because there is no replacement driver, or when people have to jam into a bus or accí7 light rail vehictly was approved for performance initiative. this funding is required to be increase ridership. there is no more effective way to achieve these goals than to have a system that's in good shape, that's reliable and on which people believe they can depend. this funding should be dedicated 100% to improving muni's deteriorating reliant bywpi'm maintaining and purchasing muni vehicles and improving muni's operation. the resolution before us today so provides. mta board of direction is considering a proposal to use a portion of this regional funding not for improving muni's reliability but rather to fund free muni passes for youth, free as opposed to the 70% discount muni already provides. i've been public in my skepticism of the free muni for youth program. my skepticism has been based on and my belief the program would come from muni's operating money. we're now seeing that's the case that muni is considering using some of this maintenance program rather than to invest that money in the s

more snow into parts of the ohio vehic valley and great lakes, not so much like this stiystem but somnd new york to boston and buffalo and maine. more showers and thunderstorms for the southeast. notice the thunderstorms calming down but sunday pretty cold for a lot of us, the book ends from the west to the northeast n >> the wind will be picking up. there are some flurries out to the north and west. temperatures hold pretty steady >> that's a look at your weather. natalie. >> between the three of us, a lot of kids sitting on this bench, right? >>> up next, fun and creative ways to bring in the new year with those little ones, right after this. dau ghr's like, "mom, wait up!" and i'm thinking, "shouldn't you have more energy than me? you're, like, eight!" [ male announcer ] for every 2 pounds you lose through diet and exercise alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. simple. effective. advantage: mom. let's fight fat with alli. have a healthier holiday at letsfightholidayfat.com. have a healthier holiday he is a good little monkey and always very curious. o

american officials say they have accounted for all of their unmanned airlinal vehice -- aer vehiclesle east. it's unclear when the iranians seized this scan eagle, who it belongs to, and by the way as the pictures we have just shown demonstrate, this is a carefully orchestrated propaganda effort on the part of the iranian regime. >> "the wall street journal" recently reported that the u.s. is using drones to spy on iran's nuclear capabilities. might this drone be part of that? what do you know about that side of the story? >> you know, it's not clear. you remember in 2011 there was a drone seized that the united states later did confirm was a u.s. spy drone, and so clearly there's an ongoing intelligence effort targeting iran's nuclear infrastructure. by the way, again, not just by the united states, but by other allies around the world who are concerned about the nuclear infrastructure and iran's desire to have a nuclear weapon which they deny, so there's no question, the u.s. and others are collecting intelligence about this program. they're using drones to do it. you know, whether