and unprecedented court case began in the west german city of dortmund earlier today its object is the devastating fire in the pakistani garment factory that killed almost two hundred sixty workers more than six years ago the trial aims to clarify whether this current fashion brand kick is liable for damages because most of the genes produced at the factory were earmarked for the german company. so you do a cut to know has traveled seven thousand kilometers to germany in memory of her son over six years ago he was killed in a fire at a textile factory in pakistan that produces clothing for german discount chain kick but it was deemed kick is responsible for the fire. i lost my son in that fire and now i've come here to get some justice for him and all the others who were killed in. the blaze at the factory occurred on the eleventh of september twenty twelve authorities believe it was caused by an arson attack carried out by a local gang almost two hundred sixty people died as a result of the lack of fire protection safeguards kick provided compensation to the victims' families that was

rued who won a washington state assembly see you had been west who won a city council seat in the state of oregon and in the deep red state of south carolina jason elliott in a heavily conservative district won in his bid for reelection for the state house of representatives this is someone who had the support and the endorsement of former south carolina and heritage foundation president jim de mint in his bid for reelection i think it just goes to show just how far hearts and minds are changing on both sides of the aisle when it comes to supporting good candidates regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity. we do the wall street journal exit poll from tuesday to twenty four percent of the community voted republican in thirty seven percent of transgender people voted republican i mean those are those are very high numbers are those reflective of reality i think so you know i mean i can just go with the data that you saw in that wall street journal poll where you are going to and the data there that survey had not

with a number of smaller tenant to clear out in you favor of the waterfronts side project with for west city. at times that createdsles legal despute. we would rather not be in that position. we have the ongoing demandses of revenue for the port. we are trying to take as shot full approach as we can. we are able to generate revenue where we need to. on the other hand we are not comcomplicating a long term pier property. we settled on the four strategy in the staff report which i will walk through. number one was acknowledged in the land use plan update with the working group. parking is a real vital part of the port revenue generation to get to the water front. i think the goal of the working group and the waterfront land use was strike a balance so we are not parking everywhere. it appear was it is currently thorped and managed in a way respectful of the other uses in the area. we want to continue to generate revenues until a longer term that the commission supports. second, find ways to do short term revenue genner rating occupancies. we have a number of sheds for special events. we have a

another cold rain on tueay and that might end, melissa, northf and weste city. >> that sounds crazy toe. in bound new york avenue after north capitol street, crash reported there. that's going to be a little bit slow for you. silver spring inner loop at georgia avenue, right lane blocked by disabled vehicle. the rest of the beltway looks okay. no big complaints there. southbound gw parkway, chopper 4 over this. we'reeeing some delays here because of an earlier incident, also some backups from the beltway now. this morning that's because of that slowdown. orodbridge southbound 123, the ramp tobound 95. report of an overturned vehicle seeing some delays there as well. in bound on 95, a little bit of a slowdown. ederick still slow southbound 270 and 109. two crashes now o the shoulder but still seeing the delays as you head southbound. lookin at 270 from germantown to the spur. top of the beltwa 23 miles per hour. in bound on 66 and on 95, both at 34 miles per hour this mornino remember listen to wtop 102.5 f.m. when you hop in your car. guys? >>> 6:54. it is an unsettling statistic and r

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there is this other dimension that seems to be driving the crisis, especially in west coast cities likengeles and seattle. carol: how do we make sense of a lot of wealth being created and the economy continuing to grow, and get the number of homelessness seen it growing around the country. we're talking about people who are working multiple jobs, but still cannot afford a half. noah: which we think is driving the crisis is this combo of low-wage growth and skyrocketing rent. places, up and down the west coast, job growth has been so strong. you have this wider housing affordability crisis. taken to its extreme, it is a continuum. when you have this widespread housing affordability crisis, that is going to impact some people in a way they can no longer stay in housing. how do nonprofits and the public sector in general respond? what i found interesting is how wide those reactions have varied. we do have cities in the u.s. that has made measurable progress on homelessness -- have made measurable progress on homelessness challenges. the homeless population in houston has been cut in half.

