the policies that widen the deficit relative to the sharp fiscal restraint, the policies that widen for a few years would be beneficial for the economy over that period. especially if they were combined with a plan that later narrowed deficits relative to the current policy projections that we have shown you here. combining those pieces is important because people might otherwise interpret short-term widening of the deficit as a precursor for widening down the road. the pieces would provide the strongest boost to economic activity in the short-term. >> the longer steps to deal with debt would have to be credible and an assurance that they are put in place? >> yes. i think we have written and said in previous testimonies to make intended future actions matter for people's behavior today, they need to be credible. they need to be specific and they need to have, i think, reasonably widespread support so people didn't think that they would be quickly overturned down the road. >> senator toomey. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i think one of the problems with the solution along the lin

and-- widening sidewalks. the current process is lengthy and involves review by several city agencies, and even action by the board of supervisors. and now that the city has adopted guidance on how to widen sidewalks, it seems appropriate to make it easier to do so. this ordinance would not change or review the process for narrowing sidewalks, only for widening sidewalks that meet city law and are recommended for approval by city agencies. all other changes would go through the current process, and the committee recommended approval of this process for the board. and the india park introduced by supervisor cohen was before the committee. you unanimously approved this last year. it would amend the plan as it extends across third street to allow a multi-use health care service at 53rd street. the legislation would enable a medical clinic up to 15,000 square feet as a principal use and above c.u. subsequent to the committee's action, supervisor cohen amended the legislation in response to concerns from industrial

eastbound traffic coming into oakland on a new alignment and then over the past year, we have been widening what we call the incline, the part that takes you westbound on the bridge

and further widens the current widening separation between iran and their arab neighbors. >> mr. richard? >> mr. speaker, i share the foreign secretary's approach to the situation and urge him to continue maintaining the political and diplomatic pressure that he set out. the third step that he announced was that he intensify contact with members of the syrian opposition. could he lab rate a bit on that? is that on a multilateral or bilateral basis? and is there any limit to the level of resources he can actually commit to helping the opposition in syria? >> well, that's bilateral and multilateral. i mentioned some of the bilateral contact we've had with them. when we have an ambassador level representatives to them as i mentioned earlier, but i also think that one of the roles of a -- of the wider international coalition that we were just discussing a few moments ago would be to meet with the various groups of the syrian opposition. i think that would be a catalyst for the opposition to propose their plans, to make their clear commitments to a democratic future for the country, t

the federal budget deficit widened with the on set of the recent recession and has averaged 9% of gd over the past three fiscal years. this substantial increase has reflected the automatic response of revenues and spending to a weak economy as well as the fiscal actions taken to ease and stimulate the economy t budget deficit so narrow over the next few years. unfortunately even after economic conditions have returned to normal, the nation will still face a sizeable structural budget gap if current policies continue. using information from the recent budget outlook from the cbo, one can assume that tax provisions are extended. under these assumptions the budget deficit will be more than gdp assuming that unemployment -- show the structural budget gap significanting further over time and ratio of rising gdp growing rapidly. these imbalances did not occur overnight, they are the extent of a aging population and especially fast rising health care costs. net federal outlays for health care entitlements could rise to more than 9% of gdp by 2035. although we have been warned about such dev

today we're going to talk about the widening gap between the rich and poor. middle-class has shrunk the lowest level in 30 years. that is by a recent study. mark matthews filed this report in december. >> reporter: talking with the shoppers around union square, everybody knows someone to be hit by the recession. >> kind of breaks your heart to see someone lost their job in their 50s. >> state's middle-class has some lung to 48% of the population, down from a high of 60% in the 1980s. >> the recession exacerbated the long term trend and now we're at a new low. >> reporter: she co-authored for the cpic and she told staffers that the recession has hurt all income groups but the wealthy not as much. poorest lost 21% of their income wealthiest, just 8%. >> the gap between high and low incomes as we measure it is twice what it was in 1980. >> the gap is growing because the middle-class is underemployed. sandy is one of those californians. >> i was temporary on and off. so i have less money. i don't have a permanent job right now. >> reporter: do you know a lot of p

