you're the only union that doesn't do it.nd the union said -- eventually said no, we're not going to do that, unless you guarantee us no layoffs for three years. the city said we can't do that because next year's deficit is going to be worse than this year's deficit. >> so bob, i don't understand. why didn't they approve a one-year guarantee? rather than lay off 80 officers who are sorely needed in oakland. does the union take too hard of a line, and are they not willing to give up enough on the pensions? in other words, this money's going to folks who aren't even on the force anymore, and meanwhile, these officers are getting laid off. >> from the union's perspective, they feel like the city's going to keep coming to them year after year for more concessions. last year the police union decided to give up pay raises. they didn't actually take a pay cut like every other city union did, but they gave up pay raises last year. and they saw the writing on the wall for next year. so they were concerned. so they asked for this three

today is a 30 that ac transit has not talked to the union. now, they are threatening if they do they will cut weekend service. if they win they will impose a contract on us. this is the executive vandalism and it's not fair. >> that's the latest thing they said they may have to eliminate we can service and you see that as a threat? >> now they're blackmailing the public and that's not fair. >> we have spoken with them many times they say if you guys that are affecting the rights and whether you won a call it a sickout or not on a normal day 40 routes would not be cancelled like or yesterday. >> 40 routes when they change their service yes it would. that's what people need to realize ac transit has changed. as of july 18th the way they put service on the street. so yes it would look like this. we are working we are doing the best we can with what ac transit has given us. >> so you're still waiting and hopeful the two of you will talk? >> every day. even as of last night's comeback to the table. 30 days now i've been trying to get them to come

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everything said by the union today are false and propaganda. >> reporter: ac transit said the union isurting riders. the union says it's the transit's fault. neither side would say how long it with -- how long it might go on. >>> the counsel voted last night in favor of the plan, the measure goes before the board one more time. the move would make oakland to first city to license whole sale marijuana. >>> the fog did nautically from the coast line at all this afternoon. also over san francisco and oakland. you see the conditions that persisted. tomorrow will be different. we are going to see the fog move in overnight tonight. but it clears out faster tomorrow morning. the extra sunshine and warmer air is going to mean temperatures 5-10 degrees warmer. a look at the fog tracker for tomorrow the fog will cover the inland valleys. 6:00 starting to peal back. watch how quickly it moves back to the coast line, 9:00 in the morning, sunny skys and the coast will see sunshine tomorrow. temperatures will warm tomorrow as a result of the extra sunshine. inland in the 80s. today 70s. antioch 87 d

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as that word. >> is dishonest for union leadership to say there's no sickout.here's 200 + people missing every day for three days. that is a sick joke. >> the union says the reason they're waiting longer ac transit has traveled schedules on short notice. some are working new and unfamiliar roads some driving a different route every day. >> is about disrupting the lives of members trying to provoke a strike. >> the roots have changed that the drivers know the roads because the burden of before the drivers have the ability to choose our route but union kept them from making those decisions. if anybody who should be mad is to be the drivers mad at the union. >> we are calling a bushel >> nobody is being pushed out these drivers have chosen to have a sick out. ac transit faces of $56 million deficit the only people who have not contributed is the union members and leaders. we need their help to keep this solvent. >> in the news today to year-old boy is dead after he was attacked and killed by three of his family's five spitballs. this is just outside his home. the

the union is here at work. >> it's dishonest for the union leadership to say, there's no sickout.re's 200 plus people missing every day for the past three days. that's a sickout. >> the union says the real reason the commuters are waiting longer, ac transit changed driver's schedule on short notice. some working unfamiliar routes with not enough training, some are driving a different every day. >> all of the members trying to provoke a strike. >> all the drivers know their outs, because they've driven them before. all the drivers have the ability to choose what they wanted. union leaders kept them from making the selections. if anyone should be mad, it should be the driver from the union leadership. >> it is not a stickout. we're calling it a pushout. >> no one is being pushed out. the drivers chosen to have a sickout sickout. they are facing a $56 million budget deficit. the only two people contribute, union members. >> and in oakland, lauren kelly,. >> j. >>> here's some of the new rules the agency says, the any contract changes overtime and instead of being earned after eight h

