i think that's an indicator it could start as a wintry mix for us before transitioning in to all the cold rain in the afternoon. but friday morning's commute will certainly be a tricky one so 37 our high today in raleigh, 36 in durham, 41 around fayetteville. fast forward to tonight, any snow that is falling will quickly taper off by midnight at the latest. partly cloudy skies, a low near 26, and as we head in to the coming days, you'll see some sunshine on thursday, enjoy every minute of it because then friday starts the messy waerths as we -- weather as we head throughout the friday and saturday, periods of wintry mix, snow and rain, still a little early to talk about any totals at this point in time. most of this should wrap up sunday morning and as we head in to early next week, while monday looking like a really nice day, 52 degrees and sunny. >>> it is 5:52 right now on this wednesday morning, let's get to your traffic, glenwood and blue ridge road, this intersection between crabtree valley mall, seeing cars move through, no big delays we're tracking at this point in time. we d

on the main line, truly an option for people to use, get out of their cars and use mass transit which wasn't available before. >> they say it's different from proposals that were show the down by affect -- were shot down by affected communities in years past. this time only about 20 homes and 30 businesses near the tracks are affected compared with 250 before. but not everyone is sold. >> multibillion dollar boondoggle again. it's an unwanted unneeded third track when there are other solutions being presented by the sister agency the long island railroad. >> and the governor, he says the numbers drive the need, that back in 1834 when the lirr began, long island's population was only 37,000. now it's 2.9 million, and reverse commuters like brandy are hurt the most by the lack of options somewhere it's incredibly frustrating. me personally i only have one train that comes to my location, and i have to wait hours, and if that train's delayed i'm stuck there. >> that was stacey sager in minneola on long island. how many of you remember pay phones and the grungy booths that housed them. tonight they've been rebor

us chance to catch them before they do the . munich officials say that except that isis was planning an attack with 5 7 suicide bombers. they use facebook to spread the threat on half before midnight. 2 transitions were evacuated with police taking no chances of its safety. they were iraqi nationals that were known to german officials. french officials assisted with the execution of the information that led to the potential of them taken into custody. >> just love the fact that we are getting tipped off and it seems like the information in sharing is working and authorities all around the world are doing and samantha: , happy new year. happy new year antwan lewis . >> minimum wage rises. it's better for fast food workers. 1050 now in new york city and 975 upstate. the base hourly rate for tipped workers goes up about 50 percent from usd5 to from usd5-usd7. mothers need to pump to breast-feed now have a right to take reasonable unpaid breaks from work. they can do it for 3 years. let's get over to see him who is in for michael. it feels good! >> i love, winning.then, how do you feel? ben: that was part of the role . samantha: i was not part of . there is a pattern change. let's check out the and

going to have prince george's come on with us as well as metro transit will really allow for realtime intelligence that are following any type of spree beforeit gets started. > the mayor tells us this intelligence sharing will take part through a new robbery task force which she says hopes can reduce the crime we're seeing at the large hands of teens. families holding young teens accountable is certainly a help. in this case it was a help to have the clear images. they say that was an important tool. > still ahead tonight, police are looking for two men who shot a man in front an apartment complex. > i also wanted to mention we're tracking this little system. it looks impressive over st. louis. it's a clipper system that's going to pass to our south tomorrow and it may spread a few flurries or snow showers across the area. it's not related to the storm over the weekend. a little later, the woman who cared for bobby christina brown if her final days is charged eric's gotten used to the lingering odors in his bathroom yep, he's gone noseblind he think it smells fine, but his guests smell this... sfx: ding, toilet flushing sfx: music begins fe

strong wind will be with us through the evening and tomorrow morning, as well. before we see a general transition to much lighter ones, across the board here. just dodging the system to the as these guys clear out, that will help to drop temperatures as we head into the morning hours -- all the way down to 3 below grade wind chills in 20 below. looking alone a bit warmer, coming up here soon. laura: if you're looking for a job, des moines public schools is looking to hire more than 200 new teachers in the next month. this morning, district officials interviewed about 700 people, with all levels of experience, as part of its fourth annual educator career fair. des moines schools are especially in need of teachers for english language learners and special needs. dr. sullivan: we're looking for people, especially who can bring a little diversity to our work force. we have a diverse student population. and so, we're looking for persons of color, disability, and that kind of thing, as well. laura: if you weren't able to make it to the career fair today, you can still apply for a job by going to the di