and unprecedented court case began in the west german city of dortmund earlier today its subject is the devastating fire and they pakistani garment factory that killed almost two hundred sixty workers more than six years ago the trial aims to clarify whether this college fashion brand keke is liable for damages as most of the genes produced at the factory were earmarked for the german company. to now has travelled seven thousand kilometers to germany and memory. her son over six years ago he was killed in a fire at a textile factory in pakistan that produces clothing for german discount chain kick . kick is responsible for the fire. i lost my son in that fire and now i have come here to get some justice for him and all the others who were killed in. the blaze at the factory occurred on the eleventh of september twenty twelve authorities believe it was caused by an arson attack carried out by a local gang almost two hundred sixty people died as a result of the lack of fire protection safeguards kick provided compensation to the victims' families that was supposed to exclude any future cl

late we will see airports on the west coast with possible delays. maybe wind delays in new york city and boston shouldn't be too bad.ou buffalo have snow squalls to deal with. if you're driving on the highways, 90 would be one of the worst roads for the squalls in the northeast. we had snow yesterday in maine so northn end of 95. anyone on 95 late today will deal with rain andw as you go through any of the mountain passes. that's a look at the big whether story ofay. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. >>> so, the cold air is with us in the northern great lakes and also through northern new england. we had about five, 6 inches of snow in areas of maine, vermont and new hampshire yesterday. i'm sure there are still people that need to do shoveling early this morning. duluth cold at 14. >> of course, everyone has to get home, right? eventually. the weekend forecast will give you a ltle sneak peet sunday. >> a big day, too. thank you. >> thanks, ell. a c alert for you on this wednesday morning. there's been a baby boom in central kentucky. the these sen troopers at the kentucky

a big temperature difference if ou live well north and west the city.f inch of rain for friday. we may see the first freeze. we'll see another one for many of us sunday morning. that could give u somesnow. back into the mountains. maybe even the blue ridge herelo very to our area, 53 early on tuesday but the back side, look at this. only 43 forh h wednesday. 46 on thursday. friday, that's some cold air. wednesday into thursday morning yeah. hope you're ready, winter iski its presence known a little early. >> a teacher's mission takes place in a classroom. >> just ahead, how one remarkable professor is making a difference outside of it. >> when we think of big donors, we think of those who made their way in the corporate world. you will meet a man who has given more than ahh. where are mom and dad? 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico! goin' up the country. love mom and dad' i'm takin' a nap. dude, you just woke up! ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorcycle,

a little chance of light rain farther south and west of the city take your umbrella with you. here's your future weather for today. you can see there it doesn't give us a lot in the way of ant accumu rainfall today. for tomorrow the rn chance comes in saturday afternoon and evening and melissa, look, still hoping for 66un ony afternoon with a little sunshine. >> i do like that, thank you, chuck. okay, reston, eastbound tollro , work zone with one right lane getting by. as we zoom out and look at the beltway, earlier road work has cleared out of the way. you don't have to worry about that anymore. do have lays inbound here on 395 because of a work zone. inbound delays even though the work zone is aually outbound this morning. otherwise, everything is looking good. >> thank you. throw a holiday party without going overbudget and without feeling overwhelmed. >> sounds like ahristmas miracle. coming up, we're going to show you how. >> then be sure toatch ellen today on nbc 4 at 3:00 and then stick aroundor news f4 >> tre's still tim to put together a great event without going over