cathy widener with san francisco airport. we are seeking a seven-year lease for a 1062 square feet of retail terminal for a news and store in terminal 3. the proposed lease is for a competitive proposal process and has a 7 per posers. the process resulted in paradies with the highest ranking responsible proposal. this lease carries an annual rent either the greater of the percentage of gross sales that you see, or a minimum guarantee of approximately $400,000. the budget analyst austin -- office estimates they will pay -- the report also points out that we have an existing tenant that runs a similar sized news in store in terminal 3 that carries a much higher minimum annual guarantee of $577,000 a year, $177,000 less than the proposed haul before you today. they have advised that market conditions have changed since the current higher bid was eightt years ago. it is also worth noting that the higher mag newsstand was the last bid at the airport conducted. since then, we have moved to an rfp that has a minimum annual guarantee

and of course we had to trust each other when we widened europe. we had the german reunification. we accepted new countries. and now we are all the same members of the same history. we are now 28 member states. we know that the rest of the balkans want to join us. therefore, it's all the more important that we all trust each other. that everybody makes an effort, so that that trust remains. the berlin statement of 2000 that i mentioned earlier is still important. we want to transmit to the next generation this happiness, this luck of being together and of the europeans. the european union has always been a very peculiar structure. it's not always understood on the other side of the atlantic. but it is not a classic image. but now we are in a world that is constantly changing. we are part and parcel, also the population of this planet keeps growing. if we want to bring our values, we need to have more europe, rather than less europe if we want to do that. so we have to give shape to the political union. the euro didn't make it yet. but of course, not everybody agrees on the shape t

the federal budget deficit widened with the recent recession and it has averaged 9% of gdp. this increase in the deficit has reflected the automatic cyclical response to the weak economy and the fiscal actions taken to ease the recession and aide the recovery. as the economy continues to expand the budget deficit should narrow over the next few years. unfortunately, even after economic conditions have returned to normal, the nation will still face a sizeable structural budget gap if current budg budget policies continue. using the recent cbo out look, one can assume that most expiring tax cuts are extended, and health rates are held at the current level. the budget will be 4% of gdp, assumining the economy is close to full employment. assumptions about the evolution of the economy and budget under current policies show the budget gap increasing significantly over time and the out standing debt to gdp will rise rapidlily. this is clearlily unstainable. this did not occur overnight, it's the result of fast rising health care costs and an aging population. the cbo projects that

as the haiti case shows, the security council seems increasingly prepared to widen the legal basis for intervention. we are seeing, in fact, that classically dangerous combination of growing disproportion between theoretical claims and practical means. compare this hubris with the failure to act effectively against the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and the means to deliver them. as i have already argued, these are falling into dangerous hands. given the intellectual climate in the west today, it's probably unrealistic to expect military intervention to remove the source of the threat. as, for example, against north korea, except perhaps when the offender invites us to do so by invading a small neighboring country. even then, as we now know, our success in destroying saddam's nuclear and chemical weapons capability was limited. and we can't be sure that the efforts by inspectors of the international atomic energy authority to prevent saddam putting several nuclear power to military uses have been any more successful. we may reasonably suspect that they have n

we widened it out to 11:00 p.m. on sunday. where is the storm now? back in the southwest.e rain in west texas and all of this is going to dive go the gulf of mexico and move northeast ward as we go through saturday night and then off the coast of the carolinas on sunday. right now shower and rain today pushed away. we are left with partially clearing skies. we'll come back. there is something brand new coming into the weather office right now. i'll come back in 10 minutes and tell you what that shows. >>> now we get breaking news out of long beach, california. where an immigration agent killed another agent and wounding another one. this all happened inside a federal building downtown where police say that agent who opened fire was later shot and killed as well. there were several federal officers employed in the building. they all responded to the shooting which was on the 7th floor, and we'll bring you an update as soon as we know. >>> a committee has recommended censure for ulysses currie. he failed to report money while using his influence to support the grocery store

