it's so difficult for us as a state to not know with will get funding. in this end, which it supposedly will, it makes it difficult on us of ul all. one of the things i put in place place, we need to repair what we already have. we have to repair what we have and mansion they are mansioning. >> so we have borrowed at such a low straight because we have such a high rating bond in alabama. but we need 69 million every year to pay off those bonds over the next even to 18 years. we just need certainty. whatever the federal government can help us with and we appreciate that farpartnership. it is a partnership. all states connect, obviously. so the certainty to me is the most important thing. >> very good. >> senator boxter. >> thank you. i just want to our panelist and i want to make a quick point and then i'm going to ask the government. >> i am so for a simplification for flexibility. i worked with jack before i went on the air. keep that in mind we have to mind that sweet pot, it may work hard on this. governs i know how it is port and take you away from y

using it to self-medicate. that is he was doing it and he engaged in this act not because he was intoxicated but he was mentally ill. as a result of that mental statesing it as a crutch to pull him up. so that's what the defense will focus in on. they will say, this is not about intoxication this is about it simply ties into his mental case, his mental state. he didn't know right from wrong. sult >> so today, before these closing arguments take place, there had been one more analyst on the stand who said both the victims were shot quickly and at close range. also testified that chris kyle quote, never saw it coming. why is it important, danny, to present those details of the deaths when the question isn't about who did it? >> i'm speculating as to the prosecution's tactics, but i think we can reasonable bli assume it's this. number one, they're showing how deliberate these actions were and these two're people these victims never posed a threat to anybody. but part two, it's really sort of a picture for the jury that this was a summery execution and nothing more and that leaves them going into the jury room realizing realizing these two poor victims

as a nation unless we pick what senator stander -- sanders referred to. we used to be number one. i want you to know on the ground, as a governor what this means to a small rural state. what it means to a rural state is not that much different than what it means to idaho or north dakota or new hampshire. our challenge in smaller rural states is that we sometimes forget that our transportation network, 80%, small road and thousands and thousands of bridges run through rural states. if you take from on as an example, when you talk about crumbling infrastructure you could say vermont does not have that many people so why does it matter to the economy. it matters not only to vermont but we have as an example that to many states are in the same boat bordering canada. we are the transportation conduit to our biggest trading partner, canada. projections going forward it are that in the next decades we will see our freight transportation increase. we have a crumbling infrastructure right now. in terms of jobs and prosperity, the rural states carry a bigger burden because we have more to maintain and we all know that infrastructure is crumbling and it has got to be rebuilt.

department of education from using the test as a way to determine whether kids get into advanced or gifted programs for three years starting with the next school year. it also bans state officials from using it as a graduation requirement. >> the technology is confusing, the rollout was way too quick in my mind. teachers are not prepared. >> it is drawing in a lot of controversy. supporters say students will benefit from being challenged but critics say teachers spend too much time with test prep. either way, he says the bill will ease concerns about the test and allow the results to be analyzed before used for decisions. >> we're going to teachers and administrators and that's where we should have started. >>> next the senate has to vote on the bill, if any it is approve it'd will be up to the governor to decide whether or not to sign off on it. nbc 10 news. >>> updating our breaking news from newcastle county tonight, police issued a amber alert for this 3-year-old girl eleanor trotta. they believe the girl is in eminent danger. her father's name is michael trotta. her father assaulted the girl's mother, who is trotta's ex-girlfriend. he then took off with his daugh

school year we are going to be forced to sign a contract that teaches against homosexuality and against using birth controls and as supervisor campos stated it is totally going against what the pope has mentioned and as a growing catholic myself i believe that religion should be used to be more ininclusive and include those that even the lgbt community and especially if you are using these mortality clauses to go against a specific group of people that is not religion at all and that is not teaching what love is in our catholic faith, and i just really want to commend you all for putting this out in your agenda and hearing our voices out. >> thank you. >> next speaker please? >> good afternoon, members of the board of supervisors, my name is avalos and i am the young commissioner for district five and i just want to reiterate my colleague words of support for this resolution, about a week ago on february 17th this came to the full board of the youth commission and i personally did not support the motion that we made in we supported the board to contend the mortality, not because i don't support the students, i will support anybody that is