save jobs. >> and now, i get booted from the union. not making kons yegss. kons yegss. >> it's going to hurt financially. just missing this same things. and after working 20 years for this city, diane worries unemployment may mean she loose loses her home. and the strongest of firefighters is having a hard time fighting back the tears. >> this is i saw my wife. it didn't work out. see what we can do. >> the firefighters union ifts sifts it's offering to make kons yegss. the chief negotiator says it falls $6 million short. >> fire fighter proposal is saving million that is significant. it's a significant difference. >> early on, the mayor warned there would be consequences for union that's did not help the city make it through the recession. the firefighters union says leaders decided where to cut. >> they're making a policy decision and fwam bling with lives and properties of the citizens and it's bad. >> from city hall and beyond, real people are caught in the middle of the fiscal crisis. >> just disappointed and frustrated. all of th

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and if the union? and if the drivers are mad at their own union? was there to blame. >> and getting pushed out? >> they're not going to be pushed out, they've been chosing choosing this, and each has a $1 million budget deficit. the only people that not contributed is the members and the union members. we need their help to keep this from being solvent. >> and kron4's spoke to commuters that is impacting >> it is difficult, to wait for one or. and the one thing that i hope there will be able to resolve this. and get back to work. to be able to resolve the problem. >> i am willing to go one week, or however long as lunker week periods. -one per week periods. and i am willing to be more patient. to achieve a better good. >> that transit and the union is going to oppose the new contract on june dirty it. the agency said the contract will save $60 million per year but the union argues that it is unfair to oppose the contract. they want negotiations to continue and what is in the contract and how it compares to other transit agencies in the bay area. >>

the only people that it not a contributed is the union and the union members. we need their help. to keep this going. >> and when they imposed this on june 30th at the battle escalated. the contract will save almost $60 million per year and they argue that it is unfair to impose it. kron 4 takes a look at what is in the contract and what is compared to the other transportation contracts to the area. >> with changes in over time, the old contract overtime was achieved after eight hours. under the new contract, over time achieves after 40 hours. this is how it compares to muni with they get after eight hour'' work. ac transit that another change in the contract is health benefits. a older one, they paid 100 percent of the premiums in a worse no co-pay. now, they pay 90 percent, and there is a 10- dollar " a for doctor visits. and now, they paid 90 percent of premiums according to p recent survey. and also, changes to their pension plan. the old, no contributions. the new, the new employees would contribute 7 percent of their salaries to their pensions. and this is how that compares

something every city union employee already does.fficers will they agreed to make the contribution before the recent layoffs went into effect so there's a good chance they will agree to it again if not reportedly city council will pull the measures from the november ballot. police union they have until august 10th to make decisions. reporting from oakland will tran kron 4 news. >> ac transit riders are looking at a possibility of the seventh day of delays because of the ongoing labor dispute. the transit union and says there is no set out in process but on a normal day you'd have between 90 and a hundred people call in sick here we've seen nearly double those numbers that has caused average delays from 15 minutes to half hour for service drivers look at these stations the union is headed to court friday to try and get the old contract reinstated while they continued to catch it out at the bargaining tables. >> a second mother charged with manslaughter has been arrested 24 year-old she has been held in jail she faces four counts each

out of the union dues? >> all of the contributions are voluntary. if you are running a corporation or a union, you cannot demand that your employee or your union member contribute. it is all voluntary. you find that in certain corporations, we have found, through scandals, that corporations and unions have leaned on officials and officers and told them that you are now vice-president and it is expected that you will be kicking in $5,000 or $10,000 a year to the corporate pac. if it is outright coercion, i think people get away with that. >> let me get some of your background. where were you born? >> i was born in chicago, illinois. >> you grew up there? >> i grew up there. >> what part of chicago? >> deerfield. >> where did you go to college? >> duke university and columbia university. >> your subject matter you majored in was what? >> political science. i grew up in a time when politics was pretty much in everybody's dinnertime conversation. >> if we saw you at age 16 sitting around the dinner table, who w

