleeping on the street if t

the examiner reports the transportation director is calling for more training to get more buses on the road. to reach that goal muni will increase its bus and rail training class sizes, change its teaching methods to lower failure rates, and expand hiring outreach . the the new plan also calls for improving service on muni's rapid lines by 5%, and increasing service on rail lines by 3%. >>> a warning from the world health organization about adults who are not physically active. according to a new report more than one fourth of the world's population, about 1.4, about 1.4 billion people, risk developing diseases because you don't get enough exercise. diseases include heart attacks, type ii diabetes, dementia, and some forms of cancer. doctors recommend at least two and half hours a week of moderate intensive activity. >>> scientists say children born through in vitro fertilization could be at a higher risk of developing high blood pressure later in life. a study of more than 50 teenagers finds 15% of those conceived through ivf at high blood pressure. that compared with just one case am

. >> reporter: and that was the executive director of transportation california. senate bill 1, the 12 supper gallon gas tax was passed by the legislature and given the stamp of approval last november. it at $.20 to every gallon of diesel. the director of transportation california says the state is in dire need of the money to fix the road issues. >> we have a huge public safety problem right now in our state. roads are in disrepair. the new initiative would also stop construction of the long- awaited high-speed rail system and redirect the money to transportation work. the current budget for the bullet train project is significantly more than the predicted budget. the proposed ballot measure would be on the ballot in 2020. it needs half 1 million signatures to get that far. >>> on the fire watch. fire crews are investigating suspicious fires that broke out in san ramon. one fire charred two acres. some people were forced to evacuate for short time. the other fire broke out on sunday. police say that the two fires are incidental to be an accident. investigation is

. >> motion approving, rejecting the nomination of amanda eaken to the municipal transportation agency board of directors for term ending march 1, 2019. >> supervisor safai: please come forward, address the committee. >> good morning. my name is amanda eaken, i'm mayor breed's nominee to the municipal transportation agency board of directors. it is an honor to speak with each of you this morning. i want to thank you each of you for the work you and your staff do every day to ensure that our city thrives. i have a deep appreciation for all the challenges you face on a daily basis and salute your commitment to public service. in my remarks, i hope to accomplish three objectives. introduce myself and it will you about my background. share why i'm interesting on sharing on the sfmta board and offer thoughts on the challenges facing the agency. i have lived in san francisco for nearly two decades. i currently reside in the north pan handle neighborhood with husband and two children. i'm employed with the natural resource of defense council, a national not-for-profit organization where i have worked ten years.

the national transportation agency director announced during a press conference saturday, that the driverfor driving over the speed limit. he also said he was suspending the operating permit of the bus company involved in this latest crash. the crash brings the death toll from similar bus accidents on the andean roads to at least 45 in the past three weeks. (jrstone) in southern china -- torrential rain is battering more than one- point-2 million people. emergency crews are working around the clock to rescue trapped residents. a providence near hong kong is the hardest hit. almost 130-thousand people were forced to flee their homes -- with some cities submerged under as much as two meters of water. the flooding has killed at least two people and caused 150-million dollars in damage. (jrstone) and -- a california woman give birth to two twins just hours after surviving a horrifying bus crash in new mexico. when we come back. (justine) plus -- another mural has been vandalized in san jose this week... this one targetting the latino community... how the city is responding... when we come bac

many partners, and i also sit on the san francisco county transportation authority. at our director is here. this authority has brought in over $200 million and sales tax to this project. of course, our state delegates, to mtc and i -- i see our chair is here. to the multiple regional and federal transportation agencies that made this possible. i also, as a representative of the district want to thank the residents and our workers. i want to recognize our tjpa citizens advisory committee and our east kutch community benefit district. our director is here, for really working alongside this project for all of these years. and shoring it is one that not just would serve the region but serve our neighborhood workers and residents as well. i want to thank our residents for their immense patience over the many years as this neighborhood has become ground zero of construction, literally 24 hours a day. add to thank you for investing in this neighborhood, choosing to live here, and patiently living through the noise, the night construction can't get all of the traffic and continuing to advi