transit, dart and patco. >> something many of us have done before, shoveled out a spot for our car and put something down to claim it. what the philadelphia police department is saying about these space savers in the city. plus, keeping you safe in your home. we'll tell you about the tool that you should keep in case of an emergency. >>> about quarter to 6. sam camera is shaking. from roque nok, virginia it's snowing. this is snow starting to come down, headed our way in the roanoke area they expect 16 to 24 inches. >> crews in montgomery county preparing for the storm for the past several days. trucks sprayed brine on the roads to melt that first layer of snow. even professional drivers have concerns about mother nature's plan. >> worry about sliding around and other people and worrying about everything else that's out there on the road. it's pretty tough out there. >> montgomery county also falls under the blizzard watch. >>> that's why you want to make plans today. get whatever you need to get done today so you can stay home and out of the way of those plows tomorrow. so they can get the snow cleared tha

ackland joins us live from the gallons replacegal metro station with the latest.at >> reporter: hi, shawn.ha just before we talk to you at yt 5 o'clock tonight we noticed wed several metro transitolice pol officers running past us ats at the gallery place stop. they went down into the platform and they werend breaking up something.et then we called metro's spokesperson and said therersond was -- he told us there was w some kind of incidents thatt started at judiciary square. sqr we should be showing you some ys video as metro police usheredsh some of those folks out of the station.n. now, let's talk about whatbo w happened during morning rushorns this morning. 8:30 in the morning there weree a group of kids, teenagers onnao the platform, an adult male m came off the train.ra there was something that went t wrong. the adult male was attacked, ate hit in the face. f he fought back.ought then all the other juveniles jel jumped on him.ed o h it happened all in 20 secondsec but police caught up with theh t group several stops away and arrested six people. people. first let's show you thelet' attack caught on metro's surveillance cameras ater chinatown.inat metro police caught up wit

. >> they were willing to have a conversation with those of us who have seen these transitions on the job beforeeate dialogue on how best to proceed. >> reporter: the city responded to our request for information regarding its first ever transgender patrol officer. its entire statement reads the city of arlington is an inclusive supportive organization and we respect the privacy of all of our employees. >>> gender equality in the workplace has been a hot button topic recently with issues like a proposed ordinance in houston being struck down over dispute about where trance jent people would be allowed to use the bathroom. with that in mind, we ask the arlington municipal patrol's association if it is involved in the job related detail surrounding the officer's sex change? spokesman for the group says the union has no comment at this time. enter sop keeps in touch with the officer whom he says is currently out on medical leave. >> my understanding is that the officer who is mid transition currently had a long dialogue with the city of arlington and with the police department senior staff about wh

tomorrow night, sunday's kind of a drier day, colder day, a transition alday before the california low is on the move, bringing that heavy snow to us by monday morning. lows tonight, 20s in the highcountry. 30s on the plains tonight, with this high cloud deck about. high temperatures tomorrow, how about 70s in southeastern colorado. mid-50s in denver. close to 60s on the plains, but kind of a cold day in the foot hill areas. 50 for evergreen. 44 in blackhawk. in the denver metro area, lighter winds in the foothills. with lows in the mid to upper 30s. tomorrow, we have a partly sunny day, windy conditions west of town, and snow showers tomorrow night. we have a cloudy and colder day on sunday, but the snow holds off till the evening, turning heavy. heavy snow and wind monday into tuesday, with highs in the lower 20s and overnight lows in the single digits. so hello, february! . >>> number one versus number two. now, i'm not talking about the two top teams from 2015. i'm talking about the two top picks from 2011. the draft. von miller went second to the broncos, right after carolina chose quarterback cam newton with the overall numbe

uses anleing rhythm to solve it. and the trans gender athletes without requiring surgery. athletes must declare their transition at least four years before competing. and surveillance video at the german zoo shows a six week old polar bear cub snugging with its mom. the cub will make its debut around february when its mom will begin to leave it on its own. until then a vet will have to wait to determine whether as the boy or girl. so cute. >>> and a stranded sloth stopped traffic on a highway in ecuador. the smileing critter clung do a guardrail before they rescued it and returned it to its habitat. >>> now a look ahead. scientists will announce whether the minute hand of the doom's day clock will be adjusted. scientists consider how vulnerable the world is to nuclear weapons, climate change and new technologies. one. nhl legend wayne gretsky. comedian and talk show host, ellen degeneres and anita baker is also 58. i'm dara brown along with bill karins. thanks for watching "early terrific tuesday.3 (alex)>> an officer- involved shooting shuts down a busy intersection..... how it all played out... 3 (sam)3 >> plus.. new developments in th