the union is overturning the contract and joining us now is the head of the union representative.dia hobson. hi claudia >> good morning. i a >> going suit be there >> today> yes i am. and when >> is the argument with the contract. i guess you at least wanted to stop the agreement. what is the argument on that with the judge. >> the fact is when ac transit was veiled. the unit is not a right to strike and according to the rules also have arbitration. status quo. >> and you say the union was not allowed and what they have been saying >> ac transit needs to stop holding everybody hostage and the reason why everything is in such chaos as because ac transit changes the way they are on the streets. where not on the stakeout, we're giving them everything. >> is it that ac transit at this point once from the that the union is i'm willing to give them. >> well actually there is no ticking quiet, the sticking point is that ac transit never negotiated. and mediator came and and you are with them and a 431 they e-mail's me a loss of for and 29 minutes later the board of directors were signing

and the soviet union and the two there were multiple men on both sides of that conflict who drove it. that was in the sixteenth century. once there lived a chinese nobleman by the name of one who is most cherished ambition was to go to the moon using the resources available seven powder kegs to a bamboo then he put on his best clothes and ignited the barrels. when the smoke cleared after the explosion there was neither a trace of beyond nor of. history is rich with ill fated attempts to get into space but in the twentieth century two remarkable men did come to the skies but this time around they used rocket engines rather than exploding on chairs to propel them into. their names then. they were the architects of the american and russian space programs. great eternal rivals in the battle to reach out to space. made their first attempts to reach for the stars in their childhood as a boy in the soviet union so gay designed simple ideas but as time went by he came up with a more sophisticated propelled craft as for venice at the age of twelve he created a prototype rocket by equipping a c

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square and president of the union square association. let's hear it for all those judges, ladies and gentlemen. now, these judges have a very, very difficult job. they have to rate the competitors. each bell ringer will be judged on rhythm, originality, and style. today we're going to find out who has the it factor and before the amateur competition stuff starts, i'd like to bring up a former bell-ringing champion, mr. carl payne, ladies and gentlemen. not one, not two, not three, 10-time bell-ringing champion. the only bell-ringing champion who is even close to this would be mr. byron cobb, who has five wins. and buddy, my second husband, what's the secret to winning? >> stay on god's good side. >> ah, that sounds good. now what we're going to do is ask you to go up and gib these fine people a sample of the championship bell-ringing that you have done since, oh, gosh, i can't even -- when cable car was in black and white. it's been a long time. mr. carl payne, the winningest cable car bell ringer ever. [ringing bell] [applause] >> carl

i really believe that the soviet union drove the us to the moon. in our day and we did that in the sixty's and i think it was because there was serious competition between the two countries and. didn't get to see strong take the first step on the lunar surface he died in one thousand nine hundred sixty six during some routine surgery his anonymity died with him and his identity was finally. triggering a wave of the. streets when. monuments and plaques were unveiled in his own even the room said. that he never realized all the work could be done by just one person. my father liked to say that people can travel into space and issued by train he was absolutely sure that outer space was not empty and people must live and work there he said you know. seeing americans and russians in space together. in one hundred seventy five the so he. put an end to the space race. i'm approaching so use. less than five meters. three meters. i like chocolates. most of all like the trickle of chocolates along this. part of the project and often visits this museum he rem

for example, there was one killed at a union location and none killed this year are union. given the fact of those killed, and how do you account for this. and how do you oppose union miners? >> there are not a lot of union miners around, but a lot of union mines in play in the past had major explosions. i am not sure but i suspect that farmington was union. and it's dangerous for the mine workers to suggest that union mines are safer than non-union mines, because you don't know what will happen next. how i explain that most mines are non-union, i don't know any other explanation than these things tend to run in cycles. like at massey we went a year-and-a-half without a single fatality. and then had a rash of fataties and hope to go on a streak and not have one for years. >> a research factor found that a fraction of mining was reclaimed for economic development, given this why should if you come to appalachia in 25 years, i doubt you can find the sight of the surface mines active today. >> how big of a customer is china for your coal? >> not big, asia is big, and india is