. >> quick clarification, that is under the permit terms of the director of transportation.would not be a specific m.t.a. board approval for the expansion to 500. was author -- already authorized and then in terms of bringing more bikes faster, the next nine months of the pilot is about figuring out the future of bike share in san francisco. i think the first nine months has shown very clearly the demand for shared ebags is high. we don't need to do further evaluation to understand there is demand. but what we need to do is figure out how we meet that demand and whether working with m.t.c. and regional partners on bike share and working with jump and figure out the bike park program, we need to figure out how we scale the system. we agree the demand is high and we need to figure out a way to meet it. >> chairman brinkman: to go back to the 500 number since that has been approved and that is the director transportation decision, then the next jump past that cleat what happens to go above 500-1,000? >> with the board did was authorize an 18 month permit program with up to 250

cheryl brinkman is chair of the san francisco municipal transportation agency board of directors. she says the board hopes to find a solution to the de wolf street problem. supervisor safai (sahf-eye- ee) says the city should develop a broader plan to address rv's and possibly designate an area where all of them can park... rather than restricting streets one by one.cheryl brinkman/sftma- "the city's not had any success yet identifying an area like that. there used to be very under utilized industrial areas, but there's not much of the city that's under utilized.any more." the board will take up the de wolf street issue at its next meeting in two weeks. if a plan is approved to add parking restrictions... the signs could go up immiedately after a decision is reached. in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron four news. (vicki) coming up... car break-ins are becoming more common across the peninsula. we'll show you the most popular spots where crooks are striking. (grant) plus-- backlash continues against nike after their controversial ad with colin kaepernick. details on how much th

director. >> secretary of transportation. roadswe have 255 primary closed due to flooding, down from yesterday's 356. on interstates, we have two major interstates still closed, i-40 and i-95, and 19 separate locations, and on u.s. routes, 93 locations that are closed. theoads are clearing in northeastern part of our state, they are also flooding in the piedmont. be congress and, you see the map with the black dots moving, and we anticipate the speed, and that is due to the flooding from the rain that has moved out of thattate, so we anticipate those will stabilize over the next few days. we have pushed 12 additional crews into the southern counties, primarily focused on debris removal and road repair capabilities. they were also working since sunday on contingency plans in case our routes, due to river rain flooding that will crest later this week, contingency planning to support a additional resources being able to go into new hanover and brunswick in this southern counties. those additional resources, our ferries are going

approve the mayor's nomination for appointment of amanneda eaken to the municipal transportation agency board of directors term ending august 31, 2018. >> president cohen: colleagues, same house, same call? without objection, motion is approved. madam clerk, 35 and 36 together. >> clerk: approve two motions for mayoral ro aal reappointmen. 35, ike kwon and, 36, anson moran, to august 1, 2022. >> president cohen: supervisor brown? >> supervisor brown: i support the reappointment of ike kwon. i've known ike for years and have always known him to be compassionate and dedicated public servant, plus an activist in the community at large in the inner sunset. i supported his leadership at clean power s.f. he's been an amazing advocate for all of san francisco, especially the earth. it's a true gem in district 5 and has enriched the lives of thousands of young people. i encourage my colleagues to reappoint him. >> president cohen: thank you, supervisor brown. any other colleagues? okay. can we take them same house, same call? looks like we can. without objection, motions are approved. madam clerk, please call the

the executive director of transportation color -- california says the state is in dire need of the money>> we will be right back where we were even more rapidly. >> reporter: the new initiative would also stop construction of california's long-awaited high- speed rail system and instead redirect the money to transportation work. the current budget for the bullet train project is $77 billion, which is definitely more than the originally predicted budget. the ballot measure be put before voters. the need 500,000 signatures to get on the ballot in the first place. jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> deputy attorney general rod rosenstein still has a job today. he expected to be fired yesterday. that are times even recently reported that he secretly discussed recording president trump and invoking the 25th amendment to remove him from office. they are expected to meet again on thursday. >>> and president trump is in new york city today to address the united nations. lester, he threatened north korea, this year, he has a new target. >> reporter: at the general assembly last year, president trump had thr