ackland joins us live from the gallons replacegal metro station with the latest.at >> reporter: hi, shawn.ha just before we talk to you at yt 5 o'clock tonight we noticed wed several metro transit running past us ats at the gallery place stop. they went down into the platform and they werend breaking up something.et then we called metro's spokesperson and said therersond was -- he told us there was w some kinof

used wipers. clear the the car off, before you head out there, septa a, new jersey transit, dart, all of the mass transit operations will try attempting a full service operation but there could be some detours depend ing upon how side streets look in south philadelphia, northeast philadelphia, west philadelphia or manayunk and then we will watch for slippery spots too on the train platforms on the subway, mike and alex, back over to you. >>> 6:19. >> lets get to lauer when top stories. >> the search this morning on for three escaped prisoners considered armed and extremely dangerous. officials say three inmates broke out of a maximum security jail in santa ana, california on friday. they managed to cut they steel bars in their cells and sneak through plumbing continue else through the roof. after that they reportedly used sheets to repel four stories to the ground before high tailing it, the the escapees included a suspect murderer and inmates charged with attempted murder, and kidnapping. a manhunt is underway right now. >>> a extreme drivers accused of murdering a good samaritan who stopped to

transitions from fast paced growth to moderate expansion. he said he hopes the chinese markets regain stability before too long. we asked a specialist to give ushis outlook on the japanese stock market. >> translator: investors are selling japanese shares due to overseas factors rather than the domestic economy and corporate performance. it will take time for external factors to subside. it's unlikely the situation will improve in the short term. the japanese stock market will calm down if the yuan becomes stable and crude oil prices and shanghai stocks show signs they are stabilizing. >> ana holding is pursuing a tie-up with vietnam airlines. they aim to capitalize on growing travel demand in the region. ana officials said the two firms have reached a basic agreement. the japanese carrier will buy 8.8% of vietnam's flag carrier for about $110 million. the vietnamese government holds a 95% stake in the country's largest airline. managers working to privatize the company had been looking for an overseas partner to contribute capital. ana is planning joint operation of routes between the two countries. vietnam airlines currently shares flight se

before the floodwaters recede. >>> the mayor issued a hazardous travel advisory urging drivers as of now the subways will be up and running. >> if you need to move around, use mass transit to the maximum extent possible. >>> in order to keep the 6,000 miles of roads in the city clear, the mayor plans to deploy 16500 snowplows and 579 salt trucks. tomorrow morning sanitation workers will be on 12-hour shifts with 2400 work withers a shift n. a few hours, crews will hit the highways on long island, as well, spreading salt and water mixture. the goal is to treat the roads before the snow starts. they have 28,000 tons of salt and 6350 ton of sand on hand. >>> for subways the snowy forecast should not impact will see few if any express trains. for metro north and l.i.r.r. customers the snow total is ten inches to watch for. anything above that can shut down service. city buses will have chains and snow tires to help with traction. airlines are cancelling flights at airports up and down the coast including dozens in the tristate. with five states, washington, d.c. and several counties in georgia under a state of emergency, 1,000 flights have been cancelled tomorrow. additiona

us around plant city and sebring. tomorrow will be a transitional day from the clear skies we had today to the rain on the horizon and storms that we're likely going to see before too long. at times, i'm expecting some very nice sunshine for your tuesday and at other times, a little bit cloudy as we will expect to increase the clouds through the day. you can see 70s are back tomorrow and that is after starting in the low 50s. thermometer for you for your tuesday plans. now, this front, slow to develop and slow moving across the gulf as well as the northeast. we are looking at storms likely ramping up somewhere around mid- morning. there are some indications that could be actually a little bit earlier. so check back again at 11:00 as we get a new look at the models. this really doesn't look to move too quickly. this will likely be a little bit of a drawn out event for wednesday. thursday and thunderstorms and a couple of these could be around borderline strong to severe storms. as that front moves through, we'll look for a secondary throw bring us still some showers for the first half of thursday. for now, only at a marginal risk for severe weather for wednesday