state group. >> the "wall street journal" focuses on this meeting as well as us about how team america plots as arategy on the islamic state. take a look at what happened behind the closed doors. it was billed as a freewheeling, candid discussion, a major brainstorming session without the usual protocol, for instance powerpoint presentations were banned, and to quote one senior defense official, this was "a breath of fresh air." >> "the guardian" focuses on drone warfare. >> we keep hearing about this, especially raised by pakistan, u.s., yemen, etc. who is behind the wheel or the joystick actually? take a look in "the guardian," a fascinating in-depth look at the life of a draw an operator. these drone operators are operating these drones thousands of miles away, behind the safety of the screen, but "the guardian" wonders -- is there a human cost of this remote-controlled combat? according to the article, there is a psychological cost, some quite chilling quotes from these drone operators, for instance one says drone warfare consists of hours and days of crushing boredom, peng shuai to bite a fe

us. as a prosecutor in kansas state r city, i saw first hand both horrific and heart breaking instances of elder abuse. physical, roughly one in five seniors will be a target of some. this hearing will focus on cases with an additional conflicting factor when the perpetrator is a family members, a trusted care taker or close friend or advisor. the numbers here don't really tell the story. thankfully we have self wit ps. perpetrators are constantly developing new ways to gain access and focused on a generation that's been list willing to self-purport. when a family member is around these become one of the nicest around. victims may expect what's happening but may feel powerless or ashamed to report. often a victim will start by filing criminal charges against a child or family member. today i want to reiterate that we cannot shy away interest. it is really a recent phenomenon because for too long they were dismissed as family members. today we will hear from a seattle prosecutor who specializes in elder abuse criminal cases. she will talk about -- >> only an hand. you need competent and tra

time. 10:30 eastern. >> we're just doing it a little later every night. >> 23 states and the district of columbia now allow marijuana use in some form. but as more and more states are going legal, astonishing about the effects of the drug and there is a reason for that. "america tonight's" jake ward with the story. >> aaron hind was 18 years old when he went to fight in iraq. >> some of the mortars came very close to the positions, couple of people in my company got killed. >> the traumas of war followed him home. >> i would be in a park and all of a sudden my brain would be wandering around, what would the scene be like if a big bomb dropped open it. >> the side effects were too debilitating then he started smoking pot. >> it allows me to focus on daily tasks that i normally might be in too much of an agitated or anxious state to be able to focus on. it allows me to enjoy my life. >> hind is one of 20 million americans who use marijuana on a daily basis. it is uniquely difficult to study marijuana, nobody can do it. just because a couple of states have legalized it recreationally, lots of people feel marijuana may have potential medical be

state's coastal restoration program. >> louisiana is doing what it can to participate and protect this valuable resource but it's a national issue and a national concern we need national interests to support us as well. >> while the state struggles to fund its plan, a question remains: who's responsible for the damage? we decided to go see the evidence for ourselves. ryan lambert and albertine kimble are coastal restoration experts. >> two thousand square miles essentially since 1950. two thousand square miles that's larger than the area of the grand canyon. gone just open water. just like this now. think about that - think about that! >> no wetlands equals no people. if we can't have these wetlands, pretty soon there'll be no habitat, and there'll be no people. that's the way i look at it, that's my simple saying. >> they're taking us to the venice gas fields, where oil giant chevron and other major firms have operated for decades. >> it looks like they've dug lots of little channels >> thousands. as you saw in this canal every 100 yards there's an oil well or a gas well. it's hard to think negative, because i know why and i know who, and but you can't leave it just because you came in here an

department of education from using the test as a way to determine a student's placement in advanced or gifted programs for three years. starting with the next school year. it also bars state officials from using it as a graduation requirement. >> the technology is confusing, the rollout has been -- is way too quick, in my mind. teachers are not prepared to give it. kids are challenged by it. >> reporter: the tests have drawn mixed reaction. school officials say students will benefit from being challenged by the exams. critics say teachers spend too much time with test prep, which takes away from a child's regular curriculum. >> we're now finally going to teachers and administrators. that's where we should have started. >> reporter: meantime the computerized test will still be given starting next month, except now the data will be collected and evaluated to see what could be done better moving forward. that is the very latest from trenton tonight, "nbc10 news." >>> it has been a rough day on the roads in new jersey. sky force 10 live over the scene here. a tractor-trailer and a pickup truck have collided. this is on route 40 near route 54. this is in buena vista township.

