u.s. state of california takes the lead with tough anti gun laws and you get tougher and then you get. however we're seeing some really heavy rain stormy weather across southern parts of the u.s. more of that where where that came from asked a lot of clout being pumped up from the gulf of mexico lighting over towards the eastern seaboard mother little area a cloud that's just spilling its way out of the rockies nat'l sink further southwards and east was fair bit of snow there into colorado into new mexico into i was i'd rather for colder states have the desert southwest fair bit of snow to up towards miss year ie illinois indiana and some really heavy rain arkansas for example pushing down towards that eastern side of texas louisiana big downpours coming in here we are allowed to see some flood in new york not so bad so you make our way into where new year's eve we see some model weather coming in for the new year fifteen celsius in new york dry skies coming back in but you can see we got a fair bit of snow north of the border into that eastern side of kind of the heavy rain there for g

u.s. state of california will toughen up its already strict rules on gun ownership in the coming months as part of our series looking ahead to two thousand and nineteen reynolds reports on how the state has come a long way in bringing down crime. the new year will bring new gun laws in the biggest us state california will ban anyone under age twenty one from buying rifles shotguns and semiautomatic weapons like the rifle a teenage gunman used to kill seventeen high school students in florida last february we have seen dramatic decreases in the death rates from firearm related causes and we think that those decreases are attributable to some of the strong gun laws that we have in california the strongest in the country in the early one nine hundred ninety s. california began an acting law mandating waiting period for all gun purchases background checks prohibiting gun sales to people with mental health issues and many other measures in one thousand nine hundred three california had one of the highest gun homicide rates in the u.s. seventeen point three firearm deaths per one hundred thousan

u.s. state of california takes the lead with a tough. tough new year. has obtained a video of what suspected to be the remains of a murdered saudi journalist being taken into the house of the consul general in istanbul washington post columnist america saw g was killed soon after entering the saudi consulate in october. as its report. it's been three months since the murder of. and his body still hasn't been found but this video could throw more light on the sequence of events after he was killed the pictures appear to show members of the saudi hit team carrying bags thought to contain his remains into the saudi consul general residence you can't believe these things happen in embassies or consul generals things but but of course they are control of all that control will in that saudi property saudi land the local police can't really do very much about it and of course they wouldn't imagine for one minute the were actually listening to what was going on inside the saudi journalist entered the consulate hoping to pick up documents that would allow him to

u.s. department of housing and urban development, u.s. department of commerce minority business development agency, and state of california governor's office of business and economic development. recently, we had the opportuni opportunity to meet with the leaders of whole foods and our conversations with whole foods have been how whole foods can work with asian, inc -- [inaudible] >> -- current supplier vendor eco system. based on the for going, we believe that whole foods and asian inc will be able to forge a long lasting partnership to the benefit of the community. towards this epd, we look forward to working with whole foods to help ensure their grocery store concept at 1149 market street honors the existing businesses in our neighborhood in the central market community benefit district. in closing, we are pleased to inform the planning commission and planning staff that asian inc supports the above referenced application which is before you tonight for your review. please vote in favor. sincerely, michael chan. thank you. >> president hillis: all right. next speaker, please. >> hello. my name is kelly armstrong. i am the founder of the

u.s. representatives from california sent this letter to secretary of state mike pompeo, urging him to give the mother a waiver. fast forward the today. >> this was the best day ever. i'm glad that my wife got her visa. crying with happiness. she is going to see her son. >> reporter: employees at the u.s. embassy in cairo actually apologized to his wife for the delay in her visa request. meanwhile, this family has received so much support in the last 24 hours, strangers have donated close to $15,000 online to help pay for those plane tickets, as well as for littlep. that's the latest here inbc bay area news. >> melissa, thank you. >>> well, it's a case that shook up cmunity in santa rosa. the shooting death of 13-year-old andy lopez a few years ago. today we learned the sonoma county sheriff's department will pay lopez's family millions of dollars. in 2013, a deputy pulled over when he spotted lopez carrying a bb gun that looked like an assault rifle. the sheriff's deputy ordered the boy to drop the gun, but as lopez turned around, the deputy fired eight times. today the sheriff announced t