cities like take it -- tokyo. yet we have, beyond l.a., other west coast cities like seattle that are in a tall building boom as well. we had significant outreach to seattle and portland where their building boom with tall buildings is progressing. >> also, i want to mention, i also remember the icc for the major jurisdiction for all the subcommittees. we are not only working locally in california but we are also working nationwide. i don't have the privilege to go to japan or new zealand. if you can send me, i can go there to learn. [laughter] >> we are all signing up right now. >> may be we can see the manufacturing and those sights. we have questions and we want to learn how they do it. we are always comes -- constantly learning. we also are joining with other jurisdictions nationwide to make sure we are not all blind. >> ok. >> one other question, are you satisfied that the post- construction issues of monitoring are being adequately addressed in the current documents? where a building's performance over time doesn't always meet expectations? are protocols for monitoring post- construction, beyond just the compl

largest prize it's the largest prize ever won in iowa. 51-year-old lerynne west splits the pot with a ticket purchased in new york city ticket after misplacing it in her sisters car. she plans to take the lump sum option of $198.1 million dollars.with that money ... she wants to buy a new car, go on a long vacation, and donate to charities. < i started thinking more of who i'm going to help and my stuff has been sort of an after-thought to me.">( james ) after winning ... west quit her new job she started in september. the new york ticket has yet to be claimed. ( james ) still ahead ... details on the final campaign push by the president and others ahead of today's midterms. ( james ) beto o rourke casts his vote. (james)(darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... continuing our trend of dry and comfortable weather today as daytime highs peak similarly to those we felt yesterday in the 60's and 70's with a couple of 80's inland in the north bay. skies will be sunny and dry as was also seen yesterday making for good conditions this election day to get out and vote. no major hot spots. bay br

west side. so i have to agree that even though i represent an east side of the city neighborhood, that this would be a priority for me, as well. we can't at the same time ask the west side to take on more development, more of its fair share of tons of issues that we're facing in san francisco if we didn't then match that and make it an accessible part of our city to all those but those with vehicles. so i also appreciate both supervisor cohen and supervisor fewer's comments and just realize that this priority that supervisor fewer has been trying over and over to make clear as a priority for her, she's not alone in that priority, that this is a shared priority of this board. the west side does not have sufficient transit. it's a problem that we have to fix. so supervisor fewer, know that many of your colleagues hear you and share your frustration. >> chair peskin: thank you for your comments. commissioner yee? >> supervisor yee: also representing the west side, so i feel you, commissioner fewer. we're -- either in my own district, and everybody thinks that we're not doing anything out there in te

elsewhere, birmingham city beat west ham 3—0 but slip to fourth in the table on goal difference.fara williams helped reading win 4—1 at brighton. and chelsea thrashed 10—woman yeovil town 5—0 to move up to third. england test captainjoe root says he wants his team to "set the trend instead of following suit" after winning their first series in sri lanka in 17 years. the lankans had begun day five in pallekele needing 75 runs wih 3 wickets remaining, but england's spinners once again proved too much for them, as they won the second test by 57 runs. patrick gearey reports . england fans had gathered for the kandy crunch — anticipating a short, sweet finish. they needed just three sri lankan wickets to win the series. moeen ali took the first and most significant of them. when niroshan dickwella departed, so did his team's chances of an unlikely victory. the end came quickly. two balls later moeen baffled suranga lakmal, then pushpakumara pushed back a sitter to jack leach. his fifth wicket in the innings, and england's first win in sri lanka for 17 years. to come here and perform a

as the french marlin presidents pay tribute to the african troops who defended the city of paris in world war one west african soldiers help save the city in its famous cathedral from destruction by german forces where do some nearly two hundred thousand african soldiers fought during the first world war they fought for the empire up hill and down dale day and night more often by night them by day if not for france they fought for themselves as well for of. faced with manpower shortages france britain and germany recruited troops from their colonies often by force they faced the same brutal battles as european soldiers but rarely the same treatment for decades their sacrifice has been of looked all forgotten relegated to the footnotes of history but a century after the end of world war one there are those who are determined not to forget. at chapelle the north of france a service on it more than one point three million indians who fought for the british this memorial commemorates the more than four thousand seven hundred indian soldiers and laborers who died on the western front and have no known grav