yesterday the state assembly approved a three-year ban on using that test to determine whether kids get into advanced or gifted programs. under the same bill the state could not use the test as a graduation requirement. this assemblyman who introduced the bill says this is a win, especially for parents and teachers concerned about the negative impact of standardized testing. >> technology is confusing, the rollout has been way too quick in my mind. teachers are not prepared to give it. kids are challenged by it. >> the senate still has to vote on the bill. if it's approved governor christie would have to choose whether or not to sign off on it. >>> well, it's an alternative that could save college student millions of dollars on textbooks. a rutgers organization will release a new report this afternoon about open textbooks. that an online alternative to the traditional book that can cost hundreds of dollars. the student organization says this alternative could save students on the camden campus alone hundreds of thousands of dollars. >>> a frigid start this morning with temperatures falling. and we have some new records this morning. philadelphia not near the record yet. 10 d

as we can. >> thank you, and i want to use my home state of new york as a great example of what's possible when the federal government has a willing and enthusiastic partner in the affordable health care implementation. as a result of our successful exchange and medicaid expansion, more than 2.1 million new yorkers have quality coverage. there is clear evidence we are reaching the right people too. since 88% of people who obtain coverage through the exchange reported being uninsured at the time they enrolled. so it's really working in new york. and the health insurance options available through new york state of health are an average 50% cheaper than the comparable coverage available before the exchange was established. so i want you to know i'm sure you know it, that the aca is working and working well in new york. and that's why i really think it's terrible that i have been forced to take more than 50 votes to repeal some or all of this law. we should fix what's wrong. but in my state, it's really been a tremendous success. >> and fortunately i've had the opportunity to travel the country and

a different war and the different fight. president obama has been using that as justification for airstrikes already against the islamic state. it has been a long time, obviously, since that original authorization is granted. this is, at least from capitol hill and lawmaker's perspective, is different. host: this is a quote from nbc news he said, and the current crisis, the authorization does not apply. you touch on this a moment ago just how broad or narrow do you think this authority will be for the president? guest: the president has said repeatedly that he did not want to send ground troops back into iraq. obviously, one of the main reasons he was elected in 2008 was because of his promise to and the iraq war and bring troops home. the legacy that this white house will hope -- hopefully extend to president obama is one that ended wars and not one that continued them. obviously, what is going on with the islamic state is a huge challenge this administration. part of dealing with that is getting theis authorization and showing that the united states is serious about attacking the islamic state. to answer your question spec

as a potential competitor for water resources. he sees a relationship with the united states as a useful hedge. there was a lot of talk about serious long-term partnerships. >> the relationship with india as a very useful hedge against china? >> i don't think the president spends a lot of time thinking about india, but to the extent he is there and he wants it to be solid -- >> i always thought his ticket to asia was about -- pivot to asia was about that he would have strong relationships with china's neighbors, india and japan as well. south korea. vietnam, four. everybody except north korea. >> there is a question about how much obama is committed to the notion. that is more of a hillary-plus thing. pivoting does imply that you have one foot that moves. i don't know which foot we've moved. having said that, you and i have talked at length about the transpacific partnership, the trade deal. that is a big deal. obama has spent some time working on his relationship with abe. that matters. this historic meeting, the first time an american president has ever gone for the republic day trip in india

come in and say we need you to hook us up and they say can you do it tomorrow because they have to pay us a fee to do that. we try to schedule our crews as was stated a couple weeks out. we're behind, we're looking at other ways we can maybe speed up service, but we think this is the most efficient way to do it. we want to hook up these customers and they want to be connected. >> these are all funded? >> they will be 3 year positions. they are not tenured positions. >> if we get past the boom of those positions they will have to be reconsidered. >> those positions will have a time limit on them, they will have a sunset provision. >> any further questions? any public comment on this item? may i have a motion? >> move it. >> second. >> all those in favor? opposed? the motion carries. item 12. >> item 12, resolution to calendar a public hearing on may 12, 2015 to consider the adoption of wholesale water rates for fiscal year 2015-16, effective july 1, 2015. >> this item is fairly self-explanatory. we need you to pass a resolution so we can set a date to send our wholesale customers when we can have a hearing on that wholesale rates. >> outrageous. >>