sacramento chapter of the council on american islamic relations helped the mother to be with her dying son. three u.s. representatives from california sent this letter to secretary of statee pompeo urging him to give the mother a waiver. fast forward to today. >> it was the best day ever. i'm glad my wife got her visa. she's going to see her son. >> reporter: ali says employees at the u.s. embassy in cairo apologized for the delay in her visa application and his family has received so much support in the last 24 hours. strangers from around the world have donated close to $15,000 to help pay for those plane tickets as well as little abdulla's funeral expenses. that's the latest in oakland. i'm melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >>> facebook coo cheryl sandberg says she takes the news of russia targeting voters on the social media website incredibly seriously. sandberg is speaking up following news that show russian agents used facebook to suppress african-american votes. she says facebook is working to, quote, strengthen and advance civil rights on our service. she also admitted the company needs to do more on the social media website. >>> a courtroom surprise. the pos

i travel all over the united states, california, texas, new mexico and arizona, obviously have great libraries. archives,ational the u.s. agricultural library, library of congress has all kinds of documents related to government efforts to build them, or to oppose sometimes in the case of mexican archives. >> are there any pictures of nd/or any period a remnants of what it looked like? prof. mendoza: absolutely. there are pictures of open ranges, obelisks. when the monuments i mentioned earlier were constructed by the u.s.-mexican boundary commission , there were several photographs taken. another historian is working on it visual history of that and what it looks like and the images were disseminated in both countries. later, there were pictures of new fences, what they look like. i encountered lots of pictures in the urban areas in the 1940's and 1950's when new gaetz were constructed -- gates were constructed. i have a wonderful image of a woman walking over a fence that has fallen over. one of my favorite pictures and i use it a lot when i talk about the issue of women crossing the border. >> when you discuss this with your peers or teaching, what

states, so these are bona fide u.s. solar panels. i think i see riverside regaining its status as one of the elite cities in southern california. it had been a competitor even with los angeles before world war ii, and because of the naval orange culture. it lost a step for a while. we are regaining some of that status because of the level of our university capacity and clean energy programs and the fact that we own our own utility and water and electric generating capacity. riverside is now attracting a large population of the new generation of millennials. they're geared to the 21st century and everything about it, all of its digital capacity and all of its international ability to do online trade and online business. i see us headed that way. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to riverside, california to learn about its rich history. learn more about riverside and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives and historic sites around the country. next, we visit the smithsonian

support educators to know the truthful history of native american communities in california and in the united states understand the detrimental impact of u.s. policy on native american communities, and replace all of the missed truths with positive representations in the community we have been working on a pilot basis with the staff at the elementary school this year. and based on what we are hearing from teachers, which is overwhelmingly positive, will be looking to expand training opportunities with them for the coming year. >> got it. thank you. hopefully as we develop the history curriculum and bring together the different groups that will make this a priority, and will partner closely with the education program and i also want to say because i won't be here when this comes back, i really hope that this board does take action on the murals at the washington high school. i think it is something that is overdue and i think it is embarrassing that you all have to come back each year to remind us that this is something that we need to address and to treat it with urgency and to listen. i want to echo the comments of commissioner sanchez th

of two migrant children in u.s. custody while president trump points to the murder of a california police officer allegedly by an undocumented migrant. the push for that border wall. >>> and former stateartment senior adviser christian whiton will join us to discuss the withdrawal of u.s. troops in syria. the president vowing to full hill his campaign promise by pulling troops out of the region, but how does this affect the containment policy toward iran? all this and more as we look ahead on "sunday morning futures." ♪ ♪ charles: we begin with the white house blaming democrats for this partial government shutdown, expected now to stretch into the new year presenting a day one challenge for the next speaker of the house, presumably nancy pelosi. here now to talk about it, republican from texas louie gohmert who's a member of the freedom caucus and a vice chairman on the subcommittee of crime, terrorism and homeland security. representative gohmert, thanks for joining us. you know, it feels we've come a long way. we're a week into this, and i'm not sure that the american public necessarily feels an impact, but the political pressure seems to be mounting day by day. play out the possibi