austin, atlanta, new york city, dallas, miami, nashville and northern virginia are some of the locations ... and that's the short list. it looks like no west coast cities made the short list cut. (ken) the world's largest convenience store is trying to be more convenient.7-eleven will test a self-checkout feature at 14 stores in dallas starting wednesday. the scan-and-pay option through the 7-eleven mobile app allows customers to ring up slurpees and snacks on their smartphones -- without having to wait in line. 7-eleven plans to expand scan-and-pay to more u-s stores next year. the test comes as big retailers, including walmart, target, and dollar general, are experimenting with different ways to make checking out easier for shoppers in stores through apps. (pam) coming up -- the c-h-p has a warning for drivers... after clocks fell back an hour this weekend. (ken) and -- we're learning more about the suspect in a deadly shooting at a marin county rehab.. we have details on a possible motive - next. (pam) the days of standing in line to cast your ballot on election day... may be numbered in california... as more and more counties adopt new

first heavy rain brought down part of the roof on a building near 26 and peralta street in west oakland. the city has red-tagged the building as crews began repairs which could take months. >>> another problem from the storm, downed trees and flooded roads. oakland city crews had to remove a 50 foot tree that crashed down on an suv near 12th street and martin luther king junior way in the downtown oakland area. the tree shatter the suv's windshield and mirror but the driver was not hurt. >>> chain restrictions are in effect throughout the sierra if you're heading up to tahoe. be prepared for dangerous driving conditions and major delays. drivers heading to the slopes yesterday encountered whiteout conditions. some sections of highway 50 and interstate 80 both had thick snow. >>> we are getting a break today from the rain but the rain will come back over the weekend. water agencies in the south bay desperately wanted the rain because reservoirs are very low. >> reporter: slick roads, soaked leaves and puddles remain after thursday's steady rain in san jose. people saw what they have not seen in qu

the mayor of the city identified the deceased as a palestinian man from at west bank city.s carried out a wide range of air strikes against what they say are jihad tarts in gaza. they say they have hit a number of facilities including weapons manufacturing facilities, weapons storage including strategic assets. they say they took out a hamas tv studio. according to the palestinian ministry of health, six palestinians have been killed in the wide range of air strikes carried out since earlier in morning and into last night. erica, the question now where does this go from now? egypt and united have been involved and in contact with both sides. they have done so over the course of the past six months and succeeded in bringing about a cessation of hostilities but this time it is different. it is a bigger longer round of hostilities and one senior international expert said he is pessimistic about where this is heading right now. >> thank you. >>> new evidence of a possible link between the death of jamal khashoggi and saudi crown prince, a argued to the "new york times" that evi

of diller abdullah deposit kabul for geneva they lift behind this violent protests across the west of the city over the wrist of a local shia commander the disparate to prove they were in control and in geneva they will lay down what they have achieved with international money what afghanistan has to show the billions spent on security and i have a seventeen year is the sad news is that the afghan government will not have a stellar achievement to present it to the international community the gun when sitting it afghanistan i'm sure that could be a very difficult time for the often government to show a tangible outcome for the office of the cost yes. well not tangible there is optimism around the prospect of peace talks between the taliban and the us became public six months ago and have gained momentum in recent weeks of. foreign troops in your country what will be your demand of course we want to be the go out and you . live in a free country that's starting to manage to need to go on a u.s. special envoy to afghanistan was announced in september to broker a deal zero michael eels that met wi

, manassas park city, and grant county schools in west virginia will hll open twors late today. all maryland and d.c. schools are open today, as best we ca tell. the federal government is also open with the option of ea unscheduled lve or telework for federal employees. >> roads across virginia, maryland, and the district have all been preed for the storm. we have team coverage spread out as you start your thursday. >> our teamor of rrs working for you, showing you the conditions near your homes.e melissa mollet is here to get you around any tuble spots >> but we begin with cck bell and lauryn ricketts with a closer look at what we can expect today >> it's going to be an ugly day to be outside today, no matter where you live or travel. it's going to be slow going. for many, especially near i-81, slippery goi. it's not a reaching thero