a pretty bad thing. you can use place as a proxy for race. because unfortunately in many of our states and many of our districts, place is -- homes are segregated communities are segregated. can you use place as a proxy for race. but the same -- you can use place as a proxy for race but the same pernicious basis is the same as racism. you can segregate towns and have the same effect of segregating based on race. >> the dean of urban education of davenport. andre thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >>> the fire storm raging over president obama's latest comments. david schuster is here, david. >> the agitation is off the charts. at the national prayer breakfast, president obama called a brutal vicious death call but added i.s.i.l.'s brutalism is not unique. >> people committed terrible deeds this the name of christ. in our home country slavery and jim crow all too often was justified in the name of christ. >> conservatives are now calling president obama calling him out for what they say is an absurd moral equivalency. jim gilmore said, quote president obama's comments at

that was discussed among us and our allies at the state department as part of this. there was also yes, a community

i don't want to see the united states congress used as a prop for a political candidate. >> warner: israeliligence minister yuval steinitz maintains netanyahu's visit isdriven by the end-of-march deadline to reach a political framework in the iran talks, not by israel's election calendar. >> so this is the last opportunity for prime minister netanyahu to explain why israel is so disturbed, to convince congress, the united states of america, maybe other world powers, not to sign a bad deal with iran. this is not about neutralizing the iranian nuclear threat. it's just postponing, delaying restraining. this is really about the future of the world, but also about the existence of israel, the jewish state. >> warner: besides, he says, how could netayahu turn down an invitation from the speaker of the house? >> if the prime minister were invited by congress, i don't know of any world leader who would refuse such an invitation. >> i think what a world leader would have done, and i suspect most would have done, is gotten on the phone and said, "president obama, guess what? speaker boehner invited

a prison counselor. >> the plan was kill him, get the death penalty, use the state of tennessee's lethal injection as aicide, since i didn't have the guts to do it myself, and then in january, i killed him. and the first thing i did, is said i want the death penalty, i want to be executed. and so here we are. >> how did you kill him? >> i stabbed him 36 types. i wanted to put so many holes in him that there was no chance that he could survive. my philosophy always has been, if you put enough holes in him, they can't plug them all and chances are they're going to die. i've seen people stabbed 17, 18 times and get up and walk away. >> that's really incredibly graphic, and horrible. >> i agree. >> it's horrible. i mean -- >> i agree. i've never lost a minute of sleep over anything i've ever done. if somebody who commits premeditated first degree murder tells you they have remorse, they are a liar. it's impossible to commit premeditated first degree murder and turn around and say you have remorse for it. how are you going to be remorseful about something you intended to do? >> hugueley was sentenced to dea

state. >>> using bikes as a form of medicine. >> don't need ritalin. we need to be active. >> how one company is treating kids with adhd. an update on the labor dispute going on right now. >> tracking a cool down towards the end of the week here, what you can expect and a sprinkle in the forecast. >> a look at the wednesday evening commute. a live picture here at 880. oracle arena is to the right. that is the commute direction. the headlights heading south. it is backed up as it usually is. >> a live look at highway 24 in walnut creek. the headlights are heading towards walnut creek in the eastbound direction. westbound looks to be moving pretty well. back with more in a moment. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for

a consultation with the state of north carolina. i think that until that could potentially be put into place at the federal level, you can kind of use that as a way to go back to fair thinking members and say, let's talk about how these regulations are affecting your state, your 20's for no great gain and use that as bipartisan support to repeal regulations that have gone too far. it's worked in north carolina. i don't believe it's a coincident that north carolina's economic activity is outpacing every other state in the southeast. i don't think it's inconsistent that north carolina is ahead of south carolina on unemployment. i think it was through some of the systematic approach that we've used for responsible regulatory reform. and incidentally, and it's not always -- it's doing it in -- clawing it all back. it's doing it in a reasonable fashion. north carolina is the first state in the nation to combat cole ash. we got all the stake holders together. power companies, and i think we got it right. we balanced the regular latheses. there was a lot of people who were concerned because we had the coal ash bill on the dan river that we would j