about douche -- we'll talk about -- >> president cohen: are they primarily from the state of california or across the u.s.? >> primarily california. >> president cohen: are they in the banking and finance field or a mix of everything? >> government officials, legislative staff to executive staff to consultants that are hired on. >> president cohen: anyone from the state treasurer's office? >> yes. we have a representative from the state treasurer's office that joins the calls and is very thoughtful and helpful. >> president cohen: who leads the calls? >> i do. >> president cohen: great. tell me about the calls. >> so the calls are wonderful. we spend a fair amount of time updating people on what the latest goings on are in various jurisdictions. los angeles just had measure b. oakland put out their municipal bank or public bank feasibility report. seattle put out a report. so a is aing -- significant amount of time is spent discussing. and we discuss legislation. so legislation that supervisor fewer was talking about on the state level. we have a couple of people that joined from the state legislative bo

california became the largest legal marketplace for pot in the u.s. meanwhile, utah and oklahoma recently voted to allow medical marijuana, about two-thirds of u.s. states have legalized pots and democrats in the house say they are working to overturn the federal ban on marijuana. >>> california to looking to steal the limelight in the 22nd primaries. they have moved up the primary dates from june to march in the hopes of getting more attention from candidates. our home is several presidential hopefuls including kamala harris, but it's unclear how she will do in the republican state. senator marco rubio lost to then candidate donald trump in his home state of florida, an now new laws surrounding the legalization of marijuana. starting next tuesday people can petition to overturn or reduce old convictions for possessing, growing and distributing marijuana. more than 200000 cases could be affected, also a pair of law limits the prosecution of minors for marijuana possession. you now have to be at least 12 years old or older to be prosecuted in juvenile court. >>> the billion dollar shasta dam project could be slowed by something very small, salomanders. a

u.s. because of travel restrictions on mostly muslim countries has been appealing to the state department to sign a waiver so she could see her son a two year old is on life support at a california hospital u.s. officials and representatives of the afghan taliban on meeting in the united arab emirates for three days of talks as believe the discussions are aimed at pushing for a six month cease fire and withdrawal of foreign troops in the future and the past year washington has stepped up its to fanatic efforts to end america's longest war . britain's government is making preparations in case it crashes out of the e.u. without a deal they're just over one hundred days to go before the u.k. is due to leave the block with parliament in deadlock menaces have agreed to step up planning for a no deal breaks it thousands of military personnel are in standby for any civil disruption belgium's prime minister has resigned after losing a confidence vote had been leading a minority government for a week after his coalition partners walked out of the alliance the flemish nationalists party quit over michelle's decision to sign a u.n. migration that critics say will increase migration into eu

u.s. because of travel restrictions on mostly muslim countries a husband appealed to the state department to sign a waiver so she could see her son the two year old is on life support at a california hospital u.s. officials on representatives of the afghan taliban are not meeting in the united arab emirates for three days of talks it's believed the discussions are aimed at pushing for a six month cease fire and withdrawal of foreign troops in the future britain's government is making preparations in case it crashes out of the e.u. without a deal or just over one hundred days to go before the u.k. is due to leave the block for the parliament in deadlock ministers have agreed to step up planning for a no breaks it to you all right well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after war hotels dance a lot of. young african footballers are traveling to thailand in hopes of becoming professional players but they risk discrimination and exploitation. when he's the best against thailand's football factory on al-jazeera. the holiday inn before hotel was our hollows. people were shot dead on the entrance of the hotel. i do remember a time when hotel was a shelter and

