it's one of the biggest global air transport hubs. to be efficient, humanitarian aid agencies have to take their cue from the business, and work according to its rules. but can market forces really dictate the business of helping those in need? we went to the persian gulf to find out. reporter: humanitarian aid is profitable, even for these migrant labourers -- sudanese contract workers in dubai are sorting through the packaging waste that suddenly accumulates when a disaster like the one in nepal strikes. we're in the world's biggest aid relief complex, 50 kilometres outside dubai, storage facilities as far as the eye can see. and inside, there are cartons as far as the eye can see. the head of logistics at the un's world food programme says supplies often have to be repacked. stefano: this is a donation from the japanese government. they have procured it from a company in the market. reporter: in an emergency, products from countless deliveries have to be packed together. a look at this showroom indicates how diverse the items are.

that's an idea i've been common core to expand create better assess points to expand certain transportation hubs for our neighborhood so thank you for all your work on this and given no other questions or comments i'd like to see if there are members of the public that want to speak on item 5. >> so on the potrero hill neighborhood transportation. >> please make our comments about the potrero hill. >> potrero hill just like chinatown for the people of value no help you try everyday if you try me from potrero hill i just see what will happy no hope no hope with them i try to expand talk with them everyday. >> thank you next members of the public please. >> good morning, commissioners i'm the rebuild potrero hill director thank you so much for letting us speak thank you, michael in the mta for the planning and design for the pedestrian improvements as you know bridging bridge housing will rebuild potrero hill this is a long process at least 10 years in the meantime we need the interim projects to expand have a visible change on site this improvement process is key to expand having residency see vi

leverage the growth in center city to create a more vibrant and inviting neighborhood around the transportation hub. >>> we have a traffic alert for some of the area's busiest streets. all week crews are repaving 22 stretches of the most pothole-filled roads in center city. streets department is trying to fix the most pressing problems first. leaders hope to have the roads done before preparations for the pope begin. we asked about the roads outside of center city. >> every year we rotate around the city so that way every part of the city gets some paving done. it may not be your street but there are sections. >> the center city repaving will disrupt street parking for several weeks. first thing drivers will notice is roads have been milled that means they're left with a bumpy gravel-like surface. then about two weeks from now the actual repaving will begin. >>> tropical storm bill has been downgraded. that happened overnight. now tropical depression. it will still bring a lot of rain to texas. southeast texas could get up to 3 inches of rain an hour today. this is video from a coast guard helicopt

. >> manakara was a major port back in the day, a major transportation hub, but now it's a sleepy beachbout spiders and that chicken comes out. . >> i tell you, that lobster is smelling good. >> no, they're disgusting. they're like giant insects. what do they eat? >> corpses. >> dead things. >> you are such a debbie downer. you are such a downer. ♪ >> you were born here. >> and your parents are from here. >> from here. he's a fisherman. >> how far out do they go out? >> about 50 miles. >> he goes out 50 miles in a little canoe? >> yes. every day, every day. >> awesome. >> this is typical dish. green leaves, eggplants, some spices, then meat. >> it should be pointed out we bought a lot of food. this sort of spread is not an everyday meal in these parts. >> there's your veggie platter. there you go, man. >> now we have a piece of a shark. he says that before 2000 more fishes, but since then -- >> smaller fish? >> yes and the quantity smaller. >> that's a papaya salad. >> it's one of those days where the artifice of making television threatens to move dangerously into cruelty. >> what are

>> perhaps they do not have a huge transportation hub such as o'hare. you have to rely on high-speed rails in general to travel. >> this is 1942 so trains are getting asked her. that is not the answer looking -- i am looking for. today, they are very excited about that aspect of it going to chicago with high-speed three. >> there were four other chicago terminals? >> four. five on the list. that's right. these cities succeeded in creating a centralized hub. st. louis and kansas city in cincinnati had the distinction of every train coming into the town connected at the central hub. the synergy was tremendous. people with a single connection would walk across the concourse and you could reach vast destinations across the region. chicago was too big to achieve that. we were too formidable for the railroad industry to try to consolidate our stations into one. we will see chicago is a city of stations that while large, they were not at the same level and volume as other stations. we will see this created a paradox. getting to the point where this has created

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. >>> nearly 14 years after the september 11th attacks the transportation hub at the world trade centerpletion. when it fully opens later this year it will feature 11 subway lines. the path train to new jersey and several shops. the head of construction says it will be the grand central station of lower manhattan. the project was first budgeted at $2 billion but the cost is at $4 billion. >>> a woman walked into a cvs store she had to use the restroom. she walked out the store a multimillionaire. her name is jennifer daniels. she says before she left the cvs store she bought a $20 ultimate riches scratcher. she scratched off the bar code, scanned the ticket. it turns out she won $5 million. miss daniels says she plans to use that money to help her parents retire. she will pay off her house and help pay for her son's education. >> that is something a lot of people would do. >>> guess what sal is near the warriors parade route. he's going to be there all morning and checking out traffic. hey sal. >> reporter: a lot of people are already here. the crowd is already assembling over there at