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president trump is now in northern california in the city of chico arriving just there now to tour the devastation from the deadly wildfires. west of that is the hard hit city of paradise. at least 74 people have been killed in that area, more than 1,000 others remain missing. the president arrived, she meeting with local officials, and that is the extent of what we know thus far about what will be happening, unclear if he will be touring the raefr, or if he will be meeting people at another off site location. thousands of krresidents now in pop up tent cities, those that have lost homes including half of the paradise police force. >> my 3-year-old son keeps asking why can't we just go home. and i don't know what to tell him. >> paradise is a city of 26,000 in all the campfire has now burned 441,000 acres, that is about the size of chicago. the fire is now about 55% contained. kaylee is near by in chico where hundreds of families are figuring out what to do next, are they aware the president arrived there in chico and that he will be seeing for himself what folks are going through? >> well, as a couple volunteers here just expla

you can see this in the major west coast cities, including los angeles, seattle and other cities in the states. but some cities have taken action and have solved the problem and we will follow their lead. >> has anyone taken action like we just did with prop kr, to your knowledge? >> we are getting high levels of funding immediately to the source. that's going to be incredible for our city. >> marc, if it doesn't work, what will you say then? >> we'll go on to the next dhthg and try something else. i am an entrepreneur. you have to take risks to succeed. you can't have a fear of failure. the most important thing, try new things. >> okay. a lot of ceos in town, a number of them supported this and a number of them did not. have you been in contact with any of them since? >> a lot of them are joining the prop c campaign. you probably saw jeff lawson and gave us a million dollars and brian chesky at airbnb gave us $5 million. i think you'll have more exciting news coming up. >> the critics are coming on board. >> not only that, the people said they were going to leave the city are doubling

>> guest: i am from a bullet, new jersey, 30 minutes west of here of new york city and very inclusive and super diverse and i did not know that my skin color or might religious belief by the power to change how people tweeted me. i learned from fencing and traveling to different cities in two different townships and for me it was an eye-opener being a kid of color in the sport of fencing. >> host: were you often the only muslim in the only person of color at these events. >> guest: i would say most of the time, yeah. even out as a member of the united states fencing team i can go to work up and be the only black athlete out of 200 anywhere in the world and when i think my mission in writing this book and telling my story to hopefully encourage the next generation to be involved in the unlikely sport for traditional we don't have not been provided the access and space to be a part of fencing or swimming or gymnastics or whatever it is but challenge yourself and join sports where we have not had the opportunity to participate. >> host: who are your parents and much pushing did they do t

. >> they live in star city, a small suburb ever morgantown, west virginia, where dave works at walmart and mary at a medical office. skylar was a whirlwind, a rambunctious, precocious toddler who owned her parents' hearts. >> hey, gorgeous. >> hi, daddy. >> you're beautiful, baby. >> she was reading way before she was supposed to, doing math and stuff way before she was supposed to. she was a very intelligent little girl. >> dance for me. wee! >> when skylar started nursery school, she made her first friend, morgan lawrence. morgan was drawn right away to skylar. >> did she kind of light up a room? >> oh, yeah, she had the giggle and the laugh. >> the girls' families became good friends. dave and sheryl say morgan and skylar were like sisters. >> what are your memories of skylar when she was this high? >> she giggled all the time. it just filled our house. >> she had the biggest eyes. you'd just want to hug her. >> they were good girls, got good grades. morgan dreamed of becoming a meteorologist. skylar a criminal lawyer. they also had a pact, that they would always be there for one an