state department to sign a waiver so she could see her son the two year olds on life support a california hospital. the u.s. president's charity the trump combination has agreed to shut down as part of a legal battle with the state of new york the foundation's alleged of operated as an extension of donald trump's businesses and political campaign if the state wins trump will have to pay thousands and penalties will be barred from running other charities foundations lawyers say they've been planning to close for months and any legal violations were minor but it was on that has more from new york. new york attorney general barbara underwood gave us a gaping rebuke of the way the trump foundation work she said there was a shocking pattern of illegality involving the trump foundation including unlawful coordination with the trump presidential campaign and in a statement she said that the trump foundation functioned a little more than a personal checkbook for donald trump to serve for his business and political interests essential trump foundation was used by trump to pay for legal bills related to his business even pay for a piece of artwork for one of his golf clubs and also make an il

u.s. because of travel restrictions on mostly muslim countries has been appealed to the state department to sign a waiver so she could see her son the two year old is on life support at a california hospital. u.s. officials on representatives of the afghan taliban are not meeting in the united arab emirates for three days of talks it's believed the discussions are aimed at pushing for a six month cease fire withdrawal of foreign troops in the future britain's government is making preparations in case it crashes out of the e.u. without a deal or just over one hundred days to go before the youguys due to leave the bloc for the parliament and deadlock ministers have agreed to step up planning for a no breaks it feels all right well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after war hotel stage and that's a lot of. young african footballers are traveling to thailand in hopes of becoming professional players but they risk discrimination and exploitation. when he's the best to gates thailand's football factory on al-jazeera. the huddle holiday devorah hotel was our host. people were shot dead on the entrance of the hotel. i do remember a time when hotel was a shel

. ♪ >>> the yemeni mother of a 2-year-old boy on life support in california will arrive in the united states this evening. shaima swileh was unable to enter the u.sro was finally approved. her husband, ali hassan, tells cnn u.s. consulate officials in cairo apologized to his wife for delaying her visa waver. she plans to go to her son's hospital in oakland immediately to say her good-byes. >>> family, friends, and fans around the world mourning the death of actress-turned trailblazing director penny marshall. she shot to stardom in the 1980s earning three golden globes for playing laverne in the classic sitcom "laverne & shirley" before directing hits like "big" starring tom hanks. ♪ marshall then found huge success with the women's baseball comedy "a league of their own." in an interview, marshall explained why she wanted to make the film. >> no girl wanted to write it. they don't like baseball. >> family spokesman says penny died in her hollywood hills home of complications from diabetes. she was 75. >> quickly finish the sentence, schlemiel schlimazel. >> you do it better, you do it better. >> hasenpfeffer incorporated. i love that show. >>> l

u.s. custody in more than one hundred shelters across seventeen states from new york to california the department of health and human services says the shelter has a ninety two percent fall joining us now is. he's a professor of law and director of the center on security of race and civil rights at rutgers university thank you so much for being with us on the news great so the u.s. government now says it's going to do a medical check on all children how many children do they have in their custody and surely they would and should have been doing this already know. well they don't know how many children they have and that's part of the problem as we saw from the newsreel you showed the estimate is that at least ninety three thousand people have come in two thousand eight hundred as of september thirtieth that was reported by the government that have come seeking asylum from central america and the primary reason is the rampant gang violence and the lack of control by the government the government is unable to protect its citizens from the gang violence and the gang violence is actually a result of the

yemeni mother who had been blocked from seeing her dying son in california because of trump's travel ban is on her way to the u.s. the stateed a waiver just this morning allowing this mother to board a flight. the news of the waiver came shortly after the boy's father appeared on cnn making this impassioned plea for u.s. officials to rush his wife's application for a humanitarian visa so that she could see her >>> as democrats prepare to take over the house in january, it appears they are busy laying the groundwork to obtain personresi trump's personal tax returns. the democrats are banking on having the public and the law on their side. cnn congressional reporter, lauren fox, has been digging into this for us. and lauren, how exactly do democrats think they're going to pull it off? >> well, brooke, it's a little bit complicated. but there is an irs code that essentially allows three people on capitol hill to get the president's tax returns. and there's only one democrat, incoming chairman of the house, ways and means committee, richard neil. i spoke with neil back in november, and he told me, look, i want the president's