. >> in a moment like this, the death of a pilot dearly loved by his family and people, whether it's jordan, united states, europe, it united states us asl about, standing together and being united as a country. >> the group also chanted no more isis denouncing and degrading the islamic militant group's horrific crimes. >>> comcast promises to make it right after a customer received something very unexpected on her bill. >> it said super b bauer. my name is not that. >> in chicago mary bauer called 39 times to complain about her service, and says she's been battling the company for months. last month a different comcast customer in washington state got called a bad name on her bill. an executive said the company needs to change its culture. >> they keep apologizing. you know what? it's not about apologies, it's about doing it right the first time. customers should never need to have to go to the press, or to social media or send an e-mail to the ceo to get the right service. >> bauer got an apology only after she called a tv station. >>> san francisco based see's candy has a warning for people with nut allergies. some of the valentine's

as we talked about a number of different issues. the common theme i think for most of us as governors is the states have a role to play as what we refer to as the laboratories of democracy. we would like to see the states have more autonomy. the president said do the creative work that comes with solving some of the problems and allow us in fact to find solutions that are unique for all of our respective states. it helps develop better policy across the country. so the aspect of this dialogue in this discussion and bring us together as republicans and democratic governors as the vice president said to us today the governors in the states are the best hope for america to get things done and get good policy. i agree with that and i think most of my colleagues agree with that also. it's been a great opportunity and we talked about a lot of different issues. it's not just a matter of us talking with the president either by the way. it's also a matter of us engaging with congress. they certainly have a role to play and we need to work with both sides of the aisles as governor so we can collectively impact policies for the good of the citiz

department of education from using the test as a way to determine a student's placement in advanced or gifted programs for three years starting with the next school year. it also bars state officials from using it as a graduation promotion requirement. you may recall that we actually broke this story last week. these tests have drawn a lot of mixed reactions. school officials say students will benefit from the challenge of the exams, but critics say teachers spend way too much time with test prep which also take as way from a child's regular curriculum. as we come back out live, i can tell you that i just got off the phone with the teachers union, who has been pushing for this bill. they tell us this fight is not over. they'll be pushing for two more. this is just one of three wins they're looking to maintain here. meantime, the testing for these children again, begins next month starting march 1st. that is the very latest from trenton, new jersey neff are teetty "nbc10 news." >>> exactly one week after this west philadelphia building was devoured by flames it is quickly becoming a pile of rubble. >> the building made national headlines after water used to fight the fire

housing or hotel uses human resources hotel uses are a variety of zoning in front a few cases are interpreted as hotel use san francisco out of compliance with the state law the proposed ordinance will bring the planning code into compliance with the homeless shelter and create a definition for the planning code this new depiction is enhanced the more currently trend of shelter partition and allows rights in zoning jikt with continental approval there that rebuttals the zoning controls existing in the codes that will exempt the homeless shelter from open space car and bike parking and fee requirements and feinstein apply got policies federal or state to the homeless shelter in the magnificent code includes the relationships with neighborhoods like the hours of operation and the sidewalk maintenance and plan signage and 0i7b9 management the planning commission again unanimously recommended approval of the legislation and the commission found this legislation will streamline review and approval process for homeless shelters we suggested you recommend approval of this legislation bev and dusty from the mayors office of hope is here to talk about that. >>

state. looking great. we have this accident involving an overturn tractor trailer in downingtown closing westbound side of route 30 between 340 and reeseville so use business route 30 as of right now, ukee. >>> a state police corporal is charge in the deadly firearms training accident. now victim's family is talking to "eyewitness news". richard schroder was charged with five counts of reckless endangerment. now authorities say his gun discharge during a training exercise in plymouth township last september. five troopers were in the room at the time but only one was hit. twenty-six year-old david kedra. >> it is a brotherhood in the state troopers. when you shoot your brother you man up you apologize, you explain what happened. trooper schroder has shown no remorse for what he did to my brother. >> reporter: an attorney for corporal schroder said corporal schroder is racked with remorse over the loss of a fellow trooper and regrets that his actions unintentionally caused trooper kedra's death. >>> investigators are trying to build a tame line for this fatal accident on route 309 near rich hill road in richland township last night. accident involved at least two vehicles. >>> the etan patz mur