i want to widen and sometimes h, many questions also that are coming from our students. and i hope that in the 30 minutes that we have -- >> no, we can talk for half an hour. >> thank you very much. i hope that we're going to have some answers because i know that the young people here have already discussed in groups to prepare the questions, they prepared the themes. and i think there is a fear among them. they wonder if this europe that we've already built, is it going to last for the rest of their life or not. that's a big question for them. i apologize for my poor german grammer. but i hope that you will see that my very unbritish passion for europe is better than my german grammar. i have a question myself, and then immediately after that, i'm going to defer to the students' questions. recently you have said often, mrs. merkel, that if the euro fails, europe will fail. but at the same time you have said that the solution of this crisis is to go towards more europe rather than less europe. more integration. you mentioned that today. and i would ask you. you mentioned

these would be limited to a sidewalk ball bounce, corner bulbs, and widening projects for those that limited to one block in length. anything larger than that would be reviewed under the existing process, which requires review by planning departments, staff, and staff of other city departments. again, other changes to sidewalks would not be affected by the ordinance before you today. the process would be that the department of public works would submit this material to planning and other departments, which would respond to the proposal, provide a recommendation. if the department was able to provide a general fund, that would be the recommendation. if there were concerns about that, staff could require the existing process in place, with complete general point referrals, to their board to take action. the department of public works and other agencies working on this, it may be longer than last year, the general fund referral is strapped ordinance before you today. they found the ordinance on balance and in conformity with the general plan. the department is determined that the projec

the widening gulf inincome helps us to realize that we need to pair the resources. and we should pay a vast a debt to the service members coming back overseas. they are coming home after serving us and the least we owe them is the training to land to a good job. [ applause ] maintaining our commitment to the technical professions and the practical trades keeps a bargain with today and builds for tomorrow. as our energy sector expands, and the manufacturing revives, pennsylvania needs a trained workforce ready to meet the demand for workers. if we are going to harvest our resources, let's make certain that pennsylvania hands are working the machinery of industry. the demands of the mixed economy where free enterprise exists along encouragement teaches hard lessons, we cannot in government simply conjure up jobs. we can help businesses get a start, but we can't carry them. we can help train private sector workers, but we cannot be their employers. we can at best act as partners. pennsylvania competes with every other state in the union, for factories, offices, and cor

chairman. >> senator widen? >> you've been a patient soul. you have sat in that seat for 2 1/2 hours. as you can sttell, up on this se of the desk, there are diverse views with respect to energy. folks would care about wind and solar and coal and nuclear. and so there is a wide variety of opinion. i want to ask you about an area that i think would be unifying and something that i think you in particular could champion and that is energy storage. when you look at energy storage this is something that makes wind and solar, for example, more economic. but it also is hugely beneficial to base load technologies like coal and nuclear. kit help them meet their peak electric demand and helps the transmission system operate more efficiently. so you've got something that is cross cutting in terms of technology, literally benefits every corner of the country. in other words, i can't find a corner of the country that wouldn't benefit from it. and, yet, we haven't been able to get in place a clear strategy to tap the potential of energy storage. a couple

a great deal and is going to widen further over the coming decade. bob? >> bob samuelsson, "washington post." can you just go over the medicare spending projections again? you said earlier that your projections incorporate an assumption that spending per beneficiary would grow about 1%, i think, over the period of the projection as opposed to the historic rate of 5%, and i'm wondering whether or not that differs substantially from your previous projections, and i think the part of the slowdown is simply the younger people coming into medicare. but is that mainly driving this change, or is the change being driven by the recent experience when medicare spending has been lower than expected and also the provisions in the affordable care act that mandate slower increases for some categories, hospital spending, et cetera? >> those are good questions which i don't have equally good answers. we have not tried to decompose this slower growth quantitatively into the two pieces for for the two reasons i described. we think both things are important. both payme

