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check out the vu. you can see sun trying to peek through clouds. a beautiful view here. temperatures now 62 in union city. highlights, spotty showers for thursday. a brief warm up coming on friday. then, scattered showers into the forecast this holiday weekend if you f.you have plans i'll show you what is going to happen. with weak systems coming through here, we'll go mostly cloudy with spotty showers into thursday. looking here, we'll start at 7:00 p.m. some clearing near coast. light showers developing. 5:00 a.m. for start of the commute they're scattered and light. then ahead into afternoon hours we can see showers at 2:00 p.m. now an area of low pressure off the coastline spinning here friday is a nice day. saturday, we see possibility of showers by afternoon. and sunday, scattered showers around and so make sure you have umbrellas easter sunday, temperatures upper 40s to mid-50s. afternoon highs, close to safe levels in the south bay. cupertino 70 degrees on the peninsula, 65 san mateo. coastal areas 59 degrees in daily city. downtown 62 degrees this is where you'l

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it's deja vu all over again." senate majority leader harry reid summed up neatly the next debate on the role of government when addressing tuesday's release of house republican paul ryan's budget. called the path to prosperity, as it was when he first unveiled it, wearing nearly the same suit and tie back in 2011, ryan's plan seeks to reduce taxes and cut government spending. "when they talk about a cut, they're talking about reducing the rate of growth. and that's all ryan's plan will do. i think it's too weak. i think it's not good enough." author of "the free market revolution," yaron brook's criticism of the ryan plan is one you may not have heard before. it is far more likely that you've already listened to a version of this attack from the left. "the ryan plan will shower more tax breaks on millionaires and tilt the playing field to the advantage of big corporate interests" ryan's plan would cut the top tax bracket from 39 to 25 percent and would reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 to 25 percent. it also s

. >> in the meantime it's de ja vu all over again. back to the days when checking your 401k was something you looked forward to rather than dreaded. >> well the rise in stocks may have many americans feeling better about their portfolios. the ceo of general electric today warned that overregulation and political uncertainty could restrain the pace of the american recovery. he said the u.s. faces more political storms this year. the fiscal situation, debt limit controversy and tax reform. we fear this will impact capital investment. with more on what's happening or maybe not happening in washington, we turn to john harwood. we hear tomorrow from representative ryan. he will present his version of a gop budget. is there any movement towards some kind of agreement that could produce a budget under regular order? >> no movement yet, but there is a possibility of some. there was a promming interview that paul ryan gave over the weekend. he talked about his budget which presumes the repeal of obama care. of course that's not going to happen

k, the vu channel 2 news. >>> over a dozen people are wrapping up their final days on the job. crews put up a sign this morning remining drivers about the conversion. on wednesday, that sign will be turned on and it will read do not stop, automatic tolling. drivers can continue to use that track or they can pay based on on a picture that's taken of their license plate number. >>> tonight and tomorrow. the westbound closures start tonight at 11:00 and continue until 3:00 in the morning. traffic will be detoured on service seats, which we're showing you here in green. the closures are part of the on going project to widen the freeway. >>> we're still following news happening now. that's where same sex marriage supporters are heading up market to san francisco city hall. >>> the skies are cloudy, but are there be rays. chief meteorologist will let us know when we can see rain. >>> we continue to follow developing news in strong, that is where hundreds of demonstrators are marching in support of same sex marriage. you can see here the is marching actually in the street. the group s

. >> it's definitely dij@ vu. >> reporter: they want to believe this time will be different. still has the fewest number of officers in the country for the rate of violent crime. and neighborhood walks like this one are not working. >> the real criminals are not standing there talking to us. they're going in the shadows, in the alleys to hide frus. >> reporter: people -- from us. >> reporter: people who live in oakland laid down their demands, but they are worried this is all lip service. >> i'm hopeful that it'll change. but it's a 50-50 thing. >> reporter: police insist there will be change. the #k89ants overseeing -- the consultants overseeing the community meetings have collected the feedback and will design a crime fighting strategy specifically tailored to oakland, and they'll invite the community to weigh in. >>> oakland police will begin work this week to expand their most-want the list. it's the 2nd phase in the city's ongoing cease-fire program. >>> a disturbing case of animal cruelty caught on video. surveillance cameras on a san diego beach captured people harassi