transportation in virginia. the governor was elected, he comes in, and my predecessor, the director of the virginia department of transportation did an audit. they found out his administration was sitting on road improvement money. he would not spend it on road construction. he kept it hidden. we finally started getting some road projects moving in virginia after he was out of office. the senate gets nothing done. you want to take credit for the navy? the one you voted against on january 19? >> i wrote the bill and help to get a budget deal done to fund the 365 ship navy in march. corey stewart said to president trump, please veto that bill. veto the bill that funds the navy. veto the bill that increases pay to our troops. look, it is about working across the aisle. that is why when i was governor, i was able to do it so we were the best managed state in america. the best state for business. the best state to raise a child. but under your watch, class sizes are going up. slashing the health department. >> if democrats take control of congress, particularly the house, and impeachment inquiry might begin. how will

. >> good afternoon, directors, rachel hida, principal transportation planner. this is to give you an update on this grant program, but specifically the portion of the grant program that supports this autonomous shuttle pilot. so the acronym is advanced technologies deployment program, a federal program intended to support the testing of advanced transportation technologies. the main reason we went after this grant and were awarded, was the toll system. we had an opportunity to do some other innovative things here. they were looking for pilots of cutting-edge transportation technologies, so we proposed the testing or the pilot deployment of an autonomous shuttle on island. so a small portion of the grant is going towards that purpose. the main part of the grant, as i said, is for the installation of and testing of the locations on yerba buena island. so you are familiar with the vision for an on-island, circulating shuttle, as the development is built out. so up to three shuttles are envisioned and have been in the adopted transportation plan to provide a first-

we call together the meeting of the san francisco municipal transportation agency and board of directors for parking authority. please read the roll. [roll call] madam chair, you have a quorum. item 3, announcement of prohibition of sound-producing devices during the meeting. the ringing of cell phones, pagers and other electronic devices are prohibited at the meeting. any person responsible for one going off may be asked to leave the room. please note that microphones set on vibrate cause interference -- cell phones set on vibrate do interfere with the microphone, so the board respectfully request they turn off. item 4, approval of minutes for september 4, regular meeting. >> chairman brinkman: do i have any public comment on the minutes? no? seeing none, do i have a motion to approve? second. all in favor? minutes approved. >> clerk: the next meeting, october 2, has been canceled. item 6, introduction of new or unfinished business. >> chairman brinkman: do we have any unfinished? business? seeing none, we'll move on. >> clerk: director's report. >> a mercifully brief report today. firs

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director at immigration and customs enforcement, he has over 24 years of federal law enforcement experience with immigration and customs enforcement, immigration and naturalization service, and the transportation security administration.>> german johnson and ranking member mccaskill and distinct members of the committee i thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the impact of the floras settlement agreement on us immigration and customs enforcement, critical mission of protecting the homeland, securing the border and ensuring the integrity of our nation's immigration system. our nation's immigration laws are extremely complex and in many cases outdated and full of loopholes moreover, the immigration laws have been increasingly subject to a litigation before the federal court which has resulted in numerous poor decisions which made it increasingly difficult for ice to carry out its mission. the current legal landscape often makes it difficult for people to understand all of the dedicated, courageous and professional officers, agents, attorneys and support staff of ice do to protect the people of

. >> good afternoon, directors, rachel hida, principal transportation planner. this is to give you an update on this grant program, but specifically the portion of the grant program that supports this autonomous shuttle pilot. so the acronym is advanced technologies deployment program, a federal program intended to support the testing of advanced transportation technologies. the main reason we went after this grant and were awarded, was the toll system. we had an opportunity to do some other innovative things here. they were looking for pilots of cutting-edge transportation technologies, so we proposed the testing

the director's -- the five directors from city departments and from the transportation authority meet every other month to discuss the project and to make sure that it's staying on schedule and within our budget. our community working group meets every other month, as well. we've held four rounds of community involvement or public outreach. the latest round was held in march of 2018, so just about six months ago. our environmental review is currently at 65%. you'll -- the next slide has the schedule, but we'll be coming out with our public draft environmental impact report before the end of this year. our design for the full corridor is at about 15% right now, and we're working closely with the transportation authority and the m.t.a. to identify additional funding for the project. so our key milestones, as i mentioned, our public draft e.i.r. will be coming out in december. we expect final certification to be in summer 2019. we're also getting federal environmental clearance as well, and we expect that to happen along the same schedule. our directors have asked us to break the project