. >> the brent premiums to wti, bill, is widening. another 8% today on the iranian problems. jon, i want to get to you. the pc giants are up for the earnings front. we heard from dell yesterday. we've got hp stepping up to the plate today. what do investors want to hear here? >> such an important report from meg whitman. she lowered the bar last quarter, now she needs to clear it. she said that herself. the pc number is going to be particularly important. the market was weak. also, printers have been weak. we want to see if that came through for them. then there's the services business, that takes up a lot of revenue. hp needs to hit the mark there. finally, oracle has hurt them in the titanium. they need to hit the eps number. whitman will be in on the call. >> brian, you know, lately, retail's been in focus very much. but we've gotten very mixed reports. >> right. >> from the retail sector, haven't we. >> you look at walmart, which has traded down about 6% in two days. macy's hasn't done so well. and so there seems to be a split. it's more of a stock picker's market. there'

intelligence official about anti assad extremists washington has failed to widen its ceasefire calls to include armed opposition and therefore basically ignoring the fears of a huge part of the syrian population who don't want radicals gaining momentum and dragging the country into chaos i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . iraq has admitted that weapons and fighters are seeping across that six hundred kilometer border with syria to fight the assad regime the army of free iraqis which once for u.s. troops in iraq is now heading to syria the most common claim aim is to monitor the border for any sign the iraqi government is helping with the beleaguered syrian regime baghdad has tightened security in all the area which has also become a center for arms smugglers director of international studies at trinity college in the u.s. rejects the shutters told me earlier that he thinks any extremist infiltration into syria's fragmented opposition could lead to. consequences. it is the bird fighters who have moved across the border from iraq into syria. have been engaging the

. >> coming up wjz eyewitness news at 4, death toll rises and criminal probe widens. >>> confiscated items at discounted prices bwi travelers may find their own items taken by airport security >> it is a gorgeous monday afternoon sun and a few clouds get your updated first warning weather forecast. >> wjz 13 is always on, on wjz.com instant updates and first warning weather all the time click wjz.com >>> i mean what can we say we don't have words. >> trying to come up with new words how warm and amazing this winter has been >> i know. >> once again, colder air briefly over the weekend. >>> this must be what it is like when you live like in california, the weather is always consistent and nice so they must just say another beautiful day. >> it is more like that it really is you haven't seen much of winter take a look today, where we topped out 60s once again, way above average our average 48 degrees, hit 64, we started out at 25, and then you can see right now we are still at the 64, 62 cumberland a little cooler just along the coast in ocean city a little inland, the bay temperatures

but i did is happening now is it is widening. there are many new cracks in the kitchen and the western model of industrial capitalism, liberal democracy come secular nationalism is being called into question and that is in part because the west hasn't been doing so well. we are seeing the political polarization and the u.s., fragmentation in europe, japan has been stuck in an economic recession for decades and a lot of that is a product of globalization. we are seeing jobs leave, we don't have as much control over the economy as we used to come so the broad middle class in the u.s. and in japan are not very happy, and they are saying to their government help me. i don't like the situation and those governments are finding it very hard to respond. and that's why we see in the united states trust and the government is at historic lows. that's why in europe we see the nationalization of political life away from the european union, and all the while we see other models that are actually doing pretty well, steve capitalism in china, t

a teach area because scandal in widening.rs are -- on administrative leave we while the district investigates the way they handled the case of a teacher accused of assaulting a special needs student. terry mcsweeney is live in redwood city with the latest. >> reporter: sources are telling abc7 these employees are teachers and teacher aides and not suspected of abuse per se, but rather not reporting it. take a look at video of the campus here at roosevelt school where the district operations a special needs preschool. children are four and five years of age special needs teacher alex requestia bogdisis allegedly abuse -- alexia bogging about alleged lid abused these children. the al add because happened over the past couple of months. we spoke with the an attorney for one of the alleged victims. >>> either there was failure to train these teachers and aides on what their legal obligations were or there was some sort of fear many -- imposed upon them that if they came forward they were would suffer retaliation. they put, it app