. >>> deja vu for carnival cruise lines. passengers aboard the ship "dream" are being flown back to the u.s. today after another power problem snarls the voyage. 4300 passengers in st. maarten are heading for florida following a diesel generator problem. the ship did not lose power, but some passengers are saying there were interruptions of elevator service and restrooms were overflowing. another carnival ship, the legend, has canceled the last stop of a seven-day cruise due to technical difficulties that are affecting its sailing speed. >>> and last month an engine fire crippled the carnival "trium "triumph," leaving 4400 people drifting at sea for five days. >>> turning now to the weather. nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer is here with a look at the weekend forecast. >> i've never been one to want to go on a cruise, but those stories really make me not want to go on a cruise. >> exactly. >> i don't know. a vacation would be nice, though. we are going to see pretty chilly weather. it is march but it doesn't feel like it anywhe

it's like yoga bear, the basketball player, it's deja vu all over again. i think it's great. that's obviously great. what we're focused on is there was zero compliance for the hundreds of construction jobs, temporary, permanent, no local hire, no prentiss ship, less than minimum wage in some instances. contracts in other jobs. we all lost last time and we can't lose again, supervisors. i appreciate director levitt, you did an amazing job. americas' cup is going to have to pay these penalties. if not, please, mr. levitt, let us know. you built it whackv [speaker not understood]. otherwise we're going to have to make it mandatory. you remember how fun that was, controller and all of us. ~ back i think that's what happened. we had a policy that everyone ignored. it's happening again. it's the same thing. this thing was a deal as of march. it was a year ago. we were all here. it's all the same faces. it's like one happy family, i guess you might say. but the thing i appreciate is supervisor farrell said what's next. what are we going to do. look, community lost. labor lost, these

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i'm thuy vu. we have much to discuss on the national and local fronts. joining me on the news panel are carolyn said, "san francisco chronicle" reporter. jolie o'dell, venturebeat reporter. and andrew ross, "san francisco chronicle" columnist. earlier this evening president obama signed an order triggering automatic cuts in federal spending. this is because congress and the president failed to reach a deficit reduction deal. andrew, let's begin with you. how is california affected specifically? >> of all the states, california is affected

. >>> and speaking of ports, deja vu for carnival passengers. they are being flown back to the u.s. after a power problem. following a diesel generator problem, the ship did not lose power. but some passengers are saying there were interrupting of elevator service. >>> a fire crippled another carnival ship, leaving 4,400 people floating at sea for 5 days. >>> here's your first look at this morning's scrambled politics. rand paul made a splash at the conservative political action con fence, saying big changes are needed for the republican party. >> the gop of old has grown steal and moss-covered. i don't think we need to name any names, do we? >> paul begala, liberal democratic strategist, was at cpac, saying he hoped that hillary clinton would run for president. a heckler said that hillary should get a face-lift. he's not a republican society lady. she's a real woman. >> rob portman says he supports same-sex marriage after his son told his parents he was gay. >>> in president obama's meeting with republican senators, he talked about giving congress information on drone strikes. he c

than a hundred of these prisoners that are now refusing food for more than three weeks this is deja vu. in many respects back in two thousand and eleven more than fifteen prisoners at guantanamo protested and went on hunger strike to protest the indefinite detention order signed by u.s. president barack obama in two thousand and seven more than a dozen prisoners subjected. to hunger strike and had to be force fed subsequently had to be force fed two thousand five hundred twenty eight detainees went on hunger strike for more than a month and in two thousand and two nearly two hundred inmates at guantanamo bay went on hunger strike so clearly this is a pattern that continues repeating but it is quite a dangerous pattern because any human being that goes without food for a long period of time can in evidently lose their lives well it is of course not the first time in mates have endured severe maltreatment at the notorious going tunnel prison and remember no one in there right now has faced a trial we're asking you if you think this could be the final straw that leads to the infamous faci

