Logs and stop roasting chestnuts. No more open fires. Spare the air day declared for Christmas Day. Good evening. I am carolyn johnson. And i am dan ashley. A fire in the fireplace is a christmas tradition. But air quality officials told us not to burn and the hazy sunset is y. There is a spare the air alert tonight and tomorrow, Christmas Day and not everyone is happy about it. They are live in San Francisco with the not so jolie story. Reporter thats right, dan. It will not be a White Christmas but it will be a smoggy one. It is a hazy shade of winter that hung over the region today. Because of that spare the air alerts are held for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. And to that, many say bah humbug. We give the gift of clean air. It is a smoggy day. Air quality Officials Say dont even think of using your fireplace. Spare the air alert system called. We have no wind or rain and it is capping all of our bad air quality and keeping it here in the bay area. Everyone wants clean air but br
Said the officer was smoking weed and running prostitutes out of his apartment on stanton road southeast. Then on december 18th, 2012, he accidentally shot himself with his Service Weapon in his own bedroom. Finally this month investigators arrested the cop who has now been on the force for nearly a quarter century after finding a 16yearold run away inside. She said he was advertising her for prostitution on backpage. Com and planning to split the proceeds 60 bucks for her, 20 for him. Barnhills also charged with pimping out a 15yearold he met at a bus stop and now police say they found naked pictures of another teenager connected to him. They are still trying to find her. The judge here says officer Linwood Barnhill seems to be a rogue cop, a flight risk and a danger to the community. He ordered him held without bond. Barnhill is part of the police class of 1989 when d. C. Police lowered standards to quickly hire 1,500 officers. Mpd has struggled for years with some of those officers,
We want to hear from you on this topic. If you live in the east and central time zone and have an opinion on whether or not College Athletes should unionize. You can also contact us via social media. Should College Athletes be able to unionize . Joining us now on the phone is dave jamison of the huffington post. How did this issue get started . The way this got started was they said they wanted a Union Election. The National Labor relations oversees jobs in the private sector in the u. S. They had a hearing. It was to determine whether or not these players were actually employees and whether they would be eligible to have a union vote. This is basically standard procedure for any officer factor in the u. S. It is very unusual, because these are College Football players, but the regional director at the hearing and issued his determination. He believes that the layers are employees of the university. Host how is it that a regional director of the nlrb can make that decision . That is ho
And denis allex still remains safe and far from the battle. At the moment this is still being treated as an unfortunate tragedy here in france but it has the potential to become serious. French hostages are also being held in mali by al qaeda in the area. The botched Mission Together with the situation in mali makes their future look very bleak indade indeed. The french president spoke about the hoft situation about an hour ago. I have taken some days ago an action intend to carry out an action to free one of our agents held for more than three and a half years in terrible conditions. This operation was not successful in spite of the sacrifice of two of our soldiers and no doubt the assassination of our hostage. Lets get the latest live from the capital. Originally, rory, the french government was saying it wasnt going to put troops in. What changed things . Well, lauren, you are right. As recently as i think two months ago, in october and november of 2012 Francois Hollande was saying
We are all done at this early start. Thanks for being with us, im zoraida sambolin. Im john berman. Starting point with Soledad Obrien starts right now. Morning, welcome everybody. Our starting point this morning the papal conclave beginning today. 115 cardinals start the secret process to elect a new pope as the world waits for white smoke from within. Were live in rome, and at the vatican this morning. Then a ban on large sugary drinks goes flat. Now new york citys mayor set to fight a court ruling that stops his controversial law. We have some outrageous video to show you. A toddler apparently putting his mouth to a bong. But that is only the beginning. We have the shocking details surrounding this story coming up. And up and up and up. The dow set yet another record. Does this mean its time to sell . Its tuesday, march 12th. And starting point begins right now. Welcome, everybody. Our starting point this morning is the conclave day one. 115 cardinals from around the world just fini