transition back to snow. some wintry weather could stick around into early sunday morning before all of the moisture pushes offshore. police in philadelphia are trying to keep with the times using a parody of rapper drake )s hit song "hotline bling" for their the department is trying to warn the department is trying to warn residents that they can not use cones to save parking spots they have shoveled out. they have released a p-s-a showing the rapper with traffic cones and suing the hashtag "nosavesies". philadelphia is one of the several cities here on the east coast preparing for the winter good friday morning, i )m blaine-p&stewart.-p&and i )m jessica larche -- we are just hours away from a massive winter storm moving into hampton roads with snow, wind virginia and north carolina are under a state of emergency. but first lets get a look at all of the schools delays and closings around the area. closed today in virginia -- now hampton is closed along with suffolk, williamsburg - james city county, isle of wight, franklin, gloucester county, mathews county -- advance middlesex county, southampton county, surry county, sussex county, and york county schools are all closed toda

we're going to have prince george's come on with us as well as well as metro transit will allow for realtimet intelligence that are following any type of beforet gets started. intelligence sharing will be part of a new robbery task force that she says hopes will work to reduce the crime we're seeing at the hands of teens. family holding young peopleple accountable are certainly a big part of that. in this case really good andood clear images from that store were also important. > a tragedy in maryland between todd letters and their grands parents killed in a raging house fire. we're following a bizarre storye out of virginia, somebody apparently stealing goats from a local farms there. we're also keeping a close eye on the storm that is over the pacific snort west.t. how much will it bring to the d.c. region? sue has an update after the break. here in vineland, new jersey where progresso light soups are made, 'll never give up our cheddar, our cream, and especially our bacon. so we figured out a way to add rich ingredients like this into 22 light soups, all with 100 calories or less per serving. so if you want to eat light and not give up ric

before 3:00 a.m. on monday morning. >> paul comfort from mta, the maryland transit administration, thank you for talking with us. e'll be talking again before the weekend is over. >> sounds great, thanks. >>> we saw a few minutes ago they got a good taste of the wind and good taste of the snow coming down. they're back indoors, though. they're smart. >> we're all dried off. >> just a little snow. >> piece of cake. but we did notice and you just said it, we noticed the change. the change is really occurring as the blizzard-type conditions move in. >> right. and it's going to rage and get worse throughout the overnight period. we have some concern by early tomorrow morning because by then we really could see power outages throughout portions of the area. >> and we're getting winds that would coincide with 35 miles an hour. we're seeing that transition into very heavy snowfall. you can see the brighter whites around waldorf up towards portions of montgomery county, down around the fredericksburg region. notice the dry area too here. that happens sometimes with these storm systems, but don't worry, it will fill in. v

before we can actually see changes? thanks for joining us i'm dave courvoisier. ((denise valdez)) and i'm denise valdez in for paula tonight. this is all part of a multi- billion dollar transit improvement proposal put forth by the regional transportation commission. patranya bhoolsuwan is live on las vegas boulevard with more on what this would mean for both tourists and locals. patranya? ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) "safety" is the catalyst behind this latest proposal by the r-t-c that took nearly 2 years to draft and 3 million dollars in taxpayers' money. it includes everything from building new pedestrian bridges including one at this corner of sahara and las vegas boulevard to launching a new light rail system. a plan .. that may be too big to be realistic ...for one clark county commissioner: horrifying scene on the las vegas strip as a woman drove her car onto the sidewalk killing one and injuring dozens. it's something clark county commissioner steve sisolak says he doesn't want to see again. ((steve sisolak/clark county commissioner: "i want action, i want something to make the strip safer right now.")) ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) on tuesday, r- t-c's general manager tina qu