well, you can see this is a busy transportation hub. metro bus and metro rail here as well as ride-on buses taking you into montgomery county. who else is here? folks from the commuter services who want you to take advantage of this. the facilities like this. of course, as you said, this is national dump the pump day. last year public transportation use was up. it was at a 68-year high. there were 10.8 billion trips made on public transportation. and so to further that, people want to -- you know, they want to highlight the savings and help the environment that such trips do indeed make. take a look at some of the features that you'll find here locally. there will be commuter services like the ones you see here, giving out freebies. from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. you can learn more about bike share as well and they'll be at the shady grove metro station from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. now, time will tell whether or not you see a little bit more ridership on metro or metrobus today because of people taking advantage of this. but they want to start a

nearly 14 years after the 9/11 attacks the transportation hub at the world trade center is nearing completions entrance is designed to look like a bird in flight when it become fully operational. the center will feature 11 subway lines the path train and newspaper reusse retail shops. >> the project behind us is a very special project. it's truly an icon that will be here for decades. and specifically what you're looking at is the oculus the cornerstone of that facility. >> the total cost for the hub is projected to be about $4 billion. >>> the 50 shades of grey series is back in the spotlight with the release avenue new book. christian grey's erotic row mons with young anastasia steal enter as new stage with the release of simply grey. released yesterday told from the point of view of billion nay christian grey. the author e hmm james says her latest story is based on fantasy which is something she says everyone can relate to. >> i think women like to really good passionate love story. this is about a very young strong woman who doesn't realize she's a strong young woman an guy very very fra

you have taxi drivers blockading major transport hubs. you can see that video there.airline, main airport rather, charles today fall being blocked as well -- charles de gaulle. cabbies started overturning cars, basically blocking roads demanding this is what they want, david. that uber, which is already illegal in france, be banned entirely. you know a little bit about the government there. i believe there are no fewer than 12 taxi unions in the paris region. melissa: wow. david: i didn't know that that is extraordinary. by the way taxis here are ticked off as well against uber. i don't know if there would be riots like that. i don't think they have any union. deirdre, thank you. be sure to tune in to risk and reward at top of the hour. we'll be watching. >>> meanwhile the internal revenue scandal just got worse. a new investigation finding that the agency destroyed a lot of emails. your tax dollars at work. >>> plus shrinking into -- slinging into a theater into theater near you. spider-man is unmasked. find out next who will be the next peter parker next. it's a hig

the chicago area which i represent is a hub of our nation's transportation network. over 30 million people ride it every year and many of those passengers ride through the city of chicago. in the chicago area, amtrak trains is riding on infrastructure that hasn't been updated including switches. safety concerns on amtrak are at a premium. and now is not the time to reduce the amount of money we have made available for amtrak and for our needed infrastructure upgrades. we need to make investments in our tracks trains, stations and the rest of our transportation system. my amendment would take a step towards addressing that problem. all it does is restore capital investment grants to the level at which they were appropriated last year. this is a small step, but one that will rebuild our crumbling infrastructure and help improve the mass transit systems that many of our citizens use each and every day. i reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. mr. diaz-balart: i claim time in opposition. this amendment would result in deep and frankly unsusta

transportation. the chicagoland area is the hub for the nation's transportation network. over 925 million tons of freight move in and out of chicago each and every year. and each work day tens of thousands of citizens of the 10th district use commuter rail. the chicago regional transportation authority estimates that it needs to find $13.4 billion over the next decade just to maintain the system in its current condition. that is why it is more important than ever to find funds to pay and maintain and rebuild our nation's transportation system. . in the transportation funding bill, there's a clause which discriminates against you are ran areas. tiger grants can be awarded to projects across the entire nation, however it provides that projects in urban areas receive a federal match of 50% of the funding while those in rural areas can receive up to 80% of the project's funding. madam chair, this is unfair and unjust. the tiger grants are competitive discretionary grants that should be awarded to the most deserving projects. the bill's language allows rural areas to leverage

hub others. the national transportation safety board revealed that the department, the development to the senate committee hearing however, it did not rule out possibility that engineer brandon bostian's phone was being used for something other than calls or texts. >> there are 400,000 pieces of data involved in the analysis and because of the extent of that things like use of an app a or other use of the phone has in the been determined. >> investigators are still working to find out whether bostian was distract by a cell phone. investigators say the train went in the curve at more than twice the speed limit. >>> stay with "eyewitness news" as we stay up to date on the amtrak investigation. our coverage continues on line at cb. philly.com. a community of church goers is turning to faith after a beloved pastor from berks county dies when a suv strikes her motorcycle. that crash happened in burn township near glad tiedings church where the rick tim and her husband served for 30 years. victim of the fatal crash pastor lynn couch. her husband was critically injury. church services, celebrated the l

the frankford transportation center is already one of the busiest transit hubs in philly. septa hoping to build a new one-story control center and break room directly across from it. some nearby residents say they're only hearing about those construction plans this week and today they took their concerns right to septa board members. >>> again we're not opposed to what septa wants to do. we're just asking you guys and we have been since we learned about the project to reconsider moving the building to another parcel. there are other options here and we're just asking to you give us some consideration. >> protesters say that location is vital for the redevelopment of the frankford neighborhood. >>> happening right now philadelphia got quite a job on the date of the accident hands. how do you keep a pope here especially when he loves to mingle with the faithful that and keeping the millions expected to be here safe? the key issue today in rome. >> pope francis will be in philly of course in september for the world meeting of families. our bruce gordon with the delegation in