it was like a deja vu from eight years ago as we sit here thinking, kind of looks black. could be white. but it was, of course, black. but tonight, unambiguous as we saw the white smoke billowing from the top of the sistine chapel, punctuated by the shouts of tens of thousands who have gathered here now. no more stirring sight than what we have witnessed here tonight. >> it is a beautiful shot we're looking at now. and let's hope for the benefit of all gathered that what we've been told is a clearing trend for the weather in rome chooses tonight to arrive. what a stunning, stunning sight. one of the great traditions in all of organized religion. george weigel, we don't want this to delve into the normal. but i'd like a gut check from you since we are watching with an american audience. five hours behind you, i would love to know what you think the real chance is of, a, a north american pope, and b, an american pope being named. >> i think the chances are very good, brian. in addition to cardinal dolan and cardinal

i'm thuy vu. have a good night. gwen: a meat cleaver falls on the federal budget tonight but will there be blood? and the supreme court tackles the voting rights act. tonight on "washington week." >> this is not going to be a apocalypse. it's just going to hurt. gwen: time ran out today as big budget cuts kicked in and there may be more pain to come. >> i'm hopeful we won't have to deal with the threat of a government shutdown while we're dealing with the sequester at the same time. gwen: lawmakers are calling the crisis dumb, manufactured, aploy. but now the across-the-board budget cuts are law. we examine the impact. at the supreme court, challenge to an historic law. how far should the federal government go to enforce voting rights? >> i think it is very likely it's debatable to a phenomenon that is caused perpetuation to racial entitlement. >> do you think racial discrimination in voting has ended? gwen: covering a big week in washington, joan biskupic of reuters, gloria borger of cnn, and david wessel with "the

insisted that the capital controls will probably last a matter of weeks but there is a sense of deja vu going on if we consider iceland let's rewind to november two thousand and eight we first called for to fall victim to the financial crisis likely cyprus banking restrictions were seen as a way of limiting destruction three months was believed to be the maximum time these limitations would exist for five years after a banking meltdown the north atlantic island has just extended its own controls in may so cyprus could be on a three hundred euro bonds hit for quite some time so for more analysis on this we're going to get the opinion of patrick young co-author of the gathering storm to get some more insight into this for us so hello to you patrick so please just presume pacha these restrictions do come off. what's going to happen where's the money going to go if not cyprus oh well i mean the problem is actually i don't think the restrictions can come off because there's going to be a giant sucking sound as all the money disappears from cyprus i mean there are all of these oligarchical pr

. >> deja vu, geo, thank you. >>> now to the debate over knives being allowed on airplanes. as we reported here, the 9/11 mastermind, khalid sheikh mohammed, once claimed the terrorists trained using those pocket knives. tonight the tsa on the defensive over allowing small knives on planes again. the head of the agency now taking questions from congress. abc's david kerley takes us in the room. >> reporter: it's not pocket knives. this is what keeps the head of the tsa up at night. [ blast ] >> reporter: that is a recreation of a foiled bomb plot with a small sized explosive. john pistole, who plans to allow small knives back on planes, showed that video to skeptical lawmakers. >> if you're asking whether i think individuals with those small pocket knives could take over an aircraft, take control of it, i don't think so. >> reporter: pistole says pocket knives aren't a significant threat, but take a lot of time in those security lines. 2,000 confiscated every day, with each incident taking two to three minutes. but tsa officers disagree, questioning the boss's plan, saying i