before 10:00 in the evening. once again transit cop told "fox5" today group attacks appear to be happening more often. again we know of five. jus since last month. a spokesperson telling us today metro sought in 2015 fewest amount of serious crimes at metro locations since 2008. so things improving cordtoing to metro. >> all right. >> a former employee at prince william county daycare there was found guilty of abusing toddlers in her care. sarah jordan was convicted on 13 criminal charges including child cruelty and she was lead teacher at mini land academy in woodbridge and jordan intentionally tripped children and encouraged them to fight each other and sprayed them in the face with a hose. springs and other daycare workers are scheduled to go an trial next month. >> scientists are working on amazing new innovations to allow the blind to read from a kindle-like tablet. how that technology works. >>> and once again, the winning numbers tonight are you ready? it's a 1.5 billion jackpot. i wrote them down myself, 8, 2 27, 34, 4, 19 and powerball is 10. again, 8, 27, 34, 4, 19 and 10. again, 8, 27, 34, 4, 19 and powerball is 10, goodoo >> new at 11 tonight and technology m

needs brt and it is going to bring us back to doing a much better transit system thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i submitted a card before i'm period of time straus a resident 79 pier street and on the board of san francisco riders we're stealing supportive of the bus rapid transit project this is extremely important to the muni and important that will in the center the street to have maximum reliability by the transit from traffic on van ness avenue we strongly urge they position the historic preservation commission in mission be upheld and as commissioner swig and howard before mentioned this is an instance from a standpoint of historic the hundred year trump the trees that the trees have been there and restore transit to pits position in the center of van ness that was originally built an important characteristic for us to consider with respect to the polls we support the proposal as it was approved by the historic preservation commission i think that is interesting that the lady cited in her presentation bhas what has happened in new york in manhattan the modern street lights that go specifically replace the street l

use authorization. >> good afternoon commissioner president fong planning department staff the item before you is a request for conditional use authorization to have a appreciatively service doing business as wilson properties within the hayes valley commercial transitistrict the project sponsor wants to remove the garage and install a storefront the proposed tenant with the prospers is a locally owned management company to date the department has innovate received any comment building the project is necessary and desirable for the following reasons the proposed business a locally owned company that will operate with members of the public operations are consistent with the definition of the professional service uses which are retail uses if provide service to the community the project will remove off-street with ground floor use that is more consistent with the policies of the commercial district with the storefront is a high material that is consistent with the hectic building and the historic district it meets all applicable codes and the project is compatible that concludes my presentation. i'll be happy to answer any questions you may have. >> >> great, thank you. >> opening it up for public comment i'm sorry project sponsor please. i'm the arch

before noon. >>> a few other travel updates for you. chapel hill transit will not operate service tomorrow. neither will carry transit go triangle have operate limited service by 10:00 a.m. check in with us tomorrow morning for an update. >>> the heaviest snow as -- has been falling to the north and west. >>> we have had a crew there all day. they had two inches of snow, but it has turned to sleet. >> we are joined from roxboro. what's the latest? reporter: pretty quiet out here right now as you guys mentioned. it snowed today up until about 1:00. then it was all sleet from that point and now not much. a little bit of wind and cold temperatures. if you take a lookout, you'll see still a fair amount of people out here on the roads. we're on highway 501. rightfully so. folks here say this is pretty standard for winter. they get snow incidents like this several times every single year. they say that they're used to it it's not too bad for them. we even met up with a family who went out sledding this evening. >> i know this hill that's deep and there's no traffic. you don't have to worry about anything. you go fast, don't you? >> i wanting to slow because i get scared. >> there haven't been

use contract workers. some have decided to make all workers employees. the delivery service, ship, transitioned all its workers y saying it was the right thing to do. >>> checking your news before the bell, landon dowdy. good morning. >> good morning to you. on wall street, one day up and one day down for the markets. futures are lower this morning. stocks rallying tuesday. things could rebound in oil pri prices, however, oil is tracking lower today ahead of a key government report on supplies. boeing and facebook, and rising 282 points yesterday. >> thank you. you have facebook today. apple just said what we thought it would say tuesday afternoon on its call with reporters and analy analysts. iphones are slowing down. they had expected it for the year. really, not apple's fault, anybody who wants an iphone that can afford it already has one. the city council approved an expansion of san jose, near paypal. apple was already renovating several buildings and now it can get even bigger. sony says it's moving its video game network to california. we think san mateo will be the home for sony video games as well though we only know california, not san mateo for sure. >> i know someon