-- for the -- for the board to authorize the executive director to execute the amendment number five to the agreement with parsons transportation group and to extend the term six months, increase the maximum amount under the agreement by 14.82 million for a total of 22.3 million and amend the key personnel. any questions? >> director reiskin? >> two. one, regarding the scope post delivery 30%, is developing recommendations within the scope of this contract or will that be done by tjpa staff or elsewhere? >> we'll be working internally to do that as well as we can use our ppmc group to help us in that effort, and we'll be making that decision next summer to be able to put out a contract with that language in it. >> objection. a and -- okay. and then, can you confirm that this is the last extension of this contract that we'll be contemplating and any subsequent engineering work or design build work will be done under a new and separate procurement? >> director reiskin, i can confirm that definitely going beyond the 30%, we're going to release an r.f.p., depending on what the board chooses, we would present the procurement strateg

i am the deputy director for policy and programming of the transportation authority. i i'm here to present prop k. allocation requests, totaling just over $8 million to you today. first request is from the sfmta for that munimobile forward program. this is for the next group of projects that will advance with concessional engineering and outreach. for five corridors. these corridors include the five fulton, 14 mission, 22 fillmore, and the 30 stockton. pending availability of funds, there's another group of six different projects that would advance. the planning for that five groups that i just mentioned would be completed by 2020 with the remainder completed by 2022. next request is from barth for powell street modernization project. this is for the construction phase of the project to relocate ticket vending machines and make other improvements to the fare gates and the work will be installed over the course of the next two years. next request is from the department of public works for the great highway reroutes reroute project for the construction phase. this is le

cheryl brinkman is chair of the san francisco municipal transportation agency board of directors.blem. supervisor safai (sahf-eye- ee) says the city should develop a broader plan to address rv's and possibly designate an area where all of them can park... rather than restricting streets one by one.cheryl brinkman/sftma- "the city's not had any success yet identifying an area like that. there used to be very under utilized industrial areas, but there's not much of the city that's under utilized.any more." the board will take up the de wolf street issue at its next meeting in two weeks. if a plan is approved to add parking restrictions... the signs could go up immiedately after a decision is reached. in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron four news. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a bay area man who was doing humanitarian work in nepal... is now back home after being wrongfully imprisoned. event... ...and get the brands you want... check this out. ...at "oh, yeah" prices. from the latest trends to your favorite brands, it feels even better when you find them for

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. >> the executive director of the mississippi department of transportation, and she wants to changere basically looking to transform 49 with an entirely new highway system. >> absolutely. we want to build a new interstate standard highway that takes the freight off the old rural dangerous hazardous road and put it on a roadway that's built just for the freight. >> she says the new highway would create jobs and transform mississippi, from a rural state to an economic powerhouse. governor bryant is hoping the 4.6 billion dollars price tag fits right into the president's promise to help rural america. >> we're going to widen it, make it a great big beautiful highway so that people can get their goods and services to the port of the future. >> so they can get their cargo out to the rest of america. >> we want to have that truck traffic moved as quickly and efficiently up and down that corridor as is possible. >> he says that can only happen by cutting out all those red lights. in gulf port, mississippi, douglas kennedy, fox news. jon: from the southeast to the southwest, where flash flo

director. if we looked at a transportation -- this site for benefiting for transportation?>> we have looked at providing additional water taxi landings throughout the waterfront and have been opportunistic. when we have a development partner, we look at their sights , and here we have not explored the site in particular for a water taxi. i think we can do so and talk with the developer about what might be possible to hear. i agree wholeheartedly with the comments of the developer that we need more water transportation opportunities as we grow and get more congested. it is and everyone's interest to maximize the water for transportation. >> i just don't want us to lose the opportunity if they are publishing the e.i.r., not to have that included as an option for us. that would benefit us better if the e.i.r. included at some of the lease comes our way, we don't have to backtrack and worry about publishing. >> i would just say, water taxi is the first step. we are talking about more formal water transportation than that. r.b.c. that is a huge step with what we are joined with