so providing the cloud cover today, slightly cooler air, as we widen things out, zoom back in, we areoking at moisture field staying offshore for the afternoon today. as we go through the early evening hours, still cloudy. looks like it's going to get a little bit closer as we head into an presidents' day the next system. latest forecast models breaking a chance of rain not only from sonoma county but marin county and all the way down the coast and east bay through the early morning hours on monday. by the afternoon, high pressure build in and we're on our way to a much drier and sunnier forecast for the workweek beyond monday. as for tomorrow, still looks like we could see spotty light showers especially over night towards the early part of the day. 35 in tahoe. few snow showers possible. there is moisture field staying offshore for today. 70 in palm springs. it will be a cool afternoon with the cloud cover. mid upper 50s. 55 in half moon bay, 57 in napa. down by monterey bay, looking at sunshine, partly sunny, that will allow a little more sun today. numbers in the upper 50s. more s

we get in the way of those who would further widen the justice happen in our country." please welcome a great lawyer, my friend, and our speaker, steve zack, president of the american bar association. [applause] >> that is a wonderful introduction, bob. thank you for those kind words and for all the good work you do at the aba and have done for many years. thank you for this invitation. it is the world's largest public affairs forum. i love your model. "find truth and set it free." what could be better than that? i have heard many mottoes under -- over the years. in many ways, it is what we are all about here today in finding some truth and hopefully setting a free. we need to explain why the preservation of the justice system is so important. it should be obvious, right? it should be a very simple discussion. unfortunately, it is not. in my lifetime, the loss of liberty is not a theoretical exercise. i actually experienced that in cuba. and, part of the passion that i feel about this issue comes from the fact that, in 1961, the cuban constitution was identical to that

information, and when we found this really building had been removed in order to accommodate the widening of the freeway, and to me that now established circumstances necessary. i had concerns because there is not a widespread pattern of lots. there are only four, but i felt a fact of we had the state's taking action of moving the building to this location, it was non-conforming, the doing the subdivision was appropriate, and variants could be granted, so i found that compelling. we did get concerns from neighbors expressing concern of the buildings may be expanded, so i took that into consideration and appreciated those concerns, and we did have a condition that prohibits expansion of the building. i believe this is a fair decision, and they are adequate to protect the community. i think the conditions adequately protects those concerns. briefly on the subdivision issue and the question of condominium conversion, right now they would be subject to the requirements. on the second what they would still be subject to requirements unless each of the unit is owner occupied. now is is owner-oc

his margin widens against newt gingrich as the gop candidate with 54% of those surveyed to picking the president to 43% in favor of the former speaker of the house. >>> president obama's campaign is now asking wealthy democratic donors to contribute to super pacs is that support his re-election and a reversal of his long-held position on super pac positions. while the president has raised the most money for the 2012 campaign he is facing a deep disadvantage in money raised by priorities usa action. as seen in this year's republican caucuses and primaries the so-called super pacs is spend unlimited amounts of cash and negative ads while shielding the candidates for direct responsibility. >>> allies are trying to turn up the diplomatic president on the syrian government. the u.s. has closed its embassy. calling for the president to step down after the retowed saturday by russia. government troops opened fire with tanks and machine guns. the u.n. says more than 5400 syrians have died in the uprising against president assad. >>> here is a look at some of the other stories making news early

. >>> a new poll shows president barack obama widening his lead over mitt romney if the front- runner becomes the gop. he now leads mitt romney among registered voters by 51 to 45%. the improving economy is boosting the president's number in order to connect with average americans. >>> a hearing will be held for the used gunman for the mass shooting in tucson. a judge will determine whether kyle love should stay at the facility where he is being medicated. he is in missouri and a prison psychologist testified kyle love is still not competent to stand trial. he is accused of killing several people and wounding several others. and now waiting for a kidney transplant, he is now at the top of the list for a transplant and he is an undocumented worker. that means he is not eligible for this kind of care. the hospital does not appear to have any way to pay for that care himself. a friend should perform the operation because it is the right thing to do. >> he paid his taxes, he waited his time on the list and did everything he is supposed to do. >> a website has been set up to help him, so f