half of the state before transitioning over to light snow by thursday evening and that will last off and on toward the weekend. not much in the way of snow relations today as it takes us through thursday evening with a half-inch across central iowa that should be on the grassy areas that will melt and fall through the day. light rain possible around several -- seven iowa. 29 in des moines, waiting on precipitation to arrive. a light breeze from the south. south wind will pull in warmer temperatures. the wintry mix moving in by noontime, sleet and rain and snow causing minor accumulations eight days shows temperatures warming up tomorrow in the upper 30's with cold rain that will transition back to snow on friday into early saturday. we could end up with a few inches of powder out there but a lot of cold air is on the field. shaina: everything looks good on the roads. nothing should slow you down. here are your mobile speed units . this one is by woodland cemetery at 700 mlk junior parkway. there's another des moines police car at 1800 2nd avenue. on the south side at 4400 south union street. polk county car at northwest sixth drive and in pleasant hill at 7100 southea

opening up the just a touch before they commit to a pacific lined up waiting for us and this is colder air sofa may get claps of thunder with all of this because the transitioninds to contend with as well and that meant the for you the precipitation forecast tonight as mentioned some breaks in the skies a few stray showers at work by 11 and then showtime by 4:00 a.m. or so heavy rainfall in the area agency just-in-time free morning commute in the secondary wave moving through letter on a round-the-clock into nine was again heavy rain coupled with wins after these first few waves move to smaller pulses come on by. that would drive thunderstorms' and claps of thunder so forth the winds start to subside by the afternoon piquancy some left over rain through debate metro and the space of they as well so overnight in the thursday morning and here's the thursday in terms of seeing scattered showers still in the forecast for when that will be kicking to after midnight and may be a precursor to the rain that we get thursday night at 5:00 a.m. 20 mi. an hour estimation in terms of wins the reason why it hasn't issued a wind as the brother of the metro area. it does lo

things this is useful southern neighborhoods that are coming before the planning commission making the eastern neighborhoods we often get public comment about infrastructure not just transit over childcare and other things people feel like they're not getting the plan improvements are not coming at the same space as development one to see what still happening and what is prioritized i think wire bombarded is different idea we're officially or unofficially in the plan so helpful to us there is a list; right? everything can't happen at the same time people talk about different transit improvements or space or streetscape improvements not everything is happening at the same time but it is beneficial for us to know things have to happen in time the only other thing i'll say the one thing that is highlight on the report we knew it is good to see in one place of all the improvements that were funded by knocks missouri i'm month concerned the childcare this is one that came up the one fee there is no clear line site between the dollars they're taken in and the constitutional improvements we get open space and another one sort of a clear line of the authority between the dollars

minutes but keep that before us for another minute those buses you really want to maintain the schedule to look to the 5 of that same thing we need a sign that says yield to transit a book of signs you can't put the signs on the street unless it is in the book it sign is when we reach nevada even pedestrians yield to transit move the bus lines to help to provide us with the service so this is great you're attacking this early and done a great job. >> anyone else to address the board. >> to the gentleman's point it is important to acknowledge we're sorry a little bit hoarse today, we do that with full buses when the school buses stop we all stop and plenty of the support for something like that so i don't know how far we can go with the efforts like that. >> thank you ms. bloomer. >> we need a most 80 motion to approve. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? >> back to item 11 the sfmta financial audit. >> good afternoon again. >> happy new year again, if i can use the overhead. >> that will show up but to get started the mta audit as you may know this is part of city's overall audit it is selected by whoops - the auditor is selected by the controller and it ha

district now where metro transit police released pictures the suspect who beat a man on a train days before christmas. >> fox5's molly live at the metro station with more, what can you tell usrning? >> reporter: hey, guys, yes, i can tell that you metro police say that they were able to detain few kids right after the attack. they weren't able to positively connect them to the assault. now, they have six more pictures, that they would like the public to take a look at. the photos are of three males and three females, all in a group, metro police say they're still uncertain of their ages, but they did say that the images were initially withheld from the public because they believed that the people in the images were minors. it was 5:30 in the evening december 21, aboard red lion train traveling from union station to the brooklyn area. just before the no, ma'am a gala stop, witnesses say the group of teens was egging each other onto commit some casino of random attack. one of the kids, punched the victim's head until he couldn't move. then knocked him out. this according to witnesses. passengers called the conductor for help. metro says police were waiting on the platform at