on sunday. >>> all right, well it should be a nice day for you to head to union city. hopefully a little warmer. let's check in with our meetologist mark tamayo. maybe that much warmer? >> maybe a little warmer. especially away from the coastline today there will be plenty of sunshine and mild numbers out there. as you can see, here's a closer look, you see the fog making a come back coast side. still lingering patches around the bay for oakland out toward richmond and right around berkeley as well. the crowd still keeping san francisco on the cool side. san francisco still in the mid- to upper 50s. a look outside, you can see we have clear skies out toward walnut creek with a little bit of a breeze. on track to reach 80s about three or four hours from now. the weather story is this. it has not changed much in the last two or three weeks. fog returns once again overnight, and the weekend, especially by sunday we're going to warm things up a little bit. as far as today, you can see the temperatures range, warmest locations inland around 85, 86, possibly 87 degrees out t

they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you? [ horns honking ] ♪ [ male announcer ] come into an at&t store and experience tv like you've never seen before. ♪ for a limited time, get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months with dvr included. since santa clara thcrews the mt crews caught this morning a. >> all along the beach which is almost always pack this time of year. general >> it take to get in the water here with a wild people do see sharks in this day out. >> award is connector server spotted what they saw was a great white shark 10:00 wednesday morning near the kelp beds >> was to surfers that independent of each other reported it. other than it was between six and 8 ft. long it would be described sounded like a great white shark. >> the flowers worn beachgoers to enter the water to rest and

union bank. by kcet, los angeles. funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, the john d. and catherine t.and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a widewhat can we do for you? >> bp said it is cast of the coils and gulf of mexico. the biggest of all of a financial bank of asia and has been approved shinny u.s. plan -- the biggest financial reform has been approved shanty u.s. u.s.e >> welcome to bbc world news. the oil leak has been halted 40 cars times since april. cracks in the dark of the ocean floor, s -- >> in the dark of the ocean floor, oil in the gulf of mexico. these new set of avows has blocked the flow of oil. -- valves has blocked the flow of oil. this structure had been burning out of control and the well was flowing freely. since then, there has been an unprecedented effort to stop the leak. the greatest concentration of resources ever seen. time after time, the efforts to stop the oil failed. soon the slick reached the shore

here we go, and they are on their way to the grand hyatt in union square. it's difficult to tell exactly where they are right now. if you are in the union square area, you might want to avoid this area as this demonstration continues. >>> it happened while most of the people on board were sleeping, a horrible crash in fresno involving a greyhound bus. until the end, six people were killed, nine others injured. maureen naylor is live with new information on the victims. >> reporter: we have new information from the c hp and the coroners office about the identity of those who were killed here. it happened on this stretch of highway 99 here at fresno. the bus was traveling there northbound on northbound 99 in fresno when it hit an suv which had overturned and was blocking two lanes. then it careened in this enbankment. where this yellow tape is that's where the bus crashed into a tree. it happened about 2:15 this morning as the greyhound bus was headed from los angeles to sacramento. the front of the bus so smashed, it was almost unrecognizable. the chp says t

macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world ws." >> foreign ministers gather for talks on corruption, security, development, and governance. the british prime minister arrives in washington ahead of his meeting with president obama. a breakthrough in the fight against hiv. a gel is shown to reduce the risk of infection. welcome to "bbc news". foreign ministers are gathering for a major conference on afghanistan which is due to start in kabul. they are discussing governance, security, and corruption. hamid karzai will be asking for greater control of his budget in return for taking on more responsibility. hillary clinton has been talking to you the bbc. -- talking to the bbc. >> kabul prepares with a historic conference. never has a city hosted so many foreign leaders. its development match the promises. , this country would be paradise. the situation is barely improving. the report says the counterinsurgency strategy is in trouble. attacks are up 51% in june compared to

union denies. more than 230 ac transit workers on monday, then tuesday and now today have called in sick, most are bus drivers. some transit riders have noticed a change. >> the bus driver that was driving was new. he did not know the route, wasn't nobody on the bus to show him which way to go. he passed up all of his turns. >> reporter: today, 230 out of 1200 ac transit workers called in sick. in, in the midst of a labor dispute, but the union says it's not a deliberate act. >> this is not a sick-out. ac transit has created a chaos in the way that transit is provided on the street. >> reporter: union president claudia hudson says ac transit imposed a contract on the union and made drastic changes to routes. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: for safety reasons. >> the bus driver has diabetes who can't see at night. he's now forced to work nights. >> reporter: but ac transit spokesman says the union is being disingenuous at best. >> different people are phoning in sick at different days yet the number rema