magazine says the hot weather and long commutes contribute to the widening waistlines and the city with the most fast food restaurants. baltimore is number 8. >>> new programs getting rid of embarrassments of buying condoms for teens. >> instead of going to a store, order them through the mail. this is available for teenagers in several california counties. >> they can get them by mail for free under a brand new program supported by health officials and aimed at reducing pregnancy and stds. the project allows 12-19 year olds the ability to order condoms. >> they are mailed in a nondescript yellow envelope. we want to know what you think. should teenagers be able to get condoms in the mail? head to our fan page, weigh in and tell us what you think. >>> facebook users, you may want to listen up, your profile could be helping your work. how it can affect your future. >>> president barack obama joined musicians mc jagger, bb king and buddy in rocking with the white house. >> red, white and blues concert, recognition of black history month. buddy guy, takes the mic and sings a verse. >> it w

as we widen out, all of the rain and snow is off to the west snowing right now in and around st.ouis very close to the memphis area with the current temperature of 36 degrees. most of that moisture, however, will not make its way our way. we are going to see a slight chance for some flurries. maybe a couple sprinkles but that's not the only storm we're talking about. maybe another 2 to 3 storms in the forecast. i'll show you one more time in about the next 15 to 20 minutes so you want to make sure you stick around. >> thank you, doug. >>> now to our continuing coverage of the death of whitney houston over the weekend. the singer was found dead in a hotel bath tub. >> the official cause of death has not been released. apparently still a mystery right now. but members of d.c.'s music community are talking about how whitney houston influenced their lives and their careers. erika gonzalez has our report. ♪ i believe the children are our future ♪ >> reporter: the daughter of a bishop and evangelist singer/song writer lo mo said whitney houston made it cool for church girls like her to

florida exit polls show a widening gender gap. more than half supported romney, less than a third backth gink rch. rick santorum and ron paul skipped florida to campaign out west. both candidated called romney to congratulate him. gripping gingrich did not. >> because he is the front runner mitt romney is expected to start receiving secret service protection this week. >> turning to the weather where there is plenty to smile about. the calendar says february but it feels more like april. how long is it here? marty is in the outback and meteorologist bernadette woods in the first warning weather center, bern? >> yes, a fantastic afternoon is shaping p. we will start out with radar and show you a couple of showers made their way through. most of those are out of here. this is what it looks like on radar, all part of a cold front making its way across the state. not a strong cold front. because of that take a look at the temperatures, 64 in baltimore. a little bit cooler not that far to our northwest but on this man we have got a lot

indicates it was removed to the subject property, and this appears to have been done to accommodate a widening of the freeway, and the proposal would create two

they became separated from shore by a widening crack. deputies had to bring in an airboat to rescue them. two other people stayed behind to fish, insisting that they could properly navigate the ice themselves. >>> a sister declared a man dead. he was described as man with a great sense of humor. this was no laughing matter for the 28 year old. his sister refuses to tell him why she did it. he wants police to get involved because of the grief this has caused. police charged his cyster with harassment. >>> a boy from wisconsin started a website to help victims of hurricane katrina, he is hoping to save his grandmother's home. >> nowa's dream catcher network after his grandmother fell behind on house payments. no one decide -- he posted her story and raised the $10,000 to save the home that has been in his family for generations. imagine how proud that grandmother is, that's a great story. >> we didn't know how young the guy was. see the video there, he is young. >> he is just a kid. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm doing well, guys. >>

obama's margin of victory widens against newt gingrich with 54% of those surveyed picking the president. >>> well, president obama's campaign is now asking wealthy campaign donor to support super pacs that support his re-election. that's a reversal. while the president has raised the most direct money for the 2012 campaign, he's facing a deep disadvantage in money raised by priorities usa action. that's the leading democratic superpac. as seen in this year's republican caucuses and primaries, the so-called super pacs can spend unlimited amounts of cash and have funded harshly negative ads while shielding the candidates from direct responsibility. >>> overseas now where the u.s. and its allies are trying to turn up the diplomatic pressure on the syrian government. the u.s. has closed its embassy in damascus and england and france have recalled their ambassadors. the moves are aimed the forcing president assad to step down after a united nation's resolution was vetoed. activists say nearly 70 people were killed monday in homs. the u.n. says more than 5400 syrians have died in the uprising