us a 50% risk of rain because it is looking very widely scattered and very light now. of course it could start off a little bit icy before we see things warm up in a transition to perhaps patchy drizzle in the afternoon. better chance of rain will be on sunday. saturday temperatures here stuck in the upper 30s inland with lower 40s at the coastline with lower 40s at the coastline. we have about 50 degrees on sunday with that better chance of rain and into next week. things cool down. we are at all-day 30s on monday and by tuesday, we will have to bring back that chance of snow. back to you, guys. >>> breaking news saugus. pretty big house fire under way right now. a picture our photographer took as he arrived on the scene on essex street off of route 1. huge flames. fire fighters have been ordered out of their building for their own safety. we don't have any details on anyone hurt, but what we do know that all fire fighters have been accounted for. we know that nearby fire departments are helping out. we will continue to follow in this and gather details on the scene. will bring you more information? just a few minutes. >>> a baby girl left in a cold car while her moth

minutes but keep that before us for another minute those buses you really want to maintain the schedule to look to the 5 of that same thing we need a sign that says yield to transit a book of signs you can't put the signs on the street unless it is in the book it sign is when we reach nevada even pedestrians yield to transit move the bus lines to help to provide us with the service so this is great you're attacking this early and done a great job. >> anyone else to address the board. >> to the gentleman's point it is important to acknowledge we're sorry a little bit hoarse today, we do that with full buses when the school buses stop we all stop and plenty of the support for something like that so i don't know how far we can go with the efforts like that. >> thank you ms. bloomer. >> we need a most 80 motion to approve. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? >> back to item 11 the sfmta financial audit. >> good afternoon again. >> happy new year again, if i can use the overhead. >> that will show up but to get started the mta audit as you may know this is part of city's overall audit it is selected by whoops - the auditor is selected by the controller and it ha

minutes but keep that before us for another minute those buses you really want to maintain the schedule to look to the 5 of that same thing we need a sign that says yield to transit a book of signs you can't put the signs on the street unless it is in the book it sign is when we reach nevada even pedestrians yield to transit move the bus lines to help to provide us with the service so this is great you're attacking this early and done a great job. >> anyone else to address the board. >> to the gentleman's point it is important to acknowledge we're sorry a little bit hoarse today, we do that with full buses when the school buses stop we all stop and plenty of the support for something like that so i don't know how far we can go with the efforts like that. >> thank you ms. bloomer. >> we need a most 80 motion to approve. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? >> back to item 11 the sfmta financial audit. >> good afternoon again. >> happy new year again, if i can use the overhead. >> that will show up but to get started the mta audit as you may know this is part of city's overall audit it is selected by whoops - the auditor is selected by the controller and it ha

age 19 seems to be a very important transition age in which people are introduced to tobacco before the age of 19 and they continue a lifelong pattern of tobacco use. the majority of smokers today start smoking before the age of 19. this has a direct impact on [inaudible]in the last 2 years >> currently, new york, hawaii and santa clara, have raised the age for buying tobacco to 21. you have to be 21 before it you can be sold tobacco to. we are working on an initiative to prevent retailers from selling tobacco products to people that are 18, 19 or 20. i would like to conclude that supervisor wiener is in support of the resolution. and we did not have any community questions regarding the resolution. is that part of our meeting at all? >> i think the health data that we have really supports the resolution. i highly recommend that the commission approve it. >> did we have a discussion as to whether the language concluded any nicotine products that were developed. we are reassuring what the language around tobacco use is. do you have any questions about any questions we have raised? >> why did we include age 18, 19, and 20. why did we say those ages

age 19 seems to be a very important transition age in which people are introduced to tobacco before the age of 19 and they continue a lifelong pattern of tobacco use. the majority of smokers today start smoking before the age of 19. this has a direct impact on [inaudible]in the last 2 years >> currently, new york, hawaii and santa clara, have raised the age for buying tobacco to 21. you have to be 21 before it you can be sold tobacco to. we are working on an initiative to prevent retailers from selling tobacco products to people that are 18, 19 or 20. i would like to conclude that supervisor wiener is in support of the resolution. and we did not have any community questions regarding the resolution. is that part of our meeting at all? >> i think the health data that we have really supports the resolution. i highly recommend that the commission approve it. >> did we have a discussion as to whether the language concluded any nicotine products that were developed. we are reassuring what the language around tobacco use is. do you have any questions about any questions we have raised? >> why did we include age 18, 19, and 20. why did we say those ages