. >> reporter: for colorado, it's deja vu. last march this fire sent families scrambling for their lives, and in june, another massive blaze swept through the area burning now. one person was killed, 250 homes destroyed. >> this is becoming seemingly not unusual for colorado. >> reporter: heading towards summer, fire dangers will be highest in parts of california, the southwest and florida. fire fighters hope they'll have more time to get ready. clayton sandell, abc news, los angeles. >> thank you. >>> overseas this evening to the intensifying threat from north korea. the new leader kim jong un and his unexpectedly quick advance have the u.s. on heightened alert. last night we reported on two more short-range missiles. the pentagon is adding to intercepters already in place along the west coast. they are deploying 14 new intercepters in alaska. they are designed to detect a north korean launch with satellites and radars. they would be fired off. i want to bring in martha raddatz tonight. you reported that this system as a whol

than a hundred of these prisoners that are now refusing food for more than three weeks this is deja vu. in many respects back in two thousand and eleven more than fifteen prisoners at guantanamo protested and went on hunger strike to protest indefinite detention order signed by u.s. president barack obama in two thousand and seven more than a dozen prisoners subjected. hunger strike and had to be force fed subsequently had to be force fed two thousand five hundred twenty eight detainees went on hunger strike for more than a month and in two thousand and two nearly two hundred inmates at guantanamo bay went on hunger strike so clearly this is a pattern that continues repeating but it is quite a dangerous pattern because any human being that goes without food for a long period of time can in evidently lose their lives. in new york mates plight let's go to new york again we're joined by one of the lawyers involved william h. that part is covering he's an attorney for the center for constitutional rights representing. the yemeni detained ton of my father's side of the thank you for being w

reporter: for colorado it's deja vu.t month this fire sent families scrambling for their lives, and in june, another massive blaze swept through the same area burning now. one person killed, 250 homes destroyed. >> this is becoming seemingly not unusual for colorado. reporter: heading towards number, fire danger will be hest in parts of southern california, the west, and arizona. >> carolyn: senator rand paul of kentucky won the symbolic straw poll for the next presidential candidate at the cpac conference in washington, dc. edgedley edge -- barelyd mark rubio. taking center stage, sarah palin, taking twieps at probe poke probe and new york mayor michael bloomberg. >> after helping the 49 years reach the super bowl, the tight end learned his onand uncle had been killed in new orleans by a person the police say was driving drunk. walker made an appearance today in san carlos with the team. he says he'll now always be part of mothers against drunk driving. >> a great cause, and i feel like that's something i want to be par

it's certainly is this is deja vu in my in many respects back in two thousand and eleven more than fifteen prisoners at guantanamo protested and went on hunger strike to protest the indefinite detention order signed by u.s. president barack obama in two thousand and seven more than a dozen prisoners subjected one on how to hunger strike and how to be force fed subsequently how to be force fed two thousand five hundred twenty eight detainees went on hunger strike for more than a month and in two thousand and two nearly two hundred inmates at guantanamo bay went on hunger strike so clearly this is a pattern that continues repeating but it is quite a dangerous pattern because any human being that goes without food for a long period of time can inevitably lose their lives. for the produce of their from new york all right well as mentioned let's get some more perspective on the developing standoff of guantanamo was that we've been covering the facility scandals for years joining me now on the feelies of human rights activists from the cage prisoners group on the evening to thanks for taking the

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." >>> we'll start here with an unpleasant form of dejay vu. a dangerous sinkhole opening up in florida. >> maybe, our house next. >> reporter: caution tape up and neighbors on edge. another sink hole in florida. the second sinkhole in less than a month. 11-year-old gabrielle was standing with friends at an ice cream truck when she saw the 10 foot deep hole. after getting a closer look, she told her dad and the authorities rushed to the scene, haunted by last month's sinkhole tragedy. >> a little bit scared and nervous. this is my house. >> reporter: fortunately, deadly sinkholes like the one last month is rare. our own gio benitez. >> a dozen of sinkholes a year, to occur right in the center of a home and to certainly injure or to kill somebody i have never heard about that happening before. >> reporter: in this latest case no one was hurt but it's clear the fear lingers. a small community on shaky ground. >> thank goodness no one was hurt this time. >>> let's go back to ron for the other stories making headlines. >>> in the news, at least one