a widening interest rate gap between japan and the u.s. is also weighing down on the yen. this comes after the japanese central bank last week decided on more measures to ease credit. share prices are showing little movement in tokyo this tuesday morning. the nikkei index is currently up one-fifth of a rcent. some investors are selling to lock in profits while others are buying as the yen remains stable for now. many investors have taken to the sidelines awaiting the outcome of the eurozone finance ministers meeting. the tokyo market is lacking direction as the new york exchange was closed overnight for a national holiday. nvr and here's a look at the latest long-term interest rates. this is the yield on the benchmark ten-year japanese government bond. >>> china says it's ready to help europe tackle its credit crisis but it has yet to reveal how or when. state-run xinhua news agency says the vice premier expressed support for the eurozone on sunday during his meeting with irish prime minister kenny in the capital dublin. she said china backs the euro stability, but he said

but because they were not keeping good files documenting the reasons why they widened a door or replace the hardware or remodel the bathroom, tracking exactly how much money they spend, they do not get a whole lot of credit for the work they have done so far. but you also want to keep good records tissue products you will be taking on in the future. maybe you cannot remove that step this year or next year. maybe it will take you five years to get there. but you are providing yourself protection. >> good evening. we have a loan fund for small business owners facing ada compliance issues. opportunity fund is a non-profit organization sponsored by [inaudible] to help small businesses that could not obtain a loan from their banks. we created a loan program for small businesses who are trying to become compliant. under this loan program, we can provide financing for small businesses up to $100,000. those are the small businesses who have been sued, and there are small businesses trying to preempt of a protect themselves against these issues. i will talk about the second rocket first. for the

>> reporter: trying to keep the 50-year-old man alive and prevent rescue crews sliding into the wideningnch. >> total time took act about three hours. . >> reporter: awake but drained of movement the man was taken to a nearby school where a helicopter sat ready to fly him to the hospital. rescue crews still working tonight, now trying to find out what happened. >> we are not sure if he was working for the homeowner or if he is a friend of the homeowner. that information is still trying to be gathered as we investigate. >> reporter: now neighbors say that the plumber was in fact a friend of the homeowner. cal ocea is being called out to investigate this matter to determine if there were any workplace violations. now fire crews say that the man was pulled out of the hole alive but they aren't releasing his condition and they aren't releasing his name. live in brentwood. >> also in the news police release video of occupy protesters setting the united states flag on fire. they cheered as the flag went up. many in that crowd chanting burn it. this happened saturday night after they broke into

belt e i've widened out the radar, snow toward chicago, they could get one to three inches starting later this afternoon, that could be travel issues. beyond that, a few showers crossing in the mississippi valley, that will be the antagonist for the snow on the east coast working into saturday. current temperatures in boston, 31, 35 in new york. cool air back toward northwest great lakes, it will be filtering down slowly toward the east, not so much here for today, it is here for tomorrow especially through western new york and boston could get two to four inches. a little bit of winter. >> looking like winter, thank you, todd. >>> sports now, tiger woods still looking to get the magic back. he won the first tournament since the thanksgiving night car wreck heard around the world. that happened at the end of last year, played well at abu dahbi. shot a 68 at pebble beach in california first time he has played the celebrity event in a decade. he sank six birdies to finish five shots back of the lead. teamed up with tony romo. >> the pair is tied for 25th place. the shot of the day goes to a

. >>> a teacher abuse scandal in redwood city is widening. eight workers are on administrative leave while the district investigates the way they handled the case of a teacher accused of assaulting a special needs student. terry mcsweeney is live with the details. >> reporter: the district is not saying what these eight people placed on leave do at the school. we are being told by sources that these are teachers and teacher aides they were not suspected of taking part in the abuse but believed to be part of the9@t cover-up. take a look at the campus at roosevelt school where the district runs a special needs classes for preschoolers. this is where special needs teacher allegedly slapped and kicked two students on a number of occasions from december of last year into january of this year. she also allegedly sent a boy crashing into a table, twisted his arm these children are four and five. one of the attorneys believes suspended employees knew about the violence, but did nothing. >> either there was a failure to train or there was some sort of