minutes but keep that before us for another minute those buses you really want to maintain the schedule to look to the 5 of that same thing we need a sign that says yield to transitigns on the street unless it is in the book it sign is when we reach nevada even pedestrians yield to transit move the bus lines to help to provide us with the service so this is great you're attacking this early and done a great job. >> anyone else to address the board. >> to the gentleman's point it is important to acknowledge we're sorry a little bit hoarse today, we do that with full buses when the school buses stop we all stop and plenty of the support for something like that so i don't know how far we can go with the efforts like that. >> thank you ms. bloomer. >> we need a most 80 motion to approve. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? >> back to item 11 the sfmta financial audit. >> good afternoon again. >> happy new year again, if i can use the overhead. >> that will show up but to get started the mta audit as you may know this is part of city's overall audit it is selected by whoops - the auditor is selected by the controller and it has 3 consonants a financial audience

minutes but keep that before us for another minute those buses you really want to maintain the schedule to look to the 5 of that same thing we need a sign that says yield to transit signs you can't put the signs on the street unless it is in the book it sign is when we reach nevada even pedestrians yield to transit move the bus lines to help to provide us with the service so this is great you're attacking this early and done a great job. >> anyone else to address the board. >> to the gentleman's point it is important to acknowledge we're sorry a little bit hoarse today, we do that with full buses when the school buses stop we all stop and plenty of the support for something like that so i don't know how far we can go with the efforts like that. >> thank you ms. bloomer. >> we need a most 80 motion to approve. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. >> opposed? >> back to item 11 the sfmta financial audit. >> good afternoon again. >> happy new year again, if i can use the overhead. >> that will show up but to get started the mta audit as you may know this is part of city's overall audit it is selected by whoops - the auditor is selected by the controller and it has 3 conson

transit route for the tappi pipeline. i mentioned the silk road initiative before. if there were increased trade between the countries of the region usingfghanistan and that, then all this would contribute to an afghan economy. part of the problem with migrants out of afghanistan that we've seen. many of them now end up in europe. where i now serve in nato. there is a sense of, one, insecurity, but also no work. there's some economic issues associated with migration. when you couple that with the demographics of the youth in afghanistan. you have many young people who are looking for jobs. we've improved education. that's a major plus. but increasingly educated young people now don't have economic opportunity inside the country. >> i just think that going forward it's important for us. we all have our concerns. am i going to ask questions. asked earlier about troop reductions and the strategy incountry. the other things going on in terms of infrastructure buildout. the lack of funding going forward. because afghanistan doesn't have an economy that can make up for that now. and how that actually potentially threatens the security of the

needs brt and it is going to bring us back to doing a much better transit system thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> i submitted a card before i'm period of time straus a resident 79 pier street and on the board of san francisco riders we're stealing supportive of the bus rapid transit project this is extremely important to the muni and important that will in the center the street to have maximum reliability by the transit from traffic on van ness avenue we strongly urge they position the historic preservation commission in mission be upheld and as commissioner swig and howard before mentioned this is an instance from a standpoint of historic the hundred year trump the trees that the trees have been there and restore transit to pits position in the center of van ness that was originally built an important characteristic for us to consider with respect to the polls we support the proposal as it was approved by the historic preservation commission i think that is interesting that the lady cited in her presentation bhas what has happened in new york in manhattan the modern street lights that go specifically replace the street l

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previous testimony before this committee i provided details on how to defeat isis and iraq intrinsics and also on russia's involvement in transit. today my focus is yours and what you've asked us to do him and that is to do with overall u.s. policy and strategy in the region. i brought along a couple maps for you to look out. i think they will put them up on boards when we reference of them, and you should have been at your seat as well. the middle east has experienced one of the most tumultuous periods in its history with the old order challenge with aspirational goals of the arab spring, radicalized islam is taking advantage of the people and the islamic state of iran using proxies to achieve regional influence and control. some issues in the middle east have been simmering for some time and certainly our underlying factors, such as historical sectarianism, repressive regimes, political and social injustice and the lack of economic opportunity exacerbated now by the price of oil. one cannot simply blame these larger forces operating in the region and opsahl the united states a specific policy decisions. that has had unintended adverse consequences. let's just go name a few.