reporter: for colorado it's deja vu.t month this fire sent families scrambling for their lives, and in june, another massive blaze swept through the same area burning now. one person killed, 250 homes destroyed. >> this is becoming seemingly not unusual for colorado. reporter: heading towards number, fire danger will be hest in parts of southern california, the west, and arizona. >> carolyn: senator rand paul of kentucky won the symbolic straw poll for the next presidential candidate at the cpac conference in washington, dc. he bailey edge -- barely edged mark rubio. taking center stage, sarah palin, taking twieps at probe poke probe and new york mayor michael bloomberg. >> after helping the 49 years reach the super bowl, the tight end learned his onand uncle had been killed in new orleans by a person the police say was driving drunk. walker made an appearance today in san carlos with the team. he says he'll now always be part of mothers against drunk driving. >> a great cause, and i feel like that's something i want to

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this hour it's dÉjÀ vu all over again.hip with overflowing toilets and unbearable cabins? one month to the day after the ship was towed into port we are hearing new horror stories. passengers are telling cnn -- they docked at st. martin. that mie may sound better but passengers have been trapped aboard the ship for hours. greg stark is on the carnival dream. he joins us by phone. hi. >> hello. >> thanks for being with us. tell us what conditions are like now. >> currently the toilets and elevators are working. however, we have been provided -- not been provided an update since 11:00 last evening as to what's going on. and they are still not letting us off the ship at this time. they have done two separate tests of the elevators and the toilets where they have had to shut them down for several hours. last evening when they did it, the toilets were overflowing. down in the common areas. on the main floors. >> how long have you been cooped up on board the ship? >> we were originally planning to depart from st. martin at 4:30

it is almost dÉje vu, isn't it?u have a bad guy, a dictator who may have unleashed chemical weapons. if it is verified that he has, and clearly with saddam hussein although he had in the past when push came to shove he didn't have chemical weapons. if p assad has got them and used them against the rebels, what's a proportionate reaction from america? >> let's put it in context. the chemical weapons that saddam hussein used on the kurds were given to him by us. he was our ally. we funded him. we armed him. we helped him with an eight-year war against iran. the weapons of mass destruction which the weapons inspectors knew weren't there. everybody knew they weren't there. the weapons we had given him in the past, we never talk about those. we never talk about how we are the ones who helped these dictators around the world. as far as assad and syria goes, you know, i think as americans now when we're told anything, somebody comes on and says there are report that is maybe this, maybe ta. we have to have the most skeptic

i'm not the only one having a case of deja vu.is my friend jerry willis from the fox business network. jerry, i don't think banks are saying this but there are american few sinners here. >> the government bureaucrats have failed on every count. the blew the negotiations with the iu, thought they would get money out of russia, didn't work, and now they're micromanaging the banks. the money is flying out in. i the governmenting seeing, whatever you're doing, keep doing it, because the money is coming in fast and it was proving such -- >> you can't see between these two. the government and banks are so close -- when you say banks are bad, the government is bad. >> neil: the government can see protesters not protesting the government but the evil banks, because banks are always evil. >> they're doing this because it's the regular cypriots who are getting here. not the russians. they got their money out. the very wealthy managed to protect themselves. it's the people who live in that country, who are so angry, protesting right this ver