understanding that the department of justice has in many instances been used as a conduit through which law enforcement officials at the state and local level can circumvent state laws restricting the use of forfeiture in the state court system. in other words under the state law established system that forfeiture is prohibited. people with go through the department of justice and the department of justice will take out a fee, maybe 20% of the value of the assets received and those can be returned. it is a process known as adoption. don't you think most americans would find that concerning if the federal government is facilitating efforts to circumvent state laws that are designed to prohibit the very thing they are doing. >> i think that a number ever people would have questions about how the department of justice manages its asset forfeiture program and my understanding is that those questions have been raised about various aspects of it. my understanding is that the department is undertaking a review of the asset forfeit program and as u.s. attorney i'm aware of the fact that the adoption program you have just described w

listen and his ambition here to help us come together in a bipartisan way with the national governors association. from the great state of colorado who we in utah refer to as eastern utah, doing some -- >> there it goes. >> and they call us western colorado, too, i'm sure. we are looking forward to a very productive few days with the governors. i would just say there seems to be a growing awareness in a congress and others here in this town we need to look to the states and governors for some resource resource for some experience. we are the lab stores of democracy -- laboratories of democracy and experimenting things and i believe that there's an opportunity for us maybe more so than in past years to really work in concert with the congress and getting things done on many different fronts. there's a number of issues that john already touched upon but there are opportunities. if you will recall in the vein of become in governor tommy thompson's day in wisconsin and golf angler in michigan and governor levitt in utah working in a bipartisan way had welfare reform. and was eventually we had legislation that was created by the states and governors and passed

great concern to us for sometime as we watch nation states penetrate some of our key defense contractors steal the enabling technology, if you will, that gives us operational advantage as a military. >> if i can we have a cyber audience here and i want to go to the cyber audience and give everybody a fair amount of time, but if i could touch on a couple other topics related to the patriot act expiration of 215 on june 1, i want to set aside the privacy concerns which are severe from some quarters. >> i would comment very legitimate. those are very legitimate concerns for us as a nation as we try to figure out how we strike that competing requirement for security and acknowledging at the same time our rights as citizens as foundational to our very structure as a nation. it goes to who we are and what we are. >> do -- well, let me ask you since you brought that up do you think that current -- for instance metadata collection, do they get that balance right? >> i think number one the metadata collection collects -- does generate value for the nation. is it a silver bullet that in and of itself guarantees there will be another 9/11 or there won't be a successful terrorist at

used in other areas in the united states? >> well, the first thing i would like to say is in my area, we don't use the d word, because the d word as many know has aery negative connotation associated with it. so we call them unmanned aerial systems or unmanned aerial vehicles. once the faa decides on the - integration into our system, 85% of the use will be for agriculture and public safety. our wildfires we have in utah, california, and arizona are getting more widespread and more intense, and the way we fight those fires now is really the dated technology. it's a little bit better than what we had 40 years ago when an airplane would actually fly over a fire and drop a tube with photos that that plane had taken. with the advent of usa's now to be able to search with their camera cameras, they can detect areas where the fire might move and areas where firefighters can't see. that's what happened in that tragic accident in arizona where those 19 firefighters were there. there was a blazing fire on the other side of a ridge that they didn't see, and that was ultimately their demise. if there was an uas there, they would have seen it. >> you wrote a

don't mrao*ef the neighbors deserve to have anymore process as my fellow commissioner has stated, i mean, what's the use if we establish this as a demo? do i believe there's been some benefit from the so-called calamity? i do. would i expect more from someone would was a president of a dbi commission as well as a current commissioner in the city? i also do. unfortunately, our system is not set up for this type of situation and i believe that it is in the benefit of the neighbors as well as the city to move forward with this. >> do you want any comments? i'm going to move to deny the appeal and uphold the permit. >> on the basis? >> let me restate -- let my think about this for a second. on the basis that the dbi's determination is sound and not in error. >> there's a motion on the floor from commissioner fung to uphold this permit on the basis that the department of building inspections determination is sound and not in error. on that motion president lazarus? >> aye. >> vice-president honda? >> aye. >> and commissioner wilson is absent. thank you, the vote is 3-0, this permit is upheld on that basis. >> president lazarus, there