u.s. because of travel restrictions on mostly muslim countries her husband appealed to the state department so she could see her son the two year olds on life support at a california hospital britain's government is making preparations in case of crashes out of the e.u. without a deal just over one hundred days to go before the u.k. is due to leave the block of parliament in deadlock ministers have agreed to step up planning for a no deal resit belgium's prime minister has resigned after losing a confidence vote michelle had been leading a minority government for a week after his coalition partners walked out of the alliance the flemish nationalist party quit the michelle's decision to sign a un migration act that critics say an increase migration into europe. a month long workers' strike in chinese border has become violent and spread to other ports operators of people to food shipments workers are demanding more formal contracts and improved working conditions but those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera investigations. that. elephant in the room here you know the place that. it's able to set up an. epicenter to generation h

state of california, and ben rhodes. the president is making his first stop ever to u.s. troops in a combat zone for christmas, right now in a refueling stop in germany, this coming after that remarkable letter from mattis and then the president over that holiday weekend abruptly firing the man, essentially, and terminating him early. what do you think the consequences of that action are? >> well, you know, i think what it's done, chris, is it's given every other country around the world complete whiplash. what we had is for a period of weeks a foreign policy articulated by the national security adviser and secretary of state about us staying in syria, and staying indefinitely and expanding the commission to counter iran. and the president pulls the rug out from under his own policy. if you're an ally, you have no idea which way the united states is going. if you are people who fought with us on the ground in syria, t like the kurdish fighters who have done most of the ground work against isis you've been hung out to dry and you are threatened by turkish troops coming int

u.s. constitution, and article 1 sections 12 and 17 of the california constitution. and those constitutional provisions state explicitly excessive bail should not shall required nor excessive fines imposed nor unusual punishments inflicted. we're all familiar with that language. the loss of a pension, after conviction of a criminal statute is a perfect example of excessive bail and excessive fine or unusual punishment. >> you have another 30 seconds. >> i'll skip to the end. i guess my last comment is if the charter deposits authority in the retirement board to determine who receives pension benefits, sf administrative code 16.32 protects. >> time. >> i hope you understand that we don't generally extend the time for public comment. what we can do is if you have a statement that you want the board to see, staff to make a copy of it and they will give it to the board and you can send us an e-mail and we have documents from you as well. >> i a apologize for exceeding the time. >> if you want to give us a copy of that or send us something, we're happy to take it and distribute it. >> thank you. >> thank you for

u.s. we'll talk about another threat out of asia that has lawmakers concerned. (vicki) and next at 6:30 nine billion dollars and counting. california's insurance commissioner says wildfire costs are still climbing. (ken) the state's most recent wildfires are turning out to be the costliest ever. the state insurance department says the wildfires will cost nine billion dollars and counting in insured losses.. (vicki)losses.. (vicki) kron 4's capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains what the insurance commissioner says is going to be a tough, but necessary conversation for state and local leaders. state insurance commissioner dave jones announced thursday the insured loss of billions of dollars from the camp, woolsey and hill fires. standing in front of poster boards with nine-figure facts.. he says these numbers are just the beginning.."as the claims get perfected, as individuals get access to their former homes and neighborhoods, as they dialogue with their insurance company and share more information of the scope of their loss, we expect these numbers to rise. "the camp fire alone amounted to more than 7 billion dollars in losses... jones says many butte county residents either didn't have insurance or suff

u.s. to waive those fees. >>> the state is seeing a historic drop in arrests, according to a new report by public policy institute of california. the rate dropped 60% since 1989. but we went through that report overnight, and it also states that african-americans remain three times more likely to be arrested than whites. the report claims that blacks were arrested at least eight times more frequently than whites in san mateo and san francisco counties. >>> new this morning, an investigation is underway after a migrant family seeking asylum was turned away at the u.s. u.s./mexico border in san diego. last month video captured the family being denied introduction. the ports of entry was at capacity, however immigration lawyers are claiming officers broke international law. >> the law is clear. if you show up at the border, you must take the applicant in and process them for asylum. >> in a statement, cbp said no one is being denied the ability to make a claim. officers allow people in once space becomes available. >>> 5:46 for you right now. president trump will attend tomorrow's memorial service for president george herbert wal