we could get an inch or two from dc through new york city west of boston towards maine and then a betterhappening, things will dry out but it will be cooler, looking a lot of sunshine, really good forecast for running. i've never done it and never will. congratulations, you are going to do it. sunday morning, daylight savings time, we fall back, a lot to cover. tuesday we have the midterms. i went to direct your attention to the states that are dealing with a storm system. the weather can affect voting and looks like we could have potential for a lot of rain, severe weather across the ohio valley, rain in the forecast for florida. rob: it will be good in arizona. nevada as well. >> congratulations. rob: thank you very much, the golfer here. four days until the midterms and the new poll shows democrats with a slim margin in nevada and arizona. jillian: the former nevada gop chair and wife of congressional candidate, joins us now. we were talking about good weather in arizona tuesday, tight race going on. if you look at the latest poll it has kiersten sinema edging out, what do you think w

of dillard dilla departed kabul for geneva they left behind this violent protests across the west of the city over the wrist of a local shia commander the disparate to prove they were in control and. in geneva they will lay down what they have achieved with international money what afghanistan has to show the billions spent on security and i of a seventeen year is the sad news is that the afghan government will not have a stellar achievement to prison to do that and that's the thing we did on when sitting in gated afghanistan i'm sure that could be a very difficult time for the afghan government to show a tangible outcome for the law for the past two years. while not tangible there is optimism around the prospect of peace talks between the taliban and the us became public six months ago and have gained momentum in recent weeks. foreign troops in your country what will be your demand of course we want to be we go out and you. live in a free country that's starting to manage a team to go on a u.s. special envoy to afghanistan was announced in september to broker a deal. that met with all partie

remembrance as the french marlin presidents pay tribute to the african troops who defended the city in world war one west african soldiers help save the city in its famous cathedral from destruction by german forces where do some nearly two hundred thousand african soldiers fought during the first world war they fought for the empire up hill and down dale day and night more often by night them by day if not for france they fought for themselves as well. faced with manpower shortages france britain and germany recruited troops from their colonies often by force they faced the same brutal battles as european soldiers but rarely the same treatment for decades their sacrifice has been of looked all forgotten relegated to the footnotes of history but a century after the end of world war one there are those who are determined not to forget. at chaparral the north of france a service on it more than one point three million indians who fought for the british this memorial commemorates the mortar four thousand seven hundred indian soldiers and laborers who died on the western front and have no known graves their

west of i-70 near oroville. the fast moving flames forced out all 27,000 people in the city of paradise. we just got our first images of the destruction. take a look. you can see they're coming in a minute but there is an entire school engulfed with half the sign there burned away. we are also seeing several homes on fire. there's the school we mentioned. we're hearing that several homes have been completely destroyed. and take a look it shows what appears to be a small town shopping center coming up with the entire facade completely covered in flames there. still unclear how many exact buildings have burned. so far the fire has scorched 18,000 acres. crews have spent the entire day going door to door trying to get everyone out. ash in the sky has created some eerie scenes like this one as drivers fled their homes leaving everything behind. >> it was fast. it happened so fast. we went outside and we saw smoke, we thought we had time and it was just at our house. with ehad to drive through flames on both sides of the mountain. >> we have learned the feather river hospital in paradise also

west. the northern city of paradise has been hit the hardest.he southern california town has more than 250,000 people that have been evacuated. high winds may make the fight difficult the comin days. >> church leaders are delaying votes on new sexual assault guidelines. the vatican asked for a delay until after a global conference in italy in february. >>> comic book legend stan lee has passed away. he was a writer and publisher at marvel comics. leer helped create "spi man," x-men" and "the incredible lk" and so many other characters. he was 95 years old. >> tracking rain tonight through tomorrow morning. stay with us as storm team 4 times it out for us. >> plus, we're getting closer and closer revealing doug's winter weather forecast. he's back in three minutes. >> all rig . but in thantime now, we all know what it's like to have a streful commute, right? >> do we, and many can relate th sog we call the commute before the commute. >> you know, racing around to get the kids together and get nhem to school and day care before you e start your ow