not craig smith, who is getting a feeling of dÉjÀ vu. hasten to add, a very different society and economic system and banking systems but i get nervous when i hear experts say it can never happen here. i remember the irish and when it hit us, everybody said that was ireland. is history going to repeat itself? >> it could easily do so. you know, nigel hit it on the button. look what's happening in europe after 100 years of progressive thought of believing that big socialistic government can take care of everything, you know, it's failing. i mean it's mortally wounded and if they can't success, they'll steal. -- nigel said they'll steal the money out of your account. >> neil: what if -- i was thinking about that. we did the math backwards and found out if they don't get enough money out of that 40% tax on rich depositors, and it's the looking like they're well shy of that, you have to go down the food chain. they're not cutting spending so the only option is get money from more average folks, more deposit accounts and be creative because w

and to some of us, their complaints sounded a note of deja vu. interruption to elevateors, power outages, same cruiseline, carnival, but a different ship than left people at sea several days with no air conditioning and unsanitary living conditions. the problem on "dream" wheere n wear near the "triumph" a month ago. >> the water rose up being like you would at home, the water would rise up to the top of the bowl. >> reporter: carnival says the "dream" got stuck in port at the caribbean island resort at st. maarten when the backup generator failed during a routine inspection. at no time did the ship lose power and the ship's propulsion systems and primary power source was not impacted. they said all guests are safe and comfortable with only periodic interruptions to elevators and restrooms for a few hours. >> they thought it was minor, something more complicated, which is why we're still here. as far as power outages go, i didn't notice it personally. >> reporter: the latest aborted voyage on the debacle involving "triumph" that spent five days a

is it deja vu over and over again. and he says it's the closest thing to what republicans have right now. so that's why you see, i think, paul ryan largely doubling down on what we've already seen. but i don't know that paul ryan is necessarily a part of what could happen in the house. if you've seen over these last couple of weeks, they've been able to break that rule, get a minority of republicans to vote with a block of democrats and really push some important measures through. so i don't know. i think that the president's sbe lekt. >> all right, we will keep watching this. thank you both for your time this even. >>>. >>> ahead, a big day in the fight for gun safety. but we'll talk live to an activist fiekting for change. >>> and more of bill o'riley's war on the facts. you've got to see this one. plus, hillary may run on may 9th. who knows. but news tonight that is sure to make her smile. you're watching "hardball." [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? the carful? how ab

." >>> we're going to start here with an unpleasant form of deja vu. again, a dangerous sinkhole opening up in a residential neighborhood in florida. this is going on near where a sinkhole swallowed a man in his bed. >> i was scared that maybe it would be our house next. >> reporter: caution tape up and neighbors on edge. after the spotting of another sinkhole in seffner, florida. it's the second sinkhole in less than a month. and a mile and a half away from where 37-year-old jeff bush was swallowed alive, when the earth opened up under his bedroom, killing him. 11-year-old gabriella was standing with friends at an ice cream truck when she saw the 10 foot deep, 8 foot wide hole. after getting a closer look, she told her dad and the authorities rushed to the scene, haunted by last month's sinkhole tragedy. >> i said, oh, my gosh. it really scared me. it startled me. >>reporter: two homes were evacuated, including this house where this man lives with his mother. >> i was a little bit scared and nervous. this is my house. >> reporter: fortunately, deadly

it just has to harve happen because if i did vus sit and i wait, nothing is really going to change. >young man. >>> the 33rd annual escape from alcatraz triathlon happened in san francisco this morning. comcast sportsnet's brodie brazil takes a look at how the participants come from all walks of life. >> reporter: as if it's scenic backdrop isn't amazing enough, wait until you meet some participants from today's 33rd annual escape from alcatraz. first, 15-year-old william. >> there's got to be some nervous anticipation about taking this on on, right? >> right. yeah. i'm probably one of the youngest. i'm glad i'm not one of the oldest. but it's going to be a challenge, yeah. >> reporter: the palo alto native is not only competing for himself but also to raise funds for the multiple myeloma research foundation. >> my grandfather, we're going to raise money for people like him and people effected by it all around the world. it's pretty dominant. and it just seemed like a great cause. >> reporter: on the other extreme of experience is eric, who's participated in each of the last 25 escape