i really believe that the soviet union. the us to them. in our day and we did that in the sixty's and i think it was because there was serious competition between the two countries. who. didn't get to see strong take the first step on the surface. with him and his identity was finally. triggering a wave of. his own even. though he never realized. just one person. from my father liked to say that people can travel into space on doubters issued by train butin and he was absolutely sure that outer space was not empty and people must live and work there he said. could hardly have been magine seeing americans and russians in space together the film brought in one hundred seventy five the so you support their project put an end to the space race. i'm approaching so use. less than five meters. three meters. i like chocolate smallest of all like the circle of a lot of chocolates a look. cosmonaut valeri could bounce off was part of the soyuz apollo project and often visits this museum he remembers every minute of his mission the food what they tal

people that have not contributed are the union, the union members. their help to keep this system solvent. >> maureen kelly, kron 4 news. >> the union escalated one the ne when the new contract was negotiated and i introduced on june 30th. kron4's christine connolly compares both. >> the new is with changes in overtime. the old contract, that overtime was achieved after eight hours. the new contract, it is achieved after 40 hours. and this is compared to manuni d ac transit says another change is health benefits. under the old contract, the agency paid one of a percent of the premiums. no co-pay. they paid one and a percent. and under the new one, there is a 10-dollar copiacode-pay, and 90%. and finally, there are changes to the pension plan. under the old contract employees made no contributions. under the new contract, new employees would contribute 7 percent of their salaries to their pensions. here is how it compares to muni as their drivers to not have to make any contributions to their pensions. christine connolly, kron 4 news. >> we spoke with

transit and its union drivers. we'll explain how. we're live in oakland. >>> good afternoon. topping our news this noontime -- in the last hour there's been a dramatic development in san francisco where homeless squatters took over a building in the mission district. police have moved in to remove the squatters. ktvu's kraig debro joins us now to explain why. good afternoon, kraig. >> reporter: good afternoon, tori. the problem with homelessness in san francisco is underscored by those two people sitting at 20th and mission. this is the same building where, just yesterday afternoon, people took over a building here and spent the night. police arrested the homeless who took over this building at 20th and mission. but that doesn't mean they didn't go quietly. [ speaking in spanish ] >> reporter: if you heard that chant but don't understand the words, that's "the people will never be united" in spanish. at around 11:00 a.m. this morning police escorted people out of the building. a handful of squatters began a protest today. >> trespassing. >> reporter: the squatters' protest be

that is their response to what the union is saying we spoke with the union live we have been unable toransit but that's their side. this morning there's a federal hearing on the arizona law this was to take effect next week it should be put on hold whether a lawsuit challenging the crackdown should be dismissed. lobstermen are fighting against the ban against lobstering from massachusetts to north carolina. they're considering a five-year moratorium on lobstering. after becoming ups cult hero paul the octopus is an honorary spanish citizen. he predicted eight world cup matches including spain listing the trophy. a live look at the bay bridge at the bargain right they came in at 10:00 this morning just a few cars taking advantage ringel welcome back to kron 4 morning news current time is 1045 we are seeing sun shine out there although on the bay bridge we are still hanging on to low clouds through san francisco and other parts of the bay appeared sunday inland not quite there the coast currently 60 in oakland warming it to 61 by noon topping at 68 tinkling it to 64 napm current temperat

riders union, a new group that a bunch of us started. somewhat predictable, based on what you would call the online neglect of the mayor and the mta over the last several years. i happen to know that the mayor and the mta board are not happy with where it is. i know that they need a lot of public pressure to do difficult things like saving the transit system. the transit riders union hawillo what the bicycle riders coalition does for bicycle riders. i want to talk about what our union is for the net -- over the next many years it will take a long time to turn muni around. the principles that we work by constantly and in the short term, always having several campaigns running at once. short-term campaigns that we can get some wins from. people get excited about what you can accomplish, authentically representing writers to do a good job and understanding what they really want. promoting best practices in transit, educating drivers, something that we will do. finally, working in cooperation for the respect of the people that run muni, oper

they are voted to put a parcel tax, based on a new offer from the police union. teresa garcia has more on the story. >> this deal struck between the oakland police union and city council has a lot of ifs involved. it requires voter approval whether the residents want to put the money in their pocket to put more money in the pot important public safety. plan entails re-hiring 80 layoff officers, last night council approved it 5-3 to put it on the ballot. two-thirds of voters must approve the property tax increase. it is a conditional deal. council will only put the residential parcel tax if they agree by august 10th to contribute 9% into their pension funds over the next three years. if it ail passes, then you've got the 80 officers who could be re-hired, union will be guaranteed no layoffs for three years and the parcel tax would help raise $54 million a year, more than enough to cover the projected $50 million deficit. police union says the only way they will make pension contributions if they have parcel tax. they also voted another safety measure on the ballot

and catherine t.and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> pakistan insists that they do not support the taliban. rejecting the accusations made in u.s. military documents. >> this is being called intelligence, but it is not. >> we understand that the chief of bp is settling down in october with a pension of $900,000 each year. a war crimes court finds the khmer rouge chief guilty of crimes against humanity. broadcast viewers on pbs in america and around the globe, coming up later, the sanction squeeze, europe adopts a tough on iran to curb its uranium enrichment program. a spanish man who has undergone the world's first full face phrase -- faced transplant faces the camera as four months after surgery. it is the biggest leak in american military history and it might fuel growing doubts about current strategy in afghanistan. more than 90,000 documents detailing the actions of western forces disclosed on the internet. suggesting far more afghan civilian deaths denn have been officially acknowledged, suggesting that

but union leaders insist it's not a sickout. they insist that drivers are doing the best they can under the new contract. the new contract was imposed on the union july 18th after negotiations stalled. >> very frustrated and i'm a senior, and i'm handicapped, and it is taking away my freedom. >> we have waited 20 minutes, 45 going to an hour, hour and 15 minutes. it is really chaos. >> a court hearing on the issue is set for tomorrow. >>> would you pay to drive in and out of san francisco? it could happen. it is called congestion pricing and there are three new proposals from the county transportation authority. first, a $3 toll during weekday commute hours for everyone entering and leaving the city from the south. plan 2, a $3 toll to get out of the downtown area during weekday morning and afternoon rush hours. and then there is a plan 3, a $6 one way evening toll out of downtown san francisco on weekdays. paying you to get out of town -- you pay to get out of town. >>> driving habits appear to be changing since it got more exp

the union said that ac transit is trying to break the union. >> basically they've reconfigured all of our routes without training. in the past they would take us out and physically train us on each route. now to save money they are saying here is the video go out and learn it. >> bus driver shelley martin said ac transit is forcing union members to strike. >> the way ac has implemented the changes in the schedules that circumvented their seniority. thus, they haven't been able to set their schedules. >> reporter: some married drivers are on opposite shifts, forcing to purchase another means of transportation for work and there's child care issues. claudia hudson noticed low attendance and blames the new schedule effective last sunday. bus drivers she said are not on a sickout. she said employees are being pushed out. >> welcome to day 23. it's been 23 days ago today since ac transit walked away from the table and have not negotiated with us. >> reporter: ac transit's sam singer said they are not trying to break the union. he says they just don't want to pay drivers overtime unless the

and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> and now "bbc world news." >> the fallout of war, the iraqi town of fallujah, suffering high rate of cat cancer and birth defects. more american sanctions are put on north korea' after their sinking of a south korean warship earlier this year. >> that must halt their belligerence. >> president obama signed into law the most wide-ranging financial forms since the great depression of the 1930's. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast on pbs around america and around the globe. the president of sedan is a question. the bodies of another dictator raise questions after exhumation. it was the scene of intense fighting six years ago, a and a new survey shows increases in cancer and infant mortality. they say that carrying out a clinical investigation is extremely difficult. johnson's in went in briefly to get this report. >> it was only possible to say a few hours, but in that time we found large numbers of children -- many of the children had tumors on their spines